Salem Witchcraft, Volumes I and II / With an Account of Salem Village and a History of Opinions on Witchcraft and Kindred SubjectsCharles Wentworth Upham
Salem Witchcraft, Volumes I and II / With an Account of Salem Village and a History of Opinions on Witchcraft and Kindred Subjects
Charles Wentworth Upham
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Book language: English
790 pages
Salem Witchcraft, Volumes I and II is a historical study by Charles Wentworth Upham, originally published in 1867. It examines the Salem witch trials, the village where they took place, and changing opinions on witchcraft and kindred subjects. For readers interested in colonial New England and the social roots of the trials, it offers a detailed, source-based account.
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AMERICAN CLASSICS SALEM WITCHCRAFT With an Account of Salem Village and A History of Opinions on Witchcraft and Kindred Subjects CHARLES W. UPHAM Volumes I and II Charles W. Upham Charles W. Upham FREDERICK UNGAR PUBLISHING CO. New York
[Transcriber's Note: Originally published 1867]
Fourth Printing, 1969
Printed in the United States of America
Library of Congress Catalog Card No. 59-10887
CONTENTS.
VOLUME I.
РАGE
vii to xiv
PREFACE
xv to xvii
MAP AND ILLUSTRATIONS
xix to xxvii
INDEX TO THE MAP
xxix to xl
GENERAL INDEX
INTRODUCTION
1 to 12
PART FIRST .- SALEM VILLAGE
13 to 322
PART SECOND. - WITCHCRAFT
325 to 469
VOLUME II.
PART THIRD .- WITCHCRAFT AT SALEM 1 to 444
VILLAGE
447 to
SUPPLEMENT
522
АРРЕNDIX
525 to
553
Townsend Bishop House
THE TOWNSEND BISHOP HOUSE. - VOL. I., 70, 96; VOL. II., 294,
467.
DEDICATED TO OLIVER WENDELL HOLMES, PROFESSOR OF ANATOMY AND PHYSIOLOGY IN HARVARD UNIVERSITY.
VOLUME I.
PREFACE.
THIS work was originally constructed, and in previous editions appeared, in the form of Lectures. The only vestiges of that form, in its present shape, are certain modes of expression. The language retains the character of an address by a speaker to his hearers; being more familiar, direct, and personal than is ordinarily employed in the relations of an author to a reader.
The former work was prepared under circumstances which prevented a thorough investigation of the subject. Leisure and freedom from professional duties have now enabled me to prosecute the researches necessary to do justice to it.
The "Lectures on Witchcraft," published in 1831, have long been out of print. Although frequently importuned to prepare a new edition, I was unwilling to issue again what I had discovered to be an insufficient presentation of the subject. In the mean time, it constantly became more and more apparent, that much injury was resulting from the want of a complete and correct view of a transaction so often
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