A Guide to the Primary Sources of the Salem Witch Trials
Examination of Martha Cory, as Told by Deodat Lawson Back
Source Citation Deodat Lawson. A Brief and True Narrative of Some Remarkable Passages Relating to Sundry Persons Afflicted by Witchcraft, at Salem Village Which happened from the Nineteenth of March to the Fifth of April 1692 (Boston: Benjamin Harris, 1692), pp. 4-6.
Records of the Salem Witch-Hunt (2009) No. 17: Examination of Martha Cory, as Told by Deodat Lawson
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  • March 21, 1692
  • : Examination
The Salem Witchcraft Papers (1977) N/A
Salem Witch Trials Documentary Archive (University of Virginia, 2019) No. 38.3: Examination of Martha Corey, as Told by Deodat Lawson
Woodward's Records of Salem Witchcraft (1864) N/A
Levin's What Happened in Salem? (1960) N/A

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