A Guide to the Primary Sources of the Salem Witch Trials
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Source Citation Essex County Court Archives, vol. 1, no. 280, Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court, Judicial Archives, on deposit James Duncan Phillips Library, Peabody Essex Museum, Salem, MA.
Records of the Salem Witch-Hunt (2009) No. 192: Testimony of George Herrick & John Putnam Jr. v. Mary Esty
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    [?] after the date indicates that a date cannot be established with any level of confidence, and a speculative date or month has been assigned

    See pp. 98-99 of Records of the Salem Witch-Hunt for more information about how dates were assigned.
  • May 20, 1692
    • : Testimony
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    † indicates that although there is no date on the document itself, internal references or other evidence make the dating probable

    ‡ indicates that there is no original date present in the record itself, and there is a lack of sufficient circumstantial evidence, so the date given is the best approximation
    [?] after the date indicates that a date cannot be established with any level of confidence, and a speculative date or month has been assigned

    See pp. 98-99 of Records of the Salem Witch-Hunt for more information about how dates were assigned.
  • Sept. 9, 1692†
    • : Sworn at Trial
    of Mary Esty
The Salem Witchcraft Papers (1977) Vol. 1, pp. 294-295: George Herrick and John Putnam, Jr. v. Mary Easty
Salem Witch Trials Documentary Archive (University of Virginia, 2019) No. 45.11: George Herrick and John Putnam, Jr. , v. Mary Esty
Woodward's Records of Salem Witchcraft (1864) Vol. 2, pp. 30-31: Geo: Herrick v. Mary Easty
Godbeer's The Salem Witch Hunt (2011) N/A
Levin's What Happened in Salem? (1960) N/A

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