A Guide to the Primary Sources of the Salem Witch Trials
Deposition of Ann Putnam Sr. v. Martha Cory & Rebecca Nurse, and Testimony of Ann Putnam Jr. v. Rebecca Nurse, Martha Cory & Sarah Cloyce Back
Source Citation Essex Institute Collection, no. 22, James Duncan Phillips Library, Peabody Essex Museum, Salem, MA.
Records of the Salem Witch-Hunt (2009) No. 30: Deposition of Ann Putnam Sr. v. Martha Cory & Rebecca Nurse, and Testimony of Ann Putnam Jr. v. Rebecca Nurse, Martha Cory & Sarah Cloyce
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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.
  • March 24, 1692
  • : Deposition
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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.
  • May 31, 1692
  • : Sworn Before a Justice of the Peace
    No symbol after the date indicates that the assigned date is certain. This is typically based on the inclusion of the date in the text of the document

    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.
  • June 03, 1692
  • : Sworn Before the Grand Jury
    of Rebecca Nurse
The Salem Witchcraft Papers (1977) Vol. 2, pp. 603-605: Ann Putnam, Sr., v. Martha Corey and Rebecca Nurse
Vol. 2, p. 605: Ann Putnam, Jr. v. Rebecca Nurse, Martha Corey and Sarah Cloyce
Salem Witch Trials Documentary Archive (University of Virginia, 2019) No. 94.29: Deposition of Ann Putnam Sr. , v. Martha Corey and Rebecca Nurse And Testimony of Ann Putnam, Jr. v. Rebecca Nurse: and Martha Cory:
Woodward's Records of Salem Witchcraft (1864) N/A
Levin's What Happened in Salem? (1960) N/A

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