A Guide to the Primary Sources of the Salem Witch Trials
Summons for Witnesses v. Mary Esty, Sarah Cloyce, Giles Cory, & Martha Cory, and Officer's Return Back
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Source Citation Essex County Court Archives, vol. 1, no. 40, 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. 549: Summons for Witnesses v. Mary Esty, Sarah Cloyce, Giles Cory, & Martha Cory, and Officer's Return
    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.
  • Sept. 05, 1692
  • : Summons for Witnesses and Return of Officer
The Salem Witchcraft Papers (1977) Vol. 1, pp. 257-258: Summons for Witnesses
Salem Witch Trials Documentary Archive (University of Virginia, 2019) No. 38.7: Summons for Witnesses v. Mary Esty,Sarah Cloyce , Giles Corey, & Martha Corey , and Officer’s Return
Woodward's Records of Salem Witchcraft (1864) Vol. 1, pp. 53-54: Summons v. Martha Cory
Vol. 1, p. 54: Officer's Return
Levin's What Happened in Salem? (1960) N/A

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