A Guide to the Primary Sources of the Salem Witch Trials
Statement of Samuel Parris Concerning Abigail Williams & Mary Walcott v. John Procter, Elizabeth Procter, Sarah Cloyce, Martha Cory, Rebecca Nurse, Sarah Good & Dorothy Good Back
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Source Citation Essex County Court Archives, vol. 1, no. 57, 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. 61: Statement of Samuel Parris Concerning Abigail Williams & Mary Walcott v. John Procter, Elizabeth Procter, Sarah Cloyce, Martha Cory, Rebecca Nurse, Sarah Good & Dorothy Good
    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.
  • April 12, 1692
  • : Statement Against
The Salem Witchcraft Papers (1977) Vol. 2, pp. 677-678: Abigail Williams v. John Proctor
Salem Witch Trials Documentary Archive (University of Virginia, 2019) No. 107.1: Statement of Samuel Parris Concerning Abigail Williams, & Mary Wolcott v.John Proctor), Elizabeth Proctor, Sarah Cloyce, Martha Cory, Rebecca Nurse, Sarah Good, & Dorothy Good v. John Proctor
Woodward's Records of Salem Witchcraft (1864) Vol. 1, pp. 68-69: Sam: Parris Nathl Ingersoll. And Thomas Putnam v. Jno: Procter
Levin's What Happened in Salem? (1960) N/A

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