A Guide to the Primary Sources of the Salem Witch Trials
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Source Citation Suffolk Court Files, vol. 32, docket 2712, p. 49, Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court, Judicial Archives, Massachusetts State Archives. Boston, MA.
Records of the Salem Witch-Hunt (2009) No. 681: Complaint of Mary Brown & Benjamin Larobe v. Sarah Cole (of Lynn)
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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.
  • Oct. 1, 1692
    • : Complaint
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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.
  • Oct. 3, 1692
    • : Recognizance for Prosecution Given
The Salem Witchcraft Papers (1977) Vol. 1, p. 225: Complaint of Mary Brown v. Sarah Cole
Vol. 1, pp. 226-227: Complaint and Recognizance of Benjamin Larobe
Salem Witch Trials Documentary Archive (University of Virginia, 2019) No. 34.1: Complaint of Mary Brown v. Sarah Cole of (Lynn)
Woodward's Records of Salem Witchcraft (1864) N/A
Godbeer's The Salem Witch Hunt (2011) N/A
Levin's What Happened in Salem? (1960) N/A

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