A Guide to the Primary Sources of the Salem Witch Trials
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Source Citation Essex County Court Archives, vol. 1, no. 161, 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. 69: Deposition of Elizabeth Hubbard v. Abigail Hobbs
    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 19, 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.
  • Sept. 10, 1692
    • : Sworn Before the Grand Jury
    of Abigail Hobbs
The Salem Witchcraft Papers (1977) Vol. 2, p. 417: Elizabeth Hubbard v. Abigail Hobbs
Salem Witch Trials Documentary Archive (University of Virginia, 2019) No. 69.13: Deposition of Elizabeth Hubbard v. Abigail Hobbs
Woodward's Records of Salem Witchcraft (1864) Vol. 1, pp. 179-180: Elizb Hubbard v. Abigail Hobbs
Godbeer's The Salem Witch Hunt (2011) N/A
Levin's What Happened in Salem? (1960) N/A

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