A Guide to the Primary Sources of the Salem Witch Trials
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Source Citation Essex County Court Archives, vol. 2, no. 136, 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. 931: An Act to Reverse the Attainders of George Burroughs et al. for Witchcraft
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  • Oct. 17, 1711
  • : Legislation
The Salem Witchcraft Papers (1977) Vol. 3, pp. 1015-1017: Reversal of Attainder - October 17, 1711
Salem Witch Trials Documentary Archive (University of Virginia, 2019) No. 173.47: Act to Reverse Attainders of George Burroughs & Others for Witchcraft
173.95: An Act to Reverse the Attainders of George Burroughs and Others For WitchCraft
Woodward's Records of Salem Witchcraft (1864) Vol. 2, pp. 216-218: Reversal of Attainder October 17th 1711
Levin's What Happened in Salem? (1960) N/A

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