| Description |
224 pages : illustrations, facsimile ; 24 cm |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Contents |
Rule of law -- Examination of a witch -- Early witchcraft cases 1647-1648 -- Deadly years 1651-1653 -- Ludlow-Staples defamation suit -- Homicide by misadventure -- Period of acquittals -- Great Hartford witch panic of 1662-63 -- Aftermath of the Hartford witch panic -- Suspicions not confirmed -- Courageous widow -- Fairfield witch panic of 1692 -- Last echoes -- Exoneration efforts -- Appendix I. Persons accused of witchcraft in Connecticut -- Appendix II. Historical profiles: Roger Ludlow, Reverend Samuel Stone, Governor John Winthrop Jr., Dr. Bryan Rossiter, Samuel Wyllys, Reverend Gershom Bulkeley -- Appendix III. Wyllys papers. |
| Subject |
Trials (Witchcraft) -- Connecticut -- History -- 17th century.
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| ISBN |
9780897259149 cloth alkaline paper |
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0897259149 cloth alkaline paper |
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