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George Bancroft, History of the United States from the Discovery of the American Continent, Vol. 3, 15th edition. 15 1 Browse Search
Edward L. Pierce, Memoir and letters of Charles Sumner: volume 1 5 1 Browse Search
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing) 3 1 Browse Search
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George Bancroft, History of the United States from the Discovery of the American Continent, Vol. 3, 15th edition., Colonial history. (search)
uba, an Indian female servant, who had practised some wild Hale, 24. mcantations, being betrayed by her husband, was 1692. her spectre; neighbors, who had quarrelled with her, were Hale 37 willing to lay their little ills to her charge; the poorwas a witch by the rules and precedents of Keeble and Sir Matthew Hale, of Perkins and Bernard, of Baxter and Cotton Mather;nk. Confessions rose in importance. Some, not afflict- Hale, p. 89. ed before confession, were so presently after it. their accusations of others,—I quote the cautious apologist Hale, —hoped to gain time, and get favor from the rulers. Some since acknowledged so much. If the confessions were con- Hale, p. 89. tradictory; if witnesses uttered apparent falsehoodtheir fits, knew nothing of what they did or said in them. Hale, 56 Again, on a new session, six are arraigned, and allconviction of a witch; others denied witchcraft, as beyond Hale comprehension, involving a contradiction, and not sustained