PAGE The Place 7 The Salemite of Forty Years Ago 8 How the Subject was opened 9 Careful Historiography 10 The…
- Date of account
- Published 1886
- Source
- The Salem Witchcraft, the Planchette Mystery, and Modern Spiritualism With Dr. Doddridge's Dream
- Reference
- The Salem Witchcraft, the Planchette Mystery, and Modern Spiritualism With Dr. Doddridge's Dream · selected passage 1
- Rights
- public_domain
- Language
- English
- Record updated
- 2026-08-24
Record summary
PAGE The Place 7 The Salemite of Forty Years Ago 8 How the Subject was opened 9 Careful Historiography 10 The Actors in the Tragedy 12 Philosophy of the Delusion 12 Character of the Early Settlement 13 First Causes 15 Death of the Patriarch 16 Growth of Witchcraft 17 Trouble in the Church 18 Rev
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Source text · mention onlyPAGE The Place 7 The Salemite of Forty Years Ago 8 How the Subject was opened 9 Careful Historiography 10 The Actors in the Tragedy 12 Philosophy of the Delusion 12 Character of the Early Settlement 13 First Causes 15 Death of the Patriarch 16 Growth of Witchcraft 17 Trouble in the Church 18 Rev. Mr. Burroughs 19 Deodat Lawson 20 Parris--a Malignant 20 A Protean Devil 21 State of Physiology 22 William Penn as a Precedent 22 Phenomena of Witchcraft 23 Parris and his Circle 25 The Inquisitions--Sarah Good 26 A Child Witch 27 The Towne Sisters 28 Depositions of Parris and his Tools 31 Goody Nurse's Excommunication 35 Mary Easty 36 Mrs. Cloyse 38 The Proctor Family 40 The Jacobs Family 41 Giles and Martha Corey 42 Decline of the Delusion 44 The Physio-Psychological Causes of the Trouble 45 The Last of Parris 47 "One of the Afflicted"--Her Confession 49 The Transition 50 The Fetish Theory Then and Now 51 The Views of Modern Investigators 53 Importance of the Subject 55
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