HI114 Lecture Notes - Abigail Hobbs, Spectral Evidence, Increase Mather
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Have you really considered what r nurse said during her trial when deliverance and. July 4th, two of the afflicted are sent to andover to be witch hunters starting a whole new cycle of accusations. Burrough"s trial convicted, executed on aug 19: faultlessly recited the lords prayer before being executed all but one executed on a19 are men. 5 confessors are finally put on trial (on timeline) all found guilty, the four woman confessors are not executed the only man, samuel wardell, is executed for recanting his confession. September 20: dorcas hoar is supposed to die, she instead confesses and they postpone her execution for a month which eventually saves her life. Criticism mounts: the better sort is accused, ie. philip and mary english and mrs. phips (wife of governor of the colony) Increase mather, cases of conscience concerning evil spirits personating men & Samuel willard some miscellany observations on our present debates respecting.
