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Memorable Providences, Relating to Witchcraft and Possessions
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Memorable Providences, Relating to Witchcraft and Possessions

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  • Salem witch trial
    Salem witch trials
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    …Cotton Mather in his book Memorable Providences, Relating to Witchcraft and Possessions (1689) and which may have been known by the girls in Salem Village. In February, unable to account for their behavior medically, the local doctor, William Griggs, put the blame on the supernatural. At the suggestion of a…

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    …Cotton Mather in his book Memorable Providences, Relating to Witchcraft and Possessions (1689) and which may have been known by the girls in Salem Village. In February, unable to account for their behavior medically, the local doctor, William Griggs, put the blame on the supernatural. At the suggestion of a…

    Read More