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Lot Number: 43
Click for a Printable PageSign-in to Bid or Register to Bid Estimate Range: $800 - $1,200 |
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THE WITCHES OF NEW ENGLAND ! The Athenian Mercury, Newspaper, London, Dated June 24, 1693 |
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June 24, 1693-Dated, Single Sheet (Printed on Both Sides), measuring 12.5” x 7.5”, Choice Extremely fine or better. A rare 17th century newspaper with a question and answer format, with fascinating early ads and notices on the verso including one for a new and now very rare Boston pamphlet titled: “A Further Account of the Tryals of the New-England Witches”. A rare 17th century newspaper with a question and answer format, with fascinating early ads and notices on the verso, including one for a new and now very rare Boston Pamphlet titled: “A Further Account of the Tryals of the New-England Witches.” There is a Front page report: “Question 1. states in part: “In p. 10 ‘tis said - Many murders supposed to be commited by Witchcrafts, for the Afflicted say they see Coffins and Bodies in Shrowds rising up, and looking on the accused, crying, Vengeance, Vengeance on the Murderers. Many other strange things were transacted on the Court on the time of their examination (of accused witches). One woman was very concerned about whose son had passed when he suddenly appeared to her and said, “Mother, you are solicitous about my Spiritual Welfare, trouble yourself no more, for I am happy, and so vanished.” A remarkable rare newspaper reporting on the “Witchcraf”t hysteria in greater Boston and Salem, Massachusetts. |
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Lot Number: 43
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