Six Women of Salem (65 page)

Ergot: Caporal, “Ergotism.”

Hysteria: Hansen,
Witchcraft.

Parris’s problems: Boyer and Nissenbaum,
Salem-Village Witchcraft
,
276
–
277
,
357
.

York massacre: C. Mather,
Decennium
,
230
–
231
; Hammond, “Diary,”
160
.

Chapter 2: February 1692

Philip English’s pew: Salem,
Town Records
,
3
:
259
.

Sarah Good begging: Docs,
3
,
5
.

Parris’ sermon: Parris,
Sermon Notebook
,
186
,
190
,
193
(morning and afternoon sermons combined).

Hannah Putnam’s travail: Parris, “Records,”
15
; Doc,
267
; Eben Putnam,
History
,
1
:
72
–
73
; Ulrich,
Goodwives,
126
–
131
.

Other births: Parris, “Records,”
14
.

Afflictions at the parsonage begins: Hale,
Modest Enquiry,
23
; Calef,
More Wonders,
342
.

Witch-cake: Hale,
Modest Enquiry,
23
–
25
; Calef,
More Wonders,
342
; Lawson,
Brief
,
162
; Thomas,
Religion,
437
–
438
,
543
–
544
; Boyer and Nissenbaum,
Salem-Village Witchcraft
,
278
–
279
.

Rebecca Nurse and fits: Docs,
27
,
31
,
23
.

Putnam afflictions begin: Ibid.,
3
–
4
,
13
,
9
.

Betty Hubbard’s errand: Ibid.,
345
.

Good accused: Ibid.,
3
–
4
,
13
,
9
.

Tempests: Hammond, “Diary,”
160
; Sewall,
Diary
,
1
:
288
, February
28
,
1692
; Ludlum,
Country Journal,
15
,
70
.

First complaints entered: Docs,
1
–
2
.

Specters at the Putnam’s: Ibid.,
345
.

Tituba suspected: Ibid.,
6
; Calef,
More Wonders,
343
.

Chapter 3: March 1 to Mid-March 1692

March
1
hearings: Docs,
3
–
5
(Good),
3
–
5
(Osborne),
3
–
6
(Tituba).

Elizabeth Emerson: Ulrich,
Goodwives,
196
–
201
.

Sarah Good at Herrick’s: Doc,
337
.

Salem jail: Perley,
The History of Salem,
3
:
174
.

Tituba’s March
2
questioning: Doc,
6
.

Tituba’s status: Docs,
4
,
6
,
345
.

Tituba’s wounds: Hale,
Modest Enquiry,
26
–
27
; Calef,
More Wonders,
343
.

March
3
questioning: Docs,
4
,
862
,
868
; Lawson,
Brief
,
148
.

Dorothy Good specter: Doc,
26
.

March
5
: Ibid.,
4
; Hale,
Modest Enquiry,
27
.

Boston Jail: Doc,
612
; Roach,
Salem Witch Trials
,
35
.

Salem town meeting: Salem,
Town Records
3
:
265
.

Martha Corey: Doc,
53
,
18
; Roach,
Salem Witch Trials,
37
; Essex Deeds
13
:
208
.

Rebecca Nurse and Elizabeth Procter specters: Doc,
35
,
53
.

Martha Corey confronts Annie Putnam: Ibid.,
21
.

Mary Warren and the specter: Ibid.,
145
.

Rebecca Nurse’s illness: Ibid.,
28
.

Convulsions: Hansen,
Witchcraft at Salem
,
1
–
2
. The presence of hysterical symptoms among the afflicted in
1692
is one of the main topics of Hansen’s book, although there is disagreement about how many of the afflictions were truly unconscious reactions.

Martha Corey confronts Mary Warren: Doc,
145
.

Mary Warren’s vision of John Procter: Ibid. Mary Warren later described the beginning of her fits in a confused and, no doubt, embellished account:

the first night I was Taken I saw as I thought the Apparition of Goody Cory and Catched att itt as I thought and Caught my master in my lap ‘tho I did nott See my master in that place att that Time, upon Wch my master Said itt is noe body but I itt is my shaddow that you see, butt my master was nott befor mee as I Could descerne, but Catching att the Apparition that Looked like Goody Cory I Caught hold of my master and pulled him downe into my Lap; upon Wch he Said I see there is noe heed to any of your Talkings, for you are all possest With the Devill for itt is nothing butt my shape.

Procter beats Mary Warren: Ibid.,
501
.

Chapter 4: March 18 to 31, 1692

Ann Putnam tormented by Rebecca Nurse’s specter: Doc,
30
.

Other afflicted women: Lawson,
Brief
,
155
.

Complaint vs. Martha Corey: Doc,
15
; Lawson,
Brief
,
60
.

Martha Corey at Lawson’s sermon: Lawson,
Brief
,
40
.

Ann Putnam reads the Bible: Ibid.,
158
(King James edition).

Annie Putnam’s vision of Corey and Nurse specters: Ibid.,
156
.

Martha Corey hearing: Doc,
16
; Lawson,
Brief
,
154
–
157
.

Nurse specter vs. Ann Putnam: Doc,
30
.

Friends visit Rebecca Nurse: Ibid.,
31
.

Reverend Lawson observes Ann Putnam’s fits: Lawson,
Brief
,
157
–
158
,
162
; Doc,
30
.

Reverend Noyes and Revelation: Phillips,
Elegy
,
5
.

Arrests of Rebecca Nurse and Dorothy Good: Docs,
22
–
23
; Lawson,
Brief
,
159
.

Mary Warren attends hearing: Doc,
501
.

Rebecca Nurse hearing: Ibid.,
23
,
28
,
30
; Lawson,
Brief
,
158
–
160
.

Dorothy Good: Lawson,
Brief
,
159
–
160
.

Lawson’s lecture: Lawson,
Christ’s Fidelity
,
64
–
106
(quotes),
76
,
79
,
100
,
80
,
102
–
103
.

John Procter fetches Mary Warren: Docs,
501
,
145
.

Nurse specter vs. Annie Putnam: Ibid.,
32
.

March
27
Salem Village service: Lawson,
Brief
,
101
(he mistakes the date, however); Parris,
Sermon Notebook
,
194
–
198
(quotes),
194
–
198
; Doc,
342
; Salem Village church records in Boyer and Nissenbaum,
Salem-Village Witchcraft
,
278
–
279
(Mary Sibley and witch-cake).

Nurse kin question accusers: Docs,
35
(Putnams),
498
,
500
.

Mercy Lewis’s doubts: Ibid.,
499
.

Procters and Mary Warren’s fits: Ibid.,
78
,
80
,
145
.

Public Fast: Ibid.,
49
,
244
,
133
; Lawson,
Brief
,
160
–
161
.

Hollingworth suit: EQC,
7:238
.

Chapter 5: April 1 to 19, 1692

Note for prayers: Docs,
75
,
78
.

Mercy Lewis’s angelic vision: Ibid.,
49
; Lawson,
Brief
,
160
–
161
.

Dissemble: Doc,
75
; OED,
2
nd ed.,
4
:
835
–
836
.

Procters displeased with Mary Warren: Ibid.,
78
.

Complaint vs. Elizabeth Procter and Sarah Cloyce: Ibid.,
46
.

Spectral sightings: Ibid.,
61
.

Mercy Lewis’s uncertainty and visions: Ibid.,
48
–
49
; Lawson,
Brief
,
160
–
161
.

Procter arrest: Doc,
46
.

Sarah Cloyce and Elizabeth Procter hearings: Ibid.,
49
.

Mary Warren accused: Ibid.,
49
.

John Procter hearing: Ibid.,
61
.

Prisoners to Boston jail: Ibid.,
47
,
65
,
612
.