{
  "name": "Salem witch trials: dated events from 1692 to 1711",
  "desc": "Salem witch trials: dated events from 1692 to 1711. Compiled by Hoax and Hindsight, 2026-11-05. License of this compilation: CC BY 4.0. Column sources: date_iso, date_as_written, event and number = the sheriff's return on Bridget Bishop's death warrant (June 10, 1692); Charles W. Upham, Salem Witchcraft (1867), vol. 2, pp. 268, 324; Robert Calef, More Wonders of the Invisible World (1700), in Samuel G. Drake, ed., The Witchcraft Delusion in New England, vol. 3 (1866), pp. 44-45 and the Superior Court of January 1692/3; Governor William Phips's letters of October 12, 1692, and February 21, 1692/3, in George Lincoln Burr, ed., Narratives of the Witchcraft Cases (1914), pp. 197-201; Diary of Samuel Sewall, vol. 1 (1878), pp. 440, 445-446; An Act to reverse the attainders of George Burroughs and others for Witchcraft (October 17, 1711), in W. Elliot Woodward, Records of Salem Witchcraft, vol. 2 (1864), pp. 216-218. date_iso gives the year in modern reckoning without converting the day; date_as_written keeps the double year used before March 25. Facts from sources that do not permit reuse are not included in this file; see the article's Exhibits.",
  "lic": "CC BY 4.0",
  "lic_url": "https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/",
  "by": "Hoax and Hindsight",
  "url": "https://hoaxandhindsight.com/trials/salem-witch-trials/",
  "from": [
    "Sheriff's return on the death warrant of Bridget Bishop, June 10, 1692 (manuscript, photographed by Frank Cousins)",
    "Charles W. Upham, Salem Witchcraft (Boston, 1867), vol. 2",
    "Robert Calef, More Wonders of the Invisible World (1700), ed. Samuel G. Drake (1866), vol. 3",
    "George Lincoln Burr, ed., Narratives of the Witchcraft Cases, 1648-1706 (1914), pp. 197-201",
    "Diary of Samuel Sewall, vol. 1 (Massachusetts Historical Society, 1878)",
    "W. Elliot Woodward, Records of Salem Witchcraft, vol. 2 (1864), pp. 216-218"
  ],
  "how": "Compiled by Hoax and Hindsight from the data listed",
  "data_by": [
    "George Lincoln Burr, ed., Narratives of the Witchcraft Cases (1914); Robert Calef, More Wonders of the Invisible World (1700), ed. Samuel G. Drake (1866), vol. 3; Diary of Samuel Sewall, vol. 1 (1878); W. Elliot Woodward, Records of Salem Witchcraft, vol. 2 (1864); Charles W. Upham, Salem Witchcraft (1867)"
  ]
}