{
  "name": "Salem witch trials: deaths by court action, 1692",
  "desc": "Salem witch trials: deaths by court action, 1692. Compiled by Hoax and Hindsight, 2026-11-05. License of this compilation: CC BY 4.0. Column sources: name, date_iso and outcome = the sheriff's return on Bridget Bishop's death warrant (June 10, 1692); Charles W. Upham, Salem Witchcraft (1867), vol. 2, pp. 268, 324, 489; Diary of Samuel Sewall, vol. 1 (1878), pp. 363-364; 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; named_in_1711_act = An Act to reverse the attainders of George Burroughs and others for Witchcraft (October 17, 1711), printed in W. Elliot Woodward, Records of Salem Witchcraft, vol. 2 (1864), pp. 216-218. Dates are as written in the sources, not converted to the modern calendar. One row per person; Giles Corey was pressed to death, not tried. 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",
    "Diary of Samuel Sewall, vol. 1 (Massachusetts Historical Society, 1878)",
    "Robert Calef, More Wonders of the Invisible World (1700), ed. Samuel G. Drake (1866), vol. 3",
    "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": [
    "Robert Calef, More Wonders of the Invisible World (1700), ed. Samuel G. Drake (1866), vol. 3; Diary of Samuel Sewall, vol. 1 (1878); Charles W. Upham, Salem Witchcraft (1867); W. Elliot Woodward, Records of Salem Witchcraft, vol. 2 (1864)"
  ]
}