{
  "name": "Salem witch trials: dated documents, May to October 1692",
  "desc": "Salem witch trials: dated documents, May to October 1692. Compiled by Hoax and Hindsight, 2026-11-05. License of this compilation: CC BY 4.0. Column sources: date_iso, document, writer and what_it_says_in_brief = Charles W. Upham, Salem Witchcraft and Cotton Mather: A Reply (1869), printing Cotton Mather's letter to John Richards and the Return of the Ministers; Cotton Mather, The Wonders of the Invisible World (1693; reprint London, 1862), The Tryal of Bridget Bishop; Increase Mather, Cases of Conscience (dated Boston, October 3, 1692); George Lincoln Burr, ed., Narratives of the Witchcraft Cases (1914), pp. 196-198; Diary of Samuel Sewall, vol. 1 (1878), p. 367. 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": [
    "Charles W. Upham, Salem Witchcraft and Cotton Mather: A Reply (1869)",
    "Cotton Mather and Increase Mather, The Wonders of the Invisible World (reprint London, 1862)",
    "George Lincoln Burr, ed., Narratives of the Witchcraft Cases, 1648-1706 (1914), pp. 196-198",
    "Diary of Samuel Sewall, vol. 1 (1878), p. 367"
  ],
  "how": "Compiled by Hoax and Hindsight from the data listed",
  "data_by": [
    "Charles W. Upham, Salem Witchcraft and Cotton Mather: A Reply (1869); Cotton Mather and Increase Mather, The Wonders of the Invisible World (1862 reprint); George Lincoln Burr, ed., Narratives of the Witchcraft Cases (1914); Diary of Samuel Sewall, vol. 1 (1878)"
  ]
}