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- Abenaki Nation
- abolitionist movement
- Adams, Abigail
- Adams, John
- Adams, John Quincy
- Adams, Samuel
- Adler, Doug
- adultery
- Alden, Elizabeth
- Alden, John
- Alden, John, Jr.
- Algonquin
- American independence
- American Revolution
- American Weekly Mercury
- Andover, Massachusetts
- Andrew, Daniel
- Andrews, Daniel
- Anglican Church. See also Church of England
- Ann
- Ann, Queen
- Annapolis, Maryland
- Anne
- Annual Message to a Joint Session of Congress
- anti-federalists
- Arnold, John
- Articles of Confederation
- Attucks, Crispus
- Bahamas
- Baker, Emerson W.
- Baptists
- Barbados
- Barnard, Thomas
- Barr, Roseanne
- Battle of Brandywine Creek
- Bedford, Gunning Jr.
- Bellamy, Samuel “Black Sam”
- “benefit of clergy” defense
- Berkeley, William
- Bermingham, Thomas
- Beverly, Massachusetts
- Bewitched
- Bibber, Sarah
- Bible
- Bill of Rights
- Bischofberger, George
- Bishop, Bridget. See also Oliver, Bridget
- Bishop, Edward
- Bishop, Raymond
- Blackbeard
- Blair, Linda
- Blatty, William Peter
- The Exorcist
- Bober, Frank
- Boland, Joseph
- Bordentown, New Jersey
- Boston, Massachusetts
- Boston Committee of Correspondence
- Boston Gazette
- Boston Latin School
- Boston Massacre
- Boston Port Act
- Boston Tea Party
- Bowdern, William S.
- Bradford, Andrew
- Bradford, Dorothy
- Bradford, John
- Bradford, William (governor of Plymouth Colony)
- Bradford, William (printer)
- Braintree, Massachusetts
- Brando, Marlon
- Brinkley, Bill
- British monarchy
- British troops
- Browne, John
- Buddhism
- Bunker Hill
- Burke, Edmund (Jesuit priest)
- Burke, Edmund (philosopher)
- Burlington, New Jersey
- Burr, Aaron
- Burroughs, George
- Burstyn, Ellen
- Burton, Richard
- Bush, George H. W.
- Bush, George W.
- Butten, William
- Calef, Robert
- More Wonders of the Invisible World
- Calvin, John
- Calvinism
- Calvinistic Methodism
- Cambridge, Massachusetts
- cancel culture
- Cape Ann
- Cape Cod
- Carolinas. See also North Carolina; South Carolina
- Carr, George
- Carrier, Martha
- Carson, Johnny
- Cary, Elizabeth
- Cary, George
- Cary, Nathaniel
- Castle Hill
- Catholicism
- Catholics. See also Catholicism
- censorship
- Charles I
- Charles II
- Charlestown
- Charlotte, North Carolina, synagogue in
- Charter Street Cemetery
- Chase, Samuel
- Cheever, Ezekiel, Jr.
- child labor
- child witnesses
- Christ Church
- Church, Benjamin
- churches, taxation and
- Churchill, Sarah
- Church of England
- in Carolinas
- Crown and
- Parson’s Cause and
- in Virginia
- City Tavern
- Cloyce, Peter
- Cloyce, Sarah Bridges
- College of New Jersey
- Collegiate School
- Common Law
- Conant, Roger
- Conception
- Concord, Massachusetts
- Congregationalism
- Congregationalists
- Connecticut Colony
- Connecticut witch trials
- Constitutional Convention
- Continental Army
- Continental Congress
- Copp’s Hill Burial Ground
- Corey, Elizabeth
- Corey, Giles
- Corey, Martha
- Cornelius, Brother
- Corwin, George
- Corwin, Jonathan
- Corwin family
- Cottage City, Maryland
- Cotton, John
- Court of Oyer and Terminer
- Cromwell, Oliver
- Cromwell, Richard
- Crooked Billet
- Currency Act
- Cushman, Robert
- Custom House, Boston
- Dafoe, Daniel
- Dandridge, John
- Danforth, Thomas
- Davies, Samuel
- Davis, John
- Declaration of Independence
- Deism
- Delaware
- Delaware River
- democracy
- demonic possession
- Denham, Thomas
- Deuteronomy
- Device, Jennet
- The Devil and Daniel Webster
- The Dick Cavett Show
- disease
- Disney
- dissenters
- dogs, accused of witchcraft
- Dorchester, Massachusetts
- Doyle, Patrick A.
- Drake, Francis
- due process
- Duncan, Geillis
- Dutch Reformed worshippers
- Duxbury, Massachusetts
- Eastey, Mary
- Edinburgh, Scotland
- Electoral College
- Elizabeth I
- Endicott, John
- English, Mary
- English, Philip
- English Civil War
- English law
- Episcopalians
- exorcism
- The Exorcist
- Falmouth, Massachusetts
- Farrar, Isaac
- federalists
- Felt, John
- First Encounter
- Fisk, Thomas
- Fletcher, Benjamin
- Flucker, Thomas
- forgiveness
- Fort Hill
- Fortune
- Foster, Robert
- Founding Fathers. See also specific individuals
- Francis, Pope
- Franklin, Abiah
- Franklin, Benjamin
- British monarchy and
- Constitutional Convention and
- Deism movement and
- discovery of lightning as source of electricity
- “A Dissertation upon Liberty and Necessity, Pleasure and Pain”
- as grand master of Freemason lodge
- honorary awards to
- as joint Postmaster General
- in London
- opens his own print shop
- before Parliament
- in Philadelphia
- Stamp Act and
- takes over Pennsylvania Gazette
- trial of
- in Virginia
- walk across New Jersey
- Whitefield and
- Franklin, Francis Folger
- Franklin, James
- Franklin, James, Jr.
- Franklin, Josiah
- Franklin, Sarah
- Franklin, William
- Freemasonry
- French
- French and Indian War
- Friedkin, William
- Fuller, Samuel
- Gage, Thomas
- Gallagher, Eugene B.
- Gallows Hill
- Gardner, Nathaniel
- General Court
- George II
- George III
- Georgetown University
- Georgetown University Hospital
- Georgia
- ghosts
- Glorious Revolution
- Gloucester, Massachusetts
- Glover, Ann
- Gooch, William
- Good, Dorothy
- Good, Sarah
- Goodwin, John
- Goodwin family
- Gosnold, Bartholomew
- Graham, Billy
- Gray, Samuel
- Great Britain
- Great Dying
- Green, Jonas
- Green Dragon Tavern
- Griggs, William
- The Guardian
- guilt, confessing
- Hale, John
- Hallett, Maria
- Halloran, Walter
- Hamilton, Alexander
- Hancock, John
- Hanover, Virginia
- Harvard, John
- Harvard College/Harvard University
- Hathorne, John
- Hawke
- Hawthorne, Nathaniel
- The House of Seven Gables
- Heanry VIII
- Hemings, Sally
- Henry, John
- Henry, Patrick
- Constitutional Convention and
- death of
- Madison and
- “Parson’s Cause” and
- “Parson’s Cause” speech and
- Henry, Sarah
- Hessians
- HMS Lively
- Hoar, Dorcas
- Hobbs, Abigail
- Hobbs, Deliverance
- Hobbs, William
- Hocus Pocus
- Holland
- Hood, Zachariah
- Hopkins, Elizabeth
- Hopkins, Oceanus
- House of Burgesses
- Howe, William
- Howland, Elizabeth
- Howland, John
- Hoyte, Simon
- Hubbard, Elizabeth
- Hughes, Edward Albert
- Hull, Mary Spencer. See also Phips, Mary
- Hunkeler, Ed
- Hunkeler, Odell
- Hunkeler, Ronald
- Hunkeler family
- Hunt, Thomas
- Hutchinson, Joseph
- Hutchinson, Thomas
- Independence Hall
- Indian, John
- Indians. See Native Americans
- infant mortality
- Ingersoll’s Tavern
- inoculation
- Ipswich, Massachusetts
- Ipswich River
- Iron Maiden
- Islam
- Jacobites
- Jacobs, George
- Jacobs, George, Jr.
- Jacobs, Margaret
- Jacobs, Rebecca
- Jacobs family
- James I
- James II
- Jamestown, Virginia
- James VI
- James VI of Scotland. See also James I
- Jarrett, Valerie
- Jefferson, Martha
- Jefferson, Thomas
- Constitutional Convention and
- death of
- Deism and
- Henry and
- presidency of
- religious liberty and
- Jesuits
- Jews
- Jones, Christopher
- Juan
- Keimer, Samuel
- Keith, William
- Kidd, Captain
- Kidd, William
- Kilroy, Matthew
- King Philip’s War
- Knowlton, Mary
- Lawson, Deodat
- Lee, Lydia
- Leslie, Alexander
- Leviticus
- Lewis, Mercy
- Lexington
- Liberty Bell
- “Liberty Tree”
- Library of Congress
- Locke, John
- “Fundamental Constitutions of Carolina”
- London, England
- Longfellow, Henry Wadsworth
- Lord’s Prayer
- Los Angeles Times
- Louder, John
- Lowell, James Russell
- loyalists
- Loyal Nine
- “Loyal Nine”
- Luther, Martin
- Lutherans
- Lyford, John
- MacCalzean, Euphame (Effie)
- MacCalzean, Thomas
- MacGowran, Jack
- Madison, Dolley
- Madison, James
- at Constitutional Convention
- death of
- Henry and
- marriage of
- presidency of
- Maine
- Maliaros, Vasiliki
- Marblehead, Massachusetts
- Marianne
- Mark, Book of
- Mary II
- Maryland
- Maryland Gazette
- Massachusetts. See also Massachusetts Bay Colony
- Massachusetts Bay Colony. See also specific locations
- “1641 Body of Liberties”
- abolitionist movement and
- charter of
- Puritans in
- Massachusetts Militia
- Massasoit
- Mather, Cotton
- Bonifacius
- death of
- inoculation and
- Memorable Providences
- witch trials and
- The Wonders of the Invisible World
- Mather, Increase
- Cases of Conscience Concerning Evil Spirits Personating Men
- “Illustrious Providences”
- witch trials and
- Mather, Maria
- Mather, Richard
- Mayflower
- Mayflower Compact
- Mayhew, Jonathan
- “Discourse Concerning Unlimited Submission”
- Medford
- Merry Mount
- Methodism
- Methodists
- Michael, Saint
- Miller, Arthur, The Crucible
- Miller, Jason
- Mill Swamp Baptist Church
- Minute Men
- Molasses Act
- Monroe, James
- Montgomery, Elizabeth
- Montgomery, Hugh
- Monticello
- Montpelier
- Morison, Samuel Eliot
- Morton, Thomas
- Moscrop, Patrick
- Mount Rainier, Maryland
- Mount Vernon
- Mullins, Priscilla
- Mushnick, Phil
- Nansemond River
- Nantasket, Massachusetts
- Narragansett Nation
- Native Americans. See also specific nations
- attacks by
- attempts to convert
- disease and
- threat of
- Naumkeag
- “Negro Plot”
- New Amsterdam
- Newburyport, Massachusetts
- New Council for New England
- New-England Courant
- Newfoundland, Canada
- New Jersey
- Newman, Paul
- “New Planters”
- Newport, Rhode Island
- Newton, Thomas
- New York
- New York City, New York
- New York Times
- Nicholson, Jack
- North Carolina
- North Church
- Northfields, Massachusetts
- North River
- Noyes, Nicholas
- Nurse, Francis
- Nurse, Rebecca
- O’Flaherty, John
- Old Connecticut Path
- Oldham, “Mad Jack”
- Old North Church
- Old Point Cemetery
- Old South Church
- Old Tolbooth Prison
- Old West Church
- Oliver, Andrew
- Oliver, Bridget
- Oliver, Thomas
- O’Reilly, Bill
- Osborne, Sarah
- Ouija boards
- Parliament (UK)
- Parris, Betty
- Parris, Elizabeth
- Parris, Samuel
- Parriss, Elizabeth
- Parriss, Samuel
- “Parson’s Cause”
- Patuxet
- Paxton, Pennsylvania
- payback
- Payne, Dolley
- Pecksuot
- peine forte et dure
- Penn, William
- Pennsylvania
- The Pennsylvania Gazette
- Pennsylvania State Assembly
- Pennsylvania State House
- Pentecostal movement
- personal freedom
- Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
- Franklin, Benjamin in
- Phips, Mary
- Phips, William
- absolves Alden
- bans all publications about the witch hunt
- cancels all executions
- letter to the Crown
- pardons all accused witchcraft
- pauses witch trials
- shuts down witch court for good
- Pierce, William
- pilgrims. See also Puritans
- pirates
- plague
- plea bargaining
- Plymouth, England
- Plymouth, Massachusetts
- Plymouth Colony
- Plymouth Rock
- Pollock Rip
- Poor Richard
- Porter, Elizabeth
- Porter, Israel
- Porter family
- Portsmouth, Virginia
- Presbyterian Church
- Presbyterianism
- Presbyterians
- “press gangs”
- Preston, Thomas
- Priestley, Joseph
- Princeton
- Prison Lane
- Privy Council
- Proctor, Elizabeth
- Proctor, John
- Proctor, John III
- Proctor’s Ledge
- property, forfeiture of
- Protestantism, 243n. See also specific sects
- Protestants
- Providence Plantations (Rhode Island)
- Provincetown, Massachusetts
- Publick Occurrences
- Puritanism
- Puritans. See also Calvinism
- in Massachusetts Bay Colony, (see also specific locations)
- in Plymouth Colony
- in Virginia
- Putnam, Ann Carr (mother)
- Putnam, Ann (daughter)
- Putnam, John
- Putnam, John, Jr.
- Putnam, Joseph
- Putnam, Nathaniel
- Putnam, Thomas
- Putnam, Thomas, Jr.
- Putnam family
- Quakers
- Quartering Act
- “quasi-marriage”
- Quincy, Massachusetts
- Ramsey, Michael
- Read, Deborah
- Read, John
- Red Hill, Virginia
- religion. See also specific religions
- religious controversies
- religious intolerance
- religious liberty
- religious persecution
- representation. See also US Congress
- Revere, Paul
- Revolutionary War
- Rhode Island. See also Providence Plantations
- Richardson, Ebenezer
- Ritter, Joseph
- “Road Island”
- Rogers, John
- Roosevelt, Franklin
- Rowling, J. K.
- Roxbury, Massachusetts
- Royal Society in London
- Saint Alexian Brothers Hospital
- Saint Francis Xavier College Church
- Saint James Catholic Church
- Saint John’s Church
- Saint Stephen’s Lutheran Evangelical Church
- Salem, Massachusetts
- British troops and
- Gage and
- naming of
- Puritans in
- religion in contemporary
- settlement of
- today
- witch trials in
- Salem Award for Human Rights and Social Justice
- Salem Heritage Trail
- Salem Marine Society
- Salem Mill
- “Salem’s End”
- Salem State University
- Salem Witch Museum
- Salem Witch Trials Memorial
- Saltonstall, Nathaniel
- Samoset
- Sargeant, Peter
- Savannah, Georgia
- scarlet A
- Schell, Albert
- Schulze, Luther Miles
- Seaton, David
- Seider, Christopher
- Sewall, Samuel
- Sewell, Samuel
- Shakespeare, William
- Shallus, Jacob
- shamans
- Sharpe, Horatio
- Shattuck, Samuel
- Sheldon, Susannah
- Sherman, Roger
- Sherwood, Grace
- Sibley, Mary
- “Silence Dogood”
- Slaney, John
- slavery
- Congressional representation and
- in Massachusetts
- “quasi-marriage” and
- slaves
- former
- fugitive
- slave trade
- smallpox
- Smith, Abigail. See also Adams, Abigail
- “Sons of Liberty”
- the South. See also specific locations
- South Carolina
- “Spaniard”
- Spectator
- spectral evidence
- Speedwell
- spiritual healing
- Squanto
- Stamp Act
- Standish, Myles
- State House Bell
- Steele, Richard
- St. Louis, Missouri
- Stoughton, William
- Stow, Massachusetts
- Strangers
- Sugar Act
- Superior Court of Judicature
- Sydow, Max von
- taxation
- churches and
- resistance to
- Thanksgiving
- theocracy
- Tillie
- Time magazine
- Tituba
- Toleration Act
- The Tonight Show
- torture
- “touch test”
- Townsend, Massachusetts
- Treaty of Paris
- Trenton, New Jersey
- tribal cultures
- Turner, John
- TV Land
- 29th Regiment of Foot
- Two-Penny Act
- Unitarianism
- United First Parish Church
- United States of America
- naming of
- population of
- University of Virginia
- US Congress
- US Constitution
- Bill of Rights
- signing of
- writing of
- US House of Representatives
- US Senate
- Van Roo, William
- Vatican
- “Venus glass”
- Virginia
- Baptists in
- Bill Number 82
- Church of England in
- Declaration of Rights
- Franklin in
- General Assembly
- House of Burgesses
- House of Delegates
- Methodism in
- Presbyterianism in
- Puritans in
- Statute of Religious Freedom
- witch trials in
- “vodun”
- voodoo
- Walcott, Mary
- Wampanoag Nation
- Warner Brothers Studios
- War of 1812
- Warren, Mary
- Washington, George
- at Constitutional Convention
- death of
- elected first president
- Washington, Martha
- Washington Post
- Wedderburn, Alexander
- Wellfleet, Massachusetts
- West Indies
- White, Peregrine
- White, Resolved
- White, Susanna
- White, William
- Whitefield, George
- Whitehall Palace
- Whydah Gally
- Wiccans
- Wiesel, Elie
- Willard, John
- Willard, John (2)
- Willard, Samuel
- William III
- Williams, Abigail
- Williams, Roger
- Williams, Venus
- Williamsburg, Virginia
- Winslow, Edward
- Winslow, Elizabeth
- Winters, Kimberly
- Winthrop, John
- “witch caves”
- “Witch City Mall”
- witchcraft
- as a crimen exceptum
- laws against
- in New York
- penalties for
- Witchcraft Act of 1604 (England)
- witches, persecution of (see also witch trials)
- “witches marks”
- Witch House
- witch hunts, contemporary
- Witch of Esperance
- “Witch of Wellfleet”
- witch trials
- compensation for
- day of fasting to repent for
- declared unlawful
- legacy of
- paused by Phips
- public apology for
- in Salem, Massachusetts
- in Virginia
- Witch Trials Memorial
- Witch Trials Tercentenary
- Woolwich, Maine