
The Historic Eyewitness Account of the Salem Witch Trials This balanced account of the Salem Village witchcraft trials, including the events leading up to them, was first printed in 1702. The book was written by Reverend John Hale, the pastor of the...

""Modest Inquiry Into the Nature of Witchcraft"" is a book written by John Hale, a Puritan minister from Beverly, Massachusetts, in 1697. The book explores the phenomenon of witchcraft and the Salem witch trials, which occurred in the late 17th century in Massachusetts. Hale...






The 18th century was a wealth of knowledge, exploration and rapidly growing technology and expanding record-keeping made possible by advances in the printing press. In its determination to preserve the century of revolution, Gale initiated a revolution of its own: digitization...