Cornell University Library Digital Collections
First page of the Thomas Brattle letter on the Salem witch trials
- Title:
- First page of the Thomas Brattle letter on the Salem witch trials
- Collection:
- Images from the Rare Book and Manuscript Collections
- Creator:
- Brattle, Thomas (American scientist, mathematician, and architect, 1658-1713)
Fox, Rebecca, active 1692, petitioner
- Creation Date:
- 1692-10-08
- ID Number:
- RMC2017_0316
- Catalog Record:
- 10005962
- Collection Number:
- 4620
- File Name:
- RMC2017_0316.jpg
- Work Type:
- letters (correspondence)
- Subject:
- Trials (Witchcraft)--Massachusetts--Salem
Witchcraft--Massachusetts--Salem
Conduct of court proceedings
- Description:
- 1794 Copy of a MS. letter, giving a fair & candid account of the pretended witchcrafts, & trials for witchcraft, in New-England, A.D. 1692.
Caption reads: Copy of a MS. letter, giving a fair & candid account of the pretended witchcrafts, & trials for witchcraft, in New-England, A.D. 1692. Written by Thomas Brattle, Esq. of Boston, F.R.S.
Date of production of this manuscript copy (1794) based on the date in the paper's watermark.
- Volume/Issue:
- Archives 4620 Bd. Ms. 84
- Bibliography:
- Thomas Brattle Letter, #4620. Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections, Cornell University Library.
- Cite As:
- Witchcraft collection, unbound manuscripts, #4620. Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections, Cornell University Library.
- Repository:
- Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections, Cornell University Library
- Archival Collection:
- Witchcraft collection, unbound manuscripts
- Format:
- Image
- Rights:
- Presumed to be in the public domain because of creation date.
