Hello all! Yes, from the subject line you can see how I spent my day... :D After reading that there was a new edition of Trask's "The Devil Hath Been Raised," and learning that Amazon.com claimed it was "back-ordered" and would take 3-5 weeks to get, I was inspired to pop down to see if I could pick up a copy of the 1997 edition right at the source. So my first stop was the Danvers Historical Society, and they have a pile of them. If anyone wants one, you can write to them directly and get it, postpaid for $18.75. Make checks available to: "Danvers Historical Society" and send it to them at P.O. Box 381, Danvers, MA 01923. The new documents included are as follows: * The Examination of Giles Corey * Summons for Witnesses to the Examination of Rachel Clinton * Indictment of Mary English * Examination of Mary Lacey * Fragment of an Examination of Richard Carrier * Warrant for the Apprehension of Mary Green and Hannah Bromage * Indictment of Mary Lacey * Richard Carrier, Mary Lacey and Mary Lacey, Jr. Vs. George Burroughs * Deliverance Dane for Rev. Frances Dane * Examination of Margaret Prince * Indictment of Margaret Scott * Second Indictment of Margaret Scott * John Burbank and Daniel Wycomb Vs. Margaret Scott * Mary Daniel Vs. Margaret Scott * Thomas Nelson Vs. Margaret Scott * Sarah Coleman Vs. Margaret Scott * Excerpt From the Examination of Joanna Penny[?] Then I drove over to the area where the foundation of the parsonage is located on Center St. in Danvers, and decided to walk over to the Danvers Memorial, across the street from where the meetinghouse was located -- 5-6 minutes away. From there I walked to the Rebecca Nurse Homestead -- another 15-20 minutes' walk -- trying to get a sense of where things were in relation to each other. The folks at the Homestead were delightful to talk to! If you have a chance, it's a really low-key museum experience, but more likely to give you a sense of the space in which these events took place. There's a reconstruction of the meetinghouse on the property, built for the filming of the movie "Three Sovereigns for Sarah." You can get a real sense of the close quarters within which these events occured. My last stop of the day: The Peabody Essex in Salem for a chat with Jane Ward, the Curator of Manuscripts. She asked me to let folks on our list know about an event the museum is sponsoring in September: - ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ -- The 1692 Salem Witchcraft Trials: Fact, Fiction, and our Forefathers September 17, 18, & 19, 1999 Back by popular demand, the Peabody Essex Museum in Salem, Mass., announces a repeat of its popular program on the 1692 Salem witchcraft trials. The three-day seminar will take place at the museum in Salem. Lectures will be offered on such topics as life in Salem in 1692, witchcraft and Colonial law, and witchcraft in Europe, along with videos, tours, a demonstration of a new "Witchcraft in Salem Village" website, and an opportunity to take part in a mock witchcraft trial. A special opportunity to do research in the renovated Phillips Library is also available. The keynote speech will be delivered by David Greene, co-editor of The American Genealogist, and author of several articles on the trial victims. Other speakers include Danvers, Mass., town archivist Richard B. Trask, Professor Stephen P. Marrone of Tufts University, Ph.D. candidate Thomas E. Conroy of the University of Massachusetts at Amherst, and assistant curator Paula B. Richter and curator Jane E. Ward of the Pebody Essex Museum. The seminar will conclude with an optional trip to sites in Danvers, Mass. This seminar will appeal to anyone interested in the 1692 trials, but especially to those descended from one of the vistims of this terrible tragedy. For more informtion and registration, contact; Jane E. Ward, Peabody Essex Museum, East India Square, Salem, Mass., 01970-3783, 978-745-9500, ext. 3032. - ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ -- The information is not at their website yet (http://www.pem.org), but she said it should be there soon with info about how to register. That's all for now! --Margo Margo Burns, Webweaver [email protected] http://www.ogram.org Time flies like an arrow; fruit flies like a banana. "Colorless green ideas sleep furiously." -- Chomsky