Margo, Regarding the clearing of names, I know nothing of any action by the legislature after 1957, but if there was any I also would be keenly interested in knowing about that. In 1957, the five women mentioned here were cleared by the Mass. legislature, and Gov. Foster Furcolo signed the bill into law on August 28, 1957. But the bill did not reverse attainders on any of these five women: Bridget Bishop, Susannah Martin, Alice Parker, Ann Pudeator, Wilmot Reed, and Margaret Scott. For some more detail on this issue see Salem Story, p. 85. Cheers, Bernie