17th Century New England, with special emphasis on the Salem Witchcraft Trials

A 17th Century Colonial New England Bibliography

This is a sometimes-annotated bibliography of the books in my personal reference library as I research 17th century colonial New England. There are a lot about the Salem witch-hunt, Puritan thought, and Anglo-Indian contact, but also a few odds and ends that make sense to me to have on hand. Please note: I do not lend books. To anyone. Most of these titles can be borrowed from any good public or university library. If you want to purchase a copy of any of these titles, I have included direct links to Amazon.com for all but a handful of out-of-print or hard-to-find local imprint titles. To print out the whole bibliography, please use the printer-friendly version to save paper.

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Anderson | Bailyn | Bouchard | Bradford | Bremer | Calloway | Condé | Daniels | Dow | Fisher
Gildrie | Grumet | Hayes | Holifield | Koehler | Lockridge | Mather | Miller | Norton | Powers
Robinson | Scot | Slotkin | Tapley | Ulrich | Vaughan | Whiting | Woodward

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  1. Scot, Reginald. The Discoverie of Witchcraft. Republication of the 1930 edition. Dover: New York. 1972. Order from Amazon.com

    Scot's attempt, in 1584, to prove that witches did not exist. Reveals a great deal about the practices of the day by describing them to discredit them!
  2. Sebald, Hans. Witch-Children: From the Salem Witch-Hunts to Modern Courtrooms. Prometheus Books: Amherst, NY. 1995. Order from Amazon.com

  3. Segal, Charles M, and Stineback, David C., eds.. Puritans, Indians, & Manifest Destiny. Putnam's: New York. 1977. Order from Amazon.com

    A collection of primary texts.
  4. Sewall, Samuel. Thomas, M. Halsey, ed.. The Diary of Samuel Sewall 1674-1729: Newly Edited from the Manuscript at the Massachusetts Historical Society. Farrar, Straus & Giroux: New York. 1973. Order from Amazon.com

  5. Sewall, Samuel. Yazawa, Mel, ed.. The Diary and Life of Samuel Sewall. The Bedford Series in History. Bedford Books: Boston. 1998. Order from Amazon.com

  6. Shuy, Roger W.. The Langage of Confession, Interrogation, and Deception. Sage Publications: Thousand Oaks,CA. 1998. Order from Amazon.com

  7. Sloane, Eric. Sketches of America Past. Originally published in three volumes as Diary of an Early American Boy, A Museum of Early American Tools, and A Reverence for Wood. Promontory Press: New York. 1986. Order from Amazon.com

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This page was last updated Feb. 15, 2009 by Margo Burns, My email address.