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. Tapley, Charles Sutherland. Rebecca Nurse: Saint but Witch Victim. Marshall Jones: Boston. 1930.

    Sentimental local publication about Rebecca Nurse.
  2. Taylor, Dale. The Writer's Guide to Everyday Life in Colonial America From 1607-1783. Writer's Digest Books: Cincinatti, OH. 1997. Order from Amazon.com

  3. Taylor, John M.. The Witchcraft Delusion in Colonial Connecticut 1647-1677. Originally published in 1908 by The Grafton Press. Corner House: Williamstown, MA. 1974. Order from Amazon.com

  4. Terkel, Susan Neiburg. Colonial American Medicine. Franklin Watts: New York. 1993. Order from Amazon.com

  5. Thompson, Roger. Sex in Middlesex: Popular Mores in a Massachusetts County, 1649-1699. University of Massachusetts Press: Amherst, MA. 1986. Order from Amazon.com

  6. Thornton, Tamara Plakins. Handwriting in America: A Cultural History. Yale: New Haven. 1996. Order from Amazon.com

  7. Trask, Richard B.. "The Devil hath been raised": A Documentary History of the Salem Village Witchcraft Outbreak of March 1692. Revised edition. Yeoman Press: Danvers, MA. 1997. Order from Amazon.com

    This second edition includes 17 newly located witchcraft documents.

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