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Source Citation Massachusetts Archives Collection, vol. 135, no. 20, p. 18. Massachusetts State Archives. Boston, MA.
Records of the Salem Witch-Hunt (2009) No. 84: Examination of Mary Black, and Clearing by Proclamation
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    ‡ indicates that there is no original date present in the record itself, and there is a lack of sufficient circumstantial evidence, so the date given is the best approximation
    [?] after the date indicates that a date cannot be established with any level of confidence, and a speculative date or month has been assigned

    See pp. 98-99 of Records of the Salem Witch-Hunt for more information about how dates were assigned.
  • April 22, 1692
    • : Examination
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    † indicates that although there is no date on the document itself, internal references or other evidence make the dating probable

    ‡ indicates that there is no original date present in the record itself, and there is a lack of sufficient circumstantial evidence, so the date given is the best approximation
    [?] after the date indicates that a date cannot be established with any level of confidence, and a speculative date or month has been assigned

    See pp. 98-99 of Records of the Salem Witch-Hunt for more information about how dates were assigned.
  • Jan. 11, 1693
    • : Cleared by Proclamation
The Salem Witchcraft Papers (1977) Vol. 1, pp. 113-114: Examination of Mary Black
Salem Witch Trials Documentary Archive (University of Virginia, 2019) No. 15.1: Examination of Mary Black and Clearance by Proclamation
Woodward's Records of Salem Witchcraft (1864) N/A
Godbeer's The Salem Witch Hunt (2011) N/A
Levin's What Happened in Salem? (1960) N/A

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