Salem March the 19th 1692
There being Complaint this day made, before us, by Edward Putnam and Henry Kenney, yeomen, both of Salem Village, against Martha Cory, the wife of Giles Cory of Salem Farms, for suspicion of having committed sundry acts of witchcraft and thereby done much hurt and injury unto the bodies of Ann Putnam, the wife of Thomas Putnam of Salem Village, yeoman, and Ann Putnam, the daughter of said Thomas Putnam, and Mercy Lewis, single woman living in said Putnam's family; also Abigail Williams, one of Mr. Parris' family, and Elizabeth Hubbard, Doctor Griggs' maid.
You are therefore in their Majesties' names hereby required to apprehend and bring before us Martha Cory, the wife of Giles Cory abovesaid, on Monday next, being the 21st day of this instant month, at the house of Lieutenant Nathaniel Ingersoll of Salem Village about twelve o'clock in the day, in order to her examination relating to the premises and hereof you are not to fail. Dated Salem March the 19th 1692]
per us
John Hathorne
Jonathan Corwin
Assistants
To. Geo Herrick Marshall
of the County of Essex
or any Constable in Salem
March 21st I have taken Martha Cory and brought to the house of Lieutenant Nathaniel Ingersoll, where she is in the custody of some persons by me required and is forthcoming at demand per me, Joseph Herrick Constable for Salem
[Reverse]
Goody Wilds
Goody Oliver
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Essex County Court Archives, vol. 1, no. 38, Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court, Judicial Archives, on deposit James Duncan Phillips Library, Peabody Essex Museum, Salem, MA. |