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Samuel Paris is named the new minister of Salem. He moves to Salem from Boston, where Memorable Providence was published.
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The Salem Village had formed a beginning circle for witchcraft. The circle consisted of Mary Walcott, Elizabeth Both, and Susannah Sheldon.
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Doctor Griggs, who attends to the "afflicted" girls, suggests that witchcraft may be the cause of their strange behavior.
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Arrest warrants are issued for Tituba, Sarah Good and Sarah Osborne.
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Salem Marshal Deputy Samuel Brabrook arrests four-year-old Dorcas Good.
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Several girls accuse former Salem minister George Burroughs of witchcraft
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Mary Easty, another of Rebecca Nurse's sisters who defended her, is examined by Hathorne and Corwin. Hathorne and Corwin also examine Nehemiah Abbott, William and Deliverance Hobbs, Edward and Sarah Bishop, Mary Black, Sarah Wildes, and Mary English.
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Governor Phipps orders that spectral evidence no longer be admitted in witchcraft trials.
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Tituba is released from jail and sold to a new master.
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The General Court declares the 1692 trials unlawful
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Ann Putnam Jr., one of the leading accusers, publicly apologizes for her actions in 1692.
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The colony passes a legislative bill restoring the rights and good names of those accused of witchcraft and grants 600 pounds in restitution to their heirs.
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Salem Village is renamed Danvers.
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Massachusetts formally apologizes for the events of 1692