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(SALEM WITCH TRIALS) SAMUEL SEWALL
SAMUEL SEWALL (1652 - 1730) Massachusetts judge who presided over the Salem witch trials, and the only one of the judges who publicly admitted his error. A.D.S. at the bottom of a manuscript document, 1p. legal folio, [n.p., likely Salem], Mar. 31, 1692. Sewall attests to the signature of one "Ralph Houghton" who has sold a parcel of land in Milton to another gentleman. At bottom Sewall writes: "March 31, 1692. Ralph Houghton Acknowledged this Instrument to be his Act & Deed Before me Saml Sewall Attest." A bit ragged at the margins with a small tear close to but not touching Sewall''s signature, matted with a portrait and a Salem witchcraft trial image. In the same year, 1692, Sewall was appointed one of the nine judges charged with trying those from Salem Town and elsewhere who were accused of witchcraft.

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December 10, 2016 11:00 AM EST
Wilmington, DE, US

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