Historical Documents

Document
Act to Reverse the Attainders of George Burroughs and Others for Witchcraft
ERA 2: Colonialism and Settlement (1585–1763)
"The Evolving Federal Role in Education: An Introductory Essay" (Excerpt)
ERA 3: Revolution and the New Nation (1754–1820s), ERA 10: Contemporary United States (1968 to the present)
Rebecca Nurse
Trial of Rebecca Nurse- Excerpt
ERA 2: Colonialism and Settlement (1585–1763)
The Witches
Rye Ergo and Witches
ERA 2: Colonialism and Settlement (1585–1763)
Sisters of the Holy Names of Jesus and Mary
Pierce v. Society of Sisters
ERA 3: Revolution and the New Nation (1754–1820s), ERA 7: The Emergence of Modern America (1890–1930)
AN ACT RELATIVE TO THE WITCHCRAFT TRIAL OF 1692.
ERA 2: Colonialism and Settlement (1585–1763), ERA 10: Contemporary United States (1968 to the present)
Petition
Petition of Ten Prisoners at Ipswich
ERA 2: Colonialism and Settlement (1585–1763)
Salem Oath for Residents
ERA 2: Colonialism and Settlement (1585–1763)
Death Warrant
Death Warrant for Sarah Good, Rebecca Nurse, Susannah Martin, Elizabeth How, and Sarah Wilds
ERA 2: Colonialism and Settlement (1585–1763)
Students Praying in School
Engel v. Vitale
ERA 3: Revolution and the New Nation (1754–1820s), ERA 9: Postwar United States (1945 to early 1970's)
Historical Marker
Salem Covenant of 1629
ERA 2: Colonialism and Settlement (1585–1763)
Cesar Chaves with Robert Kennedy at the end of his fast
1968 Fasting Statement
ERA 9: Postwar United States (1945 to early 1970's), ERA 10: Contemporary United States (1968 to the present)
"Help the Guatemalans!" poster
American Baptist Churches v. Thornburgh
ERA 10: Contemporary United States (1968 to the present)
Protestors at the Supreme Court
Zellman v. Simmons-Harris
ERA 3: Revolution and the New Nation (1754–1820s), ERA 10: Contemporary United States (1968 to the present)
The Enlarged Salem Covenant
ERA 2: Colonialism and Settlement (1585–1763)
Resolve Relative to the Indictment, Trial, Conviction, and Execution of Ann Pudeator and Certain Other Person For “Witchcraft” in the Year Sixteen Hundred and Ninety-Two
ERA 2: Colonialism and Settlement (1585–1763), ERA 9: Postwar United States (1945 to early 1970's)
President Thomas Jefferson
Virginia Statute of Religious Freedom
ERA 3: Revolution and the New Nation (1754–1820s)
Denver’s dean of cattle buyers, Lithuanian-born Robert Lazar Miller, on horseback.
Jewish Pioneers- Article
ERA 5: Civil War and Reconstruction (1850-1877)

Historical Images

Map of Salem
Map of Salem Village in 1692
ERA 2: Colonialism and Settlement (1585–1763)

Collections

Trial of George Jacobs, August 5, 1692, by Tompkins H. Matteson, 1855
Free The Salem Five! by Frederic Schwarz
ERA 2: Colonialism and Settlement (1585–1763)
First Sunday School Class
Religious Education-Confronting Issues As Old As Public Schools, by Kevin Baker
ERA 3: Revolution and the New Nation (1754–1820s), ERA 10: Contemporary United States (1968 to the present)