Keywords: Salem Witch Trials
Item 7309
Thomas Burnham deposition against Rachel Clinton
Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: circa 1690 Media: Ink on paper
Item 28846
Portrait of Sir William Phipps, ca. 1691
Contributed by: Maine State Museum Date: circa 1691 Media: Oil on Canvas
Exhibit
Anglo-Americans in northern New England sometimes interpreted their own anxieties about the Wilderness, their faith, and their conflicts with Native Americans as signs that the Devil and his handmaidens, witches, were active in their midst.