Person/Organization: Watkins, Mary
Item 22382
Samuel Sewall letter regarding female prisoner, 1693
Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1693-07-14 Location: Boston Media: Ink on paper
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.