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Salem Witch Trials Participant, Stephen Sewall 1705 Document Signed -- Clerk for the Infamous Court

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Salem Witch Trials Participant, Stephen Sewall 1705 Document Signed -- Clerk for the Infamous Court

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Auction Date:2013 May 21 @ 17:00 (UTC-7 : PDT/MST)
Location:11901 Santa Monica Blvd., Los Angeles, California, 90025, United States
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Clerk of Courts for the Salem Witch Trials Stephen Sewall document signed in ink ''Steph Sewall'' as recorder for Essex County. Twelve years prior, Sewall served as Clerk in the Court of ''Oyer & Terminer'' in Salem Town, site of the most notorious of the collective ''Salem Witch Trials''. Lethal paranoia, accusations and trials swept three additional towns in colonial Massachusetts during the year of 1692-1693, during which nineteen people were ultimately executed for witchcraft. Handwritten document is dated 1705 and names Jonathan Woodman and Richard Bartlett Jr. as parties to a land sale contract. Sewall signs a panel to verso. Single-page document on card-style stationery is countersigned by Jonathan Woodman, Samuel Soyer, Philip Morss, Joseph Hoyt and Thomas Noyes. Remnants of a red wax seal appear to the lower right. Measures 7.5'' x 11.75''. Foxing, toning, dampstaining and separation to folds. Good condition, especially given age.