Some miscellany observations on our present debates respecting witchcrafts : in a dialogue between S. & B. / by P.E. and J.A.
| Author/creator | Willard, Samuel |
| Other author | English, Philip, 1651-1736. |
| Other author | Alden, John, ca. 1623-1701. |
| Format | Electronic |
| Publication Info | Philadelphia [i.e. Boston?] : Printed by William Bradford, for Hezekiah Usher, 1692. |
| Description | 16 p. |
| Supplemental Content | https://search.proquest.com/docview/2248532649 |
| Subjects |
| Series | Early English books online. ^A888680 |
| General note | Caption title. |
| General note | Written by Samuel Willard. The purported authors P.E. and J.A. are identified as Philip English and John Alden by David C. Brown in his "The Salem witchcraft trials: Samuel Willard's 'Some Miscellany Observations.'" Essex Institute Historical Proceedings 122 (1986): 207-236. Alden and Hezekiah Usher, a Boston merchant, were members of Willard's church, and English, Alden and Usher were fugitives from justice at the time of the book's publication. According to Brown, "S." and "B." represent either Salem and Boston or, less likely, Stoughton and Brattle. |
| General note | Evidently not in fact printed by William Bradford at Philadelphia, as the typeface is not one used by Bradford. The false imprint was intended to circumvent an order by the governor against printing of any discourses on the witchcraft controversy. Cf. Brown. |
| General note | Imperfect: stained and with print show-through. |
| General note | Reproduction of original in: New York Public Library. |
| References | Wing (2nd ed.), W2296 |
| Reproduction note | Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, Mich. : UMI, 1999- (Early English books online) Digital version of: (Early English Books, 1641-1700 ; 2972:19) |
| Stock number | CL0037000133 ProQuest, 789 E. Eisenhower Parkway, Ann Arbor, MI 48108-3218 |
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| Electronic Resources | Access Content Online | ✔ Available |