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Rev. Samuel W_iling. 97
To illustrate still further the spirit of the
times in which Mr. Whiting lived, some refer-
ence must be made to the rise and progress of
the so-called witchcraft mania.
It is stated in Winthrop's Journal, that in
I646 one (person) at Windsor, Connecticut,
had been arraigned for witchcraft, and was
executed. _ In May, I648, the General Court
held at Boston, John Winthrop being gov-
ernor and John Endicott, John Winthrop,
jun. and others, being assistants, with depu-
ties from all the towns, passed the following
order:
" This Court being desirous that the same
course which hath been taken in England for
the discovery of witches, by watching, may also
be taken here with the witch now in question,;
(and) therefore do order that a strict watch be
set about her every night, and that her husband
be confined to a private room, and watched
also." t
We learn from the same Journal, :1:that "at
* 2 Winthrop's Journal, 374. t I Col. Rec., p.
Vol. ii., p. 397.
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