An Essay on Demonology, Ghosts and Apparitions, and Popular Superstitions

Name: An Essay on Demonology, Ghosts and Apparitions, and Popular Superstitions
Author: James Thacher

by James Thacher

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An Essay on Demonology, Ghosts and Apparitions, and Popular Superstitions Also, an Account of the Witchcraft Delusion at Salem, in 1692

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Project Gutenberg

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Produced by Robert Cicconetti, Sam W. and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net (This book was produced from scanned images of public domain material from the Google Print project.)

Release date

2015-06-06

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Public domain in the USA.

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Superstition Witchcraft Witchcraft -- Massachusetts -- Salem

About the author

James Thacher

1754–1844

A Revolutionary War surgeon turned popular medical writer, this early American author left behind vivid firsthand accounts of wartime life and practical guides that reached generations of readers. His work blends history, medicine, and everyday observation in a way that still feels immediate.

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