Cotton Mather (1663-1728) 185
from The wonders of the invisible world: 188
[A people of God settled in the devil's territories] 188
V: The trial of Martha Carrier 190
from Magnalia Christi Americana: 192
Chapter I: Galeacius Secundus, the life of William Bradford, Esq. 192
from Bonifacius: An essay upon the good: 198
[from Chapter three: relative to home and neighborhood] 198
Robert Calef (1648-1719) 210
from More wonders of the invisible world: 212
from Postscript: [Witchcraft and theocracy] 212
Samuel Sewall (1652-1730) 215
from The diary of Samuel Sewall: 217
from Volume I: 1674-1708 217
from Volume II: 1709-1729 222
from Phaenomena Quaedam Apocalyptica: 230
[description of Plum Island] 230
from the selling of Joseph 231
Sarah Kemble Knight (1666-1727) 234
from The private journal of a journey from Boston to New York 236
Robert Beverley (1673?-1722) 238
from The history and present state of Virginia, Book I: 240
Chapter I. Showing what happened in the first attempts to settle Virginia 240
William Byrd II (1674-1744) 245
from The history of the dividing line 245
Ebenezer Cook (1667?-1733?) 266
from The sot-weed factor 267
Jonathan Edwards (1703-1758) 273
Sarah Pierpont 277
A divine and supernatural light 277
Personal narrative 290
Sinners in the hands of an angry God 300
Letter to Rev. Dr. Benjamin Colman [The great awakening] 311
Benjamin Franklin (1706-1790) 318
from poor Richard: 322
The way to wealth 322