This is the University of Virginia Library's Salem Witch Trials Documentary Archive and Transcription Project, a digital edition of the surviving 1692 court papers, examinations and depositions from the Salem witch trials, working from the manuscript originals held in Massachusetts repositories. As the hosting institution's own scholarly digital edition it is authoritative for the transcribed text of these primary court documents. Its limit is that it presents the primary records themselves rather than a historical interpretation of the trials' causes, so a claim explaining why the trials happened, rather than what the surviving documents say, needs a separate historical or scholarly source.
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The University of Virginia Library's Salem Witch Trials Documentary Archive is the hosting institution's own scholarly digital edition of the surviving 1692 court papers, treated at the top tier as that primary documentary record. NotesDigital edition of the surviving 1692 court papers, examinations and depositions.
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Custodian SourceYes
Custodian BodyUniversity of Virginia Library
Custodian BasisThe library hosts and maintains the transcribed archive of the surviving Salem court papers, working from the manuscript originals held in Massachusetts repositories.
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AuthorUniversity of Virginia
PublisherUniversity of Virginia Library
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Claims Backed By This Source (21 claims)
This source backs 21 claims across the atlas. As facts: 18 well-attested. Plus 3 entities citing it as a general reference with no single fact or relationship attached.
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- Sources, 9 claims: 9 well-attested.
- Historical Figures, 7 claims: 6 well-attested, 1 general references.
- Religious Events, 2 claims: 1 well-attested, 1 general references.
- Studies, 2 claims: 1 well-attested, 1 general references.
- Articles, 1 claims: 1 well-attested.
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