The Sermon Notebook of Samuel Parris, 1689-1694 (PUBLICATIONS OF THE COLONIAL SOCIETY OF MASSACHUSETTS)

A fascinating, immensely important primary source relating to the Salem witchcraft hysteria all the extant sermons that the pastor of the local church preached before his congregation from his ordination in 1689, through the summer of trials and executions in 1692, and into the aftermath of the controversy, when an angry congregation forced Parris from office. Annotation copyright Book News, Inc. Portland, Or.