[39] Dr. Increase Mather, Mr. James Allen of the Old South, Mr. Joshua Moody, Mr. Samuel Willard of the Old South, and Mr. John Bailey of the First Church, Boston. [40] My friend Savage calls this an "Infernal Business." I hope he will never get further out of the Way. It would seem that the Officials of that Day must have taken lessons of Roman Inquisitors. [41] Daniel Andrew of Salem, as I conjecture. [42] Nineteen Years after these Executions, the General Court of the Province passed an Act declaring null and void all the Attainders and Judgments against those who had suffered for Witchcraft. This Act was passed "upon the Humble Petition of the said Persons and of the Children of others of them whose Parents were Executed." The General Assembly also appointed a Committee "to consider of ye Damages sustained by sundry Persons prosecuted for Witchcraft in ye Year 1692." The Committee computed the Damage to those above named as follows: Mr. and Mrs. Cory £21; Mary Easty £20; Alice Parker got nothing, but Mary Parker got £8; Nothing appears for Ann Pudeater; Dorcas Hoar £21; Mary Bradberry £20; some that suffered had no Representative to receive the Award. [43] Allowances were made to the most of those or their Children, as may be seen in the Records before cited. [44] "The Hill" has ever since been pointed out as _Witch Hill_, or more generally _Gallows Hill_; whence is had a fine view of the City of Salem. Some Account of this noted Hill might reasonably be expected in a History of Salem. The _Institute_ should look to the Matter. [45] Surely Cotton Mather never uttered anything more inhuman. Mr. Noyes has already been noticed. [46] Mr. John Hale had testified against some of the Accused; but I do not find that when his own Wife was accused any Record was made of it. [47] The Case of Mr. English has been before referred to. See Note 17. [48] Ballard's Testimony against Samuel Wardwell may be seen in the _Records of S. W._, ii, 152. Ballard gave his Age as about 41 Years, and mentions his Brother John. See onward. [49] This was not the First of the Troubles by supposed Witchcraft at Andover, as appears by the following Record, the Original of which is in the Editor's Collection: "The Deposition of Job Tylar, aged about 40 Yeares, Mary his Wife and Moses Tylʳ his Son aged betwixt 17 and 18 Years, and Mary Tyler aboue 15 Yeares olde.--These Deponents witnesse that they saw a thing like a Bird to come in at the Dore of there House with John Godfery in the Night about the bignes of a Black Bird or rather bigger, to wit, as big as a Pigion, and did fly about; John Godfery labouring to catch it, and the Bird vanished, as they conceived, through the Chinck of a joynted Bord; and being asked by the Man of the House wherefore it came, he answered, It came to suck your Wife. This was (as they remember) about 5 or 6 Yeares since.--Taken vpon Oath of the 4 above menconed Pties, this 27. 4. 59. Before mee