[9] Vol. i. p. 187. H. [10] See _Mass. Rec._, vol. iv. pt. 1, p. 269. Joshua Scottow’s representation, dated March 7, 1655-6, that he did not intend to oppose the proceedings of the court in the case of Ann Hibbins, is in _Mass. Archives_, vol. cxxxv. fol. 1. She was executed June 19, 1656. P. [11] Magnalia. H. [12] The case of Ann Cole was fully reported in a letter by Mr. John Whiting, minister at Hartford, under whose observation it occurred, to Increase Mather, dated Dec. 10, 1682. The document is one of the _Mather Papers_, and is printed in _Mass. Hist. Soc. Coll._, vol. xxxviii. pp. 466-469. An abstract of the case is in Increase Mather’s _Remarkable Providences_, chap. v. pp. 96-99, London ed. 1856, and Cotton Mather’s _Magnalia_, Hartford ed. 1855, vol. ii. p. 448. Several of the incidents are not correctly stated by Hutchinson, either in the manuscript or printed text. Ann Cole did not live next door to a Dutch family. The name of the woman executed, Greensmith, appears in both abstracts by the Mathers, but not in Mr. Whiting’s original statement. The woman and her husband were both executed. P. [13] This woman was one of the victims hanged for witchcraft at Salem, in 1692. The evidence offered at her examination is in Mather’s _Wonders_, pp. 70-76; Calef’s _More Wonders_, pp. 125-132, and Woodward’s _Records of Salem Witchcraft_, vol. i. pp. 193-233. She bore the reputation of a witch for many years, and her suits at law frequently brought her name into the General Court records.—_Mass. Rec._ iv. pt. 2, pp. 540-555; v. pp. 6, 26. P. [14] To a person interested in the psychological inquiries pertaining to the witchcraft manifestations of the seventeenth century, the case of Elizabeth Knap is one of the most interesting that occurred in New-England. It took place twenty-one years before the great outbreak at Salem, and under circumstances which gave opportunity for calm observation. Samuel Willard, afterwards pastor of the Old South Church, in Boston, and who distinguished himself by his prudent conduct in 1692, was the pastor of the church in Groton at the time, and was the daily attendant and spiritual adviser of the family. He wrote a full account of the case, which fortunately has been preserved, and is now printed in the _Mather Papers_, pp. 555-571. In this paper he has calmly discussed the question whether her distemper was real or counterfeit. At first he was inclined to the latter opinion, and at times she confessed as much; but in view of all the facts he was of the opinion that there was something preternatural in the case. Increase Mather has an abstract of Mr. Willard’s account in _Remarkable Providences_, p. 99. See also _Magnalia_, vol. ii. p. 449. P. [15] Rebeckah Nurse. H.