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Case of Goodwife Seager (Elizabeth Seagar)

Case of Goodwife Seager (Elizabeth Seagar). Testimony Of Robert Sterne

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Title	Case of Goodwife Seager (Elizabeth Seagar)
Contributors	Sterne, Robert; Hart, Stephen; Pratt, Daniel; Willard, Josiah
Date - Created	circa 1662-1665
Description	Case of witchcraft against Goodwife Seager and Goodwife Greensmith of Hartford with testimony by Robert Sterne, Stephen Hart and others.
Subject	Trials (Witchcraft); Trials -- Connecticut -- History -- 17th century; Seagar, Elizabeth; Greensmith, Rebecca; Hartford (Conn.)
Geographic Coverage	Hartford (Conn.)
Source	Connecticut State Library, State Archives, RG 000, Classified Archives, Samuel Wyllys papers, call no. 974.6 fW97
Physical size	2 manuscript documents, silked, size varies; Bound with collection, 39.4 x 27.9 cm.
Publisher	Connecticut State Library
Relation - Is Part Of	Samuel Wyllys papers. Documents No. 1-2
Type	image
Format - Digital	jpeg
Date - Digital	2008 Oct. 1
Language	eng
Rights	Digital image © Connecticut State Library. All rights reserved. Images may be used for personal research or non-profit educational uses without prior permission. For permission to publish or exhibit, see Reproduction and Publication of State Library Collections, http://www.cslib.org/repropub.htm
File name	sa_b2980580_no001_002

Title	Case of Goodwife Seager (Elizabeth Seagar). Testimony Of Robert Sterne
Contributors	Sterne, Robert
Description	Robert Sterne's testimony about seeing Goodwife Seager and Goodwife Greensmith dancing around a fire in the woods with two black creatures.
Transcript	Robt Sterne Testifies as/ followet[h]./ I saw This woman Goodwife Seage/ in the woods w[i]th three more wome[n]/ and wit[h] them {these} I saw two/ black creatures like two Indians/ but taller I saw likewise a Kettle/ there over a fire, I saw the wome[n]/ dance round these black Creatures/ and whiles I looked upon them one/ of the women G Greensmith sai[th]/ lookr who is yonder and then they/ ran away up the hill. I stood still/ and the black things came towards/ mee and then turned to come/ away: He further sait[h] I know the/ F[a]lons by their Habits or clothes/ haveing observed such clothes on/ them not long before:/
Physical size	Manuscript, 3.875 x 4.25 in.
Relation - Is Part Of	Samuel Wyllys papers. Document No. 1
Rights	Digital image © Connecticut State Library. All rights reserved. Images may be used for personal research or non-profit educational uses without prior permission. For permission to publish or exhibit, see Reproduction and Publication of State Library Collections, http://www.cslib.org/repropub.htm
File name	sa_b2980580_001_dv.jpg

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