HIST 201: Seventeenth Century New England: Snay

with special emphasis on the Essex County Witch-Hunt of 1692

The American Antiquarian Society General Catalog contains records for the Society's collections of books, pamphlets, manuscripts, newspapers, lithographs, and broadsides. For information on the cataloging status of each collection, consult the individual collection descriptions.

Library of Congress Digital Collections, including the former American Memory collections, provides free and open access through the Internet to written and spoken words, sound recordings, still and moving images, prints, maps, and sheet music that document the American experience. It is a digital record of American history and creativity. These materials, from the collections of the Library of Congress and other institutions, chronicle historical events, people, places, and ideas that continue to shape America, serving the public as a resource for education and lifelong learning.

Library of Congress Digital Collections, including the former American Memory collections, provides free and open access through the Internet to written and spoken words, sound recordings, still and moving images, prints, maps, and sheet music that document the American experience. It is a digital record of American history and creativity. These materials, from the collections of the Library of Congress and other institutions, chronicle historical events, people, places, and ideas that continue to shape America, serving the public as a resource for education and lifelong learning.

List of Internet Sites with Primary Sources for U.S. History: To 17th Century from Bowling Green State University Libraries

The Phillips Library Online Collections provide full access to a growing number of digitized items created from the Phillips Library Collection. These materials date from the 18th to the 20th century and include manuscripts, maritime journals, photographs, and greeting cards. As new collections are digitized they will be added to this site.

Museum of cultural history that collects and preserves buildings, landscapes, and objects dating from the seventeenth century to the present to help people develop a deeper understanding and enjoyment of new England life and history.

This site provides access to: 1,000 years of British Government records; guides to locating birth, death and marriage certificates; video guides and online exhibits.

Multi-volume work. Link is to volume 1. To access other volumes, search the Internet Archive for "​Collections of the Connecticut Historical Society."

From the site: "The Samuel Wyllys Papers are a group of 88 court documents from 1600s Connecticut, with the official title Depositions on Cases of Witchcraft, Assault, Theft, Drunkenness, and Other Crimes Tried In Connecticut 1663-1728." This is an amazing collection of digital facsimiles of 17th century court documents, with a very easy interface to find and examine them.

As of March 2010, this site relies on Internet Archive's American Libraries editions of these records.

Multi-volume work. Link is to volume 1. To access other volumes, search the Internet Archive for "Documentary History of the State of Maine."

Multi-volume work. Link is to volume 1. To access other volumes, search the Internet Archive for "York Deeds."

Multi-volume work. To access other volumes, search the Internet Archive for: "The Acts and Resolves, Public and Private, of the Province of the Massachusetts Bay."

The Antislavery Collection contains several hundred printed pamphlets and books pertaining to slavery and antislavery in New England, 1725-1911. The holdings include speeches, sermons, proceedings and other publications of organizations such as the American Anti-Slavery Society and the American Colonization Society, and a small number of pro-slavery tracts.

Collections of the Massachusetts Historical Society on the Internet Archive

Multi-volume work. To access other volumes, search the Internet Archive for: "Journals of the House of Representatives of Massachusetts."

Multi-volume work. To access other volumes, search the Internet Archive for "Records and Files of the Quarterly Courts of Essex County, Massachusetts.

Multi-volume work. To access other volumes, search the Internet Archive for: "Records of the Court of Assistants of the Colony of the Massachusetts Bay, 1630-1692."

Multi-volume work. To access other volumes, search Internet Archive for "Collections of the New Hampshire Historical Society."

Multi-volume work. To access other volumes, search the Internet Archive for "New Hampshire Provincial and State Papers."

Multi-volume work. To access other volumes, search the Internet Archive for: "Records of the Colony of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations, in New England."