Salem Witchcraft, Volumes I and II | Page 4

The death-warrant is a photograph by E.R. PERKINS, of Salem. The
original, among the papers on file in the office of the clerk of the courts
of Essex County, having always been regarded as a great curiosity, has
been subjected to constant handling, and become much obscured by
dilapidation. The letters, and in some instances entire words, at the end
of the lines, are worn off. To preserve it, if possible, from further injury,
it has been pasted on cloth. Owing to this circumstance, and the
yellowish hue to which the paper has faded, it does not take favorably
by photograph; but the exactness of imitation, which can only thus be
obtained with absolute certainty, is more important than any other
consideration. Only so much as contains the body of the warrant, the
sheriff's return, and the seal, are given. The tattered margins are

avoided, as they reveal the cloth, and impair the antique aspect of the
document. The original is slowly disintegrating and wasting away,
notwithstanding the efforts to preserve it; and its appearance, as seen
to-day, can only be perpetuated in photograph. The warrant is reduced
about one-third, and the return one-half.
The Townsend Bishop house and the outlines of Witch Hill are from
sketches by O.W.H. UPHAM. The English house is from a drawing
made on the spot by J.R. PENNIMAN of Boston, in 1822, a few years
before its demolition, for the use of which I am indebted to JAMES
KIMBALL, Esq., of Salem. The view of Salem Village and of the
Jacobs' house are reduced, by O.W.H. UPHAM, from photographs by
E.R. PERKINS.
The map and other engravings, including the autographs, were all
delineated by O.W.H. UPHAM.
[Illustration: [map]]

INDEX TO THE MAP.
DWELLINGS IN 1692.
[The Map shows all the houses standing in 1692 within the bounds of
Salem Village; some others in the vicinity are also given. The houses
are numbered on the Map with Arabic numerals, 1, 2, 3, &c., beginning
at the top, and proceeding from left to right. In the following list,
against each number, is given the name of the occupant in 1692, and, in
some cases, that of the recent occupant or owner of the locality is added
in parenthesis.]
ABBREVIATIONS USED IN THIS LIST.
s. The same house believed to be still standing.
s.m. The same house standing within the memory of persons now
living.

t.r. Traces of the house remain.
c. The site given is conjectural.
1. John Willard. c.
2. Isaac Easty.
3. Francis Peabody. c.
4. Joseph Porter. (John Bradstreet.)
5. William Hobbs. t.r.
6. John Robinson.
7. William Nichols. t.r.
8. Bray Wilkins. c.
9. Aaron Way. (A. Batchelder.)
10. Thomas Bailey.
11. Thomas Fuller, Sr. (Abijah Fuller.)
12. William Way.
13. Francis Elliot. c.
14. Jonathan Knight. c.
15. Thomas Cave. (Jonathan Berry.)
16. Philip Knight. (J.D. Andrews.)
17. Isaac Burton.
18. John Nichols, Jr. (Jonathan Perry and Aaron Jenkins.) s.

19. Humphrey Case. t.r.
20. Thomas Fuller, Jr. (J.A. Esty.) s.
21. Jacob Fuller.
22. Benjamin Fuller.
23. Deacon Edward Putnam. s.m.
24. Sergeant Thomas Putnam. (Moses Perkins.) s.
25. Peter Prescot. (Daniel Towne.)
26. Ezekiel Cheever. (Chas. P. Preston.) s.m.
27. Eleazer Putnam. (John Preston.) s.m.
28. Henry Kenny.
29. John Martin. (Edward Wyatt.)
30. John Dale. (Philip H. Wentworth.)
31. Joseph Prince. (Philip H. Wentworth.)
32. Joseph Putnam. (S. Clark.) s.
33. John Putnam 3d.
34. Benjamin Putnam.
35. Daniel Andrew. (Joel Wilkins.)
36. John Leach, Jr. c.
37. John Putnam, Jr. (Charles Peabody.)
38. Joshua Rea. (Francis Dodge.) s.

39. Mary, wid. of Thos. Putnam. (William R. Putnam.) s.
[Birthplace of Gen. Israel Putnam. Gen. Putnam also lived in a house,
the cellar and well of which are still visible, about one hundred rods
north of this, and just west of the present dwelling of Andrew Nichols.]
40. Alexander Osburn and James Prince. (Stephen Driver.) s.
41. Jonathan Putnam. (Nath. Boardman.) s.
42. George Jacobs, Jr.
43. Peter Cloyse. t.r.
44. William Small. s.m.
45. John Darling. (George Peabody.) s.m.
46. James Putnam. (Wm. A. Lander.) s.m.
47. Capt. John Putnam. (Wm. A. Lander.)
48. Daniel Rea. (Augustus Fowler.) s.
49. Henry Brown.
50. John Hutchinson. (George Peabody.) t.r.
51. Joseph Whipple. s.m.
52. Benjamin Porter. (Joseph S. Cabot.)
53. Joseph Herrick. (R.P. Waters.)
54. John Phelps. c.
55. George Flint. c.
56. Ruth Sibley. s.m.

57. John Buxton.
58. William Allin.
59. Samuel Brabrook. c.
60. James Smith.
61. Samuel Sibley. t.r.
62. Rev. James Bayley. (Benjamin Hutchinson.)
63. John Shepherd. (Rev. M.P. Braman.)
64. John Flint.
65. John Rea. s.m.
66. Joshua Rea. (Adam Nesmith.) s.m.
67. Jeremiah Watts.
68. Edward Bishop, the sawyer. (Josiah Trask.)
69. Edward Bishop, husbandman.
70. Capt. Thomas Rayment.
71. Joseph Hutchinson, Jr. (Job Hutchinson.)
72. William Buckley.
73. Joseph Houlton, Jr. t.r.
74. Thomas