Caption: "The sheriff brought
the witch up the broad aisle, her chains clanking as she stepped."
Description: This drawing illustrates a scene in John Musick's
book The Witch of Salem in which Rebecca Nurse is brought in chains to
the meeting house where the Rev. Nicholas Noyes pronounces her excommunication
before the congregation.
Source: The Witch of Salem or Credulity Run Mad. By John R. Musick.
New York: Funk & Wagnalls Company, 1893: 275. Artist: F. A. Carter. |
clipped from www.iath.virginia.edu
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