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Daniel Wilkins Bewitched in Salem Village: May 6, 1692
May 6, 1692: A Mysterious Illness, a Spectral Sighting, and a Warrant for Philip English
We follow May 6, 1692, as Daniel Wilkins—nephew of John Willard—begins a serious and mysterious illness that will shape what follows. Days later, during Alice Parker’s May 12 examination, Margaret Jacobs claims she saw Parker’s apparition that very night in Salem’s Northfields. Meanwhile in Boston, with the General Court in session, magistrates John Hathorne and Jonathan Corwin issue a second arrest warrant for the fugitive Philip English, still concealed in a friend’s house, tightening the pressure as events accelerate.
00:00 Welcome to the Show
00:07 Hosts Introduction
00:10 Daniel Wilkins Falls Ill
00:26 Margaret Jacobs Testifies
00:42 Warrant for Philip English
00:56 Thanks and Tomorrow
Links:
Warrant no. 2 for the apprehension of Philip English, and officer's return: https://pem.quartexcollections.com/Documents/Detail/warrant-no.-2-for-the-apprehension-of-philip-english-and-officers-return/4744
Examination of Alice Parker: https://salem.lib.virginia.edu/n97.html#n97.1
Salem Witch Trials History YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCliis4vjMIUgg3wcA0pXeYQ/
Salem Witch Trials Daily Hub: https://aboutsalem.com/salem-witch-trials-daily/
The Thing About the Salem Witch Trials: https://aboutsalem.com
The Thing About Witch Hunts: https://aboutwitchhunts.com
Mary Beth Norton, In the Devil’s Snare: The Salem Witchcraft Crisis of 1692: https://bookshop.org/a/90227/9780375706905
Bernard Rosenthal, ed., Records of the Salem Witch-Hunt: https://bookshop.org/a/90227/9781107689619
Emerson W. Baker, A Storm of Witchcraft: The Salem Trials and the American Experience:
https://bookshop.org/a/90227/9780190627805
Marilynne K. Roach, The Salem Witch Trials: A Day-by-Day Chronicle of a Community Under Siege: https://bookshop.org/a/90227/9781589791329
High Quality Scans of Original Court Documents - Peabody Essex Museum Salem Witch Trials Collection: https://pem.quartexcollections.com/collections/salem-witch-trials-collection
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By Josh Hutchinson and Sarah JackMay 6, 1692: A Mysterious Illness, a Spectral Sighting, and a Warrant for Philip English
We follow May 6, 1692, as Daniel Wilkins—nephew of John Willard—begins a serious and mysterious illness that will shape what follows. Days later, during Alice Parker’s May 12 examination, Margaret Jacobs claims she saw Parker’s apparition that very night in Salem’s Northfields. Meanwhile in Boston, with the General Court in session, magistrates John Hathorne and Jonathan Corwin issue a second arrest warrant for the fugitive Philip English, still concealed in a friend’s house, tightening the pressure as events accelerate.
00:00 Welcome to the Show
00:07 Hosts Introduction
00:10 Daniel Wilkins Falls Ill
00:26 Margaret Jacobs Testifies
00:42 Warrant for Philip English
00:56 Thanks and Tomorrow
Links:
Warrant no. 2 for the apprehension of Philip English, and officer's return: https://pem.quartexcollections.com/Documents/Detail/warrant-no.-2-for-the-apprehension-of-philip-english-and-officers-return/4744
Examination of Alice Parker: https://salem.lib.virginia.edu/n97.html#n97.1
Salem Witch Trials History YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCliis4vjMIUgg3wcA0pXeYQ/
Salem Witch Trials Daily Hub: https://aboutsalem.com/salem-witch-trials-daily/
The Thing About the Salem Witch Trials: https://aboutsalem.com
The Thing About Witch Hunts: https://aboutwitchhunts.com
Mary Beth Norton, In the Devil’s Snare: The Salem Witchcraft Crisis of 1692: https://bookshop.org/a/90227/9780375706905
Bernard Rosenthal, ed., Records of the Salem Witch-Hunt: https://bookshop.org/a/90227/9781107689619
Emerson W. Baker, A Storm of Witchcraft: The Salem Trials and the American Experience:
https://bookshop.org/a/90227/9780190627805
Marilynne K. Roach, The Salem Witch Trials: A Day-by-Day Chronicle of a Community Under Siege: https://bookshop.org/a/90227/9781589791329
High Quality Scans of Original Court Documents - Peabody Essex Museum Salem Witch Trials Collection: https://pem.quartexcollections.com/collections/salem-witch-trials-collection