OF THE

ESSEX INSTITUTE.

VOLUME VIII.

SALEM:

ESSEX INSTITUTE PRESS.

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Papers relating to the Witchcraft Trials in Essex County. Communicated by James

Kimball,

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Papers relating to a suit A. D. 1664, between John Pickering and the owners of the

"New Mill" (now the City Mills) in Salem. Communicated by W. P. Upham,

Almanacs and their Authors. Communicated by Matthew A. Stickney,

Notices of Elder John Browne and some of his descendants. Communicated by B. F. B.,

Materials for a History of the Ropes Family. Collated by E. S. W. (concluded),
Essex County Court Records. Communicated by A. C. Goodell, jr. (concluded),

NUMBER TWO.

A History of the Salem and Danvers Association for the Detection of Thieves and

Robbers. Communicated by Henry Whipple,

Notes on the Hull Family. By E. S. W.,

Editorial Notes on "Almanacs and their Authors," page 28,

Baptisms of the First Church in Salem (continued),

Bray Family of Salem. By E. S. W. (continued),

A Letter by Rev. John Higginson to the County Court, 1670,

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Biographical Sketch and Diary of Rev. Joseph Green, of Salem Village.

By Samuel

P. Fowler,

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Essex County Court Records.

Read at the Institute by R. S. R.,
Communicated by A. C. Goodell, jr. (continued),

NUMBER THREE.

Opinion in re Winthrop vs. Endicott. By a Boston Lawyer,

Almanacs and their Authors. Communicated by Matthew A. Stickney (continued),

Notice of some of the descendants of Joseph Pope, of Salem. By H. Wheatland,

Some Notes on Chipman Hill.

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The Cod in Massachusetts History. A Paper read at the Field Meeting of the Essex

Almanacs and their Authors. Communicated by Matthew A. Stickney (continued),

Biographical Sketch and Diary of Rev. Joseph Green, of Salem Village. By Samuel

P. Fowler (continued),

William Fiske, of Wenham, Mass., with an Account of the Line of his Descendants

through his Grandson Theophilus; which includes all his Posterity of the Name,

who are now Residents of this County and Vicinity. By Alfred Poor,

Essex County Court Records. Communicated by A. C. Goodell, jr. (concluded),

Collation of Geographical Names in the Algonkin Language. By N. T. True, M. D.,

Baptisms of the First Church in Salem. Communicated by Henry Wheatland (con-

tinued),

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