Transcriber's Note.
A list of the changes made can be found at the end of the book.
TheWitchcraft DelusionInNew England Vol. II
Woodward's
Historical Series.
No. VI.
THE
Witchcraft Delusion
IN
NEW ENGLAND:
ITS
Rise, Progress, and Termination,
AS EXHIBITED BY
Dr. COTTON MATHER,
IN
THE WONDERS OF THE INVISIBLE WORLD;
AND BY
Mr. ROBERT CALEF,
IN HIS
MORE WONDERS OF THE INVISIBLE WORLD.
WITH A
Preface, Introduction, and Notes,
By SAMUEL G. DRAKE.
IN THREE VOLUMES.
VOL. II.
More Wonders of the Invisible World.
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