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Jonathan Corwin Autograph Sold

Jonathan Corwin was a politician and magistrate of New England. He’s best remembered a judge of the 1692 Salem witch trials, the most deadly witch purge of colonial North American that resulted in the execution of 19 people. Corwin’s house is the only lingering building in Salem connected to the witch trials of 1692 and is currently a museum called The Witch House.

Nate D. Sanders Auctions sold a Jonathan Corwin autograph document for $6,250. Please see below for item details:

Jonathan Corwin, Judge of the Salem Witch Trials, Document Signed as Salem Judge — Document Has Association to the Infamous Trials

Document signed by Jonathan Corwin, one of the judges overseeing the Salem Witch Trials, known for signing several arrest warrants associated with the Trials, and for conducting hearings where three of the accused women gave testimony. Document, dated 3 March 1700, is signed by Corwin in Salem as Probate Judge of Essex County, where he approves the will of John Poor, whose family has an interesting association with the Trials. John’s brother, Daniel Poor, was a constable in Salem during the Trials, and was given custody of Samuel and Sarah Wardwell’s child after they were both convicted of witchcraft in 1692. With intact wax-based paper seal, document measures 8.25” x 8”. Normal age wear with expected toning and foxing. Overall very good condition given age, with an exceptionally large, bold signature by Corwin. Sold for $6,250.

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Jonathan Corwin, Judge of the Salem Witch Trials, Document Signed as Salem Judge — Document Has Association to the Infamous Trials. Click to enlarge.

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Salem Witch Trials Judge Thomas Danforth Document Signed From 1656 — Scarce

Document from the colony of Massachusetts signed ”Thomas Danforth”, one of the Judges of the infamous Salem Witch Trials. Decades after this document was drafted, Danforth would sit as a judge in the 1692 witch trials, though he actually opposed putting the purported witches on trial. Datelined Charlestown, 19 June 1656, the document is written by an unknown hand and reads in part: ”At a Coun[ty] Court hild at Charlestown, June 19th 1656: Whereas at the last Coun[ty] Court hild at Cambr[idge]: The Court granted unto Capt. Frances Norton a release from paying any further interest for the money he have in his hands of…Childwin…given by Capt. Norton to…Childwin for the payment not only of the principle, but also of the interest untill such time as this court shall give him…[signed] Thomas Danforth”. Danforth was a prominent colonial figure and founded the town of Framingham, Massachusetts. 1pp. measures 7.74” x 4.25”. Light toning, creasing and an irregular right edge, else in near fine condition, especially given age. Sold for $3,691.

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Salem Witch Trials Judge Thomas Danforth Document Signed From 1656. Click to enlarge.

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Salem Witch Trials Participant, Stephen Sewall 1705 Document Signed — Clerk for the Infamous Court That Conducted the Trials

Clerk of Courts for the Salem Witch Trials, Stephen Sewall document signed in ink ”Steph Sewall” as recorder for Essex County. Twelve years prior, Sewall served as Clerk in the Court of ”Oyer & Terminer” in Salem Town, site of the most notorious of the collective ”Salem Witch Trials”. Lethal paranoia, accusations and trials swept three additional towns in colonial Massachusetts during the year of 1692-1693, during which nineteen people were ultimately executed for witchcraft. Handwritten document is dated 1705 and names Jonathan Woodman and Richard Bartlett Jr. as parties to a land sale contract. Sewall signs a panel to verso. Single-page document on card-style stationery is countersigned by Jonathan Woodman, Samuel Soyer, Philip Morss, Joseph Hoyt and Thomas Noyes. Remnants of a red wax seal appear to the lower right. Measures 7.5” x 11.75”. Foxing, toning, dampstaining and separation to folds. Good condition, especially given age. Sold for $938.

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Salem Witch Trials Participant, Stephen Sewall 1705 Document Signed. Click to enlarge.

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