Witches of Massachusetts Bay

Happy World Book Day! My latest book is Women Who Ruled the World: 5000 Years of Female Monarchy, which looks at women and power from the dawn of recorded history. Available in all good booksellers 😀 @wearefootnote.bsky.social
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March 19, 2026, 1 pm to 2:30 pm The Oxford Handbook of Puritanism A virtual talk with Frank Bremer, Ann Hughes, Rachel Adcock, and Emerson Baker

March 19: Oxford Handbook of Puritanism. 30 essays on geographies & chronologies, theology & practice, politics, society, culture, & modern representations. #free #online Frank Bremer @annlaurahughes.bsky.social Rachel Adcock & @emersonwbaker.bsky.social
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MyHeritage Introducing Scribe AI. Transcribes and provides fascinating insights about historical records, photos and letters. myheritage.com/scribe-ai. Postcard image with pop-ups on Extracted Details, Key Findings, About the Document, and Full Text & Translation. New!

Do you have piles of postcards, letters, documents, & photos in different languages or of places that you don't know? @myheritageofficial.bsky.social created Scribe AI to help. Learn more: www.myheritage.com/scribe-ai
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Metacom's Resistance: Retelling King Philip's War Partnership of Historic Bostons King Philip's War is the least known, but bloodiest conflict, in US history - its story told by colonial victors. Historians, tribal citizens and Indigenous scholars turn that story upside down and explore how this brutal war changed history. March 11: The Unknown War: King Philip's War, 1675-1678 March 24: The Past is Now: An Intertribal Panel on King Philip's War April 8: IN PERSON: Surviving Slavery: The Sale of Indigenous People April 8: ONLINE EVENT: Surviving Slavery: The Sale of Indigenous People April 18 & 28: BOOK CLUB: Whose Story? Two Views of King Philip's War April 23: Erasure: History, Memory and King Philip's War May 6: What Really Happened at Turners Falls? The Story of a Massacre May 28: The Long Legacy: The Cost and Continuance of Indigenous Resistance Online & multiple locations. Free. [But donations really appreciated.]

March-May 2026: Metacom's Resistance: Retelling King Philip's War by @historicbostons.bsky.social King Philip's War was the bloodiest conflict in US history. Historians, tribal citizens & Indigenous scholars explore how it changed history.
#online & in-person
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Beyond the Broom: Salem Short Films Discover 60 mini-documentaries by local filmmakers that honor the lesser-known stories of Salem and offer a look at what makes this city so remarkable.

March 28, 2026–August 2027: Beyond the Broom: Salem Short Films. 60+ short films honor the lesser-known stories of Salem and offer a behind-the-scenes look at what makes this city so remarkable. #SalemMA #PeabodyEssexMuseum #BeyondtheBroom #PEM
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Biographies Women have always played an active role in history. Explore some of the historical pioneers and contemporary newsmakers that continue to impact the world. New biographies are added regularly, so check...

Teachers, students, historians, people-watchers & others: Check out the almost 300 biographies of women then & now who make their mark in many different fields, at National Women's History Museum (online). Oh & they have other cool stuff & gifts
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Image: The only surviving contemporary depiction of King Philip's War. John Seller, "A mapp of New England" (London: And are to bee sold at his shop at the Hermitage in Wapping and by Iohn Hills in Exchange Alley in Cornhill, [1675]). Leventhal Map & Education Center, Boston

Get ready for Metacom's Resistance: Retelling King Philip's War and Its Legacy, by @historicbostons.bsky.social, featuring in-person & streaming programming. Sign up today, for one or all!
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Explore the Essex Coastal Scenic Byway, featuring 14 communities in Massachusetts. Looking for things to do, inside and out? Check out the site's blog & calendar for ideas. #EssexHeritage #Massachusetts
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Colonial Cures for Scurvy - Essex National Heritage Area Scurvy —a debilitating disease caused by a deficiency of vitamin C, was a scourge among sailors, with hundreds of thousands perishing during the colonial period, and during the American Revolutionary....

March 18: Colonial Cures for Scurvy #SalemMA Join Dan Marshall to learn the effects of scurvy, colonial cures for it, how this vitamin deficiency influenced history, & 17th & 18th century remedies. #EssexHeritage #SalemMaritime
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Roger Conant statue erected at corner of Brown St. and Washington Square in 1913, created by sculptor Henry Kitson on behalf of the Conant Family Association. Features based on imagined Puritan appearance, since no known portrait exists of Conant. Old postcard.

400 years ago, Roger Conant founded Salem, Massachusetts. This year, #Salem400+ & Conant's birthplace of East Budleigh, England, celebrate the Peacemaker.
@cityofsalemma.bsky.social
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Just in time for #Salem400 anniversary, a new book encompassing 400+ years of its history. Salem's Centuries: New Perspectives on the History of an Old American City by @salemstate.bsky.social professors @daseger7.bsky.social, Brad Austin &tc. Look for author events & pick up a book!

Salem’s Centuries

Yesterday I received three copies of Salem's Centuries. New Perspectives on the History of an Old American City, and Tuesday is publication day, so I thought I'd provide an introductory post. The crucible of this book is definitely this blog, so I want to thank all of its…

How to Kill a Witch: The Patriarchy’s Guide to Silencing Women A lawyer and an educator meet at a mutual friend’s wedding. They’re both “quarrelsome dames” looking for a cause. They discover thousands of Scottish women have not received justice for being accus…

Highly recommend this book about Scottish Witches. It added background/insight into Mass Bay witch trials, even though they did things differently. (Mass Bay mostly followed English laws, not Scots.) Zoe & Claire honor their stories & history.
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Feb. 12, 1-2 pm. Exploring Cotton Mather's Curiosa Americana. A virtual roundtable with Reiner Smolinski, Kenneth Minkema, and Andrew Juchno. book cover

Feb. 12: Cotton Mather Lecture @congrelib.bsky.social #online #Zoom. Mather's observations—ranging from smallpox inoculation and germ theory to "monstrous" births & marine volcanoes—capture the dynamic interplay between science, religion & colonial identity.
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Discover the history of your house. A great cure for winter snow blues!! #genealogy #househistory #MA #Massachusetts More details here northeasthousehistorian.com/appearances/

600th anniversary of @guildhalllibrary.bsky.social. Wow! It's a big anniversary year.

The British Crown Enslaved Thousands at the Height of the Trans-Atlantic Slave Trade. New Research Reveals Their Stories A leading historian examines how the monarchy not only tolerated slavery but also administered it, profited from it and sanctioned its cruelties

Here's a sneak peek at a tiny slice of the research included in my new book, THE CROWN'S SILENCE (available for pre-order now and out tomorrow, 1/27)!!! @marinerbooks.bsky.social #booksky #slaveryarchive
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Metacom’s Resistance: Retelling King Philip’s War In Metacom’s Resistance, the Partnership of Historic Bostons brings together award-winning historians, Tribal historic preservation officers, independent scholars, and Tribal citizens for a new telling of this most devastating of American wars. The eight-part series offers profound insight for the 350th anniversary. These free events are in person, online, or hybrid. https://historicbostons.org/upcomingevents March 11: The Unknown War: An Introduction March 24: The Past Is Now April 8: Surviving Slavery April 18: Book Club: Whose Story? April 23: Erasure: History and Memory in the Archives April 28: Book Club: Whose Story? May 6: What Really Happened at Turner Falls? May 28: The Long Legacy Support the Partnership of Historic Bostons!

For the 350th anniversary of King Philip's War, the Partnership of @historicbostons.bsky.social retells both sides of the story of Metacom’s Resistance: Retelling King Philip’s War.
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Partnership of Historic Bostons Our New Series: Retelling King Philip's War [map of colonists and Native Americans fighting near Connecticut River] Conflict increasingly marked relations between colonists expanding their holdings and Native peoples who saw their lands, hunting grounds, and fishing ponds disappear. War engraved itself into English consciousness and even their maps. Image: Norman B. Leventhal Map & Education Center

Metacom's Resistance: Retelling King Philip's War and Its Legacy, an 8-event series by @historicbostons.bsky.social. History programs that help turn mainstream history upside down & challenges stories told by past historians. Sign up & support PHB: historicbostons.org/upcomingevents

As @historicbostons.bsky.social says: It sounds obscure, but it's the most fascinating story you'll hear in a long time, with resonance in today's world of fake news. Sign up now!

I miss hearing from British & European witch trials researchers who didn't make the move from Elon's dark medium to Bluesky.
#1692witchtrials #witchcraft #womenshistory #witchtrials #SalemMA

FREE admission at @americanancestors.bsky.social library through March 31. The Brim-DeForest Library is open Tuesdays though Saturdays, 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. at 97 Newbury Street, Boston, MA. Amazing resource for #genealogy.

Image: This small piece of a 1675 map, known as the Seller map, is the only surviving depiction of the fighting in King Philip's War, according to historian Jill Lepore. It is the first printed version of William Reed's original survey from 1665, but adds details from the war, including this snapshot of the warring parties as well as colonial towns destroyed in the early months of the war. John Seller, "A mapp of New England" (London: And are to bee sold at his shop at the Hermitage in Wapping and by Iohn Hills in Exchange Alley in Cornhill, [1675]). Leventhal Map & Education Center, Boston

Partnership of @historicbostons.bsky.social lecture series is Metacom's Resistance: Retelling King Philip's War, the least known, but bloodiest conflict in US history. Historians, tribal citizens & Indigenous scholars explore how this brutal war changed history.
www.eventbrite.com/cc/metacoms-...

Image: The devil whispers "You are mine" in Hugh Peter's ear in this depiction of Peter's malevolent intentions for England, including his plan to (as they saw it) immiserate widows and orphans. Note, too, the reference to Geneva - the source of Puritan influence and their Geneva Bible. Line engraving after William Faithorne, 1660. National Portrait Gallery, London

Feb. 11: Hugh Peter and the Orphans: Tracing a 17th Century Conspiracy Theory. #online with Samuel Fullerton, professor & author. Was it a humanitarian relief effort or Puritan indoctrination plot? @historicbostons.bsky.social
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Image: From the title page of The English Dancing Master: Or, Plaine and easie Rules for the Dancing of Country Dances, with the Tune to Each Dance (London: Printed by Thomas Harper, 1651).

Jan. 22: Music: It's a Sin! Rambunctious, rebellious, scandalous 17th century English music with Natalie Kershaw #online #free @historicbostons.bsky.social
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BTW forgot to mention Islandmagee is in Ireland.

Salem's Centuries - streetsofsalem Yesterday I received three copies of Salem’s Centuries. New Perspectives on the History of an Old American City, and Tuesday is publication day, so I thought I’d provide an introductory post. The cruc...

Salem, Massachusetts celebrates its 400+ anniversary with events in 2026. And it's not all about #1692witchtrials. @salemstate.bsky.social professors @daseger7.bsky.social & others contributed to the new book Salem's Centuries, on sale this Tuesday. Read more:
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Christmas with the Puritans: A Festive Program with Dr. Tricia Peone. Virtual event Dec. 16 only. Other two dates sold out!

Dec. 16 online: Discover whether 17th century Puritans truly hated holiday fun. Register soon for @congrelib.bsky.social newly added virtual event on Tuesday, December 16th from 1-2:30 pm EST, before tickets sell out! (Other 2 dates sold out!) congregationallibrary.org/events/chris...

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Witches of Islandmagee This site is dedicated to uncovering the importance of the witch trial that took place in 1710–1711 in Islandmagee, Ireland.

A couple of weeks ago I was at Salem State Univ. where @emersonwbaker.bsky.social introduced the team behind the Witches of Islandmagee project. They posted original witch trial documents, plus created a graphic novel, a video game, & VR for the 1711 cases. Take a look!
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