Salem witchcraft figure & pirate hunter.- Sewall (Stephen, Major, Court Clerk at the Salem witchcraft trials, militia commander, county and court official, merchant and pirate hunter, 1657-1725) An Inventory of a parcell of Plunder Said to be taken by Capt Chadwell & Company in ye Sloop flying horse from on board a french Barque which they burnt & from some of ye Inhabitants of Port Royall... brought up to Salem..., D.s. "Stephen Sewall", manuscript on paper, small tear along fold, partially laid in paper, folds, slightly browned, 230 x 192mm., Salem, 17th April 1703.
⁂ Contents of plundered French barque, "93 Beaver Skins... 12 baggs of feathers... ."
Major Stephen Sewall was Clerk of the Court at the Salem Witch Trials. He was less convinced by the hysteria exhibited by other members of the court. The result of the trials resulted in the execution of nineteen people for witchcraft.
Captain Samuel Chadwell (c. 1675-1714/5), Commander of the Sloop Flying Horse.
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