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A P P E N D I X C Transcripts of Tituba's Confessions Transcripts ar e fro m SWP , III745-5 5, an d retai n th e spellin g and punctuatio n of th e original . A not e o n th e dates . Unti l th e lat e sixteent h century , Christia n tradition bega n the yea r on March 2 5 to coincide with the sprin g equinox and th e celebration o f Easter . Reform s institute d b y Pop e Gregor y i n 158 2 eliminated a ten-day erro r fro m th e calenda r an d shifte d th e beginnin g of the yea r to January 1. The Englis h Protestants refuse d t o follow thi s papa l injunctio n an d continue d to use the old-styl e or Julian calenda r wit h the ne w year on March 25 . Nonethe less , notation s i n seventeenth-centur y lega l records usuall y acknowledg e the dif ference between old-style and new-styl e calendars b y assigning the days between January 1 and Marc h 2 4 to both years , and thus February 29 , 1691 , became 1691/ 2, but shoul d b e read a s 1692. When th e mor e accurat e moder n datin g bega n i n Englan d i n 1752 , not onl y did th e yea r start on January 1 , but th e English , like other European s almos t tw o centuries earlier , finall y "lost" the excess days (which amounted t o eleven days by that time). I t is usual today to ignore that discrepancy in days for the years befor e 1752 bu t t o us e th e new-styl e designatio n fo r th e year . I hav e followe d tha t convention throughout thi s book . Tituba (Warrant vs. Tituba and Sarah Osborne) Salem febr' the 29't h day. 1691/ 2 Whereas m'r s Josep h Hutcheso n Thoma s putna m Edwar d putna m an d Thomas presto n Yeome n o f Sale m Village , i n th e Count y o f Essex , personall y appeared befor e us , An d mad e Complain t o n behalf e o f theire Majestie s agains t Sarah Osburn e th e wif e o f Alexa' Osburn e o f Salem Villag e afores'd , an d titib e 188 Appendix C • 1 89 an India n Woma n servant , o f mr. Sam' l parris o f s'd plac e also; for Suspitio n of Witchcraft, b y them Committe d an d thereby muc h injury do n to Elizabeth Parri s Abigail William s Ann a putna m an d Elizabet h Huber t al l o f Sale m Villag e afores'd Sundr y time s wit h i n thi s tw o moneth s an d Latel y als o done , a t s' d Salem Villag e Contrary t o the peac e and Law s of our Sov' r Lord & Lady Wm & Mary of England & c King & Queene You ar e ther e for e i n their e Maj't s name s hereb y require d t o apprehen d an d forthwith o r as soon as may b e bring befor e u s the aboves' d Sara h Osburne , an d titibe Indian , a t the house of Lt. Nath'l Ingersall s in s'd place , and i f it may be by to Morrow aboute ten of the Clock in the morning the n an d there to be Examined Relateing to th e aboves' d premises— . Yo u are likewis e required t o brin g a t th e same tym e Eliz . parri s Abig' l William s Ann a putna m an d Eli z Huber t o r an y other perso n o r persons tha t can give Evedence in the Aboves' d Case, and hereo f you are not to faile Dated Sale m febr' 2 9 1691/ 2 *John Hathorne . , :feT - 1 • 1 A.SS1 S t S ^Jonathan. Corwm To Constabl e Joseph Herric k Const' in Salem (Reverse) (Essex County Archives, Salem—Witchcraft Vol. 1 Page 11) (Officer's Return) according to thi s warran t I...
