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also some of the most curious pieces of machinery, 

 invented bj himself. 



The value of the manufactures of Salem amounts to 

 upwards of $2,000,000, consisting of leather, boots 

 and shoes, cordage, cabinet ware, tobacco, alum, ves- 

 sels, &;c., &c. The value of the cod, whale, and 

 mackerel fisheries amounts to about $300,000. Here 

 there is a large steam cotton factory, employing up- 

 wards of 500 hands. 



Salem is celebrated in the history of America on 

 account of its Witches ; although the delusion ap- 

 peared in other places before Salem. In 1692, nine- 

 teen persons were tried and hanged here as Witches. 

 At this time laws were in force in England against 

 Witchcraft, Avhich received the sanction of the re- 

 nowned Sir Matthew Hale. The Rev. George Bur- 

 roughs was executed in 1692 on Gallows Hill, in Sa- 

 lem, for Witchcraft. The following is in the hand- 

 writing, on the church record, of the Rev. Samuel 

 Parris, who was born in London, and settled at Dan- 

 vers in 1689, a town adjoining Salem. In 1692 

 Witchcraft first made its appearance in America, in 

 the family of Mr. Parris. 



