36 CATALOGUE. 



GOVERNMENT BUILDING. 



Department of Justice. 



At the request of Mrs. J. Ellen Foster, special agent 

 of the Department of Justice, the committee had photo- 

 graphs made on plates 11 X 14 inches, of documents re- 

 lating to the early history of Salem and the Colony of 

 Massachusetts Bay, as follows : 



Charter or Indenture tinder signature of Lord Sheffield, 

 Jan. 1, 1623, to Roger Conant and others, from the 

 original in possession of the Essex Institute. 

 The Endicott Charter. Charter March 4, 1629, from 

 Charles I to Governor and Company of the Massachu- 

 setts Bay in New England from the original duplicate 

 charter sent to Endicott, now in possession of Salem 

 Athenasum. 



Page of the first book of Records of Deeds, Essex Co., 

 1641, from the original at the Clerk of Courts office, 

 Salem. 



Roger Conant's will (first page) January 1, 1677. 

 Roger Conant's will (showing signatures). 

 Examination of Martha Corey for witchcraft, Mar. 21, 

 1692, from original document in possession of Essex 

 Institute. 



Examination of Rebekah Nurse for witchcraft, Mar. 24, 

 1692, from original at Clerk of Courts office, Salem. 

 Depositions of Ann Putnam and Ann Putnam, Jr. against 

 Rebekah Nurse and others, May 31, 1692, from 

 original in possession of the Essex Institute. 

 Indictment against Abigail Hobbs of Topstield for "cove- 

 nanting with the Devil ;" in Casco Bay, 1688, from 

 original in possession of Essex Institute. 



