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NORTHSHOREMAG.COM 46 OCTOBER 2020 BEWITCHING HISTORY L I V E + P L AY "I petition to your Honours, not for my own life, for I know I must die . . . but . . . that no more Innocent Blood be shed . . . ." wrote Mary Esty from her prison cell in Salem as she faced death by hanging in 1692. Those who claim Salem witch fatigue may wonder if there is anything new to say about the Salem Witch Trials. But how about going back to make sure we know what was said in the first place? Selections from the world's largest collection of authentic Salem Witch Trial materials and documents will be on view this fall at the Peabody Essex Museum. The collection, housed at the Phillips Library, Clockwise from top, Artist Tompkins Harrison Matteson "Examination of a Witch," 1853; Oil on canvas; 38 1/2 x 54 inches (97.79 x 137.16 cm) Peabody Essex Museum, Museum, 1978 James Symonds. 1633–1714, Salem, Massachusetts Valuables cabinet owned by Joseph and Bathsheba Pope, 1679 Tape loom owned by Rebecca Putnam, 1690–1710 Copy of an account for payment submitted by William Dounton, jailkeeper, December 1693. hasn't been on display since 1992 on the 300th anniversary of the trials. The yellowed death warrant for the execution of Bridget Bishop, the first of 19 people to be eventually hanged, petitions The PEM creates a haunting exhibit around the Salem Witch Trials. BY DINAH CARDIN PHOTOGRAPHS COURTESY OF THE PEABODY ESSEX MUSEUM. TOP PHOTO BY MARK SEXTON AND JEFFREY R. DYKES.; MIDDLE PHOTO BY DENNIS HELMAR; BOTTOM PHOTOS BY KATHY TARANTOLA