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Salem Village Church Book (University of Virginia Library)

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A transcribed primary source, the Salem Village Church Book, hosted by the University of Virginia Library's Salem Witch Trials Documentary Archive. Opens with the covenant "agreed upon and consented unto...the Church of Christ in Salem Village...on the 19th November, 1689," lists Samuel Parris as "Pastor," and records the congregation as what became the First Church of Danvers, Congregational. Also documents the 1694 to 1695 disciplinary conflict inside the congregation over Parris's conduct during the witch trials.

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Citation
Author
Salem Village Church (original record, 1689 to 1695); University of Virginia Library, Salem Witch Trials Documentary Archive (transcription and hosting)
Publisher
University of Virginia Library
URL
https://salem.lib.virginia.edu/villgchurchrcrd.html
Source Type
Primary document
Assessment
Reliability Tier
1
Tier one: a transcribed primary church record documenting the congregation's own founding covenant, membership and Congregational identity directly, hosted by a university library archive project.
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University of Virginia, Secular Organizations

This source names University of Virginia directly: "Village Church Book, hosted by the University of Virginia Library's Salem Witch Trials Documentary Archive."

Source Salem Village Church Book (University of Virginia Library)Salem Village Church (original record, 1689 to 1695); University of Virginia Library, Salem Witch Trials Documentary Archive (transcription and hosting)
Claims Backed By This Source (14 claims)

This source backs 14 claims across the atlas. As facts: 10 well-attested. As cited relationships: 1 holds, 1 connected. Plus 2 entities citing it as a general reference with no single fact or relationship attached.

Disposition By Topic

  • Sources, 7 claims: 6 well-attested, 1 holds.
  • Articles, 4 claims: 3 well-attested, 1 general references.
  • Literary Works, 3 claims: 1 well-attested, 1 connected, 1 general references.
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