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			1634 John Endecott defaces King's colors

1661 English Quaker William Leddra hanged in Boston.

			1662 Deborah Wilson ran naked through the streets of Salem.

1692 Salem Witch Trials

			1697 Samuel Sewall repents of role in Salem trials

1711 Massachusetts begins compensating victims of Salem witch trials.

			1799 East India Marine Society established in Salem, Massachusetts

1829 Charles Goodrich, "A History of the United States of America"

			1831 Charles W. Upham, "Lectures on Witchcraft"

1848 Thompkins Matteson's "Examination of a Witch" exhibited in New York

			1851 Nathaniel Hawthorne, "The House of the Seven Gables"

1889 Massachusetts Woman Suffrage Association presents a historical pageant

			1904 Henry James visits the supposed House of the Seven Gables.

1908 House of Seven Gables Settlement Association founded

			1942 Touro Synagogue designated a National Historic Site

1953 Arthur Miller, "The Crucible"

			1996 The Crucible filmed

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