A forgotten witch hunt in New England
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Good Hugh and Mary Parsons
Hugh parsons and mary lewisas were two of the central figures in springfield. The case is about a couple who try to settle into their new home, but things go horribly wrong. One family's pudding keeps splitting as they attempt to steam it; another man falls off his horse. But these are less mundane than they might appear to us, says author Mark Leveson-Smith. Because these are really, by our standards, very poor people,. he adds.
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