1831 SALEM WITCH TRIALS. A Social-Scientific Examination of Ghosts, Demons, and Popular Delusion Autograph Rothwell at the Sign of

Rothwell at the Sign of the Sun and Fountain in Pauls-Church-yard

His writings

Enthusiasts

Almost certainly delivered as lectures at God's Bible School

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1831 SALEM WITCH TRIALS. A Social-Scientific Examination of Ghosts, Demons, and Popular Delusion Autograph Rothwell at the Sign ofJames Thachers An Essay on Demonology, Ghosts and Apparitions was influential as an early 19th century rationalist critique of superstition, using psychological and physiological explanations to dismiss supernatural beliefs. It provided a detailed, skeptical historical analysis of the Salem Witch Trials, framing them as a result of ignorance, fear, and, specifically, "diseased imagination". Thacher was a physician and analyzed ghost sightings and