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Magnalia Christi Americana, London, 1702

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1702 Location: Boston Media: Ink on paper

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The Devil and the Wilderness

Anglo-Americans in northern New England sometimes interpreted their own anxieties about the Wilderness, their faith, and their conflicts with Native Americans as signs that the Devil and his handmaidens, witches, were active in their midst.