Elizabeth Gould vs Benjamin Chittenden, 1742
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http://hdl.handle.net/11134/30002:720247507
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Plaintiff (ptf): Gould, Elizabeth
Defendant (dfd): Chittenden, Benjamin
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Elizabeth Gould vs Benjamin Chittenden, 1742
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reformatted digital
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Elizabeth Gould sued Benjamin Chittenden for slandering her as a witch and requested damages of five hundred pounds. He testified that "he did believe She (meaning the Plaintiff) was a Witch and had Reason to believe it because She (meaning the Plaintiff) Took her Neighbour Bentons Son meaning Ebenezer Benton Junior Son of sd Guilford and rode down here (meaning the Defendants Dwelling House in Said Parrish, & tied her to an Empty Hogshead in the Street & came in & got upon my Breast (meaning) his the Defendants Breast & Lay upon me so hard as to make the Blood flie out at my Mouth & Nose".
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preservation
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Connecticut State Library
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sa_rg003NHCC1742_0003
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