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Thomas Newton	Contributed by Peikola
The Crown's attorney. (Hand formerly called "Scribe W")

Sample(s):

Source	Image
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Description:

Overview		Editor
An official italic hand associated with several types of jurisdictional documents.		Peikola
Very steady hand, with very straight lines of text		Burns
Letter Forms	Sample	Editor
In capital W the final stroke very prominent in size and it tends to above several letters		Peikola
No capital P		Peikola
Capital A without the cross-bar		Peikola
Minuscule t usually without the cross-bar		Peikola
In capital B the vertical stem often extends above the rest of the letter		Peikola
Distinctive almost circular ampersand		Burns
Abbreviations	Sample	Editor
for et, the Tironian sign formed as a large minuscule e is used; it extends well below the baseline.		Peikola
"depon^t" for deponent		Peikola
"Examin^t" for examinant		Peikola
"warr^t" for warrant		Peikola
"Esq^~s" for Esquires [note the cross-bar in the superscript ligature]		Peikola
"a$l$s$" for alias		Peikola
"ag^t" for against		Peikola
"n^o" for number		Peikola

52 Manuscripts With This Hand:

ID	Title	Hand	Amount	Editor
No. 3	Examinations of Sarah Good, Sarah Osburn & Tituba, as Recorded by Ezekiel Cheever	3	#	Burns
No. 5	Examinations of Sarah Good, Sarah Osburn & Tituba, as Recorded by Joseph Putnam	3	#	Burns
No. 7	Deposition of Elizabeth Hubbard v. Sarah Good	2	##	Grund
No. 9	Deposition of Ann Putnam Jr. v. Sarah Good	4	##	Grund
No. 14	Statement of William Allen, John Hughes, William Good, & Samuel Braybrook v. Sarah Good, Sarah Osburn, & Tituba	2	##	Grund
No. 28	Examination of Rebecca Nurse	3	#	Burns
No. 50	Deposition of Elizabeth Hubbard v. Elizabeth Procter	3	##	Grund
No. 53	Deposition of Ann Putnam Jr. v. Elizabeth Procter	4	#	Grund
No. 56 (?)	Deposition of Elizabeth Hubbard v. John Procter	3	##	Grund
No. 59	Deposition of Ann Putnam Jr. v. John Procter	3	##	Burns
No. 61	Statement of Samuel Parris Concerning Abigail Williams & Mary Walcott v. John Procter, Elizabeth Procter, Sarah Cloyce, Martha Cory, Rebecca Nurse, Sarah Good & Dorothy Good	3	##	Burns
No. 101	Statement of Mary Warren v. John Procter & Elizabeth Procter	1	###	Burns
No. 117	Warrant No. 2 for the Apprehension of Philip English	2	###	Peikola
No. 132	Warrant No. 1 for the Apprehension of John Willard	3	#	Peikola
No. 162	Return of the Coroner's Jury on the Inquest into the Death of Daniel Wilkins	4	#	Grund
No. 165	Statement of George Herrick and Benjamin Wilkins v. John Willard & Sarah Buckley	3	##	Grund
No. 173	Examination of John Willard	2	#	Burns
No. 175	Deposition of Elizabeth Hubbard v. John Willard	3	##	Peikola
No. 179	Statement of Susannah Shelden v. Elizabeth Colson & John Willard	4	##	Burns
No. 180	Deposition of Mary Walcott v. John Willard	4	##	Grund
No. 184	Deposition of Mercy Lewis v. John Willard	2	##	Peikola
No. 185	Deposition of Ann Putnam Jr. v. John Willard	4	##	Grund
No. 230	Testimony of Samuel Gray v. Bridget Bishop	2	#	Peikola
No. 231	Deposition of William Stacy v. Bridget Bishop	5	#	Peikola
No. 233	Warrant for the Apprehension of John Alden	1	####	Grund
No. 244	Testimony of Abigail Williams v. Rebecca Nurse & Sarah Cloyce	4	#	Burns
No. 253	Letter of Thomas Newton to Isaac Addington, with Mittimus v. Sarah Good, Rebecca Nurse, John Willard, John Procter, Elizabeth Procter, Susannah Martin, Bridget Bishop, Alice Parker, & Tituba	1*	#####	Burns
No. 255	Deposition of Abigail Hobbs, Deliverance Hobbs & Mary Warren v. George Burroughs, Sarah Good, Sarah Osburn, Bridget Bishop, Giles Cory, Rebecca Nurse, Elizabeth Procter, Alice Parker, Ann Pudeator, Abigail Soames, John Procter & Lydia Dustin	1	###	Burns
No. 258	Testimony of Sarah Churchill v. Ann Pudeator and Testimony of Mary Warren v. Bridget Bishop, Elizabeth Cary, George Jacobs Sr., & Ann Pudeator.	1*	###	Peikola
No. 262 (?)	Testimony of Edward Bishop, Sarah Bishop & Mary Esty Regarding Mary Warren	2	##	Grund
No. 273	Indictment No. 1 of Bridget Bishop, for Afflicting Mercy Lewis	2	###	Grund
No. 274	Indictment No. 2 of Bridget Bishop, for Afflicting Abigail Williams	2	###	Grund
No. 275	Indictment No. 4 of Bridget Bishop, for Afflicting Elizabeth Hubbard	2	###	Grund
No. 276	Indictment No. 5 of Bridget Bishop, for Afflicting Ann Putnam Jr.	2	###	Grund
No. 280	Testimony of John Bly Sr. & William Bly v. Bridget Bishop	3	#	Peikola
No. 282	Testimony of Richard Coman v. Bridget Bishop	3*	#	Peikola
No. 283	Deposition of Susannah Shelden v. Bridget Bishop	2	##	Peikola
No. 285	Indictment No. 1 of Rebecca Nurse, for Afflicting Ann Putnam Jr.	2	###	Burns
No. 286	Indictment No. 2 of Rebecca Nurse, for Afflicting Mary Walcott	2	###	Burns
No. 287	Indictment No. 3 of Rebecca Nurse, for Afflicting Elizabeth Hubbard	2	###	Burns
No. 288	Indictment No. 4 of Rebecca Nurse, for Afflicting Abigail Williams	2	###	Burns
No. 292	Deposition of Mary Walcott v. Rebecca Nurse	4	#	Burns
No. 295	Witnesses v. John Willard	1	##	Peikola
No. 296	Indictment No. 1 of John Willard, for Afflicting Mercy Lewis	2	###	Peikola
No. 297	Indictment No. 2 of John Willard, for Afflicting Ann Putnam Jr.	2	###	Peikola
No. 298	Indictment No. 3 of John Willard, for Afflicting Susannah Shelden (Returned Ignoramus)	2	###	Peikola
No. 299	Indictment No. 4 of John Willard, for Afflicting Abigail Williams	2	###	Peikola
No. 300	Indictment No. 7 of John Willard, for Afflicting Elizabeth Hubbard	2	###	Peikola
No. 313	Warrant for the Execution of Bridget Bishop	1	####	Burns
No. 339	Deposition of Mary Walcott v. Sarah Good	4	##	Grund
No. 342	Fragment of the Examination of Deliverance Hobbs	1	##	Grund
No. 345	Summary of Evidence v. Sarah Good	1	#####	Grund

(?) in the ID column indicates some uncertainty that this actually is this scribe.

* in the Hand column indicates signature on manuscript

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