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Danvers (originally known as The Church of Christ in Salem Village), and local townspeople, dedicated the Rebecca Nurse Monument in her memory. The first memorial to anyone accused of witchcraft in North America, the granite obelisk bears
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were reinterred in the Nurse Burial Ground. He was another victim of the accusations who was executed and lived a short distance away.
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is a historic colonial house built ca. 1678 located at 149 Pine Street,
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A Salem Witch: The Trial, Execution, and
Exoneration of Rebecca Nurse
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purchased the property in 1784, and remained residents until 1905.
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