Word: witchcraft
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...whether virgins, maids or widows who shall, after this act, impose upon, seduce and betray into matrimony any of his Majesty's subjects by virtue of scents, cosmetics, washes paints, artificial teeth, false hair or high heeled shoes, shall incur the penalty of the law now in force against witchcraft and like misdemeanors." - Princetonian...
...then president of the university and Edward Everett professor of Greek literature. Among the other professors were Edward Channing and Ticknor. Emerson was greatly influenced throughout his course by the inspiration which Ticknor brought to the university. Among Emerson's classmates, were Upham, author of the "History of Salem Witchcraft," and Josiah Quincy, afterwards mayor of Boston. During his first year in college, Emerson was the "president's freshman," doing his errands and making his announcements for him. He was at this time "a slender, delicate youth, younger than most of his classmates, and of a sensitive, retiring disposition...