Phips, Sir William
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
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...worth of Spanish gold off Haiti. His fortune made, he...in 1692. In the great witchcraft mania, he appointed a...to try those accused of witchcraft. However, when his own wife was accused of witchcraft, he ordered an end to...