Diary of John Proctor- April 11th 1692:

I am dearly afraid for the lives of myself and my family.  Today has been an extraordinary day, one that I would not even wish to think about ever again, yet I must.  My good wife was accused today by a group of wicked girls in the village for reasons unknown to me at this time.  They said horrible things about her and when I tried to intervene during my wife’s examination, I myself was caught up in the frenzy and accused of being a wizard!  We have now been instructed to attend a second round of examinations tomorrow and so I will write this last diary entry with the assumption that I might not be coming home again for some time, if ever again.  I pray for the Lord’s blessing over my family during this trying time and I also pray for the young “afflicted” girls who have started up this whole witch business to begin with.