Joseph Dudley authorized 
Joseph Dudley authorized monetary compensation for residents of this place. Clavices purpurea may have caused an outbreak of ergotism in this place, where George Jacobs was sentenced to death despite his granddaughter Margaret's withdrawal of her accusations and (*) Goodwife Nurse was hanged on the words of Ann Putnam. A slave named Tituba taught fortune-telling in this town, whose events prompted Increase Mather to warn against "spectral evidence." For 10 points, name this Massachusetts town, the site of some witch trials.
Joseph Dudley authorized monetary compensation for residents of this place.
Salem, Massachusetts