David V. Baker's book, Women and Capital Punishment in the United States: An Analytical History, has and is an invaluable source of data for this project (2016, pgs. 43-61).  In addition to the Espy Papers, (discussed in the Project resources ), a number of sources were used.  For executions occurring in early Virginia, including June Champion and Margaret Hatch, A Manual for the Publick Gaol by Collier C. Harris as part of the Colonial Williamsburg Foundation Library Research Report Series - 1628 at the Colonial Williamsburg Foundation Library . The Covington Enterprise, Covington, GA, 11/27/1874, giving a retrospective list of Newton County executions. John Hale, “A Modest Inquiry the Nature of Witchcraft,” Enquiry, in Narratives of the Witchcraft Cases, 1648-1706, ed. Charles Lincoln Burr (Barnes & Noble Inc., 1946), 408-409 a digital collection Evans Early American Imprint Collection. https://name.umdl.umich.edu/N03473.0001.001 University of Michigan Library Digital Collections. David Baker's Registry of Known American Indian Executions, 1639-2006 is used to verify Native American executions. Quakers in the World Provides a shortcut to some excellent sources and an overview of early America (including the execution of Mary Dyer).