Declaration of Regret - Salem Jurors (Salem Witch Trials)
We whose names are underwritten, being in the year 1692 called to serve as jurors in court
at Salem, on trial of many who were by some suspected guilty of doing acts of witchcraft
upon the bodies of sundry persons, we confess that we ourselves were not capable to
understand, nor able to withstand, the mysterious delusions of the powers of darkness and
Prince of the air, but were, for want of knowledge in ourselves and better information from
others, prevailed with to take with such evidence against the accused, as, on further
consideration and better information, we justly fear was insufficient for the touching the lives
of any (Deut. xvii) whereby we fear we have been instrumental, with others, though ignorantly
and unwittingly, to bring upon ourselves and this people of the Lord the guilt of innocent
blood; which sin the Lord saith in Scripture he would not pardon (2 Kings xxiv.4) - that is,
we suppose, in regard to his temporal judgments. We do therefore hereby signify to all in
general, and to the surviving sufferers in special, our deep sense of, and sorrow for, our
errors in acting on such evidence to the condemning of any person; and do hereby declare,
that we justly fear that we were sadly deluded and mistaken - for which we are much
disquieted and distressed in our minds, and do therefore humbly beg forgiveness, first of
God, for Christ's sake, for this our error, and pray that God would impute the guilt of it to
ourselves nor others, and we also pray that we may be considered candidly and aright by the
living sufferers, as being then under a strong and general delusion, utterly unacquainted with,
and not experienced in, matters of that nature. 
We do hereby ask forgiveness of you all, whom we have justly offended, and do declare,
according to our present minds, we would none of us do such things again, on such grounds,
for the whole world - praying you to accept of this in way of satisfaction for our offense, and
that you would bless the inheritance of the Lord, that he may be entreated for the land. 

Thomas Fisk, Foreman 
William Fisk 
John Bacheler 
Thomas Fisk 
John Dane 
Joseph Evelith Thomas Pearly, Sr. 
John Peabody 
Thomas Perkins 
Samuel Sayer 
Andrew Eliot 
Henry Herrick, Sr.