Previous research has shown that clausal and phrasal uses of and pattern in ways characteristic of different text types in both Present-day and early English. Speech-based text types such as witness depositions and trial records are likely to show higher rates of clausal uses than written-based texts such as science and history writing. The present study turns to the uses of and in a unique resource, the records from the Salem witchcraft trials in New England (1692–1693), comprising a range of speech-related and written-based text categories. To enable comparisons between early American English and British English usage, comparative material is drawn from the Helsinki Corpus and the Corpus of English Dialogues 1560–1760.