Colonial Justice in Western Massachusetts, 1639-1702: The Pynchon Court Record, an Original Judges' Diary of the Administration of Justice in the Springfield Courts in the Massachusetts Bay Colony"...The Diary is also a colorful record of the mores of that colonial community [Springfield, Massachusetts Bay Colony]. Witchcraft, juvenile delinquency, bootlegging--they are all there. "Follies and foibles; prejudices and petty quarrels; crimes and misdemeanors; jealousies, hopes, and fears--the Diary runs the gamut of human frailties and human passions"--Foreword. |
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... bond . Richard Fellowes acknowledgeth himself bound to the County Treasurer in a bond of 40 £ that he will cleare and discharge the Town of Springfeild of John Wood and his family within three weeks after Michalstide next . Robert ...
... bond . Richard Fellowes acknowledgeth himself bound to the County Treasurer in a bond of 40 £ that he will cleare and discharge the Town of Springfeild of John Wood and his family within three weeks after Michalstide next . Robert ...
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... Bond accordingly : And also .2 . Cases being to be herd be- fore myselfe on the .3d . of January next one of them to answer the Complaint of Joseph Ashly as assignee of Walter Fyler for a debt of 148 id and the other the Complaint of ...
... Bond accordingly : And also .2 . Cases being to be herd be- fore myselfe on the .3d . of January next one of them to answer the Complaint of Joseph Ashly as assignee of Walter Fyler for a debt of 148 id and the other the Complaint of ...
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... Bond . Dec. 28. 1680 . Thomas Hancock coming before me : and acknowledging a Judg- ment against himselfe for .14s id due to Leiutenant Walter Fyler : I accordingly enter the same : And this being one of the Cases to be herd before me on ...
... Bond . Dec. 28. 1680 . Thomas Hancock coming before me : and acknowledging a Judg- ment against himselfe for .14s id due to Leiutenant Walter Fyler : I accordingly enter the same : And this being one of the Cases to be herd before me on ...
Contents
The Pynchon Manuscript 3 9 | 3 |
William Pynchon | 6 |
John Pynchon | 32 |
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