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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... appearing after the .3 . times called the said Fyler requiring his Cost for his Journy .4s is allowed him . Also Henry Rogers after .3 . tymes called not appearing is cast to pay Leiutenant Fyler 4s . Likewise Jonathan Taylor not appearing ...
... appearing after the .3 . times called the said Fyler requiring his Cost for his Journy .4s is allowed him . Also Henry Rogers after .3 . tymes called not appearing is cast to pay Leiutenant Fyler 4s . Likewise Jonathan Taylor not appearing ...
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... appearing then : March 10th 1692/93 . Ebenezer Petty : John and David Morgan and Thomas Stebbins appeared : and al disowned the knowledge of Damadge to any win- dow , and particularly Ebenezer Petty denying that he Throwd at the window ...
... appearing then : March 10th 1692/93 . Ebenezer Petty : John and David Morgan and Thomas Stebbins appeared : and al disowned the knowledge of Damadge to any win- dow , and particularly Ebenezer Petty denying that he Throwd at the window ...
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... appearing by his attourney Hezekia Dickenson Also the defendant Thomas Cop- ley appearing : The Pleas and Evedences in the case herd and read etc : The plantiff and defendant goeing together and discoursing : The Plantiff Thomas Copley ...
... appearing by his attourney Hezekia Dickenson Also the defendant Thomas Cop- ley appearing : The Pleas and Evedences in the case herd and read etc : The plantiff and defendant goeing together and discoursing : The Plantiff Thomas Copley ...
Contents
The Pynchon Manuscript 3 9 | 3 |
William Pynchon | 6 |
John Pynchon | 32 |
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