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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... appointed to carry such votes sealed to the shire meeting for the first two meetings recorded . He was chosen and allowed County Treasurer at least twelve times between 1664 and 1679 , and may have served consecutively during the entire ...
... appointed to carry such votes sealed to the shire meeting for the first two meetings recorded . He was chosen and allowed County Treasurer at least twelve times between 1664 and 1679 , and may have served consecutively during the entire ...
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... appointed a committee for Quabaug to receive the claims of the old inhabitants , to grant lots to others , and to give the neces- sary orders for some orderly settlement of the town . In 1692 Pynchon was a member of a committee ...
... appointed a committee for Quabaug to receive the claims of the old inhabitants , to grant lots to others , and to give the neces- sary orders for some orderly settlement of the town . In 1692 Pynchon was a member of a committee ...
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... appointed Captain Holyoke to carry their votes sealed up to the shire meeting on the last Wednesday of this Instant March : Captain William Davis Deputy . At the same Meeting the freemen proceeded to choise of a Dep- uty for the ...
... appointed Captain Holyoke to carry their votes sealed up to the shire meeting on the last Wednesday of this Instant March : Captain William Davis Deputy . At the same Meeting the freemen proceeded to choise of a Dep- uty for the ...
Contents
The Pynchon Manuscript 3 9 | 3 |
William Pynchon | 6 |
John Pynchon | 32 |
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