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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... bound over by John Pynchon to answer “ to his notorious Crime in abusing the little maide Mary Bennet in a Shameful uncleane way , " appeared , was convicted and sentenced to twenty lashes , the court being desirous to bear " testimony ...
... bound over by John Pynchon to answer “ to his notorious Crime in abusing the little maide Mary Bennet in a Shameful uncleane way , " appeared , was convicted and sentenced to twenty lashes , the court being desirous to bear " testimony ...
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... bound over to the County Court . An examination of the March 28 , 1676 entries of the County Court re- veals that of those persons bound over by Pynchon , most received five - pound fines.32 At the March 30 , 1686 County Court Samuel ...
... bound over to the County Court . An examination of the March 28 , 1676 entries of the County Court re- veals that of those persons bound over by Pynchon , most received five - pound fines.32 At the March 30 , 1686 County Court Samuel ...
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... Bound over to the County Corte by the Worshipfull Major Pynchon for that he was Present at and Actor in an unlawfull and Rioteous Assembly att Hadley on the 15th February Last Past , Stirring up and anemateing Sedition , Breakeing the ...
... Bound over to the County Corte by the Worshipfull Major Pynchon for that he was Present at and Actor in an unlawfull and Rioteous Assembly att Hadley on the 15th February Last Past , Stirring up and anemateing Sedition , Breakeing the ...
Contents
The Pynchon Manuscript 3 9 | 3 |
William Pynchon | 6 |
John Pynchon | 32 |
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