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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... complained to the Bay authorities who successfully as- serted the jurisdiction of Massachusetts before the Commissioners for the United Colonies in 1644.42 Pynchon may have had some in- terest in the Winthrop graphite workings at ...
... complained to the Bay authorities who successfully as- serted the jurisdiction of Massachusetts before the Commissioners for the United Colonies in 1644.42 Pynchon may have had some in- terest in the Winthrop graphite workings at ...
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... Complained of by Hugh Parsons for takinge of Tobacco in his yeard without dores and is fined 10s therfore . [ * 32 ] May 29 and 30 1649 . The widdow Marshfeild Complained against Mary the wife of Hugh Parsons of Springefeild for ...
... Complained of by Hugh Parsons for takinge of Tobacco in his yeard without dores and is fined 10s therfore . [ * 32 ] May 29 and 30 1649 . The widdow Marshfeild Complained against Mary the wife of Hugh Parsons of Springefeild for ...
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... Complained off for prophaning the Sabbath in that they drove Cattle thorow the Towne on Sabbath day was Senight being the .19th . day of this Aprill : The said Butler and Omstead appeared who owne their lying at the Lower end of the ...
... Complained off for prophaning the Sabbath in that they drove Cattle thorow the Towne on Sabbath day was Senight being the .19th . day of this Aprill : The said Butler and Omstead appeared who owne their lying at the Lower end of the ...
Contents
The Pynchon Manuscript 3 9 | 3 |
William Pynchon | 6 |
John Pynchon | 32 |
Copyright | |
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