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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... entry notes that Butler and Martin had been bound over to the County Court by Major Pynchon in the previous May ; how- ever , no entry of such action appears in the Record . The unlawful trading activities of Joseph Leonard and Sam ...
... entry notes that Butler and Martin had been bound over to the County Court by Major Pynchon in the previous May ; how- ever , no entry of such action appears in the Record . The unlawful trading activities of Joseph Leonard and Sam ...
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... entry thereof ; As to the action between Richard Fellowes and Alexander Edwards the partyes aggreeing the Plantiffe withdrew his action and payd entry of it . As to the action dependinge betweene Richard Fellowes Plantiffe and Mrs ...
... entry thereof ; As to the action between Richard Fellowes and Alexander Edwards the partyes aggreeing the Plantiffe withdrew his action and payd entry of it . As to the action dependinge betweene Richard Fellowes Plantiffe and Mrs ...
Page 402
... entry fee , 177 ; waiver of entry fee , 177n ; award for failure to prosecute , 178n ; in inter- charter period , 188-189 ; security for , 190 ; under the Second Charter , 195 ; for entry of action , divided on with- drawal , 254-255 ...
... entry fee , 177 ; waiver of entry fee , 177n ; award for failure to prosecute , 178n ; in inter- charter period , 188-189 ; security for , 190 ; under the Second Charter , 195 ; for entry of action , divided on with- drawal , 254-255 ...
Contents
The Pynchon Manuscript 3 9 | 3 |
William Pynchon | 6 |
John Pynchon | 32 |
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