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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... five pounds due under its agreement with Pynchon at the time it repealed the June 1632 order . 1 Rec . Mass . Bay 140–141 . See also the im- position by the General Court in May 1634 of a five - pound fine upon Thomas Mayhew and Pynchon ...
... five pounds due under its agreement with Pynchon at the time it repealed the June 1632 order . 1 Rec . Mass . Bay 140–141 . See also the im- position by the General Court in May 1634 of a five - pound fine upon Thomas Mayhew and Pynchon ...
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... Five Nations . However , the New Englanders " mist their chiefe expecta- tations , " when the Five Nations refused to make war on the Eastern Indians until they found whether the latter sided with the French against them.72 In February ...
... Five Nations . However , the New Englanders " mist their chiefe expecta- tations , " when the Five Nations refused to make war on the Eastern Indians until they found whether the latter sided with the French against them.72 In February ...
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... five shillings be- cause of his taking his water Million to the said Josiah Miller and also a fine of five shillings to the County for quarrelling and disturb- ing of Peace : [ * 173 ] Sept. 23th 1680 . John Pope plantiff against Thomas ...
... five shillings be- cause of his taking his water Million to the said Josiah Miller and also a fine of five shillings to the County for quarrelling and disturb- ing of Peace : [ * 173 ] Sept. 23th 1680 . John Pope plantiff against Thomas ...
Contents
The Pynchon Manuscript 3 9 | 3 |
William Pynchon | 6 |
John Pynchon | 32 |
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