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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Page 378
... gave in theire votes by Papers for a Deputy for the Generall Court , and choss Cap- tain John Pynchon to be theire Deputy for the next Court of Elec- tion unto whom they have given full Power to deale in all the affairs of this Common ...
... gave in theire votes by Papers for a Deputy for the Generall Court , and choss Cap- tain John Pynchon to be theire Deputy for the next Court of Elec- tion unto whom they have given full Power to deale in all the affairs of this Common ...
Page 384
... gave in their votes for a Deputy from among themselves ( recalling the last vote for one in Boston ) and made choise of Quarter Master George Colton for theire Deputy for the Court of Election next : At same tyme Gave in their votes for ...
... gave in their votes for a Deputy from among themselves ( recalling the last vote for one in Boston ) and made choise of Quarter Master George Colton for theire Deputy for the Court of Election next : At same tyme Gave in their votes for ...
Page 385
... gave in their votes for Governour Asistants etc. sealing them up as Law di- rects to be caryed to the Court of Election , at Boston on the .28th of this Instant May : [ * 332 ] Springfeild March .8 . 1679/80 . Mr. Samuell Marshfeild ...
... gave in their votes for Governour Asistants etc. sealing them up as Law di- rects to be caryed to the Court of Election , at Boston on the .28th of this Instant May : [ * 332 ] Springfeild March .8 . 1679/80 . Mr. Samuell Marshfeild ...
Contents
The Pynchon Manuscript 3 9 | 3 |
William Pynchon | 6 |
John Pynchon | 32 |
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