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 318
... Paid of this remaining Sum of .2 £ 9s 3d towards Towne charges and disbursements be al- lowed off . Upon hearing both partys I find 2 £ 9s 3d due to the above per- sons Samuell Marshfeild , John Dumbleton , Benjamin Parsons and James ...
... Paid of this remaining Sum of .2 £ 9s 3d towards Towne charges and disbursements be al- lowed off . Upon hearing both partys I find 2 £ 9s 3d due to the above per- sons Samuell Marshfeild , John Dumbleton , Benjamin Parsons and James ...
Page 320
... Paid one at Windsor per Thomas Nobl and .1 . at Westfeild paid John Sackcut and to the plantiff have bin paid since August 1685. or since the .16th of the March Instant before : then I find but 3 and Costs of Court . Westfeild Feb. 3d ...
... Paid one at Windsor per Thomas Nobl and .1 . at Westfeild paid John Sackcut and to the plantiff have bin paid since August 1685. or since the .16th of the March Instant before : then I find but 3 and Costs of Court . Westfeild Feb. 3d ...
Page 374
... Paid and wil send it me presently : [ * 254 ] Jan. 8th 1701/2 . Memorandum Mrs. Mary Parsons widdow desyring to give oath to her Booke of accounts where were entred several things paid to her daughter Hannah now wife to Mr. Pelatiah ...
... Paid and wil send it me presently : [ * 254 ] Jan. 8th 1701/2 . Memorandum Mrs. Mary Parsons widdow desyring to give oath to her Booke of accounts where were entred several things paid to her daughter Hannah now wife to Mr. Pelatiah ...
Contents
The Pynchon Manuscript 3 9 | 3 |
William Pynchon | 6 |
John Pynchon | 32 |
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