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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... says that one parsell of it was Goodwife Bliss hers and that he tooke it out of her Purse and stript it loose of the strings for so it is found loose , whereas part of it Goodwife Bliss says was strung though Goodwife Bliss says this is ...
... says that one parsell of it was Goodwife Bliss hers and that he tooke it out of her Purse and stript it loose of the strings for so it is found loose , whereas part of it Goodwife Bliss says was strung though Goodwife Bliss says this is ...
Page 302
... says That the Hay was mine I Mowed it and made it upon my owne Land as per the Testymonyes on file . John Dorchester says That the Land was accepted Charls Ferrys as buying it of Widdow Harmon But Charls Ferry Sold it to my Father .16 ...
... says That the Hay was mine I Mowed it and made it upon my owne Land as per the Testymonyes on file . John Dorchester says That the Land was accepted Charls Ferrys as buying it of Widdow Harmon But Charls Ferry Sold it to my Father .16 ...
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... says he demanded .5s of John Miller not so much for damage as for that his Mare being unruly was in the feild and ac- cording to Country Law it is due ( the demand of 5s John Miller ownes ) Thomas Day says the Mare was unfettered and as ...
... says he demanded .5s of John Miller not so much for damage as for that his Mare being unruly was in the feild and ac- cording to Country Law it is due ( the demand of 5s John Miller ownes ) Thomas Day says the Mare was unfettered and as ...
Contents
The Pynchon Manuscript 3 9 | 3 |
William Pynchon | 6 |
John Pynchon | 32 |
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