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
William Pynchon, Joseph H. Smith (Editor, Writer of introduction)
"...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
Print Book, English, 1961
Harvard University Press, Cambridge, Mass., 1961
Sources
ix, 426 pages : facsimile, portrait ; 25 cm.
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Legal and historical introduction: The Pynchon manuscript
William Pynchon
John Pynchon
Elizur Holyoke and Samuel Chapin
The Massachusetts Bay judicial system
The jurisdictional bases of the Springfield courts
Criminal jurisdiction
Civil jurisdiction
Procedure in civil actions
Conclusion
The Pynchon court record