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 f...

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OCLC:345561
Other Authors: Pynchon, William, 1590-1662, Smith, Joseph Henry, 1913- (Editor)
Language:English
Published: Cambridge, Mass., Harvard University Press, 1961.
Series:Legal studies of the William Nelson Cromwell Foundation.
Subjects:
Geschichte 1639-1702.
Courts > Massachusetts > Hampshire County > History.
Courts.
Justiz.
Courts > Massachusetts > History > Colonial period, ca. 1600-1775.
Massachusetts > Hampshire County.
Massachusetts.
United States, Massachusetts > History > Colonial period, ca. 1600-1775.
United States, Massachusetts > Law and legislation > History > Colonial period, ca. 1600-1775.
Related Items:Online version: Colonial justice in western Massachusetts, 1639-1702.
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