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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

Title
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 / edited with a legal and historical introduction by Joseph H. Smith.
Publication
Cambridge, Mass. : Harvard University Press, 1961.

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Additional Authors
  • Pynchon, William, 1590-1662.
  • Smith, Joseph H. (Joseph Henry), 1913-1981
Description
ix, 426 pages : facsimile, portrait; 25 cm.
Summary
"...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.
Series Statement
  • Legal studies of the William Nelson Cromwell Foundation
  • William Nelson Cromwell Foundation. Legal studies.
Uniform Title
Legal studies of the William Nelson Cromwell Foundation
Alternative Title
Pynchon court record, an original judges' diary of the administration of justice in the Springfield courts in the Massachusetts Bay Colony
Subject
  • 1600-1775
  • Geschichte 1639-1702
  • Courts > Massachusetts > Hampshire County > History
  • Courts
  • Courts > Massachusetts > History > Colonial period, ca. 1600-1775
  • Justiz
  • Municipal law
  • Massachusetts > History > Colonial period, ca. 1600-1775 > Sources
  • Massachusetts
  • Massachusetts > Hampshire County
  • United States, Massachusetts > History > Colonial period, ca. 1600-1775
  • United States, Massachusetts > Law and legislation > History > Colonial period, ca. 1600-1775
Genre/Form
  • Sources
  • History
Bibliography (note)
  • Bibliographical footnotes.
Contents
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.
LCCN
61007394
OCLC
  • ocm00345561
  • 345561
  • SCSB-124039
Owning Institutions
Princeton University Library