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 [Hardcover]

Joseph H. Smith (Editor)

Product Details

• Hardcover: 435 pages
• Publisher: Harvard University Press; First Edition edition (January 1, 1961)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0674142500
• ISBN-13: 978-0674142503
• Product Dimensions: 9.5 x 6.5 x 1.2 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.8 pounds
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (1 customer review)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #1,262,601 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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5.0 out of 5 stars Surprising, fantastic!, June 3, 2003

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This review is from: 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 (Hardcover)

Who on earth would have thought that reading court records could be such fun?! Witness drunken brawls, teenaged boys setting their bare bottoms on the neighbor's loom, slander, etc., all the way to much more serious and heart-rending cases.

This is worth the price and the wait.