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George Francis Dow
Every Day Life in the Massachusetts Bay Colony
Published by Good Press, 2019
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EAN 4057664650177
Table of Contents
PREFACE
Every Day Life in the Massachusetts Bay Colony
CHAPTER I
The Voyage To Massachusetts
CHAPTER II
Their Early Shelters and Later Dwellings
CHAPTER III
How They Furnished Their Houses
CHAPTER IV
Counterpanes and Coverlets
CHAPTER V
Concerning Their Apparel
CHAPTER VI
Pewter in the Early Days
CHAPTER VII
The Farmhouse and the Farmer
CHAPTER VIII
Manners and Customs
CHAPTER IX
Sports and Games
CHAPTER X
Trades and Manufactures
CHAPTER XI
Concerning Shipping and Trade
CHAPTER XII
From Wampum To Paper Money
CHAPTER XIII
Herb Tea and the Doctor
CHAPTER XIV
Crimes and Punishments
ILLUSTRATIONS
SECTION OF ILLUSTRATIONS
APPENDIX A
Building Agreements in Seventeenth-Century Massachusetts
APPENDIX B
Rev. Samuel Skelton's Accompte (1629-1630)
APPENDIX C
An Abstract of the Inventory of Contents of the Shop of Capt. Joseph Weld of Roxbury, made February 4, 1646-7
APPENDIX D
Abstract of an Inventory of the Goods of Capt. Bozone Allen, Shopkeeper, of Boston, Deceased, made Sept. 22, 1652, by Edward Hutchinson and Joseph Rock
APPENDIX E
Manufactures and Other Products Listed in the Rates on Imports and Exports Established by the House of Parliament, June 24, 1660 [96]
APPENDIX F
Copy of the Inventory of the Estate of Wm. Paine of Boston, Merchant, Appraised by Hen. Shrimpton, Joshua Scottow and John Richards, and Allowed in Court at Boston, Nov. 14, 1660, Upon Oath of Mr. John Paine, His Son
APPENDIX G
Inventory of the Estate of Edward Wharton of Salem, Deceased, and What Goods were in His Possession, Consigned to Him by Several, Taken 12:1:1677-8, by Hilliard Veren, sr., John Hathorne and John Higginson, jr.
APPENDIX H
Inventory of the Estate of Capt. George Corwin of Salem, Taken by Barthl. Gedney, Benja. Browne, John Higginson Junr. and Timo. Lindall on Jan. 30 and the Beginning of Feb., 1684-5
INDEX
PREFACE
