The Life in the Massachusetts Bay Colony. George Francis Dow

       George Francis Dow

      The Life in the Massachusetts Bay Colony

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      OK Publishing, 2020

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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

       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

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