George Francis Dow
PREFACE
CONTENTS
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
APPENDIX D Abstract of an Inventory of the Goods of Capt.
APPENDIX E Manufactures and Other Products Listed in the Rates
APPENDIX F Copy of the Inventory of the Estate of Wm. Paine of
APPENDIX G Inventory of the Estate of Edward Wharton of Salem,
APPENDIX H Inventory of the Estate of Capt. George Corwin of
INDEX
FOOTNOTES:
EVERY DAY LIFE IN THE MASSACHUSETTS BAY COLONY
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