Every Day Life in the Massachusetts Bay Colony

CONTENTS

I.	The Voyage to New England	3
II.	Their Early Shelters and Later Dwellings	13
III.	How They Furnished Their Houses	28
IV.	Counterpanes and Coverlets	53
V.	Concerning Their Apparel	60
VI.	Pewter in the Early Days	84
VII.	The Farmhouse and the Farmer	91
VIII.	Manners and Customs	101
IX.	Sports and Games	110
X.	Trades and Manufactures	120
XI.	Concerning Shipping and Trade	143
XII.	From Wampum to Paper Money	166
XIII.	Herb Tea and the Doctor	174
XIV.	Crimes and Punishments	199
Appendix
	A. Seventeenth-Century Building Agreements (1658-1688)	227
	B. Rev. Samuel Skelton's Accompte (1629-1630)	239
	C. An Abstract of the Inventory of the Contents of the Shop of Capt. Joseph Weld of Roxbury, 1646-7	242
	D. Inventory of Goods in the Shop of Capt. Bozone Allen of Boston, 1652	244
	E. Manufactures and Other Products Listed in The Rates on Imports and Exports Established by the House of Parliament, June 24, 1660	246
	F. Inventory of Goods in the Warehouse of William Paine of Boston, Merchant, 1660	258
	G. Inventory of Goods in the Shop of Edward Wharton of Salem, 1678	262
	H. Inventory of the Contents of the Shop and House of Capt. George Corwin of Salem, 1685	270
Index		284

EVERY DAY LIFE IN THE MASSACHUSETTS BAY COLONY

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