Every Day Life in the Massachusetts Bay Colony (Annotated)

Enriched Edition. Domestic Customs, Work, Worship, and Social Order in Seventeenth-Century New EnglandBy George Francis Dow

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Every Day Life in the Massachusetts Bay Colony is a richly documented reconstruction of seventeenth-century New England society, attending less to grand political narrative than to the textures of ordinary existence: homes, food, clothing, labor, worship, law, punishment, trade, education, and domestic custom. Written in a clear antiquarian style, the book gathers wills, inventories, court records, diaries, and contemporary descriptions into a vivid social history. It belongs to an early twentieth-century tradition of colonial studies that sought to recover material culture and communal habits as essential evidence of the past. George Francis Dow was a historian, editor, and antiquarian deeply invested in the preservation and interpretation of early New England life. His work with archives, historic buildings, and local records gave him unusual command of the documentary fragments from which colonial daily life can be reconstructed. That practical familiarity with objects, houses, and manuscripts shaped the book's empirical method and its sensitivity to the lived world behind formal history. This volume is recommended to readers interested in colonial America, Puritan culture, genealogy, material history, or the social foundations of Massachusetts. It remains valuable for its breadth, documentary grounding, and humane attention to the routines through which a society defined itself. This enriched edition has been carefully crafted to add value to your reading experience. - Hand‐picked Memorable Quotes shine a spotlight on moments of literary brilliance. - Interactive footnotes clarify unusual references, historical allusions, and archaic phrases for an effortless, more informed read.

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GenreHistory

Length11 hrs 11 mins

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Publish dateApr 9, 2020

LanguageEnglish

1Introduction

2PREFACE

3CHAPTER I

4The Voyage To Massachusetts

5CHAPTER II

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6Their Early Shelters and Later Dwellings

7CHAPTER III

8How They Furnished Their Houses

9CHAPTER IV

10Counterpanes and Coverlets

11CHAPTER V

12Concerning Their Apparel

13CHAPTER VI

14Pewter in the Early Days

15CHAPTER VII

16The Farmhouse and the Farmer

17CHAPTER VIII

18Manners and Customs

19CHAPTER IX

20Sports and Games

21CHAPTER X

22Trades and Manufactures

23CHAPTER XI

24Concerning Shipping and Trade

25CHAPTER XII

26From Wampum To Paper Money

27CHAPTER XIII

28Herb Tea and the Doctor

29CHAPTER XIV

30Crimes and Punishments

31SECTION OF ILLUSTRATIONS

32APPENDIX A

33Building Agreements in Seventeenth-Century Massachusetts

34APPENDIX B

35Rev. Samuel Skelton&#x27;s Accompte (1629-1630)

36APPENDIX C

37An Abstract of the Inventory of Contents of the Shop of Capt. Joseph Weld of Roxbury, made February 4, 1646-7

38APPENDIX D

39Abstract of an Inventory of the Goods of Capt. Bozone Allen, Shopkeeper, of Boston, Deceased, made Sept. 22, 1652, by Edward Hutchinson and Joseph Rock

40APPENDIX E

41Manufactures and Other Products Listed in the Rates on Imports and Exports Established by the House of Parliament, June 24, 1660 [96]

42APPENDIX F

43Copy 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

44APPENDIX G

45Inventory 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.

46APPENDIX H

47Inventory 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

48Memorable Quotes