Every Day Life in the Massachusetts Bay Colony (Annotated)

Enriched Edition. Puritan Domestic Life, Community Customs, and Material Culture in Seventeenth-Century New EnglandBy George Francis Dow

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George Francis Dow's Every Day Life in the Massachusetts Bay Colony reconstructs the ordinary experiences of seventeenth-century New England, moving beyond sermons, legislation, and celebrated founding narratives to examine homes, clothing, food, labor, trade, education, religion, and communal customs. Written in a lucid, documentary style, the book combines antiquarian precision with social history, drawing upon inventories, diaries, legal records, and other period evidence to evoke how Puritan ideals were negotiated in material and domestic life. Its literary context lies in the early twentieth-century movement toward regional history and the recovery of the experiences of ordinary people. Dow (1868–1936) was a distinguished New England antiquarian, collector, and curator associated with the Essex Institute in Salem. His lifelong engagement with manuscripts, artifacts, architecture, and local records gave him an unusually intimate knowledge of Massachusetts's colonial past. Rather than treating the Bay Colony solely as a political or religious experiment, he approached it as a lived society whose values were expressed through objects, routines, work, and social relationships. This scholarly yet accessible method reflects both his institutional experience and his commitment to preserving New England's documentary heritage. This book is recommended to readers seeking a richly textured account of colonial America, particularly those interested in Puritan culture, material history, genealogy, architecture, and the daily lives of settlers. It offers valuable primary-source interpretation for students and researchers while remaining engaging for general readers who wish to see the Massachusetts Bay Colony as a complex human community rather than a collection of historical abstractions. 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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Publish dateNov 13, 2022

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1Every Day Life in the Massachusetts Bay Colony (Annotated)

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'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