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


Every Day Life in the Massachusetts Bay Colony