Every Day Life in the Massachusetts Bay Colony

This edition features
• illustrations
• a linked Table of Contents, Footnotes, and Index

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