Puritan Village: The Formation of a New England TownAn award-winning study of Puritans and the formation of their towns. |
Contents
The Web of Openfield Life | 3 |
Land Hunger Borough Rights and the Power to Tax | 21 |
The Secrets of the Corporation of This Town of Sudbury | 41 |
It Is Ordered by the Court | 59 |
Watertown on the Charles | 74 |
It Is Ordered and Agreed by This Town | 80 |
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