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Blue Jon C. |
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Titolo |
The case of the piglet's paternity : trials from the New Haven colony, 1639-1663 / / Jon C. Blue |
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Middletown, Connecticut : , : Wesleyan University Press, , [2015] |
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©2015 |
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Edizione |
[1st ed.] |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (301 p.) |
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Collana |
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Driftless Connecticut series |
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Soggetti |
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Justice, Administration of |
Trials |
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Lingua di pubblicazione |
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Formato |
Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Note generali |
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Description based upon print version of record. |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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Includes bibliographical references and index. |
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Nota di contenuto |
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Cover; THE CASE OF THE PIGLET'S PATERNITY; Title; Copyright; Dedication; CONTENTS; Introduction The New Haven Trials; 1 The Indian's Name; 2 The Piglet's Paternity; 3 The Exploding Gun; 4 The "Billingsgate Slut"; 5 New Haven's Watergate; 6 The Sexual Harassment Case; 7 The Women Dissidents; 8 The Shipwreck; 9 The Faulty Shoes; 10 The Drunken Sailors; 11 The Competing Claimants; 12 The Frisky Couple; 13 The Rhode Island Privateer; 14 The Reputed Witch; 15 The Milford Bestiality Case; 16 The Boat Sex Case; 17 The Youth Sex Cases; 18 The Disputed Will; 19 The Farmhand Arsonist |
20 The Stolen Silverware21 The Vanished Husband; 22 The Attempted Bestiality Case; 23 The Clamorous Quaker; 24 The Currier's Apprentice; 25 The Milford Paternity Case; 26 The Brickmaker's Apprentice; 27 The Horse-Trading Case; 28 The Milford Arson Case; 29 The Southold Slander; 30 The Bigamist's Wife; 31 The Stamford Murder Mystery; 32 The Lecherous Swineherd; 33 The Burning Barn; Acknowledgments; Notes; Index |
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Sommario/riassunto |
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A vivid series of trials from America's earliest days |
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