The case of the piglet's paternity : trials from the New Haven colony, 1639-1663 / Jon C. Blue.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Blue, Jon C., author.

Series:

Driftless Connecticut series.

Driftless Connecticut series

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Justice, Administration of.

Trials.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (301 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Middletown, Connecticut : Wesleyan University Press, [2015]

Language Note:

English

Summary:

A vivid series of trials from America's earliest days

Contents:

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

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

9780819575388

0819575380

OCLC:

911033704