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Women at law in early colonial Maryland by Witkowski, Monica C., 1981-

Table of Contents: “…: colonial Maryland society, women, and the law -- "They say I am a witch" : early Maryland and witchcraft -- "Would you have me confess that I killed a man?" …”
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Banished common law and the rhetoric of social exclusion in early New England / by Goodman, Nan, 1957-

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Opening statements law, jurisprudence, and the legacy of Dutch New York /

Subjects: “…Law New York (State) History.…”
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Women before the bar : gender, law, and society in Connecticut, 1639-1789 / by Dayton, Cornelia Hughes

Subjects: “…Women Legal status, laws, etc. Connecticut History.…”
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Executing Race : Early American Women's Narratives of Race, Society, and the Law / by Harris, Sharon M.

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Robert Love's warnings : searching for strangers in colonial Boston / by Dayton, Cornelia H.

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Contested commonwealths essays in American history / by Pencak, William, 1951-

Table of Contents: “…s An astronomical diary -- The beginning of a beautiful friendship : Benjamin Franklin, George Whitefield, the dancing school, and a defense of the "meaner sort" -- John Adams and his contemporaries -- The extended presidency of George Washington (1775-1797) -- Peter Oliver (1713-1791), chief justice of the Massachusetts Superior Court -- From racket to natural law : the permutation of smuggling into free trade -- "The great war for the empire" reconsidered as a cause of the American Revolution -- The Civil War did not take place.…”
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Creating the British Atlantic essays on transplantation, adaptation, and continuity / by Greene, Jack P.

Table of Contents: “…: the British debate over the status of overseas representative assemblies, 1763-1783 -- Empire and identity from the Elizabethan era to the American Revolution -- "By their laws shall ye know them" : law and identity in colonial British America -- Liberty, slavery, and the transformation of British identity in the eighteenth-century West Indies -- Alterity and the production of identity in the early modern British American empire and the early United States -- State identities and national identity in the era of the American Revolution -- Social and cultural capital in colonization and state building in the early modern era : colonial British America as a case study -- Pluribus or unum? …”
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The history and present state of Virginia / by Beverley, Robert, approximately 1673-1722

Table of Contents: “…A note on the texts -- The history -- Book I : The history of the first settlement of Virginia, and the government thereof, to the present time -- Book II : The natural productions and conveniencies of the country, suited to trade and improvement -- Book III : The native Indians, their religion, laws, and customs, in war and peace -- Book IV : The present state of the country, as to the polity of the government, and the improvements of the land.…”
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