Curious Punishments of Bygone Days

Name: Curious Punishments of Bygone Days
Author: Alice Morse Earle

by Alice Morse Earle

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Project Gutenberg

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Produced by Mark C. Orton and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at https://www.pgdp.net

Release date

2010-09-27

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Public domain in the USA.

Subjects

Punishment -- United States -- History -- 17th century Punishment -- United States -- History -- 18th century

About the author

Alice Morse Earle

1851–1911

Best known for bringing early American daily life vividly back to the page, this historian and writer turned old kitchens, gardens, taverns, and customs into lively stories. Her books helped popularize colonial history for general readers and are still valued for their rich detail.

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