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- Title
William Pynchon, the Agawam Indians, and the 1636 Deed for Springfield.
- Authors
POWERS, DAVID M.
- Abstract
The article discusses the deed negotiated by one of New England's first settlers William Pynchon, for the land of Springfield in Massachusetts, adapted from chapter four of the book "Damnable Heresy: William Pynchon, the Indians, and the First Book Banned (and Burned) in Boston" by David M. Powers. Topics discussed include Puritan land deeds and Pynchon's efforts in building Springfield into a thriving trading and commercial center.
- Subjects
SPRINGFIELD (Mass.); UNITED States; PYNCHON, William, 1590-1662; PIONEERS; DAMNABLE Heresy: William Pynchon the Indians &; the First Book Banned (&; Burned) in Boston (Book); POWERS, David M.; HISTORY
- Publication
Historical Journal of Massachusetts, 2017, Vol 45, Issue 2, p145
- ISSN
0276-8313
- Publication type
Article