Note 613 — Chapter XII · OBLIGATORY CIVIL MARRIAGE IN THE NEW ENGLAND COLONIES (continued 2)
Reading edition
For many proofs of the niggardly economy and exceeding "nearness" of the old New Englander see Bliss, Colonial Times on Buzzard's Bay; Weeden, Ecc. and Soc. Hist. of N. E.; and especially the Diary and Letter-Book of Samuel Sewall.