Note 511 — Chapter XII · OBLIGATORY CIVIL MARRIAGE IN THE NEW ENGLAND COLONIES
Reading edition
Sewall's Diary, in 5 Mass. Hist. Coll., VI, 24. In like spirit the judge manages the marriage of his daughter Mary with Sam Gerrish: Sewall's Letter-Book, in 6 Mass. Hist. Coll., I, 379; Diary, in 5 Mass. Hist. Coll., V, xxxviii; VI, 250, 251, 263. On these and other illustrations of New England courtship see Earle, Customs and Fashions, 56 ff.