| Description |
1 online resource (222 pages) : map |
| Physical Medium |
polychrome |
| Description |
text file |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 193-211) and index. |
| Summary |
"Anne Orthwood's Bastard" tells the story of a maidservant from Bristol, England who emigrated to Virginia's Eastern Shore in 1662, became pregnant by a caddish nephew of a colonial politician, and died in childbirth, leaving an illegitimate son and a host of knotty legal problems. Through a study of the four cases stemming from this birth and the people involved, Pagan uses the community's response to illuminate the emerging distinctiveness of early American law. He argues that the peculiar structure of Virginia's economy and labour system accounts for many of the differences between colonial and English law, and contends that Virginia leaders skilfully shaped legal doctrines and institutions to serve their own agenda. |
| Contents |
Contents; Introduction; 1 Anne Orthwood, Indentured Servant; 2 William Kendall, Parvenu; 3 William Waters, Gentleman; 4 John Stringer, Presiding Justice; 5 Robert Hutchinson, Clerk of Court; 6 Eleanor Gething, Midwife; 7 John Waterson, Trial Jury Foreman; 8 John Kendall, Putative Father; 9 John Stockley, Grand Jury Foreman; 10 Jasper Orthwood, Free Man; Conclusion; Notes; Bibliography; Index; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; J; K; L; M; N; O; P; Q; R; S; T; U; V; W; Y. |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Subject |
Orthwood, Anne, 1639-1664 -- Trials, litigation, etc.
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Orthwood, Anne, 1639-1664. |
| Genre/Form |
Trials, litigation, etc.
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| Subject |
Kendall, John, active 1663 -- Trials, litigation, etc.
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Orthwood, Anne, 1639-1664. |
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Kendall, John, active 1663. |
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Kendall, John, active 1663. |
| Chronological Term |
1600-1699 |
| Genre/Form |
Electronic books.
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History.
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Trial and arbitral proceedings.
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Trial and arbitral proceedings.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Pagan, John Ruston. Anne Orthwood's bastard. New York : Oxford University Press, 2003 0195144783 0195144791 (DLC) 2002025273 (OCoLC)49386158 |
| ISBN |
1423735323 (electronic book) |
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9781423735328 (electronic book) |
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1602564523 |
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9781602564527 |
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9780195144789 (cloth ; alkaline paper) |
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0195144783 (cloth ; alkaline paper) |
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9780195144796 (paperback) |
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0195144791 (paperback) |
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1280535296 |
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9781280535291 |
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9780198033066 (electronic book) |
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0198033060 (electronic book) |
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