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| Field name | Value |
|---|---|
| Collection Reference Number | GLC04261 |
| From Archive Folder | Sixteenth and Seventeenth Century Exploration and Settlement |
| Title | Summons for Eliz. Ball |
| Date | 22 June 1657 |
| Author | Gookin, Daniel (fl. 1657) |
| Document Type | Legal document |
| Content Description | Written by Gookin as a jurist in the Court of Assistants. Addressed to the Constable of Watertown, Massachusetts. Ball was accused of breach of the peace and ordered to appear at court in Charlestown, Massachusetts. Ball, wife of settler John Ball, was noted as being insane by 1660. |
| Subjects | Law Women's History Marriage Mental Health |
| People | Gookin, Daniel (fl. 1657) |
| Place written | Charlestown, Massachusetts |
| Theme | Law; Health & Medicine; Women in American History |
| Sub-collection | The Gilder Lehrman Collection, 1493-1859 |
| Copyright | The Gilder Lehrman Institute of American History |
| Module | Settlement, Commerce, Revolution and Reform: 1493-1859 |