Title:
Order requiring every person age seventeen to seventy to own a bow and four arrows
Date:
1647
Scope & Content:
Mimeographed transcription of an order dictating that every person age seventeen to seventy should own a bow and four arrows, unless lame, debilitated, or otherwise. Every father should provide his male sons age seven to seventeen with a bow and two arrows. Everyone should practice shooting.
Narragansett
1 page
Narragansett
1 page
Object ID:
DOC.1647–00–00D
Object Name:
Document
Collection:
Tribes – Narragansett 1
Search Terms:
bow
arrows
archery
arrows
archery