"Being Old and Dayly Finding the Symptoms of Mortality": The Troubled Last Years of Hannah Beamon of Deerfield and the Law of 1726.

In early 1730 two prominent townsmen of Deerfield, Massachusetts, petitioned John Stoddard, judge of probate in Hampshire County, to provide for the care and maintenance of Hannah Beamon, a widow of Deerfield who had become non compos mentis, since there was no one legally qualified to take charge o...

Descripción completa

Detalles Bibliográficos

Publicado en:	Early American Studies, An Interdisciplinary Journal Vol. 17; no. 2; pp. 151 - 183
Autor principal:	HAMMER, CARL I.
Formato:	Artículo
Publicado:	University of Pennsylvania Press Spring2019
Materias:	Capacity (Law) Guardian & ward Legal status of older people Mental illness Elder care Aging policy Home care of older people Actions & defenses (Law) History Deerfield (Mass.) United States
Acceso en línea:	Ver este registro en EBSCOhost