"This book presents transcriptions of the manuscript town records of Sandwich on Cape Cod, in Massachusetts, during th time of Plymouth Colony, 1620-1692. Like many town records from New England, the entries in the original manuscript are not all in chronological order. Using blank books, clerks organized their writings initially with an attempt at clarity, but rarely could such intentions be maintained...To bring coherence to the material, I have provided a calendar. In this book, it precedes the transcriptions. The chronological presentation of summaries of each document, including the names of anyone mentioned, makes it possible to understand the unfolding of documented activities and processes through time. The calendar gives a summary of information about the town's development" -- Preface.