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George Bancroft, History of the United States from the Discovery of the American Continent, Vol. 3, 15th edition., Colonial history. (search)
laring his conduct at the fort an act of rebellion; and Sloughter, in a time of excitement, assented to the vote of the council, that Leisler and Milborne should May 14. be executed. The house, according to their opinion given, did approve of what his excellency and council 15. had done. Accordingly, on the next day, amidst or those who rebuked the delusion. Simon Bradstreet, the governor of the people's choice, deemed the evidence insufficient ground of guilt. On Saturday, the 14th of May, the new char- 1692 May 14. ter and the royal governor arrived in Boston. On the next Monday, the charter was published, and the 16. parishioner of Cotton MMay 14. ter and the royal governor arrived in Boston. On the next Monday, the charter was published, and the 16. parishioner of Cotton Mather, with the royal council, Chap. XIX.} was installed in office. The triumph of Cotton Mather 1692. was perfect. Immediately a court of oyer and terminer was instituted by ordinance, and Stoughton appointed by the governor and council its chief judge: by the 2d of June, the court was in session at Salem, making its first ex
George Bancroft, History of the United States from the Discovery of the American Continent, Vol. 3, 15th edition., Chapter XXIII (search)
9. arrived in February of 1719, with orders to take possession of Pensacola. This is the bay called, in the days of De Soto, Anchusi, afterwards Saint Mary, and 1558. 1693. Saint Mary of Galve. In 1696, Don Andres de Arriola had built upon its margin a fort, a church, and a few houses, in a place without commerce or agriculture, or productive labor of any kind. By the capture of the fort, which, after five hours resistance, surrendered, the French hoped to extend their power along 1719. May 14. the Gulf of Mexico from the Rio del Norte to the Atlantic. But within forty days the Spaniards recovered June 29. the town, and attempted, in their turn, to conquer the French posts on Dauphine Island and on the Mobile. In September, the French recovered Pensacola, which, by the treaty of 1721, reverted to Spain. The tidings of peace were welcomed at Biloxi with heartfelt joy. 1722. During the period of hostility, La Harpe, in a letter 1720 Jan. 8. La Harpe, Mss to the nearest Span