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George Bancroft, History of the United States from the Discovery of the American Continent, Vol. 2, 17th edition., Colonial history. (search)
rty to all persons, as to the worship of God, had been a principle maintained in the colony from the very beginning thereof; and it was much in their hearts to preserve the same liberty forever. Mass. Hist. Coll. XVII. 98. Nor does this rest on their own testimony in their own favor. The commissioners from England, who visited Rhode Island, reported of its people, They allow liberty of conscience to all who live civilly; they admit of all religions. Hutch. Coll. 413. 415. And again, in 1680, the government of the colony could say, what there was no one oppressed individual to controvert, We leave every man to walk as God persuades his heart; all our people enjoy freedom of conscience. Chalmers, 284. Freedom of conscience, unlimited freedom of mind, was, from the first, the trophy of the Chap XI.} 1664 Baptists. What more shall we relate of Rhode Island in this 1664 early period? That it invented a new mode of voting, since each freeman was obliged to subscribe his name
George Bancroft, History of the United States from the Discovery of the American Continent, Vol. 2, 17th edition., Chapter 12: (search)
rger ponds, which increased their scanty supplies by furnishing abundance of fish. Yet, Winthrop, i. 105 Trumbull, i. 40. Williamson, i. 483. Gallatin, 36, 37. Gookin and Holmes, in Mass. Hist. Coll. i. and IX. Answer of General Assembly in 1680, in Chalmers, 308 of these, the exaggerated estimates melt away, when subjected to criticism. To Connecticut, rumor, in the days of the elder Winthrop, gave three or four thousand warrior Indians; and there may have been half of the larger numberand friends to the colonists; but, perceiving that their appointment had no other object than to render the transition to a new form of government less intolerable, they accepted office reluctantly. At length a general assembly was convened at 1680 Mar 16. Portsmouth. Its letter Adams's Portsmouth, 65—67 Belknap. to Massachusetts is a testimony of its gratitude. We acknowledge your care for us, —it was thus that the feeble colony addressed its more powerful neighbor,—we thankfully ackn<
George Bancroft, History of the United States from the Discovery of the American Continent, Vol. 2, 17th edition., Chapter 13: (search)
favor be shown him, Report in Williamson, i. 266. said Lauderdale and the lords of the plantations. But when he was brought up for trial, Shaftesbury, who at 1680 June that time was in the zenith of popularity, courted every form of popular influence, and, with clear sagacity, penetrated the injustice of the accusation, appee temporary government of Carolina, 1679 to 1682 under Harvey, Jenkins, and Wilkinson, had been abandoned, or intrusted by the proprietaries to the Chap. XIII.} 1680. friends of the insurgents. I find the name of Robert Holden, Mss. communicated to me by D. L. Swain. Culpepper's associate and colleague, as receiver-general,rvey had ceased to be governor in June, 1680. Would the disciples of Fox subscribe to the authority of the proprietaries? Yes, they replied, with heart and hand, 1680. July 31. to the best of our capacities and understandings, so far as is consonant with God's glory and the advancement of his blessed truth; Mss. from D. L. Sw
George Bancroft, History of the United States from the Discovery of the American Continent, Vol. 2, 17th edition., Chapter 14: (search)
inly struggled with the uncertain disease, Was Bacon poisoned? Hening rashly ventures the conjecture, ii. 374. Yet in 1680, Hening, ii. 460, his death is called infamous and exemplary; and, in 1677, Hening, ii. 374, it is called just, and most ense domain between the Rappahannock and the Potomac. Culpepper was disposed to regard his office as a sine- Chap. XIV.} 1680. cure, but the king chid him for remaining in England; and embarking for Virginia, the governor, early in 1680, arrived in1680, arrived in his province. Burk, ii. 226. I think by 1679 must be meant 1679—80, or it is an error. Beverley was right in making Culpepper's stay fall short of a year. His residence was from early in the year to August, 1680. He had no highminded regard foi. 299 How unlike Winthrop and Haynes, Clarke and Williams! Virginia was impoverished; the low price of to- Chap. XIV.} 1680. bacco left the planter without hope. The assembly had attempted by legislation to call towns into being, and cherish man
George Bancroft, History of the United States from the Discovery of the American Continent, Vol. 2, 17th edition., Chapter 16: (search)
was the argument of the Quakers; and it was triumphant. Sir William Jones decided that, as the grant from the duke of York had reserved no profit or Chap. XVI.} 1680. Aug. 6. jurisdiction, the tax was illegal. The duke of York promptly acquiesced in the decision, and in a new indenture relinquished every claim to the territorysey, is the line where the influence of the humane society of Friends is merged in that of Puritanism. It was for the grant of a territory on the opposite bank 1680 June of the Delaware, that William Penn, in June, 1680 became a suitor. Proceedings of the privy council in Votes and Proceedings of the House of Representative71, 273, 274. More full than Chalmers, 635, 655, &c. Proud. His father, distinguished in English history by the conquest of Jamaica, and by his con- Chap. XVI.} 1680. duct, discretion, and courage, in the signal battle against the Dutch in 1665, had bequeathed to him a claim on the government for sixteen thousand pounds. Massac
George Bancroft, History of the United States from the Discovery of the American Continent, Vol. 2, 17th edition., Chapter 17: (search)
t verdict of a New York jury, Andros again entered New Jersey, to intimidate its assembly by the 1680. June 2 royal patent to the duke. The people of New Jersey could not, as in the happier Connectihe good old cause of the covenant? I am but twenty, said an innocent girl at her execution; and 1680. they can accuse me of nothing but my judgment. The boot and the thumbikins could not extort conublic 1687 1688. purposes. But the lean wolves of tyranny were themselves hungry for spoils. In 1680, Randolph had hinted that the Bostoneers have no right to government or land, but are usurpers. the most cherished Anglo-Saxon institution was made to do service, when Shaftesbury, proceeding 1680 June 16. to Westminster, represented to the grand jury the mighty dangers from Popery, indicted t recusant, and reported the duchess of Portsmouth, the kings new mistress, as a common neusance. 1680 Oct. and 1681 Mar. The extreme agitation was successful; and in two successive parliaments, in ea