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The Cambridge of eighteen hundred and ninety-six: a picture of the city and its industries fifty years after its incorporation (ed. Arthur Gilman), The beginnings of Cambridge. (search)
religious teachings of Mrs. Anne Hutchinson, who dwelt, with her large family, on the site of the Old Corner Bookstore in Boston. This brilliant woman won over, at least partly, to her views, John Cotton, the teacher of the Boston church, and Harry Vane, the youthful governor; while John Wilson, the pastor, and ex-Governor Winthrop were opposed to her. Over theological questions of grace and works civil dudgeon grew high, and when the freemen were assembled on the New Town Common, in the applee. In November, the General Court summoned Mrs. Hutchinson to the New Town, and sentenced her to banishment from Massachusetts, with many of her friends and kinsfolk. In view of these proceedings, Shepard seems to have dreaded the displeasure of Vane, who had returned to England; for a moment he was inclined to follow in the footsteps of Hooker, whose daughter he had lately married, and lead his congregation to the beautiful hillside of Mattabeseck, on the Connecticut River below Wethersfield.
The Cambridge of eighteen hundred and ninety-six: a picture of the city and its industries fifty years after its incorporation (ed. Arthur Gilman), Cambridge Common. (search)
le of these elections took place May 17, 1637, the contest being between Governor Harry Vane and Ex-Governor John Winthrop. The day was clear and warm, when, at oneincluding the magistrates and clergy, were among the large number present. Governor Vane, in English fashion, beneath the open sky, announced the purpose of the meearefully the work of the day, which was the choosing of their magistrates. Governor Vane's party objecting to an immediate election, Winthrop, as deputy-governor, dlf. A majority was clearly in favor of proceeding at once to an election. Governor Vane now gave way and allowed the election to proceed. It resulted in the complete defeat of Vane's party, and the youthful governor, disappointed and crestfallen, shortly after sailed for England, never to return. Vane was the youngest person Vane was the youngest person ever elected governor of Massachusetts, having been but twenty-four years old at the time. On his return to England, he joined the party opposed to King Charles, and
The Cambridge of eighteen hundred and ninety-six: a picture of the city and its industries fifty years after its incorporation (ed. Arthur Gilman), General Index. (search)
procure subscriptions, 397; cars procured, 397; a successful run, 397; fares, 398; hack to call for passengers, 308; removal of snow from Boston streets, 398; passes, 398, 399; absorbed in West End system, 399. Unitarian churches, 239, 240. United Presbyterian Church, 241. Universalist churches, 241. University Press, The, 10; history of, 336, 337. Valuation from 1886 to 1805, 319. Valuation, increase in, 126. Value of buildings, stock, and machinery, May 1, 1875, 326. Vane. Governor Harry, 7; at election on Cambridge Common, 47; his defeat, 48; sails for England, 48; youngest person ever elected governor, 48; tried for high treason and beheaded, 48. Vassall, Henry, offers his fire engine to the town, 11. Vassall House (Craigie House, Longfellow House), 27. Volunteer fire department, 55, 56. Voters, Registrars of, 404. Ward, General, headquarters, 26, 49. Washington Elm, 49. Washington. General, headquarters, 26, 27; assumes command of the