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Northfield, Mass. (Massachusetts, United States) (search for this): chapter 2
ve the sawmills, then described as a late invention; and cultivation had not extended far into the interior. Haverhill, on the Merrimack, was a frontier town; from Connecticut, emigrants had ascended as far as the rich meadows of Deerfield and Northfield; but to the west, Berkshire was a wilderness; Westfield was the remotest plantation. Between the towns on Connecticut River and the cluster of towns near Massachusetts Bay, Lancaster and Brookfield were the solitary abodes of Christians in theing of Goffe, the regicide, now bowed with years, a heavenly messenger of rescue, who darted from his hiding-place, rallied the disheartened, and, having achieved a safe defence, sunk away into his retirement, to be no more seen. The plains of Northfield were wet with the blood of Beers, and twenty of his Sept. valiant associates. As Lathrop's company of young men, the very flower of the young men of Essex, all culled out of the towns of that county, were conveying the harvests of Deerfield t
Connecticut (Connecticut, United States) (search for this): chapter 2
larendon's son-in-law extended to the River Connecticut, they established the boundary, on the main, in conformity with the claims of Connecticut itself. Long Island went to the duke of York. Satihe monarch the dutifulness and obedience of Connecticut, which was set off with the more lustre by p XII.} 1675 many less than seven thousand; Connecticut, nearly fourteen thousand; Massachusetts pron the Merrimack, was a frontier town; from Connecticut, emigrants had ascended as far as the rich s to have had less than eight thousand. In Connecticut and Rhode Island, never depopulated by wasmelt away, when subjected to criticism. To Connecticut, rumor, in the days of the elder Winthrop, s a thousand; others more hemmed in between Connecticut and Plymouth, restless and jealous, retainedrop of blood was shed on the happy soil of Connecticut. So much the greater was the loss in the ain part the distresses of Plymouth colony. Connecticut, which had contributed soldiers to the war,[2 more...]
Canada (Canada) (search for this): chapter 2
ouis XIV. of France, eager to grasp at the Spanish Netherlands, and united with De Witt by a treaty of partition, had, in consequence of his Dutch alliance, declared war against England. It was on this occasion, that the idea of the conquest of Canada was first distinctly proposed to New England. It was proposed only to be rejected as impossible. A land march of four hundred miles, over rocky mountains and howling deserts, was too terrible an obstacle. But Boston equipped several privateer the year, between two and three thousand Indians were killed or submitted. Church, the most famous partisan warrior, went out to hunt down parties of fugitives. Some of the tribes wandered away to the north, and were blended with the tribes of Canada. Did they there nourish the spirit of revenge, and remember their ancient haunts, that they might one day pilot fresh hordes of invaders from the north, to renew the work of devastation? Philip himself, a man of no ordinary elevation of charact
Piscataqua River (Maine, United States) (search for this): chapter 2
Cranfield a mortgage of the whole province for twenty-one years, as collateral security for the payment of his salary. Thus invested with an ample royal commission, Mass. Hist. Coll. v. 232. with the promise of a fixed salary, a fifth of all quit-rents, a mortgage of the province, and the exclusive right to the anticipated abundant harvest of fines and forfeitures, Cranfield deemed his fortune secure, and, relinquishing a profitable employment in England, embarked for the banks of the Piscataqua. But the first assembly which he convened dispelled Nov. 14. all his golden visions of an easy acquisition of fortune. To humor the governor, the rugged legislators voted him a gratuity of two hundred and fifty pounds, which the needy adventurer greedily accepted; but they would not yield their liberties; and the governor in anger 1683 Jan. 20 dissolved the assembly. The dissolution of an assembly was a novel procedure in New England. Such a thing had till now been unheard of. Po
West Indies (search for this): chapter 2
that the idea of the conquest of Canada was first distinctly proposed to New England. It was proposed only to be rejected as impossible. A land march of four hundred miles, over rocky mountains and howling deserts, was too terrible an obstacle. But Boston equipped several privateers, and Chap XII.} not without success. Mass. Hist. Coll. XVIII. 109. At the same time, colonial loyalty did not content itself with barren professions; it sent provisions to the English fleet in the West Indies; and to the navy in 1666 Dec. 3. England, a ship-load of masts; a blessing, mighty unexpected, and but for which, adds Pepys, Pepys, i. 489. we must have failed the next year. The daring defiance of Massachusetts was not followed by immediate danger. The ministry of Clarendon was fallen, and he himself was become an exile; and profligate libertines had not only gained the confidence of the king's mistresses, but places in the royal cabinet. While Charles II. was dallying with wo
Berkshire (United Kingdom) (search for this): chapter 2
d produced the villages beyond the Piscataqua; yet in Maine, as in New Hampshire, there was a great trade in deal boards. Most of the towns were insulated settlements near the ocean, on rivers, which were employed to drive the sawmills, then described as a late invention; and cultivation had not extended far into the interior. Haverhill, on the Merrimack, was a frontier town; from Connecticut, emigrants had ascended as far as the rich meadows of Deerfield and Northfield; but to the west, Berkshire was a wilderness; Westfield was the remotest plantation. Between the towns on Connecticut River and the cluster of towns near Massachusetts Bay, Lancaster and Brookfield were the solitary abodes of Christians in the desert. The government of Massachusetts extended to the Kennebeck, and included more than half the population of New England; the confederacy of the colonies had also Hazard II. 511 been renewed, in anticipation of dangers. The number of the Indians of that day hardly amo
Plymouth (United Kingdom) (search for this): chapter 2
its origin in the express purpose of throwing off dependence on England. Ms. letter of commissioners to T. Prince, of Plymouth. Sir Thomas Temple, Cromwell's Governor of Acadia, had resided for years in New England, and now appeared Chap XII.} 1policy of relying on England for protection, secured to the royal agents in that province a less unfavorable reception. Plymouth, Morton and Davis 310 &c. and 417. &c. the weakest colony of all, stood firm for its independence; although the comminy thanks to the commissioners, and great protestations of loyalty to the king, chose to be as they were. The people of Plymouth at that time were so poor, they could not maintain scholars to their ministers; but in some places made use of a guifted brother; but the brethren were as guifted in the nature of liberty as in religion. If Plymouth could not be blinded by the dazzling Chap. XII.} 1665 May prospect of a charter, there was no room to expect success in Massachusetts. The conference
England (United Kingdom) (search for this): chapter 2
he duke of Buckingham, now in mighty favor, was revelling with a luxurious and abandoned rout, having with him the impudent countess of Shrewsbury, and his band of fiddlers; and the discussions at the council about New England, were, for the present, as Chap XII} fruitless as the inquiries how nutmegs and cinnamon might be naturalized in Jamaica. Massachusetts prospered by the neglect. It is, said Sir Joshua Child, in his discourse on trade, the 1670 most prejudicial plantation of Great Britain; the frugality, industry, and temperance of its people, and the happiness of their laws and institutions, promise them long life, and a wonderful increase of people, riches, and power. They enjoyed the blessings of selfgovernment and virtual independence. The villages of New England were already the traveller's admiration; the acts of navigation were not regarded; no custom-house was established. Massachusetts, which now stretched to the Kennebeck, possessed a widelyextended trade; ac
Portsmouth, Va. (Virginia, United States) (search for this): chapter 2
he 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 acknowledge your Chmpshire would not be hastened; they took time to consider; and, after debate, they negatived the bill which the governor had prepared. Cranfield next resolved to intimidate the clergy, and forbade the usual exercise of church discipline. In Portsmouth, Moody, the minister, replied to his threats by a sermon, and the church was inflexible. Cranfield next invoked the aid of the ecclesiastical laws of England, which he asserted were in force in the colony. The people were ordered to keep Chri<
Hartford (United Kingdom) (search for this): chapter 2
ur private letters. The statesmen of that day in Massachusetts were more wise, and understood the doctrine of liberty better than the chancellor of England. A century later, and there were none in England who did not esteem the commission an unconstitutional usurpation. Boyle, in Mass. Hist Coll. XVIII Chalmers. To Connecticut, the controversy of Massachusetts 1664 with the commissioners was fraught with beneficial results. It facilitated the entire union of the two colonies of Hartford and New Haven; and, as the commissioners were desirous to make friends in the other colonies, they avoided all angry collisions, gave no countenance to a claim advanced by the duke of Hamilton to a large tract of territory in the colony, and, in arranging the limits of New York, though the charter of Clarendon's son-in-law extended to the River Connecticut, they established the boundary, on the main, in conformity with the claims of Connecticut itself. Long Island went to the duke of York.
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