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George Bancroft, History of the United States from the Discovery of the American Continent, Vol. 2, 17th edition., Chapter 13: (search)
ey, we hope to find more facile people than the New England men. Yet they intrusted the affair entirely to Sir William's management. He was to get settlers as cheaply as possible; yet at any rate to get settlers. Like Massachusetts, Virginia was the mother of a Chap XIII.} cluster of states; like the towns of New England, the plantations of Virginia extended along the sea. The country on Nansemund River had been settled as early as 1609; in 1622, the adventurous Porey, then secre- 1622. Feb. tary of the Old Dominion, travelled over land to the South River, Chowan, and, on his return, celebrated the kindness of the native people, the fertility of the country, and the happy climate, that yielded two harvests in each year. Smith's Virginia, II. 64. If no immediate colonization ensued, if the plans formed in England by Sir Robert Heath, or by Lord Maltravers, Heath's assign, were never realized, the desire of extending the settlements to the south still prevailed in Virginia; and
George Bancroft, History of the United States from the Discovery of the American Continent, Vol. 2, 17th edition., Chapter 14: (search)
ted on royal favor, and was measured by the royal will, except so far as the common law protected the inhabitants in the rights of Englishmen. The form of government was further defined by royal instructions Hening, ii. 424—426, where they are printed at large. that had been addressed to Berkeley. Assemblies Nov 13. were required to be called but once in two years, and to sit but fourteen days, unless for special reasons. You shall take care, said the king, that the Chap. XIV.} 1677. Feb. members of assembly be elected only by freeholders. In conformity with these instructions, all the acts of Bacon's Assembly, except perhaps one which permitted the enslaving of Indians, and which was confirmed and renewed, were absolutely repealed, Hening, ii. 380; ii. 346, 404. and the former grievances immediately returned. The private levies, unequal and burdensome, were managed by men who combined to defraud; the public revenues were often misapplied; each church was again subjected
George Bancroft, History of the United States from the Discovery of the American Continent, Vol. 2, 17th edition., Chapter 15: (search)
till you cease to sell strong drink to the Indian. Kieft was inexorable, and demanded the murderer. Just then, a small party of Mohawks from the neigh- 1643. Feb. borhood of Fort Orange, armed with muskets, descended from their fastnesses, and claimed the natives round Manhattan as tributaries. At the approach of the formidept the country safely for William Penn. At last, the West India Company, desiring a barrier against the English on the south, transferred the whole country 1663 Feb. and July. on the Delaware to the city of Amsterdam. The banks of the river from Cape Henlopen to the falls at Trenton, certainly remained under the jurisdiction oand civilization. And at that very time, the English were engaging in a piratical expedition against the Dutch possessions on the coast of Guinea. The king 1664 Feb. had also, with equal indifference to the chartered rights of Connecticut, and the claims of the Netherlands, granted to the duke of York not only the country from
George Bancroft, History of the United States from the Discovery of the American Continent, Vol. 2, 17th edition., Chapter 16: (search)
e limit of New Netherland? This remained a subject for compromise. A discussion of three days led to no result: tired of useless debates, Penn crossed the Chesapeake to visit Friends at Choptank; and returned to his own province, prepared to renew negotiation, or to submit to arbitration in England. The enthusiasm of William Penn sustained his ex- 1683. cited mind in unceasing exertion; and he now selected a site for a city, purchased the ground of the Swedes, Chap XVI.} 1683 Jan. and Feb. and in a situation not surpassed—such are his words —by one among all the many places he had seen in the world,—and he had seen the cities of Europe from and Bremen to Turin,—on a neck of land between the Schuylkill and Delaware, appointed for a town by the convenience of the rivers, the firmness of the land, the pure springs and salubrious air, William Penn laid out Philadelphia, the city of refuge, the mansion of freedom, the home of humanity. Pleasant visions of innocence and happiness f