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George Bancroft, History of the United States from the Discovery of the American Continent, Vol. 2, 17th edition., Chapter 16: (search)
ays urged, that the charter for Maryland included only lands that were still unoccupied; that the banks of the Delaware had been purchased, appropriated, and colonized, before that Chap. XVI.} 1682 Dec. charter was written. For more than fifty years, the country had been in the hands of the Dutch and their successors; and during that whole period, the claim of Lord Baltimore had always been resisted. The answer of Penn was true, and conformed to English law as applied to the colonies. In 1623, the Dutch had built Fort Nassau, in New Jersey; and the soil of Delaware was purchased by Godyn, and colonized by De Vries, before the promise of King Charles to Sir George Calvert. This is the basis of the claim of William Penn; and its justice had already been repeatedly sustained. Penn knew that it was just; yet his sweetness of disposition prompted an apology for insisting on his right. It was not for the love of land, but of the water. Historians have wronged themselves by attributi
George Bancroft, History of the United States from the Discovery of the American Continent, Vol. 3, 15th edition., Chapter 20: (search)
ance, in the eastern moiety of Maine; and Le Caron, an unambi- 1615, 1616. tious Franciscan, the companion of Champlain, had penetrated the land of the Mohawks, had passed to the north into the hunting-grounds of the Wyandots, and, bound by his vows to the life of a beggar, had, on foot, or paddling a bark canoe, gone onward and still on- Sagard, Hist. du Canada. ward, taking alms of the savages, till he reached the rivers of Lake Huron. While Quebec contained scarce fifty inhabitants, 1623, 1625 priests of the Franciscan order—Le Caron, Viel, Sa- Chap. XX.} gard—had labored for years as missionaries in Upper Canada, or made their way to the neutral Huron tribe 1626. that dwelt on the waters of the Niagara. After the Canada company had been suppressed, 1622. and their immunities had, for five years, been enjoyed by the Calvinists William and Emeric Caen, the hundred associates,—Richelieu, Champlain, Razilly, and 1627 opulent merchants, being of the number,—by a charter
Medford Historical Society Papers, Volume 3., The Royall House loan exhibition. (search)
y. Four chairs had belonged to Rev. Edward Brooks, an ancestor of Phillips Brooks. On April 19, 1775, the Patriot Preacher shouldered his musket and went, a volunteer, to Concord fight, and later was chaplain of the frigate Hancock. His warrant, signed by John Hancock, hung in a conspicuous place. Chairs which belonged to the father of Oliver Wendell Holmes, to the father of Benjamin Franklin, and to Thomas Jefferson, attracted attention. A chair which came to this country in the Anne, in 1623, was exhibited by a direct descendant of the original owner. Thus were presented good examples of typical colonial furniture. Other household belongings were family treasures loaned by members of the Kidder, Blanchard, Polly, Symmes, Le Bosquet, Porter, and Hall families—names known and honored in Medford from colonial times. Several articles were shown which were considered genuine Mayflower relics. A china nappy which had been handed down to the eldest daughter of each generation of t
Medford Historical Society Papers, Volume 5., Lawyers of Medford. (search)
Mr. Bigelow for his services as their representative for a number of years past. Abner Bartlett was thereupon elected in his place. Abner Bartlett seems to have been, from what insufficient glimpses I have been able to get of him, an original character, a plain man, but rich in what are called ordinary virtues. Abner Bartlett, Esq., was born at Plymouth, January 1, 1776, son of Abner and Anna (Hovey) Bartlett. He was a descendant of Robert Bartlett, who came to Plymouth in the Ann in 1623. Mr. Bartlett, after graduating at Harvard University in 1799, began the study of law and was admitted to the Middlesex bar. He married Sarah Burgess and settled in Medford. At the bar his speech was rough, his manner hesitating, and his words forcible and emphatic. He had a singular habit, for which he was ever remembered; it created fun for the boys, and was a source of silent amusement for the older; whether he was pleading his case in court, or strolling along the streets, there ever e
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