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George Bancroft, History of the Colonization of the United States, Vol. 1, 17th edition. 1 1 Browse Search
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Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Massachusetts (search)
ull was first mintmaster, and, being allowed fifteen pence out of every twenty shillings coined, he amassed a large fortune.] President Dunster, of Harvard College, is indicted for disturbing infant baptism in the Cambridge church; is convicted, sentenced to a public admonition on lecture day, laid under bonds for good behavior, and compelled to resign and throw himself on the mercies of the General Court......October, 1654 Charles Chauncy accepts presidency of Harvard College......November, 1654 Edward Winslow, one of the Mayflower's first passengers and governor of Plymouth, dies, aged sixty, on shipboard near Hispaniola, and is buried at sea......May 8, 1655 Mrs. Anne Hibbins, sister of Governor Bellingham and widow of a magistrate, is condemned and executed as a witch......1656 Two women, Mary Fisher and Ann Austin (Quakers), arrive from England and are landed at Boston......July, 1656 Eight more arrive in the Speedwell......Aug. 7, 1656 These were all imprison
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), New York, (search)
54 First church formed at Flatbush; Johannes Theodorus Polhemus dominie......1654 News of projected attack by the English received by Governor Stuyvesant......May 29, 1654 New Amsterdam put in a state of defence......June, 1654 Treaty of peace between England and Holland......1654 General thanksgiving day appointed......Aug. 12, 1654 Discovery of salt springs in central New York by Father Le Moyne......August, 1654 English settle at Westchester under Thomas Pell......November, 1654 Seal and coat of arms of New Amsterdam received from Holland......Dec. 8, 1654 Governor Stuyvesant sails to West Indies to establish trade......Dec. 24, 1654 Indian invasion......Sept. 15, 1655 Hoboken, Pavonia, and Staten Island laid waste, 100 killed, 150 made prisoners, $76,000 of property destroyed......Sept. 15-20, 1655 Governor returns; prompt measures for defence......Oct. 12, 1655 Prisoners ransomed from the Indians......Oct. 26, 1655 Settlement of Jamaica,