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George Bancroft, History of the United States from the Discovery of the American Continent, Vol. 2, 17th edition., Colonial history. (search)
oncile the jarrings, and blend the interests of the united colonies. The universal approbation of Connecticut followed him throughout all the remainder of his life; for twice seven years he continued to be annually elected to Chap. XI.} 1662 to 1676. the office of her chief magistrate. Compare further on the younger Winthrop, Savage, in Winthrop, i. 64, and 126; Eliot's Biog. Diet.; Roger Wolcott, in Mass. Hist. Coll. IV. 262—298. And the gratitude of Connecticut was reasonable. Thes judgments. the persevering and disinterested envoy, who, during a twelve years mission, had sustained himself by his own exertions and a mortgage on his estate; whose whole life was a continued exercise of benevolence, and who, at his death, be 1676. queathed all his possessions for the relief of the needy, Chap XI.} 1663. and the education of the young. Others have sought office to advance their fortunes; he, like Roger Williams, parted with his little means for the public good. He had p
George Bancroft, History of the United States from the Discovery of the American Continent, Vol. 2, 17th edition., Chapter 12: (search)
are, Present State of N. E., and four other Tracts, first published in 1675 and 1676, and now, in 1833 and 1836, reprinted by S. G. Drake; Increase Mather's Hist. oast, near April the Blackstone, a young man began to question him Chap. XII.} 1676. Child, replied he, you do not understand war; I will answer your chief. His linations ensued; those of Connecticut charged their sufferings upon Chap. XII.} 1676. Philip; and those who had been his allies, became suppliants for peace. Some swas, indeed, the signal for the commencement of devastations; and, Chap. XII.} 1676. within a few weeks, the war extended over a space of nearly three hundred milessachusetts without excuse. The agents of Massachusetts had brought with them 1676. no sufficient power; an amnesty for the past would readily have been conceded; for the future, it was Chap. XII.} 1676. resolved to reduce Massachusetts to a more palpable dependence. That this might be done with the consent of the colony, th
George Bancroft, History of the United States from the Discovery of the American Continent, Vol. 2, 17th edition., Chapter 13: (search)
e death of Stevens. The assembly, conforming to a prudent instruction of the proprietaries, elected a successor; and Cartwright, their speaker, acted for two years at the head of the administration. But the difficulty of introducing the 1674 to 1676. model did not diminish; and, having failed to preserve order, Cartwright resolved to lay the state of the country before the proprietaries, and embarked for England. At the same time, the representatives of Albemarle sent Eastchurch, the new speaker of their 1676. assembly, to explain their grievances. It marks, in some measure, a good disposition in the proprietaries, that they selected Eastchurch, the messenger from the colony, to he its governor; but Miller, Nov. whom the colonists had formerly driven into Virginia, was at the same time appointed secretary of the province and collector of the customs; and the constitutions and act of navigation could never be acceptable. There was little direct commerce between Albemarle and
George Bancroft, History of the United States from the Discovery of the American Continent, Vol. 2, 17th edition., Chapter 14: (search)
tives, having escaped from their fort, 1675 to 1676. roamed by stealth from plantation to plantatiof the assembly furnish the highest Chap. XIV.} 1676. historical evidence, and must be taken as parahas not yet imitated,—by the equal Chap. XIV.} 1676. June. vote of their own representatives. Thecon, and the ameliorating legisla- Chap. XIV.} 1676. June 24, O. S. tion of the assembly was ratifiwenty-fourth, old style; that is, July 4, 1676. 1676, just one hundred years, to a day, before the cand, Virginia would resist till an Chap. XIV.} 1676. appeal could reach the king in person. Burw William Berkeley collected in Ac- Chap. XIV.} 1676. comack a large crowd of followers; men of a ba, as the shades of night descended, the village 1676 was set on fire. Two of the best houses belonging nothing more than a patent, containing not 1676 Oct. 10. one political franchise. Burk, ii. vereign of Maryland, the powerful influence of 1676. the archbishop of Canterbury had been solicite[3 more...]
George Bancroft, History of the United States from the Discovery of the American Continent, Vol. 2, 17th edition., Chapter 16: (search)
her husband. In like manner, the Quaker never employed force to effect a social revolution or reform, but, refusing obedience to wrong, deprived tyranny of its instruments The Quaker's loyalty, said the earl of Arrol at Aberdeen, Chap. XVI.} 1676. is a qualified loyalty; it smells of rebellion: to which Alexander Skein, brother to a subsequent governor of West New Jersey, calmly answered, I understand not loyalty, that is not qualified with the fear of God rather than of man. The Quaker n thousand. But the Quakers wished more; they desired to possess a territory where they could institute a government; and Carteret readily agreed to a division, for his partners left him the best of the bargain. And now that the men who had gone 1676. Aug. 26. about to turn the world upside down, were possessed of a province, what system of politics would they adopt? The light, that lighteth every man, shone brightly in the Pilgrims of Plymouth, the Calvinists of Hooker and Haynes, and in the