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Lucius R. Paige, History of Cambridge, Massachusetts, 1630-1877, with a genealogical register 1 1 Browse Search
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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)
ing the same exalted instincts, could but renew the fundamental legislation of the men of the Mayflower, of Hartford, and of the Old Dominion. The concessions are such as Friends approve of; this is the message of the Quaker proprietaries in England to the few who had emigrated: We lay a foundation for after ages to understand their liberty as Christians and as men, that they may not be brought into bondage, but by their own consent; for we put the power in the people. And on the third day of March, 1677, the 1677. Mar. 3. charter, or fundamental laws, of West New Jersey were perfected and published. They are written with almost as much method as our present constitutions, and recognize the principle of democratic equality as unconditionally and universally as the Quaker society itself. No man, nor number of men, hath power over con- Chap XVI.} 1677 Smith, 528-539 science. No person shall at any time, in any ways, or on any pretence, be called in question, or in the least pun