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George Bancroft, History of the United States from the Discovery of the American Continent, Vol. 2, 17th edition. 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)
erately bent on the exercise of their privileges. Free scope was opened to every whim that enthusiasts might propose as oracles from the skies, to every selfish desire that could lurk under the Quaker garb. But the smiling light of prosperity rose serenely over the little clouds of discontent, and the swelling passions of the young apprentices at legislation died away at the adjournments. Votes and Proceedings, 35, 36, and 47. Thankful acknowledgment of kindness of God, and council, March 19, 1688, passed unanimously To freedom and justice a fair field was given, and they were safe. Tyson's censure on Chalmers and others, in Mem. P. H. S. II. Part II. p. 140, 141, is to my mind strictly just. It is the language of accurate investigation. The whole Examination is a manly paper. Peace also was uninterrupted. Once, indeed, it was rumored, that on the Brandywine five hundred Indians were assembled to concert a massacre. Immediately Caleb Pusey, with five Friends, hastened