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George Bancroft, History of the United States from the Discovery of the American Continent, Vol. 3, 15th edition., Colonial history. (search)
was occupied; and 1710. at the confluence of those rivers, where sands abound instead of glaciers, and a wide champaign instead of highlands and mountains, emigrants from Switzerland began the settlement of New Berne. Germans, also, fugitives from the devastated Palatinate, found a home in the same vicinity. In these early days, few negroes were introduced into the colony. Its trade was chiefly Chap. XIX.} engrossed by New England. The increasing expenses of the government amounted, in 1714, to nine hundred pounds. While the people were establishing a commonwealth, the surplus revenue to the proprietaries, by sales of land and the quitrents from their boundless domains, was but one hundred and sixty-nine pounds, or twenty guineas to each proprietary. Such was the profit from the ownership of a wilderness. For Virginia, the revolution gave to her liberties the regularity of law; in other respects, the character of her people and the forms of her government were not changed.
George Bancroft, History of the United States from the Discovery of the American Continent, Vol. 3, 15th edition., Chapter XXII (search)
Chapter XXII The aborigines East of the Mississippi. on the surrender of Acadia to England, the lakes, Chap XXII.} the rivulets, the granite ledges, of Cape Breton,—of which the irregular outline is guarded by reefs of rocks, and notched and almost rent asunder by the constant action of the sea,—were immediately occu- Pichon, 3 pied as a province of France; and, in 1714, fugitives from Newfoundland and Acadia built their huts along its coasts wherever safe inlets invited fishermen to spread their flakes, and the soil, to plant fields and gardens. In a few years, the fortifications of Louisburg 1720. began to rise—the key to the St. Lawrence, the bulwark of the French fisheries, and of French commerce in North America. From Cape Breton, the dominion of Louis XIV. extended up the St. Lawrence to Lake Superior, and from that lake, through the whole course of the Mississippi, to the Gulf of Mexico and the Bay of Mobile. Just beyond that bay began the posts of the Spaniards, w<
George Bancroft, History of the United States from the Discovery of the American Continent, Vol. 3, 15th edition., Chapter XXIII (search)
and its interior forests became safe places of resort to the emigrant Meantime, the house of Hanover had ascended the 1714 Aug English throne—an event doubly grateful to the colonies. The contest of parties is the struggle, not between persons,itants of the colony to more than seven hundred, including persons of every age, sex, and color. These few were extended 1714 1717 from the neighborhood of the Creeks to Natchitoches. On the head waters of the Alabama, at the junction of the Coosa and the Tallapoosa, with the aid of a band 1714. of Choctas, Fort Toulouse, a small military post, was Chap. XXIII.} built and garrisoned. After a short period of hostilities, which sprung, in part, from the influence of Eng- Meek's South-West,bank of fortyeight thousand pounds. Massachusetts, which for twenty years had used bills of credit for public purposes, in 1714, authorized an emission of fifty thousand pounds in bills, to be put into the hands of five trustees, and let out at five
George Bancroft, History of the United States from the Discovery of the American Continent, Vol. 4, 15th edition., Chapter 3: (search)
tary, Penn, are always telling their fears that the colonies will set up for themselves; Thomas Penn to James Hamilton, 12 February, 1750. and their alarm was increased by Franklin's plan of an Academy at Philadelphia. Fresh importunities succeeded each other from America; and when Bedford sent assurances of his purpose to support the royal authority, he was referred by the crown officers of New York to the papers in the office of the Board of Trade, relating to Hunter, who, from 1710 to 1714, had struggled in that province for chap. III.} 1750. the prerogative. Under the sanction of that precedent, Clinton Clinton to Bedford, 19 March, 1750. urged, in March, that it was absolutely necessary to check the insolence of faction by a powerful interposition; and he advised imposts on wine and West India produce. These, if granted by parliament, would be sufficient for supporting the civil list. If made general over all the colonies, they could be in no shape prejudicial to trade
George Bancroft, History of the United States from the Discovery of the American Continent, Vol. 4, 15th edition., Chapter 6: (search)
750,1,040,000,220,000,1,260,000. 1754,1,165,000,260,000,1,425,000. 1760,1,385,000,310,000,1,695,000. 1770,1,850,000,462,000,2,312,000. 1780,2,383,000,562,000,2,945,000. 1790,3,177,257,752,069,3,929,326. The estimates of the Board of Trade in 1714, on the accession of George the First, in 1727, on that of George the Second, and in 1754, were, according to Chalmers, White.Black.Total. 1714,375,750,58,850,434,600. 1727,502,000,78,000,580,000. 1754,1,192,896,292,738,1,485,634. sometimes1714,375,750,58,850,434,600. 1727,502,000,78,000,580,000. 1754,1,192,896,292,738,1,485,634. sometimes reckoned a few thousands more; and some, on revising their judgment, stated chap. VI.} 1754. the amount at less. Of persons of European ancestry, perhaps fifty thousand dwelt in New Hampshire, two hundred and seven thousand in Massachusetts, thirty-five thousand in Rhode Island, and one hundred and thirty-three thousand in Connecticut; in New England, therefore, four hundred and twenty-five thousand souls. Of the Middle Colonies, New York may have had eighty-five thousand; New Jersey, sev
George Bancroft, History of the United States from the Discovery of the American Continent, Vol. 5, 13th edition., Chapter 4: (search)
t the Anglo-Irish, they suffered equally with the native Irish from the mercantile system. The restrictions of the acts of trade Acts to which we never consented. Dean Swift. extended not to America only, but to the sister kingdom. It had harbors, but it could not send a sail across the Atlantic, nor ship directly to the colonies, even in English vessels, any thing but servants, and horses, and victuals, Navigation acts of Charles II. and at last linens; 1704, 3 and 4 Anne, c. x. 1714, 1 Geo. I. c. XXVI. nor receive sugar, or chap. IV.} 1763. coffee, or other colonial produce, but from England. Its great staple was wool; its most important natural manufacture was the woollen. I shall do all that lies in my power to discourage the woollen manufactures of Ireland, said William of Orange. Speech to the Commons, 2 July, 1698. The exportation of Irish woollens to the colonies and to foreign countries was prohibited; 10 and 11, William III. c. x. and the statute of 173
Medford Historical Society Papers, Volume 1., Notes. (search)
essel, with the place where it was built. More than 1,200 vessels are entered in the register, and out of them all there is but one Medford-built vessel, the brigantine Joanna, of 70 tons, built in 1699, and owned and commanded by one Bailey, of Boston. In this same register we find 130 vessels built on the Merrimac river, of which 100 were built at Newbury, and perhaps as many more at Scituate and other towns on the North river. The register contains a record of vessels built from 1680 to 1714. In the eighteenth century, which comes nearer to our times, we have no evidence that the business of shipbuilding was prosecuted, and it is improbable that any craft larger than a lighter was built here. But the time came at last when ship-building was to be established as a great local industry, and the noble vessels launched from our yards were to carry the American flag all over the world. The pioneer in this movement, so eventful to the town, was Thatcher Magoun. This great shi
Medford Historical Society Papers, Volume 1., Literal copy of Births, deaths, and Marriages in Medford from earliest records. (search)
sana his wife Born ye 9th day of July 1714 Peter Son of Thomas & Mary Tuftt born March 8th 1714 Mary Daughter of Ebenz and Ledia Nutting born march the first 1714 Thomas Peirce sone of Benjaman Peirce and sarah his wife born the 11th of August 1714 Benjaman lath sone of frances lath & sarah his wife born Jul. 2—— R John Hall Sone of Thomas Hall & abigaill his wife born ye 7th day of march 1714/15 Elizibeth Hall widow & rellict of John Hall dyed ye 4th day of february 1713-14 Thomas Harris sone of Abner haris and Elizibeth his wife born the 9th day of march 1714:15 Sarah Greatton Daughter of John & Sarah Greatton born november. 5 1714 & Died July the 4th 1715 Mercy Tufts the wife of Capt Peter Tufts dyed ye 18th day of June 1715 John Laribe Sone of Stephen Laribe and Margeret his wife born ye 14 day of May 1715 Mary Willis daughter of John Willis and mary his wife born the 9th of february 1715/16 Mary Willis the wife of John Willis dyed the 12th d
Medford Historical Society Papers, Volume 7., A fast-day hymn. (search)
, Deborah Dudley, daughter of Hon. Thomas Dudley, by whom he had children, Dudley, Prudence, Katharine, Deborah and Susanna, who outlived him. See Medford Historical Register, Vol. IV, p. 48. He married second, Elizabeth, daughter of Henry Dunster, president of Harvard College. She had two children, Dorothy and Elizabeth, both of whom died unmarried. Jonathan Wade died November 24, 1689, and his widow married Col. Nathaniel Thomas of Marshfield, who was judge of the Superior Court about 1714. He died in 1718; his widow returned to Medford, where she died in 1729. She is often referred to in old records and deeds as Madam Thomas. Her brother Jonathan married Jonathan Wade's daughter Deborah. Nathaniel Wade married Mercy Bradstreet, October 31, 1672, and died November 28, 1707. His wife survived him seven years. She was the daughter of Gov. Simon and Anne (Dudley) Bradstreet, the poetess, one of the most famous American women of her day. She was a half sister of Deborah, wif
Medford Historical Society Papers, Volume 8., The taverns of Medford. (search)
use was built we have no means of knowing. Very likely it was built as early as the year 1686, and may have been the house at which Mr. Dunton was entertained in that year. Mr. Willis sold this lot of land with the buildings thereon in the year 1714 to Mr. Stephen Hall. Mr. Hall sold the same year to Mr. John Richardson, 4th, and Mr. Richardson also sold that same year to Messrs. Joseph and Jabez Sargent. The Messrs. Sargent sold in the year 1717 to Mr. Nathaniel Pierce, taylor and innholdeand no doubt was the first landlord of the Fountain Tavern. In December of that year he sold his estate to Messrs. Francis Leath and son, and the place for the first time was called the Fountain Tavern. Mr. Leath, senior, was landlord in the year 1714. During that year the estate was deeded back to Mr. Seccomb, who immediately sold to Captain Samuel Wade. In the year 1715, and for many years thereafter, Captain Wade was landlord of this tavern. In the year 1735 he sold the estate to Messrs.
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