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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)
s Letters, in Knowles. were alike his eulogists; the Dutch at New York, not less than all New England, had confidence in his integrity; Albany Records, IV. 405, and XVIII. 188, 189. Clarendon MSS. in my possession. and Milton, Newton and Robert Boyle, Mr. Winthrop, my particular acquaintance. R. Boyle's letter, in Mass. Hist. Coll. XVIII. 49. Dedication of vol. XL. of the Transactions of the Royal Society. became his correspondents. If he had faults, they are Chap. XI.} 1661. forgoR. Boyle's letter, in Mass. Hist. Coll. XVIII. 49. Dedication of vol. XL. of the Transactions of the Royal Society. became his correspondents. If he had faults, they are Chap. XI.} 1661. forgotten. In history he appears by unanimous consent, Thurloe. i. 763; a person of signal worth, as all reports present. from early life, without a blemish; and it is the beautiful testimony of his own Either, that God gave him favor in the eyes of all with whom he had to do. In his interview with Charles II., there is reason to believe, he was able to inspire that naturally benevolent monarch with curiosity; perhaps he amused him with accounts of Indian warfare, and descriptions of the marvels
George Bancroft, History of the United States from the Discovery of the American Continent, Vol. 2, 17th edition., Chapter 12: (search)
t quiet; the people firmly sustained the govern- Chap XII.} 1664 ment. Meantime letters of entreaty had been sent to Robert Boyle and the earl of Manchester; for, from the days of Southampton and Sandys, of Warwick and Say, to those of Burke and Chrceive the reasonableness of complaining against an abstract principle. We are all amazed, wrote Clarendon, who, says Robert Boyle, was no 1665 enemy to Massachusetts; you demand a revocation of the commission, without charging the commissioners with the least matter of crymes or exorbitances. Boyle echoed the astonishment: The commissioners are not accused of one harmful thing, even in your private letters. The statesmen of that day in Massachusetts were more wise, and understood the doctrnd. A century later, and there were none in England who did not esteem the commission an unconstitutional usurpation. Boyle, in Mass. Hist Coll. XVIII Chalmers. To Connecticut, the controversy of Massachusetts 1664 with the commissioners