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Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Bradford, William, 1588-1657 (search)
fered imprisonment. He finally joined his dissenting brethren at Amsterdam, learned the art of silk-dyeing, and, coming into the possession of a considerable estate at the age of twenty-one years, he engaged successfully in commerce. One of Mr. Robinson's congregation at Leyden, he accompanied the Pilgrims to America, and was one of the foremost in selecting a site for the colony. Before the Pilgrims landed, his wife fell into the sea from the Mayflower, and was drowned. He succeeded John Carver (April 5, 1621) as governor of Plymouth colony. He cultivated friendly relations with the Indians; and he was annually rechosen governor as long as he lived, excepting in five years. He wrote a history of Plymouth colony from 1620 to 1647, which was published by the Massachusetts Historical Society in 1856. He died in Plymouth, Mass., May 9, 1657. printer; born in Leicester, England, in 1658. A Friend, or Quaker, he came to America with Penn's early colonists in 1682. and landed
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Carver, John 1575-1621 (search)
Carver, John 1575-1621 First governor of New Plymouth; born in England, between 1575 and 1590; spent a considerable estate in forwarding the scheme of the Pilgrims for emigrating to America, and accompanied them in the Mayflower. He was a deacVirginia Company concerning colonization in America. When the written instrument for the government of the colony Governor Carver's chair. was subscribed on board the Mayflower, Mr. Carver was chosen to be governor. His wife died during the succMr. Carver was chosen to be governor. His wife died during the succeeding winter. Governor Carver's chair (the first throne of a chief magistrate set up in New England) is preserved by the Massachusetts Historical Society. He died in New Plymouth, Mass., April 5, 1621.o be governor. His wife died during the succeeding winter. Governor Carver's chair (the first throne of a chief magistrate set up in New England) is preserved by the Massachusetts Historical Society. He died in New Plymouth, Mass., April 5, 1621.
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Cushman, Robert 1580- (search)
Cushman, Robert 1580- A founder of the Plymouth colony; born in Kent, England, about 1580; joined the Society of the Pilgrims in Holland, and became very active. He and John Carver were appointed agents to make arrangements for the emigration of the church to America, and he was one of the number who sailed in the Speedwell, and were compelled to return on account of her unseaworthiness. Mr. Cushman remained with those who did not go in the Mayflower. He went to New Plymouth in the autumn of 1621, taking with him thirty-five other persons, and there delivered the charter to the colonists. He preached the first sermon by an ordained minister in New England on Dec. 12. On the following day he sailed for England. The vessel and cargo were captured by the French, and plundered of everything, and Cushman was detained two weeks on the French coast. On his return to London he published his sermon in New England On the sin and danger of self-love, and also an eloquent vindication
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Massachusetts, (search)
f government—a solemn compact—by which they were to be ruled (see Pilgrim fathers), and chose John Carver (q. v.) governor for one year. Cold, exposure, and poor food caused a sickness that swept away nearly one-half their number in four months. Carver was among the victims, and William Bradford (q. v.) Was his successor. Their spiritual leader was Elder William Brewster (q. v.). They made a treaty of friendship with Massasoit (q. v.), sachem of the surrounding Indians, and it was long maintai,162,200. In 1890 the population was 2,238,943; in 1900, 2,805,346. See Adams, Samuel (Protest against Taxation); United States, Massachusetts, in vol. IX. governors of the Massachusetts colonies. Plymouth colony, elected. Name.Term. John Carver1620 to 1621 William Bradford1621 to 1633 Edward Winslow1633 to 1634 Thomas Prince1634 to 1635 William Bradford1635 to 1636 Edward Winslow1636 to 1637 William Bradford1637 to 1638 Thomas Prince1638 to 1639 William Bradford1639 to 1644
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Massasoit, 1580- (search)
ed, prepared for peace or war. Edward Winslow had been sent with Squanto (see New Plymouth) to meet him with presents from the governor, while Captain Standish, with several musketeers, remained a little behind. Leaving Winslow behind as a hostage, Massasoit approached with twenty armed warriors, and met Standish at a dividing brook. The dusky people were taken to a building where a rug and cushions were prepared for the king and his courtiers, and there, sitting in state, he received Governor Carver, who came with a braying trumpet and beaten drum. Squanto acted as interpreter. A treaty of peace and amity was concluded, which was never broken by either party while Massasoit lived. The old sachem sent messengers to other tribes, inviting them to come and make peace with the white people. In the summer of 1621, Governor Bradford sent two envoys (Winslow and Hopkins) to Massasoit, at Pokanoket, near Narraganset Bay, 40 miles from Plymouth. They were kindly received by the king,
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Pilgrim fathers, the (search)
orate of Rev. Mr. Robinson, yearning for a secluded asylum from persecution under the English government, proposed to go to Virginia and settle there in a distinct body under the general government of that colony. They sent Robert Cushman and John Carver to England in 1617 to treat with the London Company, and to ascertain whether the King would grant them liberty of conscience in that distant country. The company were anxious to have these people settle in Virginia, and offered them ample d in the Mayflower, Sept. 6 (O. S.). These included the Pilgrim fathers, so called. The following are the names of the forty-one persons who signed the constitution of government on board the Mayflower, and are known as the Pilgrim Fathers: John Carver, William Bradford, Edward Winslow, William Brewster, Isaac Allerton, Myles Standish, John Alden, Samuel Fuller, Christopher Martin, William Mullins, William White, Richard Warren, John Howland, Stephen Hopkins, Edward Tilley, John Tilley, Fran
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Massachusetts (search)
1621 Massasoit, the grand sachem of the Wampanoags, with about sixty of his warriors, visits the colony......March 22, 1621 Treaty between the colony and Massasoit, which is faithfully observed for fifty-five years......March 22, 1621 John Carver unanimously confirmed as governor of the colony for the new civil year......March 23, 1621 Forty-four deaths in the colony in four months to......April 1, 1621 Mayflower sails for England on her return voyage......April 5, 1621 GovernGovernor Carver dies......April 5, 1621 William Bradford elected governor, Isaac Allerton deputy......1621 Susanna, the widow of William White, marries Edward Winslow, the first marriage in the colony......May 12, 1621 Twenty acres of Indian corn and beans are planted and six acres of barley and pease by the colony in the spring of......1621 First duel in New England was fought between Edward Dotey and Edward Leister, servants of Stephen Hopkins, with sword and dagger; they were sentenced
Francis Jackson Garrison, William Lloyd Garrison, 1805-1879; the story of his life told by his children: volume 2, Chapter 3: the Clerical appeal.—1837. (search)
mpassioned letters to his constituents (Lib. 7: 36, 56, 57, 61, 66, 69, and pamphlet), that as a pledge that the whole influence, official and personal, of the President of the United States shall be applied to sustain and perpetuate the institution of slavery, it is a melancholy prognostic of a new system of administration, of which the dearest interests of New England will be the first victims, and of which the ultimate result can be no other than the dissolution of the Union. Children of Carver, and Bradford, and Winslow, and Alden! concluded the old man eloquent, ——the pen drops from my hand (Lib. 7: 69). From these summits the policy of repression expanded downwards. The Washington National Intelligencer voluntarily Lib. 7.61. padlocked its own lips, agreeing to exclude all discussion of slavery from its columns except as occurring in the Congressional proceedings. The press of the District Lib. 7.66. generally garbled even these. Elsewhere, editors began injuriously to mi
Francis Jackson Garrison, William Lloyd Garrison, 1805-1879; the story of his life told by his children: volume 2, Index to volumes I. And II. (search)
committee, 2.77. Canterbury (Conn.), uprising against P. Crandall's colored school, 1.319-321; gets a law against it, 323. Capron, Effingham L. [b. Pomfret, Conn., Mar. 29, 1791; d. Providence, R. I., Sept. 16, 1859], convert to abolition, 1.398; delegate to Nat. A. S. Convention, 397; officer of Peace Convention, 2.227; president of Non-Resistance Society, 229, 328. Carey, Mathew [1760-1839], 1.296. Carlyle, Thomas [1795-1881], 2.77. Carroll, Charles [1737-1832], 1.297. Carver, John, 2.198. Cassey, Joseph [b. West Indies], 1.342; aid in buying Thoughts on Colon., 312; agent of Lib., 325.—Letter to I. Knapp, 1.325. Centinel (Boston), 2.5. Chace, Elizabeth Buffum, 1.398. Chace, William M., a Providence abolitionist, 1.314, brother-in-law of T. Davis, 2.340; call from G., 46; visits N. Y., 348, 359; speaks at Springfield Convention, 419.—Letter to G. W. Benson, 2.354. Chandler, Elizabeth M. [d. 1834], 1.145. Channing, William Ellery, Rev. [1780-1842], his
George Bancroft, History of the Colonization of the United States, Vol. 1, 17th edition., Chapter 8: (search)
arts of Virginia, hoping, under the general government of that province, to live in a distinct body by themselves. To obtain the consent of the London company, John Carver, with Robert Cushman, in 1617, repaired to England. They took with them seven articles, from the members of the Church at Leyden, to be submitted to the counci feudal institutions. In the cabin of the Mayflower, humanity recovered its rights, and instituted government on the basis of equal laws for the general good. John Carver was immediately and unanimously chosen governor for the year. Men who emigrate, even in well-inhabited districts, pray that their journey may not be in wintearch led to a burial-place of the Indians; but they found no more corn, nor any thing else but graves. At length, the shallop was again sent out, with Dec. 6. Carver, Bradford, Winslow, Standish, and others, with eight or ten seamen. The cold was severe; the spray of the sea froze as it fell on them, and made their clothes li
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