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George Bancroft, History of the United States from the Discovery of the American Continent, Vol. 2, 17th edition., Chapter 13: (search)
possessions of these bold pioneers. He appointed William William. Martin, i. 138, says George Drummond. Hening, II. 226, Act i. identifies the man, and settles the question. Williamson, i. 119, is even more inaccurate than Martin; he says Drummond died in the colony. So carelessly has the history of N. C. been written, that the name, the merits, and the end of its first governor were not known. Drummond, an emigrant to Virginia Hening, i. 549, II. 158. from Scotland, Sir Wm. Berkeley's List, &c., copied by Greenhow, published by P. Force, 1835. Drummond, a Scotchman. probably a PreDrummond, a Scotchman. probably a Presbyterian, a Chap. XIII.} Man of prudence and popularity, deeply imbued with the passion for popular liberty, Berkeley, as above. And a Narrative of the Indian and Civil Wars in Virginia, in Massmple form of government, a Carolina assembly, Richmond Records, No. 3. 1663—1668, 348—353. Wm. Drummond, governor of Carolina, and the assembly there. p. 349. This was July 12, 1666. and an easy t
George Bancroft, History of the United States from the Discovery of the American Continent, Vol. 2, 17th edition., Chapter 14: (search)
erciless as offended pride; a former affront is remembered as proof of weakness; and it seeks to restore self-esteem by a flagrant exercise of recovered power. Avarice also found delight in fines and confiscations; no sentiment of clemency was tolerated. From fear that a jury would bring in verdicts of acquittal, men were hurried to death from courts martial. True Account, in Burk, ii. 254. You are very welcome, cried the 1677 Jan. 20. exulting Berkeley, with a low bow, on meeting William Drummond, as his prisoner; I am more glad to see you than any man in Virginia; you shall be hanged in half an hour. The patriot, avowing boldly the part he had acted, was condemned at one o'clock, and hanged at four. His children and wife were driven from their home, to depend on the charity of the planters. Bonds, &c. pp. 87 and 111. Burwell Account, 79. Hening, ii. 370, 546, 558. Burk, ii. 201, 263, 264, 266. At length it was deemed safe to resort to the civil tribunal, where the judges