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Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing) 24 0 Browse Search
George Bancroft, History of the Colonization of the United States, Vol. 1, 17th edition. 4 0 Browse Search
Lucius R. Paige, History of Cambridge, Massachusetts, 1630-1877, with a genealogical register 2 2 Browse Search
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George Bancroft, History of the Colonization of the United States, Vol. 1, 17th edition., Chapter 9: (search)
etts Bay, and three miles north of every part of the River Merrimac, from the Atlantic to the Pacific ocean. The grantees associated to themselves Sir Richard Saltonstall, Isaac Johnson, Matthew Cradock, Increase Nowell, Richard Bellingham, Theophilus Eaton, William Pynchon and others; of whom nearly all united religious zeal with a capacity for vigorous action. Endicott—who, ever since the Lord in mercy had revealed himself unto him, had maintained the straitest judgment against the outward fto themselves and their posterity, were the great end of civil order; and that church members only should be free burgesses. A committee of twelve was selected to choose seven men, qualified for the foundation work of organizing the government. Eaton, Davenport, and five others, were the seven Pillars for the new House of Wisdom, in the wilderness. In August, Aug. 23. 1639, the seven pillars assembled, possessing for the time absolute power. Having abrogated every previous executive trust,