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Lucius R. Paige, History of Cambridge, Massachusetts, 1630-1877, with a genealogical register 105 11 Browse Search
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing) 44 2 Browse Search
George Bancroft, History of the United States from the Discovery of the American Continent, Vol. 3, 15th edition. 24 0 Browse Search
The writings of John Greenleaf Whittier, Volume 5. (ed. John Greenleaf Whittier) 23 1 Browse Search
George Bancroft, History of the United States from the Discovery of the American Continent, Vol. 2, 17th edition. 20 0 Browse Search
Cambridge History of American Literature: volume 1, Colonial and Revolutionary Literature: Early National Literature: Part I (ed. Trent, William Peterfield, 1862-1939., Erskine, John, 1879-1951., Sherman, Stuart Pratt, 1881-1926., Van Doren, Carl, 1885-1950.) 20 0 Browse Search
Cambridge sketches (ed. Estelle M. H. Merrill) 16 0 Browse Search
Charles A. Nelson , A. M., Waltham, past, present and its industries, with an historical sketch of Watertown from its settlement in 1630 to the incorporation of Waltham, January 15, 1739. 15 1 Browse Search
The Cambridge of eighteen hundred and ninety-six: a picture of the city and its industries fifty years after its incorporation (ed. Arthur Gilman) 12 0 Browse Search
George Bancroft, History of the Colonization of the United States, Vol. 1, 17th edition. 12 0 Browse Search
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George Bancroft, History of the Colonization of the United States, Vol. 1, 17th edition., Chapter 3: (search)
e a marginal note to III. 425. the painter, who had sketched in Florida the most remarkable appearances of nature, ultimately found the opportunity of finishing his designs, through the munificence of Raleigh. The expeditions of the Cabots, though they had Chap. III.} revealed a continent of easy access, in a temperate zone, had failed to discover a passage to the Indies; and their fame was dimmed by that of Vasco de Gama, whose achievement made Lisbon the emporium of Europe. Thorne and Eliot, of Bristol, visited Newfoundland probably in 1502; in that year, savages in their wild attire were exhibited to the king; but North America as yet invited no colony, for it promised no sudden wealth, while the Indies more and more inflamed commercial cupidity. In March, 1501, Henry VII. granted an exclusive privilege of trade to a company composed half of Englishmen, half of Portuguese, with leave to sail towards any point in the compass, and the incidental right to inhabit the regions wh
George Bancroft, History of the Colonization of the United States, Vol. 1, 17th edition., Chapter 9: (search)
mpartial Reader. With corresponding distinctness he foresaw the influence of his principles on society. The removal of the yoke of soul-oppression, —to use the words in which, at a later ay, he confirmed his early view,—as it will prove an act of mercy and righteousness to the enslaved nations, so it is of binding force to engage the whole and every interest and conscience to preserve the common liberty and peace. R. Williams's Hireling Ministry, 29. The same magistrates who punished Eliot, the 1634 Nov. 27. apostle of the Indian race, for censuring their measures, could not brook the independence of Williams; and the circumstances of the times seemed to them to justify their apprehensions. An intense jealousy was excited in England against Massachusetts; members 1634 Dec. of the Generall Court received intelligence of some episcopal and malignant practises against the country; and the magistrates on the one hand were scrupulously careful to avoid all unnecessary offence to
George Bancroft, History of the Colonization of the United States, Vol. 1, 17th edition., Chapter 10: (search)
on and comfort of the saints, the Psalms,—faithfully but rudely translated in metre from the Hebrew by Thomas Welde and John Eliot, ministers of Roxbury, assisted by Richard Mather, minister of Dorchester,—were published in a volume of three hundred imprisoned men were soon set at liberty; but the claim to the territory was not immediately abandoned. On Gorton, see Eliot, in III. Mass. Hist. Coll. iv. 136. Winthrop, i. 91. 296 II. 58,59, and Eddy's note, 142—148. 156. 165, 166. 280. 295. s. Hist Coll. ix. 199—201. Hutchinson, i. 114—118. Hutchinson's Coll. 237—239. and 405. 415. Backus, i. 118 and ff. Eliot, in i. Mass. Hist. Coll. ix. 35—38. Knowles, 182— 189. Savage on Winthrop, II. 147—149. Baylies, N. P. i. c. XII. Bethority of the governor. In Boston, on occasion of 1634 dividing the town lands, men of the inferior sort were chosen. Eliot, the apostle of the Indians, maintained that treaties should not be made without consulting the commons. The