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Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing) 4 0 Browse Search
Lydia Maria Child, Isaac T. Hopper: a true life 2 0 Browse Search
George Bancroft, History of the Colonization of the United States, Vol. 1, 17th edition. 2 0 Browse Search
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Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Quakers. (search)
imprisoned in a filthy jail, under sentence of such confinement for two years, to pay a heavy fine, and to have his days spent in hard labor, chained to a wheel-barrow with a negro, who lashed him with a heavy tarred rope. He was subjected to other cruel treatment at the hands of the governor, until the Dutch people, as well as the English, cried Shame! There were no other persecutions of the Friends in New Netherland after Hodgson's release. The executions of Mary Dyer in 1660 and William Leddra in 1661, both in Boston, caused an amazing addition to the number of converts to Quakerism. The same year monthly meetings were established in several places in New England, and not long afterwards quarterly meetings were organized. On hearing of the death of Leddra, Charles II. sent an order to Endicott to stop the persecutions and to send all accused persons to England for trial. This order was sent by the hand of Samuel Shattuck. a banished Quaker, who appeared before Governor E
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), New Hampshire, (search)
with Massachusetts, April 14, 1641, which goes into effect, giving New Hampshire's representatives a vote in town affairs without regard to religious qualifications......Oct. 9, 1641 Colonies of Connecticut, New Haven, New Plymouth, and Massachusetts (including New Hampshire) form a confederacy......1642 White Mountains explored by Captain Neal......1642 Quakers William Robinson and Marmaduke Stevenson executed for returning to the province after banishment......Oct. 27, 1659 William Leddra hanged for being a Quaker......March 14. 1660 Warrant issued at Dover, directing three Quakeresses to be whipped out of the province. Stripped and tied to a cart, they are publicly whipped at Dover and Hampton, but freed at Salisbury through the agency of Walter Barefoot......December, 1662 Indians in King Philip's War ravage Somersworth and Durham, and between Exeter and Hampton......September, 1675 Four hundred Indians captured by strategy at Dover. Seven or eight are put