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George Bancroft, History of the United States from the Discovery of the American Continent, Vol. 2, 17th edition., Chapter 17: (search)
g was allowed only for the choice of town 1688. Mar. 16. officers. The vote by ballot was rejected. To a committee from Lynn, Andros said plainly, There is no such thing as a town in the whole country. To assemble in town-meeting for deliberationeld, not by a feudal tenure, but under grants from the general court to towns, and from towns to individuals. The town of Lynn produced its records; they were slighted as not worth a rush. Others pleaded possession and use of the land. You take pofered no relief. Our condition, said Danforth, is little inferior to absolute slave- 1688 Oct. 22. ry; and the people of Lynn afterwards gave thanks to God for their escape from the worst of bondage The governor invaded liberty and property after s the next day, the country came swarming across the Charlestown and Chelsea ferries, headed by Shepherd, a schoolmaster of Lynn. All the cry was against Lambeth Mss 1025 Andros and Randolph. The castle was taken; the frigate was mastered; the fort