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Cambridge History of American Literature: volume 3 (ed. Trent, William Peterfield, 1862-1939., Erskine, John, 1879-1951., Sherman, Stuart Pratt, 1881-1926., Van Doren, Carl, 1885-1950.) 1 1 Browse Search
Thomas Wentworth Higginson, Carlyle's laugh and other surprises 1 1 Browse Search
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Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Plymouth Declaration of rights. (search)
Plymouth Declaration of rights. In 1636 the Plymouth Colony adopted a body of laws called The General fundamentals. The first article declared That no act, imposition, law, or ordinance be made or imposed upon us at present or to come but such as shall be enacted by the consent of the body of freemen or associates, or their representatives legally assembled; which is according to the free liberties of the freeborn people of England. The second article read: And for the well governing of this colony, it is also ordered that there be free elections annually of governor, deputy governor, and assistants by the vote of the freemen of this corporation. These and other fundamentals are dated 1636, and were revised in 1671. The style of enactment is: We, the associates of the colony of New Plimouth, coming hither as freeborn subjects of the kingdom of England, endowed with all and singular the privileges belonging to each, being assembled, do enact, etc. The seal adopted by the Plymo
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), State of Rhode Island, (search)
, and they claimed a monopoly of the traffic to the latter point. The Pilgrims at Plymouth became annoyed by the New Netherlanders when they claimed jurisdiction as far east as Narraganset Bay, and westward from a line of longitude from that bay to Canada. That claim was made at about the time when Roger Williams (q. v.) was banished from the colony of Massachusetts, fled to the head of Narraganset Bay, and there, with a few followers, planted the seed of the commonwealth of Rhode Island in 1636. The spot where Williams began a settlement he called Providence, in acknowledgment of the goodness of God towards him. The government he there established was a pure democracy, and in accordance with his tolerant views of the rights of conscience. Every settler then and afterwards was required to sign an agreement to give active or passive obedience to all ordinances that should be made by a majority of the inhabitants—heads of families— for the public good. For some time the governmen
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Connecticut, (search)
utch vessel appears off the mouth, but is not suffered to land......November, 1635 Great suffering at Windsor, on the Connecticut, during the winter of......1635-36 First court in Connecticut held at Newtown (Hartford)......April 26, 1636 Rev. Thomas Hooker, the light of the Western churches, and Rev. Mr. Stone, with 100 ts a league between the Pequods and Narragansets......1636 Fort at Saybrook, at the mouth of the Connecticut, beleaguered by the Pequods all the winter of......1636-37 About thirty colonists of Connecticut killed by the Pequods during the winter of......1636-37 Court at Newtown (Hartford) applies to Massachusetts for aid1636-37 Court at Newtown (Hartford) applies to Massachusetts for aid against the Pequods......Feb. 21, 1637 [The name Newtown is changed to Hartford, Watertown to Wethersfield, and Dorchester to Windsor by this court. Hartford was so named in horor of the Rev. Mr. Stone, who was born at Hartford, England.] Wethersfield attacked by the Pequods, several killed......April, 1637 The court at
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Massachusetts (search)
Mr. Winslow, of Plymouth, that he was within the patent of that. colony, he and five others move to the other side of the bay, having obtained a grant of land from Canonicus, the head sachem of the Narragansets. He names this settlement Providence......1636 A law of the colony prohibits erecting a dwelling-house more than half a mile from the meeting-house......1636 Religious controversy with Mrs. Anne Hutchinson begins......1636 Sir Henry Vane chosen governor of Massachusetts......1636 Rev. Thomas Hooker and friends remove from Newtown (Cambridge) to Connecticut, and found Hartford......June, 1636 John Oldham killed by the Indians near Block Island......July, 1636 Expedition sent, under command of John Endicott, to punish the Indians of Block Island for the murder of John Oldham......1636 Pequod War begins......August, 1636 General Court of Massachusetts agrees to give £ 400 towards a school or college......Oct. 28, 1636 Roger Williams baffles the Pequod
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Virginia, (search)
shires, viz., Elizabeth City, Warwick, James City, Charles City, Henrico, Isle of Wight, York, and Accomac......1634 William Clayborne, a Virginian contestant, sent to England by Governor Harvey to answer for attempting to establish his claim against Maryland......1635 Governor Harvey deposed by the Virginia Assembly, and commissioners appointed to impeach him in England. He accompanies the commission......1635 John West acting governor during the absence of Governor Harvey......1635-36 Harvey, reinstated by Charles, returns......1637 Sir Francis Wyatt succeeds Harvey as governor......November, 1639 Sir William Berkeley appointed governor, and arrives in Virginia......February, 1642 Massachusetts sends three clergymen to Virginia at the request of Puritans there......1642 Virginia Assembly enacts that all ministers in the colony shall conform to the order and constitution of the Church of England or depart......1643 Indians, incited by Opechancanough, sache
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), University and College education in the United States, the trend of (search)
an upon anything that concerned the times in which the men lived; and besides, those methods of work which to-day constitute the very essence of higher education, employed in connection with the library and the laboratory, our fathers utterly lacked. In reference to the control of higher education in this early stage of its development, the following points deserve consideration: 1. Nearly all the institutions of higher learning were established by denominations. Harvard came first, in 1636, established by the Congregationalists. In 1693 the college of William and Mary was founded by the Church of England in the colony of Virginia. Yale followed in 1701, under the Congregationalists. Then in 1746 the Presbyterians established Princeton College, and this was followed in quick succession by Washington and Lee University in 1749, under the Church of England; the university of Pennsylvania in 1751; Columbia University in 1754, under the Church of England; Brown University in 176
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), State of Virginia, (search)
ncil. Name.Term. Edward Maria Wingfield1607 John Ratcliffe1607 to 1608 Capt. John Smith1608 to 1610 George Percy1610 to 1611 Governors. Lord Delaware1611 Sir Thomas Dale1611 Sir Thomas Gates1611 to 1614 Sir Thomas Dale1614 to 1616 George Yeardley1616 to 1617 Samuel Argall1617 to 1619 Sir George Yeardley1619 to 1621 Sir Francis Wyatt1621 to 1626 Sir George Yeardley1626 to 1627 Francis West1627 to 1629 John Potts1629 John Harvey1629 to 1635 John West1635 to 1636 John Harvey1636 to 1639 Sir Francis Wyatt1639 to 1641 Sir William Berkeley1641 to 1652 Richard Bennett1652 to 1655 Edward Digges1655 to 1656 Samuel Matthews1656 to 1660 Sir William Berkeley1660 to 1661 Col. Francis Moryson1661 to 1668 Sir William Berkeley1663 to 1677 Sir Herbert Jeffreys1677 to 1678 Sir Henry Chicheley1678 to 1680 Lord Culpeper1680 to 1684 Lord Howard of Effingham1684 to 1688 Nathaniel Bacon1688 to 1690 Francis Nicholson1690 to 1692 Sir Edmund Andros1692 to 1698 Francis Nicho
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Welles, Thomas 1598- (search)
Welles, Thomas 1598- Colonial governor; born in England in 1598; came to the United States before 1636, and settled in Hartford, Conn., where he was magistrate from 1637 till his death in Wethersfield, Conn., Jan. 14, 1660. He was treasurer of the colony in 1639-51; secretary of state in 1640-48; commissioner of the United Colonies in 1649 and 1654; moderator of the General Court during the absence of Gov. Edward Hopkins in 1654; deputy-governor in the same year; governor in 1655 and 1658; and deputygovernor again in 1659.
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Wentworth, William 1615-1697 (search)
Wentworth, William 1615-1697 Colonist; born in Alford, England, in 1615; accompanied the Rev. John Wheelwright to Massachusetts in 1636 and was associated with him during his troubles with the Massachusetts government owing to his Antinomian beliefs. Later he settled in Dover, N. H., and afterwards preached in the church there. He was instrumental in rescuing a garrison from massacre by the Indians in 1689. It is said that all the Wentworths in the United States are his descendants. He died in Dover, N. H., March 16, 1697.
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Wheelwright, John 1592- (search)
Wheelwright, John 1592- Clergyman; born in Lincolnshire, England, about 1592; was a graduate of Cambridge University, England, and a classmate of Cromwell. Being driven from his church by Archbishop Laud, in 1636, for Non-conformity, he came to Boston and was chosen pastor of a church in (present) Braintree. Mr. Wheelwright seconded the theological views of Anne Hutchinson (q. v.), and publicly defended them, for which offence he was banished from the Massachusetts Bay colony. He founded Exeter, on a branch of the Piscataqua River; and when, five years later, that town was declared to be within the jurisdiction of Massachusetts, he removed with his family to Wells, Me. In 1646, he returned to Massachusetts, a reconciliation having been effected; and in 1657 he went to England. He returned in 1660, and in May, 1662, became pastor of a church at Salisbury, Mass., where he died, Nov. 15, 1679.
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