A History of Boston: The Metropolis of Massachusetts, from Its Origin to the Present Period; with Some Account of the Environs |
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... chosen for the Governour , and Mr. Humphrey for the deputy , to hold their places for a year ; but Mr. Humphrey , not being likely to be ready to sail , when the rest expected to be , Mr. Thomas Dudley was afterwards chosen in his stead ...
... chosen for the Governour , and Mr. Humphrey for the deputy , to hold their places for a year ; but Mr. Humphrey , not being likely to be ready to sail , when the rest expected to be , Mr. Thomas Dudley was afterwards chosen in his stead ...
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... chosen one of the Assistants on the thirteenth of May , sixteen hundred and twenty - nine . The confidence which the corporation had in him is evident , from their soon after elect- ing him as a referee , in a case of dispute which ...
... chosen one of the Assistants on the thirteenth of May , sixteen hundred and twenty - nine . The confidence which the corporation had in him is evident , from their soon after elect- ing him as a referee , in a case of dispute which ...
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... chosen to be a military captain , but died at Charlestown , before having an opportunity to act in that ca- pacity . He was a young gentleman of high promise , and considerable experience as a soldier . His remains were brought to ...
... chosen to be a military captain , but died at Charlestown , before having an opportunity to act in that ca- pacity . He was a young gentleman of high promise , and considerable experience as a soldier . His remains were brought to ...
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... chosen deacon after the death of Dr. Gager , but is always called by his title of Mr. which in those days was used as the term Esquire is at present . Church mem ber were invariably distinguished as ' our brother ' or ' our sister ...
... chosen deacon after the death of Dr. Gager , but is always called by his title of Mr. which in those days was used as the term Esquire is at present . Church mem ber were invariably distinguished as ' our brother ' or ' our sister ...
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... chosen from each town , to confer with the Court of Assistants about raising a publick stock . This or- der was the first step towards a house of representatives . * * More of form was given to this branch of the government in April ...
... chosen from each town , to confer with the Court of Assistants about raising a publick stock . This or- der was the first step towards a house of representatives . * * More of form was given to this branch of the government in April ...
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Page 16 - ... from time to time, as shall be thought most meet and convenient for the general good of the colony, unto which we promise all due submission and obedience. In witness whereof we have...
Page 353 - And all the rule, one empire : only add Deeds to thy knowledge answerable; add faith, Add virtue, patience, temperance; add love, By name to come call'd charity, the soul Of all the rest : then wilt thou not be loth To leave this Paradise, but shalt possess A paradise within thee, happier far.
Page 267 - Britain; and that the King's Majesty, by and with the advice and consent of the Lords spiritual and temporal and Commons of Great Britain in Parliament assembled, had, hath and of right ought to have, full power and authority to make laws and statutes of sufficient force and validity to bind the colonies and people of America, subjects of the Crown of Great Britain in all cases whatsoever.
Page 248 - Every man of an immense, crowded audience appeared to me to go away as I did, ready to take up arms against writs of assistance. Then and there was the first scene of the first act of opposition to the arbitrary claims of Great Britain. Then and there the child INDEPENDENCE was born. In fifteen years, ie in 1776, he grew up to manhood, and declared himself free.
Page 346 - It was then generally agreed upon, that our brother Philemon Purmont shall be instructed to become schoolmaster for the teaching and nurturing of children with us.
Page 158 - Take counsel, execute judgment; Make thy shadow as the night in the midst of the noonday ; Hide the outcasts ; bewray not him that wandereth. Let mine outcasts dwell with thee, Moab ; Be thou a covert to them from the face of the spoiler : For the extortioner is at an end, the spoiler ceaseth, The oppressors are consumed out of the land.
Page 159 - On the South there is a small, but pleasant Common where the Gallants a little before Sun-set walk with their Marmalet-Madams, as we do in Morefields, &c. till the nine a clock Bell rings them home to their respective habitations, when presently the Constables walk their rounds to see good orders kept, and to take up loose people.
Page 16 - God and one of another, covenant and combine ourselves together into a civil body politic, for our better ordering and preservation, and furtherance of the ends aforesaid ; and by virtue hereof to enact, constitute, and frame such just and equal laws, ordinances, acts, constitutions, and offices, from time to time, as shall be thought most meet and convenient for the general good of the colony, unto which we promise all due submission and obedience.
Page 16 - King, defender of the faith, &c., having undertaken, for the glory of God, and the advancement of the Christian faith, and honor of our King and country, a voyage to plant the first colony in the northern parts of Virginia...
Page 290 - Friends ! Brethren ! Countrymen ! That worst of plagues, the detested tea, shipped for this port by the East India Company, is now arrived in this harbor; the hour of destruction or manly opposition to the machinations of tyranny stares you in the face...