Publications of the Ipswich Historical Society, Volumes 1-6The Society, 1894 - Ipswich (Mass.) |
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... Court called them together to confer with them about all important matters . As a body they were always defenders of the rights of the Colonists under the Charter and had done much to inspire them with the courage to maintain their con ...
... Court called them together to confer with them about all important matters . As a body they were always defenders of the rights of the Colonists under the Charter and had done much to inspire them with the courage to maintain their con ...
Page 17
... Court of Massachusetts alarmed by the repeated rumors borne on every crossing ship , of threatened changes in the government of the colonies , set forth a distinct declaration of what they deemed their rights under their Charter . This ...
... Court of Massachusetts alarmed by the repeated rumors borne on every crossing ship , of threatened changes in the government of the colonies , set forth a distinct declaration of what they deemed their rights under their Charter . This ...
Page 18
... Court of 1661 had asserted , it was scarcely to be expected that the newly crowned Charles II , would acknowledge . And the return of the two Commissioners , Bradstreet and Norton , whom the Colony had despatched to the English Court ...
... Court of 1661 had asserted , it was scarcely to be expected that the newly crowned Charles II , would acknowledge . And the return of the two Commissioners , Bradstreet and Norton , whom the Colony had despatched to the English Court ...
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... Court decree which issued To hearts less res- The foot of the tyrant was on the neck of the Colony , with a tread that was not relaxed but strengthened , when the Second Charles gave over the throne to the Second James , and Andros , by ...
... Court decree which issued To hearts less res- The foot of the tyrant was on the neck of the Colony , with a tread that was not relaxed but strengthened , when the Second Charles gave over the throne to the Second James , and Andros , by ...
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... Court , but by the puppit of James , and a faction of the Council , in whose election they had no vote ; over whose proceedings they had no control ; to whom their rights and interests and lives , were all as nothing , compared with the ...
... Court , but by the puppit of James , and a faction of the Council , in whose election they had no vote ; over whose proceedings they had no control ; to whom their rights and interests and lives , were all as nothing , compared with the ...
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acres of land Andros annual meeting barn Boston bought brass building built Caldwell Capt century chairs Chebacco Chebacco Parish chest chimney Choate church cloth Cogswell Colony corner Court Crocker Daniel daughter deed Denison dwelling house Edward England Essex father feet Frank Waters George Goodhue Governor half heirs highway Hodgkins homestead honor Indian interest inventory Ipswich Historical Society iron James John Appleton John Crocker John Fawne John Heard John Whipple John Winthrop John Wise Jonathan Lord Joseph Kinsman kitchen live loan Lord Meeting House memory mill Nathaniel Nathaniel Rogers Nathaniel Ward Norton occupied old house old Ipswich pair parlor Perkins pewter pounds present President Probate purchased Puritan Rantoul record river Robert Robert Holmes rods Rogers Russell Salem Saltonstall Samuel Appleton Sayward sold South spot street Thomas Thomas Norton town Treadwell Wade Whipple's widow wife William Winthrop
Popular passages
Page 14 - I look at her as the very gizzard of a trifle, the product of a quarter of a cipher, the epitome of nothing...
Page 7 - Mortality of My body and knowing that it is appointed for all men once to die do make and ordain this my Last Will and Testament, that is to say principally and first of all...
Page 7 - Executors nothing doubting but at the general Resurrection I shall receive the same again by the mighty power of God and as touching such worldly estate wherewith it hath pleased God to bless me in this Life I give...
Page 7 - You may let the chimnyes be all the breadth of the howse, if you thinke good ; the 2 lower dores to be in the middle of the howse, one opposite to the other. Be sure that all the dorewaies in every place be soe high that any man may goe vpright vnder. The staiers I thinke had best be placed close by the dore.
Page 15 - To speak moderately, I truly confesse, it is beyond the ken of my understanding to conceive, how those women should have any true grace, or valuable...
Page 14 - Forasmuch as the wearing of long hair, after the manner of ruffians and barbarous Indians, has begun to invade New England, contrary to the rule of God's word, which says it is a shame for a man to wear long hair...
Page 94 - ... and have complied with the provisions of the statutes of this Commonwealth in such case made and provided, as appears from the certificate of the President, Treasurer...
Page 64 - His writing of the History of Indian Warrs shews him to be a person of good parts and understanding. He is a sober, grave and well accomplished man — a good preacher (as all the town affirm, for I didn't hear him) and one that lives according to his preaching.