THE

NEW ENGLAND HISTORY,

FROM THE

DISCOVERY OF THE CONTINENT

BY THE

NORTHMEN, A.D. 986,

TO THE

PERIOD WHEN THE COLONIES DECLARED THEIR

INDEPENDENCE, A.D. 1776.

BY

CHARLES W. ELLIOTT,

MEMBER OF THE NEW YORK, OHIO AND CONNECTICUT HISTORICAL SOCIETIES.

IN TWO VOLUMES.

VOL. II.

NEW YORK:

CHARLES SCRIBNER, 377 & 379 BROADWAY,

LONDON: TRUBNER & COMPANY.

1857.

Entered, according to Act of Congress, in the year 1857, by

CHARLES W. ELLIOTT,

In the Clerk's Office of the District Court for the Southern District of New York,

STEREOTYTED BY

THOMAS B. SMITH, 82 & 84 Beekman St. N. Y.

PRINTED BY

GEO RUSSELL & CO..
Beekman Street.

CONTENTS OF VOL. II.

CHAPTER I.

NEW ENGLAND MEN AND WOMEN.

AMUSEMENT--WORK-DANCING - ART · MUSIC-COMFORT--ARISTOCRACY-SLAVERY

WOMAN-THE MARTYRS-SCOLDS-DECLENSION—THE VOICE LOVE-REBECCA RAW-

SON-POLLY BAKER- ON SYLVIA"-TEA-BEAUTY AND HEALTH--IGNORANCE AND

KNOWLEDGE.

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CHAPTER II.

THE GOVERNORS.

THEIR USES-SIR WILLIAM PHIPS—JOSEPH DUDLEY—BURNET-QUARREL ABOUT SAL-

ARIES LIST OF MASSACHUSETTS GOVERNORS THE CONNECTICUT GOVERNORS-

HAYNES-WINTHROP~LEETE--SALTONSTALL-TRUMBULL- BROTHER JONATHAN'

THE NEW HAMPSHIRE GOVERNORS-THE WENTWORTHS—THE RHODE ISLAND GOV-

ERNORS

HOPKINS-COOKE..........

CHAPTER III.

THE SALEM WITCHCRAFT.-SPIRITS IN THE YEAR 1692.

EPIDEMICS-MATTHEW HOPKINS-SIR MATTHEW HALE-SWEDISH WITCHES-PANIC—–

GOODWIN'S CHILDREN -SALEM - PARRIS'S `CHILDREN-MINISTERS CONVOKED-THE

JAILS FULL-BRIDGET BISHOP HANGED-SPECIAL BENCH-FIVE HANGED-REVEREND

BURROUGHS-FIVE HANGED-SIX CONDEMNED-NINE MORE-CORY PRESSED TO DEATH

-EIGHT HANGED-200 accuSED—AT ANDOVER—THE QUALITY ACCUSED—JAIL DELIV-

ERY-THE CONFESSORS—INJUSTICE-REPENTANCE TOO LATE

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CHAPTER IV.

KIDD THE PIRATE.

THE SLAVE-TRADE-PIRATES—IN ENGLAND-KIDD ON THE AFRICAN COAST-AT GARD-

INER'S ISLAND-IN ENGLAND-KIDD HANGED THE BALLAD.

CHAPTER V.

DOINGS OF THE FRENCH AND INDIANS IN NEW ENGLAND.

LA TOUR AND D'AULNEY-FRENCH FORTS INDIAN TRADE-ANDROS'S EXPEDITION-

CASTINE AND MADOCKAWANDO-FRONTENAC-MAJOR WALDRON'S TREACHERY—WAL-

DRON KILLED-SCHENECTADY DESTROYED-PORT ROYAL TAKEN-PHIPS'S ATTACK

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UPON QUEBEC~YORK DESTROYED-HANNAH DUSTAN-DEERFIELD DESTROYED—WIL-

LIAMS-HIS JOURNAL-VETCH'S EXPEDITION FAILS-EXPEDITION OF 1711, FAILS-

FATHER RALLE SHOT-PEACE, 1725-WAR AGAIN-INDIAN SCALPS-FALL OF LOUIS-

BURG—HOOSIC-THE SEVEN YEARS' WAR-WASHINGTON—CONGRESS OF 1754—“ THE

BIG TALK" -JOHNSON—BRADDOCK'S DEFEAT-NOVA SCOTIA-OSWEGO—BATTLE OF

LAKE GEORGE-REMOVAL OF ACADIANS-LOSS OF OSWEGO-MASSACRE AT FORT WIL-

LIAM HENRY—TAKING OF QUEBEC—WOLFE AND MONTCALM-ALL CANADA CONQUERED

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CHAPTER VI.

VERMONT AND THE GREEN MOUNTAIN BOYS.

FİRST SETTLEMENT, 1724 NEW HAMPSHIRE GRANTS”
-BENNINGTON-SETTLERS POUR

IN-NEW YORK CLAIMS-THE KING'S DECISION—THE CONTEST BEGINS—THE SETTLERS

RESIST THE GODS OF THE HILLS-" THE BEECH SEAL”—THE LAWYERS AND THE LAW-

LESS-GOVERNOR TRYON-LAW AND LYNCHINGS--IMMEDIATE DEATH-THE CONTRO-

VERSY SETTLED—VERMONT A STATE, 1777—ETHAN ALLEN—HIS RELIGIOUS WRITINGS

DECLENSION OF RELIGION-INDIFFERENCE AND FORMALISM—JONATHAN EDWARDS—

SUNDAY-NIGHT GAYETY-THE AWAKENING”.
|”—-DESPAIR-SATAN AGAIN LET LOOSE

—GEORGE WHITEFIELD-GOES TO AMERICA, 1737—HIS VISIT TO NEW ENgland, to

BOSTON, NEW YORK, PHILADELPHIA, EASTWARD-GILBERT TENNENT—EPIDEMIC-

(6
'FIELD-PREACHING FOREVER !"—STRONG OPPOSITION- A DELUDER OF THE PEOPLE”

-LAMENTATIONS- CHRISTIANS NOTHING BUT CHRISTIANS !"—JAMES DAVENPORT—

"HELL-FLAMES FLASHING”—EFFECT OF THE REVIVAL-OVER-DOING—"NEW LIGHTS"

AND "OLD LIGHTS”—POLITICS-DIVISIONS—REACTION-NEEDS OF EXCITEMENT

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CHAPTER IX.

THE MINISTERS.

THE MOTHER'S WISH-INAUGURATION OF PRESIDENT STILES-CHAPLAINS—ANECDOTES

-MINISTERS LOSE POWER-THE SPINNING BEE-PRIVILEGES-THE PREACHING-THE

ELECTION SERMON--CONCEITS-HOUR-GLASS-MATHER'S SERMON--MAYHEW'S SERMON

-COOPER'S SERMON-UNIVERSALISM—PRAYERS-THE BLACK BULL-HOOKER-WIL-

SON-COTTON-JOHN CLARKE THE CHAUNCEYS-SHEPARD-RICHARD MATHER-HOP-

KINS-CATECHISMS.

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CHAPTER X.

SLAVERY IN NEW ENGLAND.

A NEGRO QUEEN-RETROSPECT-NO DEMOCRACY YET-MIGHT NOT RIGHT-IN SPAIN-
NEGROES DISCOVERED-NEGROES INTRODUCED—HAWKINS'S FIRST CARGO-THE AF-
RICAN COMPANY IN ENGLAND- GUINEAS"—ASSIENTO TREATY "THE MIDDLE PASS-
AGE”—SLAVERY IN MASSACHUSETTS-INDIAN SLAVES--"THE SPIRITS"-SLAVE-TRADE

AND RUM-PUBLIC SALES-NEGRO ELECTION-PHILLIS WHEATLEY-SLAVE BURNED

TO DEATH-SLAVE LAWS-LEE IN VIRGINIA-THE LECHMERE SLAVE CASE- -OPPOSI-

TION TO SLAVERY IN CONGRESS-PATRICK HENRY JEFFERSON'S DRAFT-DWIGHT'S

DISCOURSE--HOPKINS AND BELLAMY-DEACON COLEMAN-JONATHAN EDWARDS—

NEGRO SOLDIERS—ABOLISHED IN NEW ENGLAND-VIRGINIA LEGISLATION—SLAVE-

TRADE ABOLISHED-RENEWED IN AMERICA..

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CHAPTER XI.

FEARS OF EPISCOPACY.

FEARS OF SECTS-SAFETY IN SECTS-THE PRAYER-BOOK-MATHER'S DISCOURSE-MISER-

IES OF CURATES-FIRST EPISCOPAL CHURCH-REVEREND JOHNSON—BISHOP SEABURY

-RECTOR CUTLER CHANDLER'S APPEAL · INTRODUCTION OF BISHOPS TITHES

CHAUNCEY'S REPLY-MAYHEW'S REPLY-NUMBERS OF EPISCOPALIANS-LAW OF VIR-

GINIA OF CONGRESS-BISHOP OF LLANDAFF—“SOCIETY FOR THE PROPAGATION OF

THE GOSPEL' -MINDS OF MEN PREPARED-CHRISTMAS

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CHAPTER XII.

THE CONDITION AND WEALTH OF THE PEOPLE BEFORE THE REVOLUTION.

THE ENGLISH COLONIAL SYSTEM-CAPITAL-LABOR-INHERITANCE-COD-FISHERIES-

WHALE-FISHERIES MANUFACTURES PAPER -SHIPS- - WEST-INDIAN TRADE, RUM

DRINKING —EXPORTS-PAPER MONEY-TAXES—FIRST ISSUES OF "BILLS OF CREDIT".

THE LAND-BANK” AND SILVER-SCHEME"-LEGAL TENDER-JEALOUSY OF ENGLAND

-THE NAVIGATION ACT—CHILD'S DISCOURSE ON, TRADE-THE BOARD OF TRADE-

EXPORTS FORBIDDEN-THE SUGAR ACT-NEW ENGLAND RUM-IRON MILLS FORBID-

DEN-LAWS AGAINST LABOR—TAXES-NOT ALL FOOLS—POPULATION...

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CHAPTER XIII.

THE STAMP-TAX.

WALPOLE · GEORGE III.-GOVERNOR BERNARD NAVIGATION LAWS - SMUGGLING

WRITS OF ASSISTANCE” OTIS HUTCHINSON—ADMIRALTY COURTS—THACHER-

OTIS'S PAMPHLET HENRY GRENVILLE-TAXES PROJECTED-FRANKLIN JAMES OTIS

—SAMUEL ADAMS-PROTEST AGAINST THE STAMP ACT-COMMITTEE OF CORRESPOND-

ENCE-BARRE-THE SONS OF LIBERTY”—STAMP ACT PASSED-RECEPTION IN AMERICA

-500 MINISTERS-LAW OR JUSTICE-PATRICK HENRY—WHIGS, TORIES, AND SONS OF

LIBERTY - RIOT IN BOSTON OLIVER'S HOUSE ATTACKED HUTCHINSON'S HOUSE

SACKED-INGERSOLL THE POOR- JOIN OR DIE"-THE LORD'S ANOINTED—ADAMS,

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CHAPTER XIV.

NEW TAXES.-THE MASSACRE AT BOSTON.-TEA THROWN OVERBOARD.

BERNARD AND HUTCHINSON-MUTINY ACT-TOWNSHEND'S PLAN-NON-IMPORTATION,

THE CIRCULAR LETTER-LORD NORTH-FRENCH ADVANCES THE LIBERTY SLOOP—

RIOTS-THE RESCINDERS-STANDING ARMY TROOPS ARRIVE GENERAL GAGE

YANKEES AND BLOODY-BACKS"—THE FIFTH OF MARCH- TO ARMS!"- MARTYRS

TO LIBERTY”—CAPTAIN PRESTON TRIED-ORATIONS-THE TEA TAX-BURNING OF THE

GASPEE-LETTERS OF THE TORIES—COMMITTEES OF CORRESPONDENCE THE TEA

THROWN INTO THE SEA...

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