GOVERNMENT OF MASSACHUSETTS BAY AND OTHER COLONIES
DURING TWENTY YEARS, UNDER CHARLES THE SECOND, FROM 1660
TO 1680. 130-203
Restoration; the news of it was received with joy in the
Colonies, except in Massachusetts Bay, where false rumours
were circulated alone 130
Change of tone and professions at Massachusetts Bay on
the confirmation of the news of the King's restoration
and firm establishment on the throne; John Eliot, Indian
apostle, censured for what he had been praised 131
When and under what circumstances the Massachusetts
Bay Government proclaimed the King, and addressed him;
the address (in a note) 132
Remarks on this address, and its contrariety to the
address to Cromwell ten years before 133
The King's kind letter addressed to Governor Endicot (in a note) 135
The Massachusetts Court's "ecstasy of joy" at the King's
letter, and reply to it 135
The King enjoins ceasing to persecute the Quakers: how
answered (in a note) 137
Petitions and representations to the King from Episcopalians,
Presbyterians, Baptists, &c., in Massachusetts Bay, on their
persecutions and disfranchisement by the local Government 137
The King's Puritan Councillors, and kindly feelings for
the Colony of Massachusetts Bay 138
The King's letter of pardon and oblivion, June 28, 1662
(in a note), of the past misdeeds of the Massachusetts
Bay Government, and the six conditions on which he promised
to continue the Charter 139
The King's oblivion of the past and promised continuance
of the Charter for the future joyfully proclaimed; but the
publication of the letter withheld, and when the publication
of it could be withheld no longer, all action on the royal
conditions of toleration, &c., prescribed, was ordered by
the local Government to be suspended until the order of the
Court 141
Messrs. Bradstreet and Norton, sent as agents to England to
answer complaints, are favourably received; are first
thanked and then censured at Boston; Norton dies of grief 142
On account of the complaints and representations made to
England, the King in Council determines upon the
appointment of a Commission to inquire into the matters
complained of in the New England Colonies, and to remedy
what was wrong 145
Slanderous rumours circulated in Massachusetts against
the Commission and Commissioners 146
Copy of the Royal Commission (in a note), explaining
the reasons and objects of it 147
All the New England Colonies, except Massachusetts Bay,
duly receive the Royal Commissioners; their report on
Connecticut, Rhode Island, and New Plymouth (in a note) 148
Report of the Royal Commissioners on the Colony of
Massachusetts Bay (in a note); difference from the other
Colonies; twenty anomalies in its laws inconsistent with
its Charter; evades the conditions of the promised continuance
of the Charter; denies the King's jurisdiction 149
They address the King, and enclose copies of their
address, with letters, to Lord Chancellor Clarendon, the
Earl of Manchester, Lord Say, and the Honourable Robert Boyle 152
The United Empire Loyalists the true Liberals of that day 152
Copy of the long and characteristic address of the
Massachusetts Bay Court to the King, October 25, 1664 (with notes) 153
Letters of Lord Clarendon and the Honourable Robert
Boyle to the Massachusetts Bay Court, in reply to
their letters, and on their address to the King;
pretensions and conduct 160
Conduct and pretensions of the Massachusetts Bay Court
condemned and exposed by loyalist inhabitants of Boston,
Salem, Newbury, and Ipswich, in a petition 163
The King's reply to the long address or petition of
the Massachusetts Bay Court, dated February 25, 1665,
correcting their misstatements, and showing the
groundlessness of their pretended fears and actual
pretensions 166
The King's kind and courteous letter without effect
upon the Massachusetts Bay Court, who refuse to
acknowledge the Royal Commissioners; second and more
decisive letter from the King, April, 1666 169
Retrospect of the transactions between the two Charleses
and the Massachusetts Bay Court from 1630 to 1666, with
extracts of correspondence 171
Royal Charters to Connecticut and Rhode Island, in 1663,
with remarks upon them by Judge Story (in a note) 172
The narrative of the discussion of questions between
Charles the Second and the Massachusetts Bay Court resumed;
summary of facts; questions at issue 178
On receiving the report of his Commissioners, who had
been rejected by the Massachusetts Bay Court, the King
orders agents to be sent to England to answer before
the King in Council to the complaints made against the
Government of the Colony 179
Meetings and proceedings of the Massachusetts Bay Court
on the Royal Message; their address of vindication and
entreaty to the King; and instead of sending agents, send
two large masts, and resolve to send £1,000 to propitiate
the King 180
Loyalists in the Court and among the people, who maintain
the Royal authority 182
Complaints a pretext to perpetuate sectarian rule and
persecutions 183
Baptists persecuted by fine, imprisonment, &c., as late
as 1666 and 1669 (extract of Court proceedings in a note),
several years after the King had forbidden such intolerance
in Massachusetts 184
Statements of Hutchinson and Neal in regard to such
persecutions, and remonstrances by the Rev. Drs. Owen and
T. Goodwin, and other Nonconformist ministers in England 185
Efforts by addresses, gifts, and compliance in some matters,
to propitiate the King's favour 186
Why the King desists for some years from further action 187
Complaints from neighbouring Colonists and individual
citizens, of invasion of rights, and persecutions and
proscriptions by the Massachusetts Bay Government, awaken
at last the renewed attention of the King's Government to
their proceedings; and the King addresses another letter,
July, 1679 (copy of the letter in a note) 187
Seven requirements of this letter just and reasonable,
and observed by all British Colonies at this day 188
Remarks on the unfair statements and unjust imputations
against the British Government of that day, by Mr. Palfrey
and other New England historians 190
Nineteen years' evasions and disregard of the conditions
on which the King promised to perpetuate the Charter;
strong and decisive letter from the King, September, 1680,
to the Massachusetts Bay Court, which caused a special
meeting of the Court, the sending of agents to England, and
the passing of some remedial Acts 193
Examples and proofs of the deceptive character of these
Acts, with measures to neutralize or prevent them from
being carried intoeffect--such as the Navigation Act, Oath
of Allegiance, the Franchise, Liberty of Worship, and
Persecution of Baptists and Quakers 195
Recapitulation; manner of extending the territory and
jurisdiction, so as to include Maine, part of New
Hampshire, &c. (in a note); Mr. Bancroft's statement,
confirming the positions of this and preceding
chapters as to the pretensions and conduct of the
Massachusetts Bay Government 200