HISTORICAL AND STATISTICAL GAZETTER OF MASSACHSETTS |
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Side 19
... settled by whites in 1659. The Indian name was Nantican . Its principal business is the whale fishery , but it has much declined of late . This island formerly belonged to Thomas Mayhew , and was sold by him to Thomas Macy , a Quaker ...
... settled by whites in 1659. The Indian name was Nantican . Its principal business is the whale fishery , but it has much declined of late . This island formerly belonged to Thomas Mayhew , and was sold by him to Thomas Macy , a Quaker ...
Side 32
... settlement , saw five or six Indians , whom they followed several miles , but did not overtake them . They found several baskets of corn buried under heaps of sand , which served them as seed for a future harvest , and for which they ...
... settlement , saw five or six Indians , whom they followed several miles , but did not overtake them . They found several baskets of corn buried under heaps of sand , which served them as seed for a future harvest , and for which they ...
Side 33
... settle a plantation . Many being sick on their arrival , they spent the winter at Plymouth , and the next year settled at Wessa- gusset , now Weymouth , but the Indians being troublesome , and the English imprudent , the plantation was ...
... settle a plantation . Many being sick on their arrival , they spent the winter at Plymouth , and the next year settled at Wessa- gusset , now Weymouth , but the Indians being troublesome , and the English imprudent , the plantation was ...
Side 34
... settling of a colony . Soon after their arrival at Salem , six or seven persons , with the consent of Ende- cott ... settled there . This chief was called by the English , John Sag- amore , the son of an old Aberginian chief . They ...
... settling of a colony . Soon after their arrival at Salem , six or seven persons , with the consent of Ende- cott ... settled there . This chief was called by the English , John Sag- amore , the son of an old Aberginian chief . They ...
Side 36
... settled at Seekonk . Sir Henry Vain , though very young , and lately from England , was chosen governor , an indiscretion into which the people were led by his title , and high pretensions to religion . 1637 , was distinguished by an ...
... settled at Seekonk . Sir Henry Vain , though very young , and lately from England , was chosen governor , an indiscretion into which the people were led by his title , and high pretensions to religion . 1637 , was distinguished by an ...
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Side 122 - In the government of this Commonwealth, the legislative department shall never exercise the executive and judicial powers, or either of them : the executive shall never exercise the legislative and judicial powers, or either of them : the judicial shall never exercise the legislative and executive powers, or either of them: to the end it may be a government of laws and not of men.
Side 124 - ... to make, ordain, and establish, all manner of wholesome and reasonable orders, laws, statutes, and ordinances, directions and instructions, either with penalties or without ; so as the same be not repugnant or contrary to this constitution, as they shall judge to be for the good and welfare of this commouwealth, and for the government and ordering thereof, and of the subjects of the same...
Side 138 - Wisdom, and knowledge, as well as virtue, diffused generally among the body of the people, being necessary for the preservation of their rights and liberties; and as these depend on spreading the opportunities and advantages of education in the various parts of the country, and among the different orders of the people, it shall be the duty of legislatures and magistrates, in all future periods of this commonwealth, to cherish the interests of literature and the sciences, and all seminaries of them;...
Side 30 - ... 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.
Side 120 - No subject shall be held to answer for any crimes or offence, until the same is fully and plainly, substantially and formally, described to him; or be compelled to accuse, or furnish evidence against himself. And every subject shall have a right to produce all proofs that may be favorable to him; to meet the witnesses against him face to face, and to be fully heard in his defence by himself, or his counsel, at his election.
Side 141 - ... with the consent, and on the application of a majority of the inhabitants of such town, present and voting thereon, pursuant to a vote at a meeting duly warned and holden for that purpose.
Side 143 - Senators, and shall be published for three months previous to the time of making such choice, and if in the Legislature so next chosen, as aforesaid, such proposed amendment or amendments, shall be agreed to...
Side 145 - All moneys raised by taxation in the towns and cities for the support of public schools, and all moneys which may be appropriated by the state for the support of common schools, shall be applied to, and expended in, no other schools than those which are conducted according to law, under the order and superintendence of the authorities of the town or city in which the money is to be expended...
Side 127 - The senate shall be a court with full authority to hear and determine all impeachments made by the house of representatives, against any officer or officers of the commonwealth, for misconduct and mal-administration in their offices.
Side 117 - I. All men are born free and equal, and have certain natural, essential and unalienable rights ; among which may be reckoned the right of enjoying and defending their lives and liberties ; that of acquiring, possessing and protecting property...