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Page 70
... Major part , not the wisest disowned his Majesties authority over them , & in effect proclaimed it by sound of trumpet , for- bidding us to act any more ( within their jurisdiction ) on his Majesties Commission , to us granted . In the ...
... Major part , not the wisest disowned his Majesties authority over them , & in effect proclaimed it by sound of trumpet , for- bidding us to act any more ( within their jurisdiction ) on his Majesties Commission , to us granted . In the ...
Page 71
... Major Shapleys howse , to heare his Majties Commission read : They gen- erally all peticōned , that they might be taken under his Majties immediat go'vm ! not being willing any longer to remaine under the Massachusets , and as unwilling ...
... Major Shapleys howse , to heare his Majties Commission read : They gen- erally all peticōned , that they might be taken under his Majties immediat go'vm ! not being willing any longer to remaine under the Massachusets , and as unwilling ...
Page 72
... major part of the people be satisfied , untill they be fixed under his Majties immediat government . If all the ffreeholders may have liberty to assemble they will vote that the patents may be delivered up to his Majte & it will be ...
... major part of the people be satisfied , untill they be fixed under his Majties immediat government . If all the ffreeholders may have liberty to assemble they will vote that the patents may be delivered up to his Majte & it will be ...
Page 82
... & c . where upon Major Hawthorn at Salem made a seditious speech at the head of his company ; and their [ The name is torn off in the MS . ] late Governor made another in their meeting hous , at 82 THE CLARENDON PAPERS .
... & c . where upon Major Hawthorn at Salem made a seditious speech at the head of his company ; and their [ The name is torn off in the MS . ] late Governor made another in their meeting hous , at 82 THE CLARENDON PAPERS .
Page 91
... Major Wenslo of New Plymoth colony were joyned together with these of the Massachusets ; Mr. Winthrop being by , at the hearing of the cause , did openly declare , that he knew nothing of it ; & yt his name was made use of w'hout his ...
... Major Wenslo of New Plymoth colony were joyned together with these of the Massachusets ; Mr. Winthrop being by , at the hearing of the cause , did openly declare , that he knew nothing of it ; & yt his name was made use of w'hout his ...
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Page 359 - And further, full power and authority are hereby given and granted to the said General Court from time to time to make, ordain, and establish, all manner of wholesome and reasonable orders, laws, statutes and ordinances...
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Page 195 - The supreme power cannot take from any man any part of his property without his own consent. For the preservation of property being the end of government, and that for which men enter into society, it necessarily supposes and requires that the people should have property...
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Page 358 - ... given and granted full power and authority from time to time to administer oaths or affirmations, for the better discovery of truth in any matter in controversy or depending before them.
Page 359 - ... constitution, as they shall judge to be for the good and welfare of this Commonwealth, and for the government and ordering thereof, and of the subjects of the same, and for the necessary support and defence of the government thereof...
Page 320 - Usage to the contrary thereof in any wise notwithstanding. And be it further enacted by the Authority aforesaid, That...
Page 359 - Commonwealth, and the forms of such oaths or affirmations, as shall be respectively administered unto them, for the execution of their several offices and places, so as the same be not repugnant or contrary to this Constitution...
Page 195 - ... supposed to lose that by entering into society which was the end for which they entered into it, too gross an absurdity for any man to own. Men therefore in society having property, they have such a right to the goods which by the law of the community are theirs, that nobody hath a right to take their substance, or any part of it, from them without their own consent; without this they have no property at all.