CHAPTER XII.

DEATH OF SEVERAL OF THE MOST PROMINENT MEN.--CHANGES IN LEGISLATION.

The United Colonies still encroached upon Rhode Island, 84

Deaths of John Clarke, Roger Williams, Samuel Gorton, William Harris, and William Coddington, 85

1678. Financial condition of the Colony in 1678, 88

Changes in the usages of election, 89

Bankrupt law passed and afterwards repealed, 89

Law concerning disputed titles to lands, 90

1679. Law for the protection of servants, 91

Law for the protection of sailors, 91

John Clawson's curse, 92