Category: Biographies
“More ideas which have become National, have emanated from the little Colony of Rhode Island, than from all the other American States.”—GEORGE BANCROFT, in Address before the New York Historical Society.
“More ideas which have become National, have emanated from the little Colony of Rhode Island, than from all the other American States.”—GEORGE BANCROFT, in Address before the Ne...
2. Part 2Gorton and his companions were summoned to Boston to make answer to Pomham’s claim.[31] Denying the jurisdiction of Massachusetts, in a spicy correspondence, Gorton refused to o...
3. Part 3The enemies of Samuell Gorton charged that he was a practical anarchist—a denier of all governmental authority. As the indictment of the Massachusetts magistrates reads: “Upon m...
4. Part 4Of his domestic life we know but little. From his kindly mention of his wife and children in the final disposal of his property, we have a right to infer that his family relatio...
5. Part 5=Coddington=, William. Settles at Aquidneck, 30 Removes to Newport, 30 Establishes a Theocracy, 30 Supported by a minority, 31 Opposes union under the Charter of, 1643-44, 56 Se...
6. Part 6The authors have discussed the historical relation of Rhode Island work to contemporary building in the other New England colonies and in the mother country. The book is a mine...