Essex Institute Historical Collections, Volume 51Essex Institute Press, 1915 |
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Page 295 - Captain General and Governor in Chief in and over His Majesty's Province of the Massachusetts Bay in New England, the Honourable the Council and House of Representatives of said Province, in General Court Assembled Dec.
Page 244 - I take God the Father to be my chiefest good, and highest end. I take God the Son to be my Prince and Saviour. I take God the Holy Ghost to be my Sanctifier, Teacher, Guide, and Comforter. I take the word of God to be my rule in all my actions. And the people of God to be my people in all conditions. I do likewise devote and dedicate unto the Lord my whole self, all I am, all I have, and all I can do. And this I do deliberately, sincerely, freely, and for ever.
Page 146 - Testament as followeth first I bequeath my soule to god & my body to the earth in hope to be raised againe in the resurreccon by Jesus Christ my saviour Secondly I give & bequeath all my estate to my wife & children that is to say one halfe to my wife & the other half to my two Children Mary & Sarah by equall porcons and my will is...
Page 367 - Farm to find the site of the old Mansion. We found that this house, gone before the memory of any persons living, was upon the descent of the hill facing southward. The place of the Cellar, which is to be seen is distinguished by an apple tree growing on it. Behind was a building for the family servants, & domestic laborers, the place of which is now to be seen. There is a fine prospect in front, & a gentle descent to a little creek, in which the Gov. kept his Shallop. Tradition says there was a...
Page 132 - Act, must necessarily expose us, think it proper, in the present critical conjuncture of affairs to give you the following Instructions, viz. : " That you promote and readily join in, such dutiful remonstrances and humble petitions to the King and Parliament, and other decent measures as may have a tendency to obtain a repeal of the Stamp Act, or alleviation of the heavy burdens thereby imposed on the American British Colonies.
Page 160 - Balch sicke in bodie but in pfect memorie doe make this my last will & testamt in manner & forme following...
Page 162 - We the subscribers, do hereby Solemnly engage and promise, that we will to the utmost of our Power, at the Risque of our Lives and Fortunes, with Arms oppose the Hostile Proceedings of the British Fleets and Armies against the United American Colonies.
Page 133 - And that you do not give your assent to any act of assembly that shall imply the willingness of your constituents to submit to any internal taxes that are imposed, any otherwise than by the Great and General Court of the Province according to the Constitution of this government.
Page 296 - Wherefore I have thought fit, by and with the Advice of his Majesty's Council, to issue this Proclamation, hereby Promising...