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G1pe-Pune-002448 a History of the American People Dhananjayarao Gadgil Library 1111111111111111111111 11111111l11~111II G1PE-PUNE-002448 A HISTORY OF THE AMERICAN PEOPLE BY WOODROW WILSON,' Pu.D., LITT.D., LL.D. DOCUMENTARY EDITION IN TEN YOLUMES VoL. II. \tbe$warniin~ of tbe lEnglisb LEONARD CALVERT, FIRST GOVERNOR OF MAR\"LAND (Who brouaht the first settlen to Maryland in the .. Ark" and the .. Dow." 16J3) IIoproducM In>III .. ildooLl,htl OD M",'laDd HI.tory." b, Hater Do ..., Ri_D. w1~ COutlli oj &be IUtAor, DOCUMENTARY EDITIONu 'l. A HISTORY OF ..... - THE AMERICAN PEOPLE BY WOODROW WILSON, PH.D:, LIlT.D., LL.D . PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES ENLARGED BY THE ADDITION OF ORIGINAL SOURCES AND LEADING DOCUMENTS OF AMERICAN HISTORY INCLUDING NARRATIVES OF EARLY EXPLORERS, GRANTS, CHARTERS, CONCESSIONS, TREATIES, REVOLUTIONARY DOCUMENTS, STATE PAPERS, PROCLAMATIONS AND ENACTMENTS ILLUSTRATED WITH C~NTEMPORARY VIEWS, PORTRAITS, FACSIMILES AND MAPS SELECTED FROM RARE BOOKS AND PRINTS IN TEN VOLUMES VOLUME II HARPER ~ ~ROTHERS PUBLISHERS NEW YORK AND LONDON A HISTORY .... TNa A>ntRlCAN PROPLa Copyright, .go', 'go2, by WOODROW WILSON Ccpyright, Igot, Ig02, 1918, by HARPER & BROTBEII$ Printed ill the United SIRtes of Ameri<;ll r"'l CONTENTS PART I PAGB THE SWARMIl$G OF THE ENGLISH. (Continued.) THE CIVIL WARS AND THE COMMONWEALTH THE RESTORATION 37 NEW JERSEY AND CAROLINA 68 PENNSYLVANIA. THE REVOLUTION PART II ORIGINAL DOCUMENTS FUNDAMENTAL ORDERS OF CONNECTICUT, 1638. From "The Public Records of the Colony of Connecticut Prior to the Union with New Haven Colony." Published in 1850. • 183 FIRST ApPLICATION FOR A MUNICIPAL FORM OF GOVERNMENT, I649.-From "Documentary History of· New York," Vol. I., 1849, pp. 595--98 . • 191 PROTEST AGAINST LORD BALTIMORE'S OATH PROCLAMATION, 1653.-FromPeter Force's "Tracts and Other Papers Relating to the Origin, Settlement, and Progress of the Colonies in North America," Vol. II., Washington, 1838 198 VIRGINIA AND MARYLAND CONTROVERSY OVER LORD BALTI­ MORE, 1653-54.-From Peter Force's "Tracts and Other Papers Relating to the Origin, Settlement, and Progress of the Colonies in North America," Vol. II., Washington, 1838.. .. • • . • . • . • . • . 203 CHARTER AND NAMING OF CAROLINA, 1663.-From "American Charters, Constitutions, and Organic Laws" (1909), Vol. V., pp. 2743-50. • • • • • • • . • • • . • • ~IO Vii. CONTENTS PAG8 CHARTER OF RHODE ISLAND AND PROVIDENCE PLANTATIONS, 1663.-From text in "Rhode Island Colonial Records," Vol. II., pp. 3-21. (See also" Patent of Providence Plan­ tation,· 1643") • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • 214 FIRST CONSTITUTION OF NEW JERSEY, 1664.-From Barber and Howe's "New Jersey Historical Collections," edition of 1855 ••••••••••••••••• 239 GRANT OF NEW NETHERLANDS TO THE DUKE OF YORK AND ALBANY, 1664.-From "American Charters, Constitu­ tions, and Organic Laws" (1909), Vol. V., pp. 2590-93 • 245 THE GRANT AND NAMING OF NEW JERSEY, 1664.-From Bar­ ber and Howe's "New Jersey Historical Collections," 1844 ..•••..........•.• 254 RESTORATION OF ENGLISH GOVERNMENT IN NEW YORK, 1665. -From "Documentary History of New York," Vol. I., 1849, pp. 602-4· • • . • • • • • • • • • • • 257 CoNCESSIONS FOR THE SETTLING OF~ ALBEMARLE, WHICH LATER BECAME NORTH CAROLINA, 1665.-Text in "Amer­ ican Charters, Constitutions, and Organic Laws" (1909), Vol. V., pp. 275(r61 • . • • • • . • . • • • 262 THE ACTS OF NAVIGATION, 1660-72.-The text of these Acts is in "Statutes of the Realm," Vol. V., pp. 246-50, «9-52, and 792-93. The Act from which extracts are here given is the first of the series. See also "The Navigation Act of 1696" • . • . • • • • • • . • • • • 267 THE FUNDAMENTAL CONSTITUTIONS OF CAROLINA, 1669.-From "Historical Collections of South Carolina," Vol. II., pp. 361-90 ••........••••••. 272 RESTORATION OF NEW YORK TO THE ENGLISH, 16u.-From the text in the .. Documentary History of New York" (1850), Vol. IlL, pp. 67-8, 73-5, 79. • • • • • • • 282 THE INDIAN WAR UNDER KING PHILIP, 1676.-By the Rev. William Hubbard, in his" Narrative of the Troubles with the Indians of New England" (Boston, 16n) • • • • 289 DIVISION OF NEW JERSEY INTO Two PROVINCES, 1676.-From the full text in .. American Charters, Constitutions, and Organic Laws" (1909), Vol. V., pp. 2551-60 • • • • • 299 CHARTER AND NAMING OF PENNSYLVANIA, 1681.-From text in .. American Charters, Constitutions, and Organic Laws" (1909), Vol. V., pp. 3036--44 • • • • • • • • • • 304 viii CONTENTS PAGB PENN'S ACCOUNT OF THE PENNSYLVANIA CoLONY, 1683.­ From his letter to the Committee of the Free Society of Traders of the province residing in London. Text from "Old South Leaflet:' No. 171 • . • • • • • . • • 312. How PENN MADE HIS TREATY WITH THE INDIANS, 1683.­ From his letter to the Committee of the Free Society of Traders of the province residing in London. Text re­ printed from "Old South Leaflet:' No. 171 • • • . • 319 REVOCATION OF THE EDICT OF NANTES,168s.-From Professor Charles Weiss's "History of the French Protestant Refugees:' Vol. II., pp. 378-81 .- • • • • • • • . 322 NOTES ON ILLUSTRATIONS PAGE LEONARD CALVERT, FIRST GoVERNOR OF MARYLAND.-Repro­ duced from Side-Lights on Maryland History, by Hester Dorsey Richardson, with the consent of the author, from an original picture in her possession. In two vessels-the "Ark" and the "Dove" provided by the Proprietary, Lord Baltimore, Leonard Calvert, brother of Lord Balti­ more, commissioned as Lieutenant-General, embarked with about two hundred Colonists at Gravesend in October, 1633, arriving at Point Comfort February 27,1634. Thence they sailed up the Potomac to St. Clement's Island, where they took formal possession of Maryland. After this landing Calvert explored a tributary stream, now called the St. Mary's, until he came to an Indian village, where, after an agreement with the Indians, on March 27, 16340 he disembarked and called their new home St. Mary's • . Frontispiece PORTRAIT AND AtITOGRAPH OF CHARLES I.-From an engrav- ing after the painting by Sir Anthony Vandyck • 3 VIEW OF NEW AMSTERDAM IN 16s6.-Drawn and adapted by Harry Fenn after a view on the Visscher map. It is known as the Augustine Herrman view, and was often re- produced in one form or other • 5 WATER GATE, FOOT OF WALL STREET, NEW YORK, 1674.- From an old print •••••••••••• 6 FIRST MEETING-HOUSE, 1634-1638. ROGER WILLIAMS'S CHURcH.-From an old print. A question has recently arisen as to whether this old building was ever used by Roger Williams. • • • • 7 AUTOGRAPH OF ROGER WILLIAMS 8 TITLE-PAGE OF ROGER WILLIAMS'S "KEY INTO THE LAN­ GUAGE OF AMERICA."-This is the earliest printed book of Roger Williams. Each chapter contains short vocabu­ xi NOTES ON ILLUSTRATIONS PAGB laries and dialogues in Indian and English, followed by observations, and ending with a poem. From an original in the New York Public Library • • • • • • " 9 THE CANAL, BROAD STREET, NEW YORK, 1659.-Redrawn from an old print. • • . • • • • . • • • •• 10 FARRER'S MAP OF VIRGINIA, 1651.-From the original in New York Public Library, in Edward Williams's Yirgo Trium­ phans: or, Yirginia richly and truly "alu~d. London, 1650. The book, ascribed to Williams, is in substance the work of John Farrer. For an account of the different states of this map, see Winsor's Am~rica, vol. iii., p. 168 • • •• 12 PORTRAIT AND AUTOGRAPH OF JOHN HAMPDEN.-From a line engraving by Houbraken in Birch's H~ads. London, 1743. In New York Public Library. Autograph from Nugent's M~morials of Hampden. London, 1865 14 AUTOGRAPH OF SIR WILLIAM BERKELEY 15 TITLE-PAGE OF NORTON'S "HEART OF NEw ENGLAND RENT." -From a copy of the original edition in the New York Public Library • . • • • • • • • • • • • •• 17 TITLE-PAGE OF JOHN COlTON'S "SPIRITUAL MILK FOR BOSTON BABEs."-rrom the original American edition of 1656, in the New York Public Library. It was first issued in London in 1646, a copy of which is in the British Museum 19 OLIVER CROMWELL'S LElTER TO TOHN COlToN.-From the original manuscript in the New York Public Library, now reproduced in facsimile for the first time in its en­ tirety. It is printed in the Bull~tin of th~ NNQ York Public Library, vol. iv. (1900), pp. 13 and 14, which see also for an account of its history • • • • • • • .21-24 PORTRAIT AND AUTOGRAPH OF TOHN PYM.-From a line en- raving by Houbraken in Birch's H~ads. London, 1743. fn the New York Public Library. Autograph from Thane's British Autography •. • • • . • • 26 PETER STUYVESANT'S BOWERY HOusE.-Redrawn from Valen- tine's Manual for 1866, p. 579. • • • • • • • •• 27 TITLE-PAGE OF "NEW HAVEN'S SETTLING IN NEW ENG­ LAND.n-From an original in the New York Public Li- brary. Only five or six copies.~re known to be in existence 29 XII NOTES ON ILLUSTRATIONS PAGB AIuuVAL OF STUYVESANT AT NEW AMSTERDAM.-From a paint- ingby Howard Pyle. • • • • • • • • • • • 3 I PORTRAIT AND AUTOGRAPH OF PETER STUYVESANT.-From an engraving after the painting by Vandyck. Redrawn from an old print. • . • • . 33 OLD STATE HOUSE OF NEW AMSTERDAM.-Redrawn from an old print . • • • • • • • . • • 34 ORIGINAL TOWN HOUSE, BOSTON, 1657-1711. BUILT BY THOMAS JoY.-From a print after the original pencil sketch by Thomas Joy • • . • . • •. 3S AUTOGRAPHS OF ROBERT SEDGWICK AND JOHN LEVERETr. • 38 TITLE-PAGE OF "A DECLARATION OF THE SAD AND GREAT PERSECUTION AND MARTYRDOM OF THE PEOPLE OF GOD, CALLED QUAKERS, IN NEW ENGLAND."-This protest of the Quakers, although not dated on the title, was printed in 1660. The title-page is printed in black and red lines. From an original in the New York Public Library • • 40 SEAL OF VIRGINIA AFTER THE RESTORATION.-From William and Mary College Quarterly •.•.•••••• 41 PORTRAIT OF JAMES BLAIR.-From the painting in William and Mary College • • • • • • . • • • • Facing 42 PORTRAIT AND AUTOGRAPH OF CHARLES H.-From a print after the painting by Sir Peter Lely . • • • • • 44 PORTRAIT OF EDWARD HYDE, EARL OF CLARENDON.-From a line engraving by M. Berg after the painting by Sir Peter Lely.
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