Chapter 5 No.5

Government of Massachusetts Bay and other Colonies during twenty years, under

Charles the Second, from 1660 to 1680. 130-203

Restoration; the news of it was received with joy in the Colonies, except in Massachusetts Bay, where

false rumours were circulated alone 130

Change of tone and professions at Massachusetts Bay on the confirmation of the news of the King's

restoration and firm establishment on the throne; John Eliot, Indian apostle, censured for what he had

been praised 131

When and under what circumstances the Massachusetts Bay Government proclaimed the King, and

addressed him; the address (in a note) 132

Remarks on this address, and its contrariety to the address to Cromwell ten years before 133

The King's kind letter addressed to Governor Endicot (in a note) 135

The Massachusetts Court's "ecstasy of joy" at the King's letter, and reply to it 135

The King enjoins ceasing to persecute the Quakers: how answered (in a note) 137

Petitions and representations to the King from Episcopalians, Presbyterians, Baptists, &c., in

Massachusetts Bay, on their persecutions and disfranchisement by the local Government 137

The King's Puritan Councillors, and kindly feelings for the Colony of Massachusetts Bay 138

The King's letter of pardon and oblivion, June 28, 1662 (in a note), of the past misdeeds of the

Massachusetts Bay Government, and the six conditions on which he promised to continue the Charter 139

The King's oblivion of the past and promised continuance of the Charter for the future joyfully

proclaimed; but the publication of the letter withheld, and when the publication of it could be withheld

no longer, all action on the royal conditions of toleration, &c., prescribed, was ordered by the local

Government to be suspended until the order of the Court 141

Messrs. Bradstreet and Norton, sent as agents to England to answer complaints, are favourably received;

are first thanked and then censured at Boston; Norton dies of grief 142

On account of the complaints and representations made to England, the King in Council determines

upon the appointment of a Commission to inquire into the matters complained of in the New England

Colonies, and to remedy what was wrong 145

Slanderous rumours circulated in Massachusetts against the Commission and Commissioners 146

Copy of the Royal Commission (in a note), explaining the reasons and objects of it 147

All the New England Colonies, except Massachusetts Bay, duly receive the Royal Commissioners; their

report on Connecticut, Rhode Island, and New Plymouth (in a note) 148

Report of the Royal Commissioners on the Colony of Massachusetts Bay (in a note); difference from the

other Colonies; twenty anomalies in its laws inconsistent with its Charter; evades the conditions of the

promised continuance of the Charter; denies the King's jurisdiction 149

They address the King, and enclose copies of their address, with letters, to Lord Chancellor Clarendon,

the Earl of Manchester, Lord Say, and the Honourable Robert Boyle 152

The United Empire Loyalists the true Liberals of that day 152

Copy of the long and characteristic address of the Massachusetts Bay Court to the King, October 25,

1664 (with notes) 153

Letters of Lord Clarendon and the Honourable Robert Boyle to the Massachusetts Bay Court, in reply to

their letters, and on their address to the King; pretensions and conduct 160

Conduct and pretensions of the Massachusetts Bay Court condemned and exposed by loyalist inhabitants

of Boston, Salem, Newbury, and Ipswich, in a petition 163

The King's reply to the long address or petition of the Massachusetts Bay Court, dated February 25,

1665, correcting their misstatements, and showing the groundlessness of their pretended fears and

actual pretensions 166

The King's kind and courteous letter without effect upon the Massachusetts Bay Court, who refuse to

acknowledge the Royal Commissioners; second and more decisive letter from the King, April, 1666 169

Retrospect of the transactions between the two Charleses and the Massachusetts Bay Court from

1630 to 1666, with extracts of correspondence 171

Royal Charters to Connecticut and Rhode Island, in 1663, with remarks upon them by Judge Story

(in a note) 172

The narrative of the discussion of questions between Charles the Second and the Massachusetts Bay

Court resumed; summary of facts; questions at issue 178

On receiving the report of his Commissioners, who had been rejected by the Massachusetts Bay Court,

the King orders agents to be sent to England to answer before the King in Council to the complaints

made against the Government of the Colony 179

Meetings and proceedings of the Massachusetts Bay Court on the Royal Message; their address of

vindication and entreaty to the King; and instead of sending agents, send two large masts, and resolve to

send ￡1,000 to propitiate the King 180

Loyalists in the Court and among the people, who maintain the Royal authority 182

Complaints a pretext to perpetuate sectarian rule and persecutions 183

Baptists persecuted by fine, imprisonment, &c., as late as 1666 and 1669

(extract of Court proceedings in a note), several years after the King had forbidden such intolerance in Massachusetts 184

Statements of Hutchinson and Neal in regard to such persecutions, and remonstrances by the

Rev. Drs. Owen and T. Goodwin, and other Nonconformist ministers in England 185

Efforts by addresses, gifts, and compliance in some matters, to propitiate the King's favour 186

Why the King desists for some years from further action 187

Complaints from neighbouring Colonists and individual citizens, of invasion of rights, and persecutions

and proscriptions by the Massachusetts Bay Government, awaken at last the renewed attention of the

King's Government to their proceedings; and the King addresses another letter, July, 1679

(copy of the letter in a note) 187

Seven requirements of this letter just and reasonable, and observed by all British Colonies at this day 188

Remarks on the unfair statements and unjust imputations against the British Government of that day, by

Mr. Palfrey and other New England historians 190

Nineteen years' evasions and disregard of the conditions on which the King promised to perpetuate the

Charter; strong and decisive letter from the King, September, 1680, to the Massachusetts Bay Court,

which caused a special meeting of the Court, the sending of agents to England, and the passing of some

remedial Acts 193

Examples and proofs of the deceptive character of these Acts, with measures to neutralize or prevent

them from being carried intoeffect-such as the Navigation Act, Oath of Allegiance, the Franchise,

Liberty of Worship, and Persecution of Baptists and Quakers 195

Recapitulation; manner of extending the territory and jurisdiction, so as to include Maine, part of

New Hampshire, &c. (in a note); Mr. Bancroft's statement, confirming the positions of this and

preceding chapters as to the pretensions and conduct of the Massachusetts Bay Government 200