...of the new town, the pastor and elder, &c. assembled the people and delivered their opinions, that it was not safe to pay moneys after that sort, for...§and posterity§ into bondage. Being come before the governour and council, after much debate, they acknowledged their fault, confessing freely, that they...

...of the new town, the pastor and elder, &c. assembled the people and delivered their opinions, that it was not safe to pay moneys after that sort, for...§and posterity§ into bondage. Being come before the governour and council, after much debate, they acknowledged their fault, confessing freely, that they...

...of the new town, the pastor and oider, &c. assembled the people and delivered their opinions, that it was not safe to pay moneys after that sort, for...§and posterity§ into bondage. Being come before the governour and council, after much debate, Jhey acknowledged their fault, confessing freely, that they...

...to be an unjustifiable exercise of power, " assembled the people, and delivered their opinions that it was not safe to pay moneys after that sort, for...of bringing themselves and posterity into bondage." For this resistance they were sum* Before the year 1752, when the new style took place, there was sometimes...

...levying it. Whereupon " the Pastor, Elder, &c., assembled the people, and delivered their opinions, that it was not safe to pay moneys after that sort, for...of bringing themselves and posterity into bondage." The Governor and Assistants summoned the Pastor, &,c. before them, and argued with them, that this...

...deliver'd their opinion, that it was not safe to pay money after that sort, for fear of bringing themselves into bondage, being come before the governor and council,...confessing freely that they were in an error, and made a retraction and submission under their hands, and were injoyned to read it in the assembly the next...

...fortifying that town by a palisade, had occasioned some opposition. The people of Watertown resolved " that it was not safe to pay moneys after that sort, for fear of bringing themselves and their pqsterity into bondage." For this resistance to authority, Feb. they were had up before the magistrates,...

...fortifying that town by a palisade, had occasioned some opposition. The people of Watertown resolved " that it was not safe to pay moneys after that sort, for fear of bringing themselves and their posterity into bondage." For this resistance to authority, Feb. they were had up before the magistrates,...

...magistrates levied the taxes for the whole colony; but, in 1632, the people of Watertown considered that it " was not safe to pay moneys after that sort, for fear of bringing themselves and their posterity into bondage." It was a wholesome and a timely fear. The freemen determined to choose...

...early as 1632, the people of Watertown became dissatisfied when they were assessed their share (£8) of a rate of £60, "ordered for the fortifying of...and made a retractation and submission under their bands, and were enjoined to read it in the assembly the next Lord's day. Tbe ground of their error...