| 1826 - 414 páginas
...Massachusetts, May, 1631, it was ordered " that no man should be admitted to the freedom of this Commonwealth, but such as are members of some of the churches, within the limits of this jurisdiction." And this was the law till 1664. None but freemen were allowed to hold any office.... | |
| William Lincoln, Christopher Columbus Baldwin - 1826 - 906 páginas
...May, 1631, it was ordered ' • that no man should be admitted to the freedom of this Commonwealth, but such as are members of some of the churches, •within the limits of this jurisdiction." And this was the law till 1664. None bat freemen were allowed to hold any office.... | |
| Joseph Willard - 1826 - 98 páginas
...Massachusetts, May, 1631, it was ordered " that uo man should be admitted to the freedom of this Commonwealth, but such as are members of some of the churches, within the limits of this jurisdiction." And this was the law till 1664. None but freemen were allowed to hold any office.... | |
| George Bancroft - 1834 - 530 páginas
...law of still greater moment, pregnant with evil and with good, was at the same time established. " To the end the body of the commons may be preserved...some of the churches within the limits of the same." The principle of universal suffrage was the usage of Virginia; Massachusetts, resting for its defence... | |
| George Bancroft - 1834 - 532 páginas
...law of still greater moment, pregnant with evil and with good, was at the same time established. " To the end the body of the commons may be preserved...some of the churches within the limits of the same." The principle of universal suffrage was the usage of Virginia ; Massachusetts, resting for its defence... | |
| George Bancroft - 1839 - 506 páginas
...law of still greater moment, pregnant with evil and with good, was at the same time established. " To the end the body of the commons may be preserved...some of the churches within the limits of the same." Thus was the elective franchise narrowed. The polity was a sort of theocracy; God himself was to govern... | |
| 1840 - 494 páginas
...— It is ordained, that henceforth, no men shall be admitted to the freedom of this commonwealth, but such as are members of some of the churches within the limits of this jurisdiction." Two years after this, the Rev. John Cotton came over — being expelled from his... | |
| George Bancroft - 1841 - 368 páginas
...law of still greater moment, pregnant with evil and with good, was at the same time established. " To the end the body of the commons may be preserved...some of .the churches within the limits of the same." Thus was the elective franchise narrowed. The polity was a sort of theocracy ; God himself was to govern... | |
| George Bancroft - 1844 - 514 páginas
...law of still greater moment, pregnant with evil and with good, was at the same time established. " To the end the body of the commons may be preserved...some of the churches within the limits of the same." Thus was the elective franchise narrowed. The polity was a sort of theocracy ; God himself was to govern... | |
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