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them (in a note) 100
Mr. Palfrey's statements in regard to what he calls the "Presbyterian
Cabal," and remarks upon them 103
Petition of the Massachusetts Bay Court to the Long Parliament in
1651; two addresses to Cromwell--the one in 1651, the other in 1654
108
Remarks on these addresses 110
The famous Navigation Act, passed by the Long Parliament in 1651,
oppressive to the Southern Colonies, but regularly evaded in
Massachusetts Bay by collusion with Cromwell 111
Intolerance and persecutions of Presbyterians, Baptists, &c., by the
Massachusetts Bay rulers, from 1643 to 1651 112
Letters of remonstrance against these persecutions by the distinguished

Puritans, Sir Henry Vane and Sir Richard Saltonstall 116
Mr. Neal on the same subject (in a note) 120
The Rev. Messrs. Wilson and Norton instigate, and the Rev. Mr. Cotton
justifies, these persecutions of the Baptists 120
Summary of the first thirty years of the Massachusetts Bay Government,
and character of its persecuting laws and spirit, by the celebrated
Edmund Burke 122
The death of Cromwell; conduct and professions of the rulers of
Massachusetts Bay in regard to Cromwell and Charles the Second at
his restoration; Scotchmen, fighting on their own soil for their king,
taken prisoners at Dunbar, transported and received as slaves at
Massachusetts Bay 124
CHAPTER V.
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