Origin and Settlement of New England§ 52.§ 53.§ 54.§ 55.§ 56.§ 57.§ 58.§ 59.§ 60.
FOOTNOTES
1. Robertson's America, B.10; Marsh. Amer. Col. ch. 3, p. 77, 78; 1 Haz.Coll. 103, 147, 404; 1 Belknap's New-Hampshire, ch 1.
2. Dr. Robertson has justly observed, that not only the idea of toleration, but even the word itself in the sense now affixed to it, was then unknown.* Sir James Mackintosh, a name equally glorious in judicial and ethical philosophy, has remarked, that this giant evil (the suppression of the right of private judgment in matters of religion) had received a mortal wound from Luther, who in his warfare with Rome had struck a blow against all human authority, and unconsciously disclosed to mankind, that they were entitled, or rather bound to form and utter their own opinions and most of all on the most deeply interesting subjects.+
* The whole passage deserves commendation for its catholic spirit. Robertson's America, B.10.
+ Mackintosh's dissertation on the Progress of Ethical Philisophy, (Phila. 1832,) p.36.
3. Robertson's America, B.10; I Belknap's New-Hampshire, ch. 3; l Chalm. Annnls, p.143, 145, 169, 189, 190, 191; 3 Hutch. Hist.42.
4. Belknap's New-Hampshire, ch. 3; 1 Doug. Summ. 369.
5. Morton's Mem. 1 to 30.
6. Robertson's America, B. 10; Marsh. Amer. Col. ch. 3, p. 79, 80; Morton's Mem. 31 to 35.
7. 1 Haz.Coll. 87, 88; Morton's Mem. App. 373.
8. 1 Haz. Coll. 119; Morton's Mem. 37; Marsh. Colon. ch. 3, p. 80; Robertson's America, B.10; 2 Hutch. Hist. 455.
9. Plymouth Laws, (1685); I Haz. Coll. 404, 408.
10. Morton's Mem. 110; Prince's Annals, 225; 2 Hutch. Hist. 463, 465; 1 Haz. Coll. 404, 408, 411, 412.
11. Robertson's America, B. 10; 2 Hutch. Hist. 467; I Haz. Coll. 408, 411, 412,114.
12. 2 Hutch. Hist. 463.
13. Robertson's America, B. 10; 2 Hutch. Hist. 462, 463, 464; Hubbard's Hist. ch. 10, p. 62; Chalmers's Annals, p. 88.
14. 2 Hutch. Hist. 464, 479; 1 Haz. Collec. 298, 404, 468; 1 Chalm. Annals, 97, 98; 1 Holmes' Annals, 201.
15. 1 Haz. Coll. 298, 404.
16. Chalmers says,(l Chalm. Annals,97,) that "this patent was not confirmed by the crown, though the contrary has been affirmed by the colonial historians." See also Marsh. Hist.of the Colonies,ch.3.82, 83.
17. Marsh. Hist. Colon. ch. 3, p 82; I Chalm. Annals, 87, 88, 97.
18. 2 Hutch. Hist. 464, 465, 467; Chalm. Annals, 88.
19. Hutch. Hist. 479, 480; Chalm. Annals, 97, 98.
20. In 1636. See 1 Haz.Coll. 404, 408; Id. 178, Plymouth Colony Laws (edit. 1685;) 1 Haz. Coll. 411, 414, 419.
21. 1 Haz Coll. 473; Plymouth Col. Laws, (1688,) p. 16.
22. More ample information upon all these subjects will be furnished by an examination of the Plymouth Colony Laws, first printed in 1685.
