The three judges: story of the men who beheaded their king . it does seem to us highlyprobable that the last few years of the life ofthis patriot exile were spent in Hartford ; and if so,that he probably also died and was buried there. The date of that event can be given only ap-proximately. GofFes last letter to Dr. Mather wasdated April 2, 1679, and that of Mr. Tilton, alreadycited, July 20 of the same year. These are thelast discoverable traces of him on Weshall not probably err greatly if we assign hisdecease to that or the following year. So, at length, the wanderers reached home
The three judges: story of the men who beheaded their king . it does seem to us highlyprobable that the last few years of the life ofthis patriot exile were spent in Hartford ; and if so,that he probably also died and was buried there. The date of that event can be given only ap-proximately. GofFes last letter to Dr. Mather wasdated April 2, 1679, and that of Mr. Tilton, alreadycited, July 20 of the same year. These are thelast discoverable traces of him on Weshall not probably err greatly if we assign hisdecease to that or the following year. So, at length, the wanderers reached home, theweary were at rest. The malice of their enemies DEATH OF WHALLEY AND GOFFE. 251 could no more molest them, nor the sorrows oftheir friends or the woes fallen upon their belovedcountry disturb their repose. They sleep in thedust of New England, among a people who havebecome great and prosperous under the sway ofthose principles for which they acted and their names and their virtues be cherishedamong us while the nation itself shall CHAPTER XIV DIXWELL.
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