The story of New England, illustrated, being a narrative of the principal events from the arrival of the Pilgrims in 1620 and of the Puritans in 1624 to the present time . by the said overseer, to any person that shallhave any timber, logges, or stones, being without such poleor beacon, the said offender shall (after making recompenseto the person damnified, if any damage happen) forfeit tothe towne for^every day the same offence shall continue, fiveshillings to be levied by distresse. An illustration, in theoriginal handwriting, which shows the quaint style ofchirography of those da3^s, is gi
The story of New England, illustrated, being a narrative of the principal events from the arrival of the Pilgrims in 1620 and of the Puritans in 1624 to the present time . by the said overseer, to any person that shallhave any timber, logges, or stones, being without such poleor beacon, the said offender shall (after making recompenseto the person damnified, if any damage happen) forfeit tothe towne for^every day the same offence shall continue, fiveshillings to be levied by distresse. An illustration, in theoriginal handwriting, which shows the quaint style ofchirography of those da3^s, is given with this. It shows a partof the order as given above, and is particularly interesting asbeing the very first of the official records as given by thePuritan forefathers that is in existence. Orders were giventhis year, 1634, empowering the sale of land by the Gov-ernor and others to newcomers, That the towne allot twoacres to every man able and fit to plant and one acre to everyable youth; that none but the General Court hath power tomake and establish laws, to raise money and taxes; thatfour General Courts should be held each year; that taxes 71 p^SfasessEw;^. should be laid on property; that no trial shall pass uponany for life or banishment, but by a jury summoned by theGeneral Court, that lands granted and not built upon inthree years should be forfeited; that no houses or lands besold or transferred to any newcomer without consent of theassistants. A great movement at this time in England among thefriends of religious liberty sent additions to the colony ofover three thousand persons. The discipline which at thistime was maintained over the colonists was severe in theextreme; offences against ordinances of the General Courtwere punished by fines, setting in the stocks, banishment fromthe colony, and in one case for ^uttering malicious and scan-dalous speeches against the government and the church atSalem, Ratcliffe was fined, had his ears cut off, and wasbanished; Rich
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