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 . es and overa thousand single men, or those without families; there waslittle of poverty and not a beggar; there were fifteen mer-chants at this time whose estate was valued at about fiftythousand pounds and more than five hundred whose propertywas estimated at least three thousand pounds each. This isnot to be wondered at, for ships were leaving heavily ladenwith the products of these shores and wealth was pouring inupon all
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 . es and overa thousand single men, or those without families; there waslittle of poverty and not a beggar; there were fifteen mer-chants at this time whose estate was valued at about fiftythousand pounds and more than five hundred whose propertywas estimated at least three thousand pounds each. This isnot to be wondered at, for ships were leaving heavily ladenwith the products of these shores and wealth was pouring inupon all. In 1673 there were in operation five iron works,whose principal output was used exclusively by the opulence thus thrust upon them led some to lead a lifethat w^as condemned by many and the church failed, in ameasure, in its control over such. It was in marked contrastto the great strictness maintained under Winthrop in theexecution of the laws when vice and crime were crushedunder both by civil and church authorities. Extortion thenin profit on goods or work was punished severely; a profit ofthirty-three per cent was unholy and a fine on the one guilty. STOCKS was the result. In 1640 the town authorized Edward Palmerto build a pair of stocks, in which violators of the laws mightbe placed. The price which he charged was considered soexcessive that the fathers compelled him to inaugurate themby ordering him to be confined in them for one hour. OneCaptain Stone was sentenced to pay one hundred pounds 97
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