. The new eclectic history of the United States . CHAPTER VII. MASSACHUSETTS, CONNECTICUT, AND RHODE John Endicott. 89. Salem Colony. —- Eight yearsand more after the settlement atPlymouth, five vessels, hearing twohundred English emigrants, enteredthe harhor of Salem, in Massachu-setts Bay. Their governor, JohnEndicott, had come, a yearbefore, and chosen theplace. The new-comers were Puri-tans, but not Separatists: they be-lieved in the union of Church andState, and the authority of the civil government in matters ofreligion ; but they dropped many of the usages of the Churchof Engla
. The new eclectic history of the United States . CHAPTER VII. MASSACHUSETTS, CONNECTICUT, AND RHODE John Endicott. 89. Salem Colony. —- Eight yearsand more after the settlement atPlymouth, five vessels, hearing twohundred English emigrants, enteredthe harhor of Salem, in Massachu-setts Bay. Their governor, JohnEndicott, had come, a yearbefore, and chosen theplace. The new-comers were Puri-tans, but not Separatists: they be-lieved in the union of Church andState, and the authority of the civil government in matters ofreligion ; but they dropped many of the usages of the Churchof England, and there was little apparent difference betweenthem and their neighbors at Plymouth. 90. The Charter.—The next year seventeen ships brought athousand more emigrants, with horses, cattle, and whatever wasneeded for farming. A royal charter • for all the new settle-ments on Massachusetts Bay gave them leave to make their ownlaws and choose their own rulers, so long as they did nothingcontrary to the laws of England. Among them were men ofwealth, influence, and high education, who, distrusting th
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