Southern New England – 1638-45, image 14 of 19 Signatures of Miantonomo and Canonicus “All these went forth with the God-speeds and good wishers of the brethren of Massachusetts; but not so with the founders of Rhode Island. Roger Williams fled out into the night and the winter’s storm, with the order of the General [...]
Southern New England, 1638-45, image 15 of 19 The Cove, Portsmouth, Rhode Island “Many of these were driven by such persecutions to seek for a new home outside the jurisdiction of Massachusetts. Nearly all of them were of that number who were compelled to give up their arms. ‘I thought it not strange,’ wrote one [...]
Southern New England, 1638-45, image 16 of 19 Governor Coddington of Rhode Island “The purchase was made on the 24th of March 1637-8. The new comers pitched their tents at the northern extremity of the island, at Pocasset, now called Portsmouth, possibly some days before. With a reverential reliance upon the divine support, quite out [...]
Southern New England, 1638-45, image 17 of 19 Entrance to Newport Harbor, Newport, Rhode Island “It is easy to imagine the progress of events. The class to which, under the category of ‘Persons distressed in conscience,’ Roger William suggested that a shelter might be found about Narragansett Bay, is always sure to include some very [...]
Southern New England, 1638-45, image 17 of 19 Coddington’s House, Newport, Rhode Island “Newport was settled by nine of the leading men of Pocasset – or, as it was this year named, Portsmouth – including all its magistrates. Of these, the first who built a house was Nicholas Easton, who, with his two sons, Peter [...]
“For six years, as we have already said, this question of confederation was a topic of anxious discussion. Though so strictly defined and limited, it was only with the utmost caution that the several colonies consented to surrender the rights of self-government even for so obvious a good as a sure protection against their enemies. [...]