The Early Jurisprudence of New Hampshire: An Address Delivered at the Annual Meeting of the N.H. Historical Society, June 13, 1883 |
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... Portsmouth , Edward Gove was in- dicted for high treason against the king's authority in New Hampshire . He was a fanatical , half drunken , and more than half crazy zealot . zealot . On February 2 , 1682 , he was arraigned , and the ...
... Portsmouth , Edward Gove was in- dicted for high treason against the king's authority in New Hampshire . He was a fanatical , half drunken , and more than half crazy zealot . zealot . On February 2 , 1682 , he was arraigned , and the ...
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... Portsmouth and Dover are commonly said to have been set- tled about 1623 , although tradition assigns an earlier date for the advent of a few of those hardy , daring , and adventurous spirits who flock to an exposed outpost on the ...
... Portsmouth and Dover are commonly said to have been set- tled about 1623 , although tradition assigns an earlier date for the advent of a few of those hardy , daring , and adventurous spirits who flock to an exposed outpost on the ...
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... Portsmouth , but that little tends strongly to show that they did what on the whole was deemed best for the common welfare , without regard to the laws of England or any other law . In a word , they gov- erned themselves . After the ...
... Portsmouth , but that little tends strongly to show that they did what on the whole was deemed best for the common welfare , without regard to the laws of England or any other law . In a word , they gov- erned themselves . After the ...
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... Portsmouth . They came here to do business and make money . It was no purpose of theirs to found a commonwealth of saints , build up a religious aristocracy , or to banish from their borders any one for a dif- ference in matters of ...
... Portsmouth . They came here to do business and make money . It was no purpose of theirs to found a commonwealth of saints , build up a religious aristocracy , or to banish from their borders any one for a dif- ference in matters of ...
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... Portsmouth upon a different basis . On April 14 , 1641 , a species of tripartite treaty was entered into between them , as independent nations might , by which Massachusetts was to have " jurisdiction of government of the said people ...
... Portsmouth upon a different basis . On April 14 , 1641 , a species of tripartite treaty was entered into between them , as independent nations might , by which Massachusetts was to have " jurisdiction of government of the said people ...
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Page 4 - ... it is therefore ordered by this court and the authority thereof, that the...
Page 11 - ... or equity of some express law of the country warranting the same, established by a general court, and sufficiently published ; or in case of the defect of a law, in any particular case, by the Word of God.
Page 4 - Court and the authority thereof that whosoever shall be found observing any such day as Christmas or the like, either by forbearing of labour, feasting or any other way, upon any such accounts as aforesaid, every such person so offending shall pay for every such offence five shillings, as a fine to the county.
Page 10 - No man's life shall be taken away, no man's honor or good name shall be stained, no man's person shall be arrested, restrained, banished, dismembered, nor...
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Page 25 - Majesty's name, to take these vagabond Quakers, Anna Coleman, Mary Tompkins and Alice Ambrose, and make them fast to the cart's tail ; and drawing the cart through your several towns, to whip them upon their naked backs, not exceeding ten stripes apiece on each of them, in each town ; and so convey them from constable to constable till they are out of this jurisdiction, as you will answer it at your peril ; and this shall be your warrant.
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Page 81 - If a man have a stubborn and rebellious son, which will not obey the voice of his father, or the voice of his mother, and that, when they have chastened him, will not hearken unto them: then shall his father and his mother lay hold on him and bring him out unto the elders of his city, and unto the gate of his place; and they shall say unto the elders of his city, This our son is stubborn and rebellious, he will not obey our voice ; he is a glutton, and a drunkard.