History And Description Of New England New Hampshire

Author : Austin Jacobs Coolidge
Publisher : Forgotten Books
ISBN 13 : 9781333618155
Total Pages : 362 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (181 download)

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Download or read book History and Description of New England, New Hampshire (Classic Reprint) written by Austin Jacobs Coolidge and published by Forgotten Books. This book was released on 2016-09-16 with total page 362 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from History and Description of New England, New Hampshire In 1660, Robert Tufton, a grandson of Captain John Mason, had his surname changed to Mason, and laid before King Charles a petition for the recovery of' the vast possessions of his ancestor, in which he preferred charges of usurpation against lviassachusetts.1 The king took favorable notice of it, and referred it to his attorney-general, Sir Geoffrey Palmer, who reported that Robert Mason, grandson and heir to Captain John Mason, had a good and legal title to the province of New Hampsliirefiz Nothing further was done about the matter, and in 1675, when. The colony was laboring under severe distresses from the war with Philip, Mason again petitioned the king to have his property restored, who referred the petition to Sir William Jones, the attorney general; and he, like his predecessor, gave a favorable opinion of the claim. In June, 1676, Edward Randolph, a kinsman of Mason, arrived at Boston, with a letter from the Privy Council, requiring Massachusetts to send over agents, within six months, to answer to the complaints of usurpation made against them by the heirs of Mason and Gorges; and William Stoughton and Peter Bulkley were appointed, in September, to act in that capacity. Accordingly, a hearing was had, in 1677, before the Lords Chief Justices of the King's Bench and Common Pleas, who de cided that Massachusetts had no right of jurisdiction over New Hamp shire and though they (lid not give an opinion as to Mason's claim to the soil, they denied his right of government over the territory. It was de cided also that Portsmouth, Dover, Exeter, and Hampton3 were without the bounds of Massachusetts. The attorney-general also reversed his previous opinion, - stating that no court in England had cognizance of the case, and that it could only be tried in the section of country in which the lands were situated. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.