IV. Virginia under the Liberal Company, 1619-1624

23. Rules of the Virginia Company (1619); from Force's Historical Tracts 51

24. An "Order" of the Company authorizing temporary self-government in its plantations (February 2/12, 1619/1620); from Susan Kingsbury's Records of the Virginia Company of London 53

25. Records of the Assembly of 1619; from Wynne and Gilman's Colonial Records of Virginia 53

26. The "Declaration" by the Company (drawn by Sandys), June 22/July 2, 1620, justifying the liberal management; from Susan Kingsbury's Records of the Virginia Company of London 63

27. The Ordinance of 1621,--a grant of limited self-government by the Company to the settlers, with authorization of a representative Assembly; from the Appendix to Stith's History of Virginia 70

28. Attempts by King James to control the elections in the Company in favor of the "court party" in 1620 and 1622; from Susan Kingsbury's Records of the Virginia Company of London 73

V. Virginia a Royal Province: Struggle to save the Assembly

29. Royal Commission to Governor Wyatt and his Council (1624), ignoring the Assembly; from Hazard's State Papers 80

30. Royal commission to Governor Yeardley (1625), to like purpose; from Hazard's State Papers 82

31. Protests in the Colony:

a. The Assembly's precautionary "bill of rights," with statement of the principle, "No taxation without representation" (three laws from the session of March, 1624); from Hening's Statutes at Large 83

b. Requests from the colony for aid, and, indirectly, for an Assembly:

1. Letter from the Governor and Council to the Special Commission in England (April, 1626); from the Aspinwall Papers, in Massachusetts Historical Society Collections 84

2. Letter from the same to the same (May, 1626); from the _Virginia Magazine of History_ 85

32. Restoration of the Assembly by royal authority (1629):

a. Captain Harvey's "Propositions" (after appointment as governor); ib. 86

b. The King's answer to the same; ib. 86

c. Royal instructions to Governor Berkeley (1641); ib. 87

33. Virginian legislation, financial and moral; from Hening's Statutes at Large 87

VI. Virginia under the Commonwealth

34. Terms of settlement between Parliamentary Commissioners and the Assembly (1652); from Hening's Statutes at Large 90

35. Legislation restricting the franchise, and restoring it to the old basis; ib. 92

VII. Maryland to 1660

36. Lord Baltimore's letter to Charles I (1629), describing the hardships of the Avalon colony and asking for a grant in "Virginia"; from Scharf's History of Maryland 93

37. The Maryland charter of 1632; from Bacon's Laws of Maryland 94

38. Extracts from the Avalon charter of 1623 (with comparison with the Maryland grant); from Scharf's History of Maryland 99

39. Excursus: Extracts from the Plowden grant of New Albion of 1634, and the Gorges grant of Maine of 1639 (for comparison with the foregoing, in tracing the development of royal approval of representative institutions in the colonies); the documents from Hazard's State Papers 100

40. The "Toleration Act" of 1649; from the Maryland Archives 102

B. NEW ENGLAND TO 1660

VIII. An Early Exploration

41. Captain George Weymouth's "True Relation" of his voyage in 1605 to the coast of Maine; from the Massachusetts Historical Society Collections 106

IX. The First Source of New England Land Titles

42. The charter of 1620 for the Plymouth Council (sometimes called the Council for New England); from Hazard's State Papers 109

X. Plymouth Colony

43. Negotiations between the Pilgrims and the Virginia Company for the Wincob charter: Cushman's letter explaining the delay; from Bradford's Plymouth Plantation 113

44. Articles of Partnership between Pilgrims and London merchants; ib. 114

45. The "farewell letter" from Pastor Robinson: the Pilgrims a "body politic" with power of self-government; ib. 116

46. The Mayflower Compact; ib.; with addendum--The Exeter Agreement; from Hazard's State Papers 116

47. The Peirce charter of June, 1621, from the New England Council; from the Massachusetts Historical Society Collections 118

48. Early history and hardships:[2]

a. Edward Winslow's letter of December, 1621, to a friend in England; from Arber's Story of the Pilgrim Fathers 120

b. Captain John Smith's account, in 1624; Works 122

49. The final source of Plymouth land titles:

a. Bradford's Patent of 1630; from Hazard's State Papers 124

b. Bradford's surrender of the same to the colony; ib. 126

50. Extracts from the "Fundamental Laws" of 1636; ib. 127

XI. The Founding of Massachusetts Bay

51. The Gorges claim:

a. The charter from the New England Council to Robert Gorges (1622); from Sir Ferdinando Gorges' "Briefe Narration," in Hazard's State Papers 129

b. The Gorges expedition of 1623; ib., in Massachusetts Historical Society Collections 131

52. The founding of Salem and Charlestown: White's "Relation" (1630); from Young's Massachusetts Chronicles 132

53. The Massachusetts Company's charter of 1629; from the Records of the Governor and Company of Massachusetts Bay, edited by Nathaniel Shurtleff (usually quoted here as the Massachusetts Colonial Records) 137

54. The docket of the above charter, as it was presented for royal approval (showing the King's expectation that the charter was to remain in England); from the Massachusetts Historical Society Proceedings for 1869-1870 144

55. Excursus: discussion of the original intention of the grantees in the Massachusetts charter as to removing to America, with illuminating extracts from the "Charter of the Company of Westminster for the Plantation of Providence Isle"; (the document from the manuscript in British Record Office) 146

56. Agreement between the Massachusetts Company in England and the Rev. Francis Higginson, on his removal to America; from Young's Chronicles of Massachusetts 148

57. Establishment of a subordinate government in the colony (April, 1629), by order of the Company in England; from the Massachusetts Colonial Records 150

XII. The Colony Becomes Puritan

58. The decision to transfer the government and charter to the colony:

a. The first official proposal, by Governor Cradock, at a meeting of the Company in London (July 28, 1629); from the Massachusetts Colonial Records 153

b. The Cambridge Agreement; from Young's Chronicles of Massachusetts 154

c. The final decision by the Company; from the Colonial Records 156

59. Decision of Puritan gentlemen to settle in the colony:

a. John Winthrop's argument for a Puritan colony; from Winthrop's Life and Letters of John Winthrop 157

b. Winthrop's reasons for himself coming to America; ib. 159

c. The decision of John Winthrop, Jr.; ib. 160

d. Higginson's "News from New England"; from Young's Chronicles of Massachusetts 161

60. The attitude of the early Puritan colonists toward the Church of England:

a. Winthrop's farewell letter to the Church of England; Life and Letters 162

b. Captain John Smith's opinion of the Puritans in 1630 (not Separatists); from Smith's Works 164

61. Political principles of the Puritan leaders (distrust of democracy): illustrated by extracts from Calvin's Institutes 164

62. Early hardships and religious tendencies:

a. From Winthrop's History of New England, 1630-1631 168

b. From Winthrop's letters to his wife; Life and Letters 171

c. From Thomas Dudley's letter to the Countess of Lincoln (1631); from Young's Chronicles of Massachusetts 174

XIII. Development of Democracy