This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1890 Excerpt: ...in upon him, and to force a reluctant consent. "The maid hath promised him and he her, as I heare, and the young man doubts whether it may be "broken off." In that event the swain will refer the matter " to yourself and 2 other ministers meete to be deciders, when )'ou come from Fairfield, Ct., probably next into the ...
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This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1890 Excerpt: ...in upon him, and to force a reluctant consent. "The maid hath promised him and he her, as I heare, and the young man doubts whether it may be "broken off." In that event the swain will refer the matter " to yourself and 2 other ministers meete to be deciders, when )'ou come from Fairfield, Ct., probably next into the Bay." Probably this dread ordeal was never undergone, for the couple were married a few months after. The whole account is an interesting picture of the social customs prevailing. The solid old Connecticut "planter," prudent and thrifty; the London citizens, the father advancing capital, the brother helping, if his bold generosity will return him half profit; the coy maiden yielding precipitately after being satisfied in the sum she "stood on,"--all these contrasting characters group themselves naively around this altar, and this rising New England home. Behind and beyond all, the Puritan ecclesiastical machinery looms heavily and darkly in the background, ready to crush either parent or child should any inconsiderate impulse cross the hard, iron lines of its conventional administration of social matters. 1640-62. THE CHURCH RULES THE HOME. 221 The next institution to church or meeting in the affections of our people was the school. Dunster, Earl the second president and first efficient adminis-acbooL'trator of Harvard College, was sending out men who could maintain the pulpit, and save from extinction the scholar's torch brought here by Higginson, Cheever, Corlet, and other worthy teachers. Boston had a school in 1635,1 Newport a temporary one in 1640, New Haven and Hartford in 1642,2 Windsor, Ct., probably in 1644. At this time Dedham 3 took the characteristic action which established the common sc...
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