Mary Dyer of Rhode Island; The Quaker Martyr That Was Hanged on Boston Common, June 1, 1660 (Paperback)

Purchase of this book includes free trial access to www.million-books.com where you can read more than a million books for free. This is an OCR edition with typos. Excerpt from book: APPENDIX I Letter from the Commissioners of the United Colonies to Rhode Island, concerning the Quakers. The Commissioners being Informed that divers quakers are arrived this summer att Road Hand, and entertained there which may prove dangerous to the Collonies, thought meet to manifest theire minds to the Governor there as followeth: Gent: Wee suppose you have understood that the last yeare a companie of quakers arived att Boston upon noe other account than to desperse theire pernisiouse opinions had they not bene prevented by the prudent care of that Goverment, whoe by that experience they had of them being sencable of the Danger that might beefale the Christian Religion heer proffessed, by suffering such to bee Received or continued in the Countrey, presented the same unto the Comissioners att theire meetinge att Plymouth whoe upon that occation comended it to the generall courts of the united Collonies, that all quakers, Rantors, and such notorious heretiques might bee prohibited coming among us and that if such should arise from amongst ourselves speedy care might bee taken to Remove them (and as wee are Informed) the severall Jurisdictions have made provision accordingly; but it is by experience found that means will fall short without further care by Reason of youer Ad- mition and Receiveing of such from whence they may have oppertunitie. to creep in amongst us or meanes to enfuse and spred theire Accursed tenates to the great trouble of the Collonies if not to the subversion of the lawes] professed in them; Notwithstanding any care that hath been hithertotaken to prevent the same whereof wee cannot but bee very sencable and thinke noe care to great to preserve us from such a pest the Contagion whereof (if Received) within youer Collonie were dangerous...