Entered according to Act of Congress, in the year 1875, by

JOHN GORHAM PALFREY,

In the Office of the Librarian of Congress, at Washington.

Cambridge:

Press of John Wilson and Son.

OF

NEW ENGLAND

FROM THE

REVOLUTION OF THE SEVENTEENTH
CENTURY.

BY

JOHN GORHAM PALFREY.

Moribus antiquis res stat Romana virisque.

-ENNIUS, apud Cic. de Rep. V. 1.

BOSTON:

LITTLE, BROWN, AND COMPANY.
1875.

Entered according to Act of Congress, in the year 1875, by

JOHN GORHAM PALFREY,

In the Office of the Librarian of Congress, at Washington.

Cambridge.

Press of John Wilson and Son.