...the Civil Compact in which the signers declared, "We do promise to subject ourselves in active and passive obedience to all such orders or agreements...body, in an orderly way, by the major assent of the inhabitants, etc." "It will then appear that from the very outset, and when he was a young man (about...

...are here under-written, being desirous to inhabit in the town «>{ Providence, do promise to submit ourselves, in active or passive obedience, to all...good of the body, in an orderly way, by the major consent of the present inhabitants, masters of families, incorporated together into a township, and...

...organization, until four years later. The agreement was merely to yield obedience to such orders " as shall be made for public good of the body in an orderly way, by the major consent of the pres1 Williams's answer to the charges of Harris, in Rider, Rhode Island Tracts, No....

...no organization, until four years later. The agreement was merely to yield obedience to such orders "as shall be made for public good of the body in an orderly way, by the major consent of the pres1 Williams's answer to the charges of Harris, in Rider, Rhode Island Tracts, No....

...hereunder, desirous to inhabit in the town of Providence, do promise to subject ourselves in active and passive obedience to all such orders or agreements...public good of the body in an orderly way, by the major consent of present inhabitants, masters of families, incorporated together in a Towne fellowship, and...

...organization, until four years later. The agreement was merely to yield obedience to such orders " as shall be made for public good of the body in an orderly way, by the major consent of the pres1 Williams's answer to the charges of Harris, in Rider, Rhode Island Tracts, N0....

...all new comers promised " to submit themselves in active or passive obedienec to all such orders and agreements as shall be made for public good of the body, in an orderly way, by *The three elders were Nicholas Easton, John Coggeshall, and William Brenton. f The six gentlemen were W....

...his conscience." They also signed a simple statement saying "we do promise to subject ourselves ... to all such orders or agreements as shall be made...public good of the body in an orderly way by the major consent," but "only in civil things." 9 However, town meeting majorities can govern effectively only...

...names are hereunder written, being desirous to inhabit in the town of Providence, do promise to submit ourselves, in active or passive obedience, to all...good of the body, in an orderly way, by the major consent of the present inhabitants, masters of families incorporated together into a township, and...

...to submit "in active and passive obedience to all such orders or agreements as shall be made for the public good of the body in an orderly way, by the major consent of the present inhabitants . . . and others whom they shall admit unto them only in civil things....