The Andros Tracts: Being a Collection of Pamphlets and Official Papers, Issued During the Period Between the Overthrow of the Andros Government and the Establishment of the Second Charter of Massachusetts. Volume II
Reprinted from Original Editions and Manuscripts. With Notes Upon the Grant of the Second Charter. By W. H. Whitmore.
- Hardcover
- Boston: Prince Society, 1869
Boston: Prince Society, 1869. Limited Edition. Hardcover. Poor. Octavo. [1], xxxiv, [1], 346 pages, [1]. Reddish marbled paper covered boards with red leather corners and spine. Gilt title on the spine. Reddish marbled end papers. This is volume II only. It is a collection of various works including: Increase Mather, The Agent of Massachusetts; The People's Right to Election Or Alteration of Government in Connecticott (Connecticut), Argued in a Letter. By Gershom Buckley, Esq. and several more. The rear board is detached. Front joint is rubbed and cracked. Leather dry, cracked and chipped head of the spine. Corners are rubbed and worn. Rear marbled end sheet is chipped. Interior contents clean and unmarked. From wikipedia:
The 1689 Boston revolt was a popular uprising on April 18, 1689 against the rule of Sir Edmund Andros, the governor of the Dominion of New England. A well-organized "mob" of provincial militia and citizens formed in the town of Boston, the capital of the dominion, and arrested dominion officials. Members of the Church of England were also taken into custody if they were believed to sympathize with the administration of the dominion. Neither faction sustained casualties during the revolt. Leaders of the former Massachusetts Bay Colony then reclaimed control of the government. In other colonies, members of governments displaced by the dominion were returned to power.
Andros was commissioned governor of New England in 1686. He had earned the enmity of the local populace by enforcing the restrictive Navigation Acts, denying the validity of existing land titles, restricting town meetings, and appointing unpopular regular officers to lead colonial militia, among other actions. Furthermore, he had infuriated Puritans in Boston by promoting the Church of England, which was rejected by many nonconformist New England colonists.
The 1689 Boston revolt was a popular uprising on April 18, 1689 against the rule of Sir Edmund Andros, the governor of the Dominion of New England. A well-organized "mob" of provincial militia and citizens formed in the town of Boston, the capital of the dominion, and arrested dominion officials. Members of the Church of England were also taken into custody if they were believed to sympathize with the administration of the dominion. Neither faction sustained casualties during the revolt. Leaders of the former Massachusetts Bay Colony then reclaimed control of the government. In other colonies, members of governments displaced by the dominion were returned to power.
Andros was commissioned governor of New England in 1686. He had earned the enmity of the local populace by enforcing the restrictive Navigation Acts, denying the validity of existing land titles, restricting town meetings, and appointing unpopular regular officers to lead colonial militia, among other actions. Furthermore, he had infuriated Puritans in Boston by promoting the Church of England, which was rejected by many nonconformist New England colonists.
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Title
The Andros Tracts: Being a Collection of Pamphlets and Official Papers, Issued During the Period Between the Overthrow of the Andros Government and the Establishment of the Second Charter of Massachusetts. Volume II
Author
Whitmore, William H. (Committee of Publication)
Binding
Hardcover
Condition
Poor
Publisher
Prince Society: Boston
Date
1869
Edition
Limited Edition