Excerpt from Cassell's History of the United States, Vol. 1 Despatch of J ohn Winthrop the Younger to England, to solicit a Royal Charter for Connecticut - Grant by Charles II. Of an Ample Patent - Liberal Terms of that Document - Character of the Second John Winthrop - Absorption of New Haven into Connecticut - Questionable Conduct of Winthrop - Opposition of New Haven to the Proposed Incorporation - The Union finally effected Happy Condition of Connecticut - Claims of Rhode Island - Proceedings of its Agent in England - Grant of a Charter with very extensive Privileges - Provision in favour of Religious Toleration - Exception as regards the Roman Catholics - The Exception annulled at a later date - Despatch of Agents from Massachusetts to england letter of Charles II. To the Massachusetts Colony - Stipulations of the King on behalf of Liberty of conscience death of the Rev. John Norton - Proceedings of the General Court with reference to the King's Letter - The American Policy of Charles 11. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.