Report on New England, 1676.

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Report on New England, 1676.

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Edward Randolph's "Report on New England to the Privy Council," 1676, was organized into a question and answer format with detailed comments on colonial laws that were contrary to English laws, census reports, military provisions, boundary disputes, lack of cooperation with French neighbors, reasons for Indian troubles and terms of treaties, and aspects of the colony's economy. Also included is Randolph's assessment of repeated violations of the Navigation Acts, church government, and Harvard University business. The report contains a letter to the king describing Randolph's "ungracious" reception by Massachusetts officials, his recommendation for a general government to control the region, and a petition dated 1666 and signed by one hundred colonial requesting officials to cooperate with the king. This appears to be a contemporary manuscript copy of Randolph's report.

1 v. (28 p.) ; folio.

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Harvard University

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Harvard College was founded by a vote of the Great and General Court of Massachusetts on October 28, 1636 that allocated “400£ towards a schoale or colledge.” Subsequent legislative acts established the Board of Overseers, but it was the Charter of 1650 that created the Harvard Corporation as the College's primary governing board and defined its composition and authority. The College Charter became a contentious target for College officials, the Massachusetts Governor and General C...

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Edward Randolph was a royal office holder who spent most of his service in America. He played a role in the revocation of the Massachusetts charter and held several offices within the Dominion of New England. In 1692, Randolph came to Virginia as surveyor-general of customs. He worked tirelessly to shore up the collection of His Majesty's customs. His report on illegal trade in America heavily influenced the Navigation Act of 1696. From the description of An Account of generall thing...