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An Introduction to the Study of the Con- 

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 Pp. 29. A Puritan Colony in Mary- 

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These essays are, respectively, Nos. 5 

 and 6 of the fourth series of the " Johns 

 Hopkins University Studies in Historical 

 and Political Science." Mr. Jameson's es- 

 say is an endeavor to illustrate the impor- 

 tance of the study of local political move- 

 ments, from those of the town and town- 

 ship to those of the State, in their bearing 

 on the constitutional development of State 

 and national governments. In it, he no- 

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 to insert provisions respecting details, mere 

 temporary elements, into constitutions, as 

 tending to impair the reverence with which 

 those charters ought to be regarded, to 

 lower their authority, and to introduce into 

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der Whittaker, performed the baptismal and 

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 was planted at Norfolk, Virginia, in 1611, 

 and removed thence on account of persecu- 

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 Both leaders came to lands unoccupied, 

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Proceedings of the Davenport Academy 

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The present volume contains a brief 

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