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ot" Cradock. In Broad street he served his apprenticesliip ; in 

 8witlieii's Lane was his house when Governor of the New 

 England plantation ; and there he elaborated his great ideas and 

 poured out with lavish liberality his exhaustless treasures, to 

 found in the Avilderness beyond the waters, a future nationality 

 which might rival in wealth and defy in power the oldest gov- 

 ernments of Europe. 



The settlement of Virgina, the Carolinas, New York, New 

 Jersey, New Hampshire and Plymouth, in point of time pre- 

 ceded that of Massachusetts, while Connecticut, Rhode Island, 

 Maryland, Pennsylvania and Delaware followed. The transfev 

 of the government (with the charter,) an idea conceived by 

 Cradock himself, operated powerfully to promote the progress 

 of New England in all the arts which tend to spread civiliza- 

 tion and organize society. This, after all, the crowning act of 

 his life, stands out in bold relief. It brought Winthrop and 

 Saltonstall and Dudley and Nowell and Johnson and other 

 men of mark to our shores. These were the early pioneers and 

 patriots. What a picture the historic limner could produce 

 of this group of worthies ! 



Endicott, who had nobly led the way and joined Conant and 

 others (already here) was also a patriot in the colonial cause. 

 Practically supplanted by Winthrop, he still, though returned to 

 the ranks, served as faithfully in the capacity of assistant, as he 

 had in that of Governor de jure et de facto. He submitted 

 with grace to his year's suspension like a true law-abiding and 

 order-loving citizen. At the end of the year, he was at once 

 restored to the post of assistant, and afterwards many times 

 elected Governor. 



So with Dudley, who was sometime Deputy, then Assistant, 

 then Governor ; then again assistant ; and so with Bellingham, 

 Haynes and others ; — all patriotic and devoted men — true, in 

 all stations and under all circumstances, to the best interests of 

 the Colony and the spread of true religion. No change of de- 

 votion followed any change of position. 



And these were selected and approved men of Cradock. His 



