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was loath to forsake them. After much pleading she was finally 

 prevailed upon to leave them. She became reconciled, married 

 John Cole in 1651, and left descendants. 



In commemoration of Anne Hutchinson's massacre the Daugh- 

 ters of American Dames have erected a bronze tablet near the 

 spot where the intrepid Colonists lost their lives, which bears this 

 inscription : 



Anne Hutchinson, banished from the Massachusetts colony 



in 1638 because of her devotion to religious liberty. 

 This courageous woman sought freedom from persecution 



in New Netherland. 



Near this rock in 1643 she and her household were massacred 



by Indians. 



