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On 4 July 1673, "[t]his Court have voted Captain James Cudworth, upon his own desire and the request of sundry others in his behalf, to be" [cont to next page]
 
On 4 July 1673, "[t]his Court have voted Captain James Cudworth, upon his own desire and the request of sundry others in his behalf, to be" [cont to next page]
  
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In late 1659 (or perhaps in early 1660), Cudworth wrote to a correspondent in England, discoursing on political and religious affairs in Plymouth Colony, and particularly about the circumstances of his own fall from power [Scituate Planters 223-27].  "Last election Mr. Hatherly and myself were left off of the bench, and myself discharged of my Captainship, because I had entertained some of the Quakers at my house, thereby that I might be the better acquainted with their principles....  But the Quakers and myself cannot close in diverse things, and so I signified to the Court; but told them withal, that as I was no Quaker, so I would be no persecutor" [Scituate Planters 223-24].  In the latter part of the letter he spoke harshly of the behaviour and character of some of those who still [continued]
 
In late 1659 (or perhaps in early 1660), Cudworth wrote to a correspondent in England, discoursing on political and religious affairs in Plymouth Colony, and particularly about the circumstances of his own fall from power [Scituate Planters 223-27].  "Last election Mr. Hatherly and myself were left off of the bench, and myself discharged of my Captainship, because I had entertained some of the Quakers at my house, thereby that I might be the better acquainted with their principles....  But the Quakers and myself cannot close in diverse things, and so I signified to the Court; but told them withal, that as I was no Quaker, so I would be no persecutor" [Scituate Planters 223-24].  In the latter part of the letter he spoke harshly of the behaviour and character of some of those who still [continued]
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