So much for the myth of religious tolerance in the Americas. At 12:01 AM 1/22/2009, you wrote: > > ?? Christopher Holder (1631-1688, born and buried near Bristol), has been > > described as ?high-born? and ?highly educated? with ?abundant means? and ? > > kinsmen high in the church?. At 25, in 1656, he arrived in Boston > with a group > > intent upon introducing Quakerism in America. The whole group was > > sent back to England immediately. He returned to America the next > year with > > a Quaker party which succeeded in launching the American mission. He is > > credited with organizing the first Quaker meeting in America, in > Christopher?s > > Hollow, near Sandwich on Cape Cod, and he preached from New England to > > Maryland.? The Boston authorities jailed him several times for > not obeying their > > anti-Quaker laws and in 1658 cut off one of his ears.? He may > have helped finance > > both the 1657 expedition and the 1661 chartered voyage which > carried back the > > king?s order that Boston must stop hanging Quakers ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Robert Burns, Attorney & Counselor at Law California Bar Assn. No. 91489 4877 Voltaire Street P.O.B. 7263 Ocean Beach (San Diego), CA U.S.A. 92167 (619) 223-0441 (voice) (847) 557-1220 (e-Fax) If you do not have eFax Messenger or an eFax Microviewer installed on your PC, download a free copy at http://www.efax.com/en/efax/twa/page/download E-Mail: <[email protected]> TM URL: <http://www.oblaw.com/>http://www.OBLaw.com TM http://www.RobertBurns.biz Over 28 years practicing law. Family Law, Personal Injury Law, Probate Law, and More Major credit cards accepted. The information in this e-mail is confidential and may be legally privileged. It is intended solely for the addressee. If you are not the intended recipient please delete. As Mankind becomes more liberal, they will be more apt to allow that all those who conduct themselves as worthy members of the community are equally entitled to the protections of civil government. I hope ever to see America among the foremost nations of justice and liberality. George Washington. Without Freedom of Thought, there can be no such Thing as Wisdom; and no such Thing as publick Liberty, without Freedom of Speech. Benjamin Franklin Discourage litigation. Persuade your neighbors to compromise whenever you can. Point out to them how the nominal winner is often a real loser--in fees, expenses, and waste of time ... Never stir up litigation. A worse man can scarcely be found than one who does this. Abraham Lincoln. The SDCBA Attorney Code of Conduct can be found at: http://www.sdcba.org/codeofconduct.html