Does Samuel Shattuck relate to Damaris Page/Shattuck...sorry, my memory is a bit shady and I'm away from my home pc. Thanks, Carolyn Chappell Nelson -------------- Original message ---------------------- From: "Mark E. Dixon" <[email protected]> > Oh, religious tolerance exists, but it had to be created. > > Disproportionately, it was the Quakers who created this tolerance. Madison > famously observed that religious liberty was a product of our "multiplicity > of sects," i.e., many different religions. In such an environment, the only > way to protect your own liberty is to protect everyone's liberty. That was > the system pioneered by the Quakers in Pennsylvania. > > Incidentally, the fellow who carried Charles II's order to Boston was Samuel > Shattuck, my 10th-great uncle. > > Mark > > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Robert Burns" <[email protected]> > To: <[email protected]>; <[email protected]> > Sent: Thursday, January 22, 2009 1:02 PM > Subject: Re: [Q-R] QUAKER-ROOTS Digest, Vol 4, Issue 26 > > > > 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 > > > > ------------------------------- > > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > > [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > > quotes in the subject and the body of the message > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes > in the subject and the body of the message