The Trial of Anne Hutchinson Oct 4, 2009
Anne Hutchinson's emphasis on the covenant of grace threatened the leadership of the Massachusetts Commonwealth as it attempted to organize the colony. In the annals of early colonial history, few women have been held up as champions of women s rights and free speech as Anne Hutchinson ... This was Anne Hutchinson single greatest sin. (Suite101.com)
'We the people' Sep 21, 2009
" Remember that this was the Age of Enlightenment. In this Enlightenment world, they believed that all things could be broken down to natural laws and that we derive our rights, privileges, and responsibilities from those laws. That is how Jefferson comes to the conclusion that we have some "inalienable" rights. Did you know that Jefferson rewrote the Bible? Ask yourself, if he thought that the words in it were "God breathed" and "infallable," why would he do something like that? The Pilgrims... (Park Hills Daily Journal, MO)
HINGHAM WEDDING: Freytag Sheehan Sep 14, 2009
The bridesmaids were Marcia Flaherty, Anne Hutchinson Norman, Andrea Messmer Doton, and Kristin Leahey. The bridegroom s brother, Patrick Freytag, served as his best man. (Hingham Journal, MA)
The New England Earthquake of 1638 Jun 27, 2009
Anne Hutchinson wrote, The course of it was from west to east. It shook the ships, threw down the tops of chimnies, and rattled the pewter from the shelves. (Suite101.com)
Following Boston's other historic trail Apr 20, 2009
The Old Corner Bookstore (site seven), now a jewelry store, was originally the home of Anne Hutchinson, who was banished from Massachusetts for leading Bible meetings. Later the building housed Ticknor and Fields, publishers of, among others, Harriet Beecher Stowe and Henry Wadsworth Longfellow. (Boston Globe)
New round starts in old R.I. bridge-naming fight Mar 1, 2009
Representative Amy Rice of Portsmouth wants it named for Anne Hutchinson, the colonial religious dissident who settled part of Rhode Island, while a fellow lawmaker thinks it should carry the name of a local soldier killed in Iraq. In past years, Rice's bill has been amended against her wishes to include the name of a Revolutionary War hero and vetoed last year by Governor Don Carcieri, who said he would form a blue-ribbon committee to decide the issue. (Boston Globe)
