Gorton Party attacked in Masachusetts

A group of men, women, and children run through the water towards a moored rowboat, as those on board help others climb on. Soldiers with guns in the distance chase them. The Gortonites were a party of extreme puritans led by Samuel Gorton, and had refused a summons by the Boston Court for land misdealing, and so soldiers were sent to arrest and retrieve the accused men

1643 Extreme Gorton Moored Puritans Rowboat Summons

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