Tag: Portsmouth Compact
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New England Genes: Anne Marbury Hutchinson Part 4: If You Can’t Join ’em, Beat ’em: The Founding of Portsmouth, featuring John Coggeshall
As a Magistrate of Boston, William Coddington was forced to take part in the trial of Anne Hutchinson. He defended her as best he could, but Coddington could see the writing was already on the wall, so he tried shaming Anne’s accusers. Shaming the court was a dangerous tactic, and ineffective, but perhaps Coddington knew…