CONTENTS

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. CONTENTS vii
3. ABBREVIATIONS ix
4. INTRODUCTION 1
5. Chapter 1. Shadows: The Memory of Regicide 11
6. Chapter 2. News: Correspondence and Flying Speech 37
7. Chapter 3. Courts: Articulating Sedition and Loyalty 57
8. Chapter 4. Churches: Fast Days as Communal Discernment 87
9. Chapter 5. Frigates: The Arrival of Royal Commissioners 110
10. Chapter 6. Towns: The Resistance Petitions of 1664–1665 130
11. Chapter 7. Propositions: The Testing of New England 154
12. Chapter 8. Boston: The 1665 Negotiations and the Declaration by Trumpet 181
13. Chapter 9. Borderlands: The Contest over Piscataqua, Maine, and Narragansett 207
14. Chapter 10. Crown: Paths to Divided Sovereignty and Charles II’s Response 231
15. Chapter 11. Impressions: Constitutional Legacies 257
16. CONCLUSION 273
17. NOTES 279
18. INDEX 351
19. ACKNOWLEDGMENTS 363