1639. A very sharp Winter in New-England.
1642. Harvard College Founded with a publick Library.
Ministers bred in New-England, and (excepting about 10,) in Harvard College 132; of which dyed in the Country 10; now living 81; removed to England 41.
1643. The first combination of the Four United Colonies, viz. Plymouth, Massachusets, Connecticut, and New-Haven.
{110} 1646. The second Synod at Cambridge, touching the duty and power of Majestrates in matters of Religion: Secondly, the nature and power of Synods.
Mr. Eliot first Preached to the Indians in their Native Language.
1647. Mr. Thomas Hooker Died.
1648. The third Synod at Cambridge, publishing the Platform of Discipline.
1649. Mr. John Winthorpe Governour, now Died.
This Year a strange multitude of Caterpillers in New-England.[295]