Half-way Covenant.
An agreement between Connecticut and Massachusetts, recommended for the acceptance of Plymouth and New Haven in 1662. It somewhat mitigated the ultra-stringent conditions of Church membership then obtaining, whence it was derisively called the Half-way Covenant by the extreme Puritan party.
Halifax Fishery Commission.
A commission appointed in 1877 to assess the compensation to be awarded to the British-American Colonies, in return for the recognition of American fishing rights in Colonial waters. Canada was awarded four and a half million dollars, and Newfoundland a million.
Hammer of England.
The sobriquet of Sir William Wallace (1270-1305).
Hammer of Scotland.
On the tomb of Edward I was inscribed “Edwardus Longus, Scotorum Malleus hic est.”
Hampton Court Conference.
A conference held in 1604 between the Bishops and the Puritans, to consider the Millenary Petition. It ended in the complete triumph of the High Church party.