Friendship As a Factor in the Settlement of Massachusetts.

The article discusses the settlement of Massachusetts and the motives behind exploration and colonization. The author states that the demand for religious liberty and wealth are the two great motives of colonization. The Anglo-Saxon morality and sense of duty is examined. The author details the settlers view of friendship as a similarity of purpose rather than as an emotionally driven factor. Statesman Sir Harry Vane is discussed, including his intellectual disagreements with Massachusetts' settlers. Subjects of the article also include companies owned by colonizers, friendship as a motivator for people leaving England for America, and the colony in Plymouth, Massachusetts.