Uilyam Pips - William Phips - Wikipedia

Ser Uilyam Phips
1-chi Massachusets ko'rfazi provinsiyasining gubernatori
Ofisda 1692 yil 16 may - 1694 yil 17 noyabr
Monarx	Uilyam III va Meri II
Leytenant	Uilyam Stouton
Oldingi	Simon Bredstrit (hokimi sifatida Massachusets ko'rfazidagi koloniya )
Muvaffaqiyatli	Uilyam Stouton (aktyorlik)
Shaxsiy ma'lumotlar
Tug'ilgan	1650/51 yil 2-fevral Nekasset (Vulvich, Men )
O'ldi	1694/95 yil 18-fevral (44 yoshda) London, Angliya Qirolligi
Turmush o'rtoqlar	Meri Spenser Xall (1673 yilda turmushga chiqqan)
Imzo
Taxallus (lar)	Yangi Angliya ritsari

Janob Uilyam Pips (yoki Fipps; 1651 yil 2 fevral - 1695 yil 18 fevral)^{[Izoh 1]} Massachusets shtatidagi koloniyada Meynda tug'ilgan va kamtarin kelib chiqishi, o'qimaganligi va yoshligidan otasiz, ammo cho'pon bolaligidan, kemasoz, kema kapitani va xazina qidiruvchisiga, ritsar bo'lgan birinchi Angliya fuqarosi va birinchi bo'lib gubernator etib tayinlangan Massachusets ko'rfazi viloyati. Pips umrida g'arq bo'lgan ispan galleonidan katta xazina qazib olish bilan mashhur bo'lgan, ammo bugungi kunda shafqatsizlar bilan bog'langan sudni tashkil qilgani uchun eng yaxshi esda qolgan Salem Jodugarning sinovlari u bundan norozi bo'lib, besh oydan keyin muddatidan oldin tarqalib ketishga majbur bo'ldi.

Hayotning boshlang'ich davri

Phips Jeyms va Meri Piplarning o'g'li, Nequassetdagi chegara punktida (hozirgi kunda) tug'ilgan. Vulvich, Men ), og'ziga yaqin joyda Kennebek daryosi,^[1] 1651 yil 2-fevralda.^[2] Bola olti yoshida otasi vafot etdi, onasi esa qo'shnisi va biznes sherigi Jon Uaytga uylandi.^[3] Garchi Paxta yig'uvchi Phipsning biografiyasida u 26 boladan biri ekanligini da'vo qilgan, bu raqam, ehtimol, mubolag'a yoki bolaligidan omon qolmaganlarning ko'pini o'z ichiga olgan. Uning onasi Pipsdan oltita, Uaytdan sakkiz farzand ko'rgani ma'lum.^[4] Uning otasi kambag'al edi, lekin uning ajdodlari qishloq janublaridan kelib chiqqan bo'lishi mumkin Nottingemshir, hech bo'lmaganda texnik jihatdan. Konstantin Fipps, Irlandiya lord kansleri, o'zidan besh yosh kichik bo'lgan Fipsning amakivachchasi bo'lganga o'xshaydi.^[5]

Mhipning so'zlariga ko'ra, Phips 18 yoshiga qadar o'z oilasining qo'ylarini kuzatib turdi, shundan so'ng u to'rt yillik shogirdlik faoliyatini kema duradgorligi sifatida boshladi. U rasmiy maktabda o'qimagan. Zukkoligiga qaramay, uning savodxonlik qobiliyati ibtidoiy edi. Robert Kalef shunday deb yozgan edi: "... uning ota-onasi va ma'lumotining ma'nosizligiga chidamay, u kemaning ustasi bo'lishga erishganligi umuman tan olinadi ...".^[6] Pips boylik va shon-sharafga erishgandan so'ng, u o'sha davrning ko'plab raqamlari uchun odatiy bo'lganidek, shaxsiy kotib va ​​kotiblardan yordam so'ragan.^[7]

Uning shogirdligi 1673 yilda tugaganidan so'ng, Phips sayohat qildi Boston, u erda u kemasozlik va duradgorlik mahoratini ishga solishda davom etdi.^[8] Taxminan bir yil o'tgach, u Jon Xallga (Massachusets shtatidagi yalpiz ustasi bilan bog'liq bo'lmagan) beva ayol Meri Spenser Xullga uylandi. Jon Xall ).^[9] Meri otasi Deniel Spenser Meynda manfaatlari bo'lgan savdogar va er egasi edi. Pips Meri bilan yoshligidan tanish bo'lgan bo'lishi mumkin.^[10] Barcha hisob-kitoblarga ko'ra, er-xotin bir-birlariga "chin dildan mehr" ko'rsatganlar va Phipsning uzoq vaqt uyida bo'lmaganida unga xiyonat qilganligi to'g'risida hech qanday dalil yo'q.^[11]

Phips tashkil etilgan a kemasozlik zavodi ustida Qo'ylar daryosi da Merrymeeting Bay 1675 yilda Meynda boshlanganida Shoh Flibs urushi. Kema zavodi muvaffaqiyatli bo'lib, bir qator kichik qayiqlarni aylantirdi^[12] va 1676 yilda o'zining birinchi yirik savdo kemasini qurdi. U 1676 yil avgustda o'zining birinchi safariga tayyorgarlik ko'rayotganda, Bostonga yog'och yukini etkazib berishni rejalashtirayotganda, hindular guruhi ushbu hududga tushishdi. Shimoli-sharqiy qirg'oq kampaniyasi (1676).^[13] Uning yukini olish o'rniga, u iloji boricha ko'proq mahalliy ko'chmanchilarni bortiga oldi. Garchi u moddiy jihatdan vayron bo'lgan bo'lsa-da (hindular kemasozlik zavodini va uning ustunlari va yog'ochdan yasalgan yuklarini yo'q qildilar), Phips Bostondagi mustamlakachilar orasida qahramon deb hisoblanardi.^[14]

1680-yillarning boshlarida Fips Bagam orollarida xazina ovining sevimli mustamlakachilik mashg'ulotlari bilan shug'ullanishni boshladi. Sardori sifatida Qaror,^[15] u Nyu-Providence yaqinida cho'kib ketgan ispan kemalaridan xazina qidirayotgan edi.^[16] Ekspeditsiya yaxshi hujjatlashtirilmagan, ammo foydali bo'lganga o'xshaydi va ba'zi past darajadagi ishtirokchilarga 54 funt sterling qiymatidagi aktsiyalarni qaytarib berdi. Yangi Angliya yalpiz ustasi Jon Xall Phipsning sarmoyadorlaridan biri edi.^[17] Phips "doimiy ravishda cho'kib ketgan kemalarni topish" uchun keng obro'ga ega bo'ldi.^[18]

HMSning g'alati sayohati Algeree gulasi

Narboroning xazina ovi

1683 yil 2 mayda kapitan frekat HMS Falcon Angliyadan G'arbiy Hindistonga suzib ketayotgan edi va boshqa zobitlarni hozir bo'lishga chaqirdi, chunki u maxfiy ko'rsatmalarini buzdi. U o'z vazifasi yaqinidagi katta xazinani qidirishda yordam berish ekanligini bildi Hispaniola. A bema'ni konvoyda, HMS Bonetta (ba'zan Bonito), qidiruvning ko'p qismini bajarish uchun tayinlangan, ammo Falcon yordam va himoya vazifasini bajaradi. Ushbu ko'rsatmalar kimdan edi Ser Jon Narboro, orqa admiral va komissari Qirollik floti, kimning ham qulog'i bor edi Qirol Charlz II.^[19]

Whitehallda tuzilgan Phips va uning ekipaji o'rtasida kelishuv

Xuddi shu vaqtda, o'ttiz ikki yoshli Pips Angliyaga yo'l oldi, u erda Narboro va Charlz II. Qanday bo'lmasin, bu Fips kabi kambag'al yangi angliyalik uchun ajoyib yutuq edi, ammo ayni paytda u kerakli joyda kerakli joyda bo'lganligi aniq. Cho'kib ketgan kemalarni topishda uning obro'si undan ilgari ham bo'lishi mumkin edi va u o'zini ko'rsatadigan yutuqlarga ega edi, chunki bir maktub muallifi "kech qaytib kelgani" haqida eslatib o'tdi. Ehtimol, u bu qaytib kelganlarning qirol qismini Uaytxollga shaxsan o'zi etkazib bergandir?^[20] Qanday bo'lmasin, beparvolik rejasi, ehtimol Narboro tomonidan tuzilgan edi, shu orqali bu yangi Angliya fuqarosi, ingliz flotida hech qanday ma'lumotga ega bo'lmaganiga qaramay, 20-qurolli frekat, HMS qo'mondoni etib tayinlandi. Jazoir gullari xazina ovi uchun, ammo boshqa moliyaviy yordam berilmagan. U va uning ekipaji safardan qolgan barcha xarajatlarni, shu jumladan oziq-ovqat va sho'ng'in uskunalarini to'lashi va 100 funt garov to'lashi kerak edi. Ular topgan xazinaning 35 foizi Qirolga topshiriladi, qolganlari esa boshqa yo'l bilan to'lanmagan ekipajga bo'linadi.

Ushbu reja o'ylanmagan bo'lib tuyuldi va Narboro xazina ehtimoli bilan ovora bo'lganligini anglatadi. Bundan tashqari, Phips HMS-ning hiyla-nayrang bilan kompleks tarzda ishlatilgan bo'lishi mumkin Gul uning muhimroq xazina ovi uchun shovqinli aldov vazifasini bajaradi. Aksincha Falcon va Bonetta, Narboro (to'g'ri) buyuk xazina ko'milgan deb ishongan Hispaniola yaqinida qidirish uchun Phips to'g'ridan-to'g'ri yuborilmadi. Phips ko'rsatmalari sir saqlanmagan, balki butun ekipaj tomonidan imzolangan va shu bilan ularning dizaynlarini port va kemasozlik zavodlari orqali tarqatishgan. 1683 yil 13-iyulda shartnoma moddalari (rasmga qarang) Phips va boshqa etti nafar ekipaj a'zolari tomonidan Narboro va Haddok huzurida imzolangan.^[21]

"Yangi Angliyaning yovuz dahosi" Randolfni etkazib berish

Phips suzib ketishdan oldin, u manifestga yana bir vazifani qo'shdi. Edvard Rendolf "puritanlarning charchamaydigan dushmani"^[22][23] yozuvi bilan Bostonga xizmat qilar edi kvo kafolati Massachusets shtatining qimmatli nizomiga qarshi va uni qo'llab-quvvatlovchi mushak sifatida frekatni izlash:

Quo-ning kafolatini ikkinchi darajaga etkazish va topshirishni tezlashtirish uchun frigat Nyu-York qirg'og'ida bo'lishi kerak. ... Ularni hayratda qoldirish uchun jangovar kema mavjud.^[20][24]

Randolf bunday namoyish Yangi Angliyani tojni bekor qilish o'rniga uning nizomini qayta ko'rib chiqishga majbur qiladi deb umid qildi. 1683 yil 3-avgustda Randolf Serga xat yozdi Leoline Jenkins, "Endi menga xabar berishlaricha, H.M.S. Gul Bagom orollari uchun allaqachon Bostonga yo'lda 2 yoki 3 hafta davomida qo'ng'iroq qilish buyrug'i berilgan. "^[25] Randolph vaqtning mohiyati borligini va u Phips bilan sayohat qilishga yoki frigat g'oyasidan voz kechib, savdogarga o'tishga tayyorligini bildiradi. Randolfga, uning akasi Bernard bilan birga HMS-dagi o'tish joyi va kabinalari berildi Gul.

Jon Knepp aytganidek

Sal oldin Gul suzib yurishdi, toj "qirolning qiziqishini ta'minlash uchun" Jon Knepp ismli aqlli odamni joylashtirishga qaror qilganida, ishlar yana murakkablashdi. Knepp ta'qib qilganga o'xshaydi.^[26] Angliya dengiz flotida ta'qib qiluvchi biron bir kompaniya do'koni vazifasini bajargan, qirg'oqdan uzoq dengizchilarni viski, tamaki va boshqa kerakli narsalar bilan vasvasaga solgan, ularga ish haqi miqdorida kredit berib (kapitan orqali yig'ilgan). Bu daromadli lavozim edi va sotib olish uchun sarmoyani talab qildi, shuning uchun odatda dengiz floti xizmatchilari va kapitalni to'lashga qodir bo'lgan olimlar oldilar.^[27] Atirgulni kabi sayohatga, eng arzon byudjetga, erkaklar maosh olmasliklari va birgalikda oziq-ovqat sotib olishlari va birgalikda bo'lishlari mumkin bo'lgan sayohatchini joylashtirish dahshatli g'oyaga o'xshaydi. (Knepp juda ko'p miqdordagi chiroyli pishloq va konyakni olib keldi, natijada natijalar taxmin qilinmoqda). Ammo har ikki holda ham, ta'qibchi kapitan bilan yaxshi munosabatlarga bog'liq edi, ammo Knepp Pipsga past nazar bilan qaragan va o'zini HMS Rose ekipaji bilan tanishtirishga qaror qilgan, Pips Londonda bo'lmaganida. Ziyofat do'stona emas edi:

... keyin ularning aksariyati kemani la'natlay boshlashdi va u uni ko'rishdan oldin tezroq bo'lganini va savdogarlar kemasini ijaraga olishlarini xohlar edilar ...^[28]

Ekipaj, hech bo'lmaganda, sho'r guruh edi, Piter Erl aytganidek, "rom partiyasi" va bu so'nggi daqiqada "Randolph" qo'shilgandan so'ng, bu so'nggi daqiqada "o'lja va o'tish" ularni deyarli chetga surib qo'yganga o'xshaydi. . Ekipaj haqida biz biladigan barcha narsalar Bostonga sayohatning batafsil jurnalidan kelib chiqqan bo'lib, Knepp tomonidan saqlangan^[29] va u haqli ravishda "dushman kuzatuvchi" deb nomlangan^[30] ammo shuni ta'kidlash kerakki, u ko'pincha inson tabiatining ba'zi muhim elementlari bo'lmasa ham, sayohatning murakkab, ikkilik mohiyatini, shuningdek asosiy mustamlakachilik siyosatidan bexabar edi. Uzoq tarixchilar o'tmishdagi voqealarga oydinlik kiritish uchun mavjud bo'lgan har qanday manbani izlashlari kerak va shuning uchun tarix yozuvchilar tomonidan qattiq chayqalishga moyil. Phips hech qachon yozuvchi bo'lmagan va uning ko'pgina hikoyalari boshqalar tomonidan yozilgan, Knepp's Journal bu qoziqning tepasida joylashgan. Boshqalarimiz singari, Knepp ham Rendolphni qo'llab-quvvatlash uchun, yoki iloji boricha aldanish va tozalash uchun Piplarning o'ynashi kerak bo'lgan rolni tushunmaganga o'xshaydi. Falcon & Bonetta.^[31] Kneppning birinchi o'zaro munosabatlarida u ekipaj va qirol o'rtasida imzo izlamoqchi ekanligini aytgan bo'lsa-da, 13 iyuldagi kelishuv (rasmga qarang) Phips va ekipaj o'rtasidagi kabi aniqroq ko'rsatilishi mumkin edi, chunki birinchi turmush o'rtog'i norozilik bildirmoqda. Kneppning vazifasi ekipajdan qo'shimcha imzolarni qidirishdan iborat edi, bu Phips kemaga qaytib kelganida osonlikcha amalga oshiriladi, Randolph guvoh sifatida qatnashadi. Keyingi Knepp Pipsga soatni o'rnatish uchun kema to'plarini otishidan shikoyat qildi. Ertasi kuni kema suzib ketganda, Phips va Knepp aniq bir-biriga zid edilar, chunki Knepp idishni yoki yotar joyni so'raganda yozib qo'ydi va unga yukxonada uxlashni majbur qilish kerakligini aytdi. Bu voqea ikkalasi uchun ham, shuningdek, Kneppni kapitan stoliga o'tirishni afzal ko'rgan tarixchi uchun ham baxtsiz voqea bo'ldi, uning akasi Randolph va Phips bilan kechki ovqatni yozib oldi. Sinov ishqalanishi, albatta, Knepp va Fiplar o'rtasidagi ziddiyatda katta rol o'ynagan. Knepp o'zini doimiy ravishda jabrlanuvchi sifatida namoyon qiladi va uni bezovta qiladigan va yomon munosabatda bo'lgan holatlar ko'p uchraydi, lekin u o'zini yuqoriroq tutgan va o'zini Phipsdan yuqori sinf deb o'ylagan bo'lishi kerak. Kelishuv moddalari qirol va Narboroning Phipsga bergan ishonchidan dalolat beradi va ekipaj Pips buyurganidek bajarishga tayyor bo'lib tuyuldi, ammo Knepp xuddi Pipsga beparvo bo'lmaganday harakat qiladi. Kneppning jurnali Narboroga (va Haddok ) va kelajakda ko'tarilish uchun sycophantning kuchli gambiti kabi o'qiladi. U Fipni tarpaulin kapitanining tropi sifatida taqdim etadi - har bir dengizchi uning o'rtog'i, savodxonligi shubhali va shuning uchun Kneppning janoblar sinfidan bo'lganligi va ehtimol Pipsdan bir necha yosh kichikroq bo'lganligi, ehtimol yigirmanchi yoshning o'rtalarida ekanligi haqida xulosa chiqarish xavfsizdir.^[27] Knepp koordinatalarni olishda juda zo'r va uchish bo'yicha o'qitilgandek tuyuladi, ammo qalbakilashtirish bo'yicha tajriba va bilimlarning kengligini namoyish etmaydi. U Fips tomonidan qabul qilingan har qanday noto'g'ri qadamni qayd etsa-da, sayohatni sinchkovlik bilan rejalashtirishi, shuningdek, dengiz kemasi singari Atlantika okeanini kesib o'tgan boshqa kemaning yarmida kesib o'tib, Ann-Key burniga birinchi marta etib kelgan buyuk qobiliyatini ham ko'rsatadi.^[28]

Randolf Bostonga etib keldi

27 oktyabrda Matherni ko'paytiring 1683 yildagi yagona va yagona kundalik yozuvini yozib qo'ydi: "Randolf Bostonga keldi".^[32] Phips tezda boshqa kemalar ranglarini urishini va agar ular bo'lmasa, kamonlarini o'qqa tutishini talab qilib, Randolfga kuch namoyish qila boshladi. Kneppning ta'kidlashicha, Narboro bunga ko'nmadi va ko'plab tarixchilar Biponning Boston portidagi faoliyatini mag'rur shoulik deb hisoblashda uning rahbarligiga ergashishdi, ammo Randolf va Blatxayt^{[33][Izoh 2]} Pips buni shunchaki portlovchi o'yin-kulgi uchun qilmagan. Pips qirolning shaxsiy ko'rsatmalariga asoslanib, haqiqatan ham Karl II uning bayrog'iga salom berishni talab qilgani ma'lum bo'lgan.^[34] Pips Massachusets shtati hukumati uchun tartibsizlikni keltirib chiqarar ekan, u sho'ng'in uskunalari va g'avvoslarni Bagam orollariga olib borish uchun dastlabki niyatini amalga oshirishda davom etdi. Keyinchalik Phips Vest-Hindiyada va Bermudadagi yangi ekipaj bilan kemalardan zarba berishni talab qilishning xuddi shu tartib-qoidalariga amal qildi. Qirollik flotida tajribaning etishmasligi uning xatolarga yo'l qo'yganligini va har doim ham ushbu protsedurani eng yaxshi usulda bajarmasligini taxmin qiladi. Bostonga sodiq bo'lgan kishi uchun bu g'alati va noqulay ish bo'lishi kerak edi (76-yillarda yozuvlar Bostonda uy qurishni boshladi).^{[9][3-eslatma]} Randolf hech qachon tanqidni kechirmas edi, lekin u o'sha qishda Boston portidagi Phips faoliyatidan shikoyat qilmadi^[30] va Randolf hatto Pipsga unga kemani qidirishda yordam berganga o'xshaydi. Ammo tahdidli pozitsiyani tanlash Randolfning Yangi Angliya xarakterini tushuna olmasligini ko'rsatdi va bu Randolfning niyat qilgan samarasini bermadi. Magistratlar tojga bo'ysunish uchun ovoz berishdi, ammo deputatlar qarshilik ko'rsatdilar. Phips va Gul Knepp qarshilikni diqqat markaziga aylantirdi, chunki Knepp subtekstni tushunmasdan ehtiyotkorlik bilan yozib qo'ydi: "Fips ekipaji bu shaharga qarshi Jazoirga qarshi o'q otishlarini va bizni isyonchilar deb atashlarini aytishdi" - bu Knepp yozuvlaridan biri, Knepp ishonganga o'xshaydi shunchaki barroom janjalini qayd qilmoqda. "... xususan, konstabllardan biri unga kapitan Fipsni shaharda tug'ilgan bola deb o'ylaganini aytdi, kapitan Pips unga:" U xohlaganicha bo'lsin, u o'n olti yoshida haqiqat deb qasamyod qilgan edi ", deb javob berdi. qirolga va uning hukumatiga. " (Xuddi kechiktirilgan qasos harakatida bo'lgani kabi, HMS Gul olti yildan kamroq vaqt o'tgach, Boston inqilobida.^[35]

Randolfning kvo kafolati yozuvi oxiriga qadar Massachusetsdan javob talab qildi "Michaelmas muddati. "Randolf va uning ukasi bo'sh qo'l bilan 14-dekabr kuni Angliyaga boradigan pushti rangga chiqishdi. Bir necha kundan so'ng, Phips tayyorgarlik ko'rishni boshladi, ammo Boston hukumati bilan muammolar va doimiy ravishda oziq-ovqat qidirish bilan hibsga olindi.^[29] Phips bilan bo'lgan munozarada Knepp, ta'qib qiluvchi sifatida, ekipajning ko'pchiligi unga qarzdor bo'lishiga imkon beradi va ularni qamoqqa tashlashlarini aytadi, faqat bu uning Majesties xazinasini qidirishga xalaqit beradi. Nihoyat Phips 1684 yil 19-yanvarda Boston Makoni tashqarisida suzib ketdi^[36] Kneppning so'zlariga ko'ra, afsuski, uning ba'zi bir firibgar ekipajlari Bostonda kichik tartibsizlikni keltirib chiqarishi va Xullda shafqatsiz hujumni amalga oshirishi mumkin edi.^[37] Knepp bortda bo'lmagan, demak u Maqolalarga binoan samarali ravishda qochib ketgan, "garchi men uni deyarli qaytarmasligim kerak edi" va shuning uchun Knepp uchun Phipsni yomon tomondan ko'rsatish juda muhim bo'lib qoldi.

Phips Boston hududini tark etganidan ikki kun o'tgach, Matherni ko'paytiring deputatlar va erkinlarga tojga bo'ysunmaslikni va kvo kafiliga qarshi turishni maslahat berib, hayajonli nutq so'zladi. Tarixchilardan biri buni oshirish Matherning "siyosatga birinchi muhim kirishishi" deb ataydi.^[22] {Mather's "Diqqatga sazovor narsalar "Xuddi shu oyda tarqatilgan, 1692 yilda Yangi Angliya hukumatining" Matherni ko'paytirishni ko'paytirishi "aks etgan.} Bu Phipsning mustamlakachilik siyosatiga kirishi, agar u beg'ubor va beixtiyor bo'lsa ham edi. U Randolfning dalillari bilan ular qanchalik og'ishgan bo'lsa, shunday edi. Atlantika okeanini kesib o'tdi, buni bilish qiyin, ammo Pips bu rolni chaqqonlik bilan o'ynagan va u Boston hukumatiga royalist sifatida u bilan bo'lgan uchrashuvlarda gapirganga o'xshaydi. Bredstrit va Stoughton, hech bo'lmaganda Knepp tomonidan qayd etilgan. 1688 yilga kelib, Phips Matherning yon tomonini kesib o'tib, Randolf va Dominion hukumatni olib kelishga yordam berdi va u HMS sardori sifatida o'ynagan roli uchun sharmandalik va xafagarchilikni keltirib chiqaradigan g'ayrat bilan. Gul 1683-4 yillarda.

1684 yil Charlz Salmon tomonidan chizilgan xarita

Bostonni tark etgandan so'ng, Phips Bagam orollarida topilgan qoldiqlarni qidirib topdi. Oldindan juda ko'p xazina qidiruvchilar borgan. Uning ekipaj a'zolaridan ba'zilari g'azabga kelganida, u ularni Yamaykada qoldirdi. 1684 yil 18-noyabrda Pips Yamaykaning kapitani Stenli bilan bir vaqtda Port-Royalda edi Bonetta.^[38] Ularning kuchlarni birlashtirgani yoki ma'lumot almashganligi haqida hech qanday ma'lumot yo'q. Ehtimol, ular uchrashishgan, ammo oldindan belgilab qo'yilganligini bilmaymiz. Agar Phips beixtiyor boshqa xazina qidiruvchilarni Stenlidan chalg'itish uchun aldanish vositasi sifatida ishlatilgan bo'lsa, bu uning ongiga shu payt kelib tushishi mumkin edi. Phips shimoliy qirg'og'iga tashrif buyurganidan ko'p o'tmay Hispaniola va asta-sekin shimol tomon sayr qilib, Stenli bir yildan beri astoydil izlagan banklarni kashf etdi. Keyinchalik Phips qaytib kelib, xazinani tezda topib olganligi, uning qimmatli bilimlarni to'plashi va aniq reja tuzishni boshlashi mumkinligini taxmin qiladi, garchi uni amalga oshirish uchun ikki yil kutish kerak bo'lsa.

1685 yil avgustda Pips Londonga qaytib kelganidan so'ng, Samuel Pepys dengiz floti kengashiga baho berishni buyurdi Gul. Narboro g'alati rejani yo'lga qo'yganida, Pepis kuchsiz qolgan edi. 1686 yil mart va may oylarida Phips Lord Xazinachiga tashrif buyurishni buyurdi, u erda qirol atigi 471 funt xazina olishi kerak edi, ammo atirgulning eskirishi 700 funtga baholangan edi.^[39] Qaroqchilik va o'lim darajasi yuqori bo'lgan davrda Pips Londonga tiriklayin va qirol kemasi bilan hali ham suzib qaytganida, uning sinovdan o'tishi uchun etarli bo'lishi mumkin edi. Narboro kapitan Fips uchun yangi rejani tuzgan edi, ammo bu safar bu xususiy ish bo'lishi mumkin edi. Kapitan Stenlining Narboroning Hispaniola xazinasiga bo'lgan uzoq vaqtgacha bo'lgan sevgisi susaymagan edi. Bonetta. Kneppning Pips haqidagi hisoboti uni diskvalifikatsiya qilmadi. Pips o'zining xizmatga layoqatli ekanligini ko'rsatdi: tug'ilgan shahri portini bezovta qilishga va o'z manfaatlari bilan toj manfaatlari o'rtasida murosaga kelishga tayyor. Bu, albatta, Whitehall-da, hatto ko'proq konservativ elementlar tomonidan ham qayd etilgan.

Ajoyib kumush va oltin

Kapitan Stenli bilan Bonetta Hispaniola xazinasini izlashni davom ettirishga qiziqmasliklarini bildirib, kapitan Fips ehtimol g'ayrat va yangi ishonchni bildirgan bo'lsa, qo'mondonning navbatdagi mantiqiy tanlovi aniq edi. Narboro qiyin partiyalarga murojaat qildi Albemarl gersogi boshqa ekspeditsiyani moliyalashtirish uchun xususiy investorlar guruhini yig'gan. Phipsga tegishli kemalarni topish vazifasi topshirildi va ular shunday bo'ldi Jeyms va Meri, 22 qurolli 200 tonna fregat va 45 tonna Londonlik Genri, a bema'ni buyrug'i Frensis Rojers,^[40] Oldingi safarda Phipsning ikkinchi umr yo'ldoshi (u tark etgan edi) Gul Bostonda [1] ). Pips dengizchilar va kemasozlar tajribasidan foydalanib, yuqori sifatli ankrajlar, zanjirlar va kabellarni tanlab olish uchun bir necha oy davomida o'z kemalarini shoalsga yaqin joyda ushlab turishgan, chunki ular undan xazina baliq ovlashga harakat qilishgan. 500 funt sterlingga teng bo'lgan tovar ayirboshlash uchun, shuningdek, ular xazina ovchilari emas, balki faqat savdogarlar sifatida Hispaniolada bo'lganliklarini qoplash yoki hiyla-nayrang bilan ta'minlash uchun olingan. Londonlik sarmoyadorlar o'zlarini ishonchli his qilishgan bo'lishi kerak, chunki ular kemalar safari uchun jami 3210 funt to'lashgan.^[41] Ning sayohatidan farqli o'laroq Gul, ekipajga muntazam ish haqi to'lanishi kerak edi.

Cho'kib ketgan xazinani ko'tarayotgan Phips tasvirlangan o'yma

Phips 1686 yil 12-sentyabrda Downsdan suzib o'tdi va 28-noyabr kuni Samana ko'rfazidagi Hispaniola shahriga etib keldi, u erda ikki hafta davomida suv va probirkani qayta tiklashdi. Ob-havo yomon edi, natijada qidiruv yana bir necha hafta davom etmadi. 12-yanvar, Phips kapitan Rojersni kichikroq jo'natdi Londonlik Genri uchta mahalliy amerikalik g'avvos bilan birga (Jonas Abimelek va Jon Pasqua, ro'yxatga olinmagan boshqa dayverning nomi) Ambrosia banki deb nomlangan (hozirgi Kumush bank ). Ob-havodan biroz ko'proq kechikish bo'ldi, ammo Piter Erl shunday deb yozadi: "Hech shubha yo'qki, u qaerga ketayotganini aniq bilar edi". 20 yanvar kuni ular rifning oppoq qumlarida yotgan kema halokatidan to'plarni payqashdi. Ular topgan kema Ispaniya kumush flotining Almiranta kemasi edi (keyinchalik aniqlandi) Nuestra Senora de la Concepción; inglizlar kemaning nomini bilishmagan) 1641 yilda halokatga uchragan.^[42] Keyingi ikki kun ichida g'avvoslar 3000 tanga va 3 ta kumush zarbalarni olib kelishga muvaffaq bo'lishdi. Unga xabar berish uchun Pipsga qaytib borishga qaror qildilar, ammo bu riflar orasida biroz sekin va xoin sayohat bo'lib chiqdi.

Phipsga ajablanarli topilma haqida ehtiyotkorlik bilan xabar bergandan so'ng, u keyingi to'qqiz kun davomida kemalarni tayyorlashga va xazina to'plash uchun bir necha oy davomida odamlarni boqish uchun etarli oziq-ovqat yig'ishga sarfladi.^[43] (Umrining oxirida Fipni o'rab turgan bahs-munozaralar paytida, uning tanqidchilari uni issiq boshli, yomon tarbiyalangan va sabrsiz sifatida tasvirlashni yaxshi ko'radilar, shuning uchun uning hayotini o'zgartiradigan va muhim davrda uning ehtiyotkorona xatti-harakatiga e'tibor qaratish kerak.)

Mart va aprel oylari davomida g'avvoslar va kemalar ekipajlari barcha xazinalarni: kumush tanga, kumushni qayta ishlashga harakat qilishdi quyma, dublonlar, zargarlik buyumlari, oz miqdordagi oltin va boshqa asarlar. Tug'ilish ehtimoli borligidan xavotirga tushgan Phips dengizchilarning ish haqi uchun yollangan ekipajga, agar u o'z foizlaridan to'lashi kerak bo'lsa ham, topilmaning aktsiyalarini olishlariga kafolat berdi.^[44] U langar tashlamasdan oldin biron bir portga kirishdan ehtiyot bo'ldi Gravesend, u erda xabar bilan Londonga kuryer yubordi.

Xazina 34 tonnadan ko'proq yoki 205 536 funt sterlingni tashkil etdi. Deyarli to'rtdan biri Albemarlega o'tdi.^[45] Fips, ekipaj aktsiyalarida 8000 funt to'laganidan so'ng, 11000 funt sterling oldi.^[46] Londonda Phipsga qahramon sifatida qarashgan va bu topilma shaharning shov-shuviga aylangan.^[47] Ba'zi iqtisodiy tarixchilarning ta'kidlashicha, Phipsning topilmasi tarixga sezilarli ta'sir ko'rsatdi, chunki bu shakllanishning katta o'sishiga olib keldi aksiyadorlik jamiyatlari va hatto oxir-oqibat shakllanishida rol o'ynagan Angliya banki.^[46]

Phips va ekipaj investorlar tomonidan medallar bilan mukofotlandi va Phips Jeyms tomonidan iyun oyida ritsar bo'lgan. Jeyms shuningdek, Phipsni provost-marshal general (bosh sherif) lavozimi bilan mukofotladi Yangi Angliya hukmronligi, ostida xizmat qilish Ser Edmund Andros.^[48] 1687 yil sentyabr oyida Pips halokatga qaytib keldi, garchi u ushbu korxonaga buyruq bermagan bo'lsa ham. Admiral Narborough ekspeditsiyani shaxsan boshqarishga saylandi, ammo bu deyarli muvaffaqiyatli bo'lmadi. Qoldiqni boshqalar topgan va inglizlarning kelishi 20 dan ortiq kichik kemalarni tarqatib yuborgan. 1688 yil may oyida Narboroning o'limidan oldin 10000 funt sterlingga ega xazina ekspeditsiyani tugatdi. O'sha paytgacha Phips halokat joyidan may oyining boshida chiqib ketgan va to'rt yarim yil ichida uyiga birinchi marta kelganga o'xshab Bostonga jo'nab ketgan va provost-marshal general sifatida yangi lavozimini egallagan.^[49]

Provost marshali general

Phips Bostonga 1688 yil yozida qaytib keldi va qahramon sifatida kutib olindi. Uning xotini uni ko'rganidan juda xursand bo'lgan.^[17] U va'zlarida nishonlangan va Garvard kollejida uni Jeyson Oltin Fleece olib kelayotgan bilan taqqoslaganlar.^[17] Andros va Rendolf uni ko'rishdan juda xursand bo'lmadilar va bu hissiyot o'zaro bo'lganga o'xshaydi. Deyarli barcha Yangi Angliya Andros va Randolfga qarshi chiqishlarida birlashdilar. Phips, 1683-4 yillarda Randolfning qurolli sardori bo'lganiga qaramay, Massachusets ko'rfazi aholisi ongida Randolf bilan aloqani o'rnatmaganga o'xshaydi.

Andros iyul oyi boshida Phipsni yangi lavozimiga qasamyod qildi, ammo uning kengashi Phipsning ilgari nomlangan sheriflarni ishdan bo'shatish haqidagi talabini rad etdi. Agar Phips shunchaki Dominion talon-tarojlarida ulush olishni xohlagan bo'lsa, u atrofda qolib, boshini egib qo'yishi mumkin edi. Buning o'rniga u Bostonda olti hafta oldin Londonga jo'nab ketishidan oldin Dominionga qarshi kurashish va asl nizomni tiklashga intilish uchun Materayz Mater bilan qo'shilish uchun qaytib keldi. Bu Phipsning "Materning o'sishi kundaligi yoki yozishmalaridagi birinchi eslatmasi" kabi ko'rinadi.^[22] Androsni bir-biriga yoqtirmasligidan kelib chiqqan holda, Pips va O'sish Mather uning qulashiga olib kelish uchun birgalikda harakat qilishdi. Keyin Shonli inqilob 1688 yil oxirida katolik Jeymsni protestant monarxlari bilan almashtirdi Uilyam III va Meri II, Phips va Mather yangi monarxlardan Massachusets xartiyasini tiklash to'g'risida iltimos qilishdi,^[50] va muvaffaqiyatli ishonch hosil qildi Savdo lordlari hokimiyat o'zgarishi to'g'risida rasmiy ko'rsatmalarning Androsga uzatilishini kechiktirish. Phips 1689 yil may oyida Bostonga qirol va malikaning e'lonlarini ko'tarib qaytib keldi va Andros va Randolph allaqachon hibsga olinganligini aniqladi. Bostondagi qo'zg'olon.^[51] Phips bir muddat Andros va Randolphni Qasr orolidagi qamoqxonada qo'riqlab turdi.^[52]

Erkin bo'lish: Phipsning siyosiy suvga cho'mishi

Agar Parij Genri IV uchun katta miqdordagi qiymatga ega bo'lsa, Boston, Puritan ma'noda, Uilyam Fipsga aylanishga arziydi.^[53]

Angliyadagi notinchlik va Uilyamning taxtga o'tirishi turtki bo'ldi Yangi Frantsiya Gubernator Yangi Angliyadagi siyosiy notinchlikdan foydalanib, 1689 yil va 1690 yil boshlarida shimoliy chegara bo'ylab bir qator hind reydlarini boshladi.^[54] 1690 yil mart oyining boshlarida Men shtatidagi chegara shaharni bosib olgach, frantsuzlar g'azablantiruvchi sifatida qabul qilindi va Massachusets shtatining muvaqqat hukumati frantsuzlarga qarshi ekspeditsiyani boshqarish uchun general-mayorga tanlanishga kirishdi. Akadiya. Pips yoshligida harbiy manfaatlarni namoyish etmagan. Qirol Filippning urushi paytida, ko'pchilik qurol olganida, Phips kemalar qurgan va yog'och kesgan. Jon Kneppning jurnali Pipsning harbiy intizomga nisbatan konstitutsiyaviy jihatdan qiziqmasligidan dalolat beradi.^[28] Shunga qaramay, Phipsning dengiz qurollarini boshqarishi va uning keyingi harakatlari, u katta harbiy ekspeditsiyani boshqarish uchun yaxshi nomzod bo'lganligini ko'rsatmoqda. Sewall yozadi:

22 mart, shanba. Ser Uilyam Phips shaxsan o'zi borishni taklif qiladi, gubernator [Bredstrit] menga odam yuboradi va bu haqda menga aytadi, men [general] sudiga aytaman; ular ketishni qabul qiladigan va kuchlarni boshqarish uchun tayinlangan ser Uilyamni chaqirishadi. Major Taunsend minnatdorchilikdan voz kechadi. Avvaliga ser Uilyam yuborilgan edi; ammo ba'zilar uning bormasligidan qo'rqishdi; boshqalar uning xonimi rozi bo'lmaydi deb o'ylashdi. Sud ser Uilyamni ozod qiladi va unga general-mayor va yana bir qancha kishilarga qasamyod qiling. Bostonga, chorshanba, 14 kechasi soat birda turing.^[17]

Bu Sewall-ning barcha yozuvlari va u keyingi kunga kirish huquqiga ega emas. Bu shuni ko'rsatadiki, Phips ritsar va koloniyadagi eng badavlat kishilardan biri va mustamlaka nomidan juda faol bo'lgan bo'lsa-da, ular faqat cherkov a'zolari bo'lgan eski nizomga amal qilganliklari sababli, vaqtincha hukumat tarkibida ovoz berolmadi yoki xizmat qila olmadi. bepul edi. Sewallga ko'ra, cherkov emas, sud bu shanba kuni Phipsni bepul qildi. Sewall diniy jihatdan ixlosmand va cherkov jamoatida faol bo'lgan va bu borada ma'lumotni noto'g'ri yoki qasddan yashirmagan bo'lishi mumkin edi. Sewallning kundaligi odatda ishonchli hisoblanadi va tarixchilar tomonidan keng qo'llanilgan.

Phips Shimoliy cherkovning rollariga qo'shildi. MHS ruxsati bilan.

Bir necha yil o'tgach, Phips vafot etganidan keyin va Phips va Matherlar bilan bog'liq siyosiy o'zgarishlardan so'ng, Cotton Mather noma'lum holda Phipsning biografiyasini yozdi va Londonda chop etish uchun jo'natdi, ammo uning chaqiruvi va chaqiruvida Boston bosmaxonalari bo'lgan.^[55] U ushbu stsenariyni o'z-o'zidan paydo bo'lgan ruhiy uyg'onish, shu jumladan, Paxta Mather "unga bitta so'z qo'shmasdan" sodiq ko'chirishni da'vo qilgan samimiy guvohlik deb atadi.^[56] (Cotton Mather punklarni va ichidagi hazillarni yaxshi ko'rar edi va bu uning Phips yozgan makkorona usuli sifatida talqin qilinishi mumkin edi bitta so'z ham emas.)

Ikki tadbir bir-birini inkor etmaydi. Paxta Mather suvga cho'mdirishni ertasi kuni, 23 martda o'tkazadi. Paxta Mather faol rol o'ynagan umumiy sud, Piper Mather uni Shimoliy cherkov tarkibiga qo'shishini tushunib, Pipsni ozod qilishi mumkin edi. Shimoliy cherkov yozuvlari Phips nomini qabulga qo'shilganligini ko'rsatadi. (Qizig'i shundaki, "birodar" uchun "B" harfi, uning nomiga prefiks sifatida saqlanadi, boshqalarga o'xshamaydi. Rasmga qarang.) Boshqa bir kitobda asosan chaqaloqlarni suvga cho'mdirish marosimi yozilgan bo'lib, Phips "Qabul qilingan va suvga cho'mdirilgan" deb yozilgan. Phipning rafiqasining ismi yozuvlarda umuman ko'rinmasa kerak. Voyaga etgan odamni qabul qilish va suvga cho'mish, odatda, bir necha hafta davomida biroz aniqlangan jarayon edi.^[57] Faqatgina cherkov a'zolari taklif qilinganidek, Rabbiyning kechki ovqatida qatnashish uchun "stolga kelgan" Phips haqida hech qanday ma'lumot saqlanib qolmagan.

Phipsni suvga cho'mdirish haqidagi boshqa yagona ma'lumot - bu birinchi qo'l emas, balki Blatveytning (Londonda Randolfning boshlig'i) Phipsni "Bostonda jamoat oldida suvga cho'mdirilgan" yili general bo'lganligi haqida sardonik ma'lumotnoma.^[58] Yangi Angliya franchayzasini ruhoniylar nazorati ostidan kengaytirish Blatxaytning obsesiyalaridan biri edi va uning sharhi, ehtimol tojdan farqli o'laroq, Yangi Angliya bilan sodiqligini ta'kidlab, shu bilan birga bo'lgan.^[59] Muxtasar qilib aytganda, agar Paxta Matherning 23 martdagi cherkov sahnasiga o'xshash narsa umuman sodir bo'lgan bo'lsa, uni eng avvalgi siyosiy voqea sifatida tushunish kerak.

General-mayor

Port Royal ekspeditsiyasi

Aprel oyi oxirida etti kema va 700 dan ortiq kemalarni boshqarib, Phips Bostondan suzib ketdi^[60] Akadiya poytaxtiga, Port-Royal. 9 may kuni u hokimni chaqirgan Louis-Alexandre des Friches de Meneval taslim bo'lish^[61] Meneval, qariyb 70 kishidan iborat qo'mondonlik va buzilgan qal'ani zudlik bilan kapitulyatsiya shartlarini muhokama qildi. Ertasi kuni Pips qirg'oqqa kelganida, akadiyaliklar qimmatbaho buyumlarni, shu jumladan, davlat mulki bo'lgan narsalarni olib ketayotgani aniqlandi (va shuning uchun g'olibning nazorati ostida bo'lishi kerak edi).^[62]

Bugungi kunda motivlar haqida munozaralarni davom etayotgan tarixchilar tomonidan muhokama qilingan Fiplar,^[4-eslatma] bu kapitulyatsiya shartlarini buzgan deb da'vo qildi va natijada kelishuv bekor qilindi. U o'z qo'shinlariga shaharni ishdan bo'shatishga va cherkovni yo'q qilishga ruxsat berdi, u og'zaki taslim bo'lish kelishuvida oldini olishga va'da bergan edi.^[63] U barcha qurol-yarog'larini olib tashlagan holda istehkomlarni yo'q qildi. Ketishdan oldin u bir qator akadiyaliklarni ingliz tojiga sodiqlik qasamyodiga ishontirdi, shaharni boshqarish uchun mahalliy aholi kengashini tayinladi va keyin Bostonga qaytib, Meneval va uning garnizonini harbiy asir sifatida olib ketdi. Phips qahramonni kutib oldi va maqtovga sazovor bo'ldi, garchi u ba'zi doiralarda tanqidga uchragan bo'lsa-da (va frantsuz va akadiya tarixida yomon fikrlarga ega bo'lgan)^[64] Port Royalni ishdan bo'shatishga ruxsat berganligi uchun.^[65]

Kvebek ekspeditsiyasi

Inglizlarning Kvebekka hujumini ko'rsatadigan frantsuzcha rasm

Frontenak 1690 yil Kvebekning taslim bo'lishini talab qilgan ser Uilyam Fippsning elchisini qabul qilmoqda.

Muvaffaqiyatdan so'ng, Massachusets muvaqqat hukumati qarshi keng ko'lamli ekspeditsiya tashkil etishga rozi bo'ldi Kvebek, Yangi Frantsiyaning poytaxti va Pipsga o'z buyrug'ini berdi. Dastlab bir vaqtning o'zida quruqlikdagi hujum bilan muvofiqlashtirishni niyat qilgan Monreal dan boshlangan Albani, Nyu-York, ekspeditsiyaning ketishi Angliyadan kerakli o'q-dorilar kelishini umid qilgan holda kechiktirildi. 34 kema va 2 mingdan ortiq askarlarni hisoblagan ekspeditsiya nihoyat 20 avgustda suzib ketdi. uchuvchilar bilan tanish Sent-Lourens daryosi va etarli bo'lmagan qoidalar bo'lib chiqadigan narsalarni olib bordi.^[66]

Qarama-qarshi shamollar va Avliyo Lourensda harakatlanish qiyin bo'lganligi sababli, ekspeditsiya sakkiz hafta davomida Kvebekka etib bordi.^[67] The late arrival (wintry conditions were already setting in on the river) and the long voyage meant that it would be impossible to conduct a lengthy siege. Phips sent a message into the citadel demanding its surrender. General-gubernator Louis de Buade de Frontenac declared that his only response would be from "the mouths of my cannons".^[66] Phips then held a war council, which decided to make a combined land assault and naval bombardment.^[67] Both failed. The landing force, 1,200 men led by Major John Walley, were unable to cross the well-defended Sent-Charlz daryosi, and the naval bombardment failed because the New Englanders' guns were unable to reach the high battlements of the city, and they furthermore soon ran out of ammunition. The fighting, according to Phips, cost the expedition 30 deaths and one field cannon, as well as numerous wounded; disease and disaster took an additional toll. Chechak ravaged the troops, and two transports were lost to accidents; another 200 men were lost to these causes.^[68]

Sir William Phips in later life

The expedition cost the colony £50,000 to mount, for which it issued paper currency, a first in the English colonies.^[69] Many of the expedition's participants and creditors were unhappy at being paid this way, and Phips generously purchased some of the depreciated paper with hard currency, incurring financial losses in the process. At this same time, Governor Meneval petitioned for the return of minor valuables (silverware and other small items) that Phips had taken.^[53] Phips was outraged when the General Council heard Meneval's case. He returned to England in February 1691 to seek support for another expedition against Quebec.^[17]

Massachusets shtati gubernatori

Soon after returning to England, Phips joined up again with Increase Mather, and again supported him in dealing with Whitehall. Increase Mather's diary says they are together on March 25, 1691, and again on March 26.^[70] On March 31, they are together as Increase Mather writes a response to the Board of Trade. Also at this meeting is Sir Henry Ashurst. These three—Mather the clergyman, flanked by two knights: Sir Phips & Sir Ashurst—would emerge later as the major proponents of the various compromises that brought about a new charter. Not counting Phips, there seem to have been a total of four agents acting on behalf of Massachusetts in seeking to restore the old charter. The two agents holding official commission papers from the Massachusetts council—Cooke and Oakes—were also the least compromising and the least politically deft. The Board of Trade seems to have sought a policy of pushing through a new charter by cleaving the two knights away from these two agents. July 24, Increase Mather records in his diary that he would "part with my life sooner than [compromise on charter]". Not long after this Increase Mather left London on vacation. August 11, 1691, a letter was written from Whitehall to the King William's secretary: "I must now desire your Lordship to acquaint the King that they are willing to accept their Charter ... and no longer Insist upon the Alterations mentioned ... "^[70][71] This could not have been Cooke and Oakes, as they never wavered in their stance opposing a new charter. Mather's diary entry one week later (August 19) indicates that he is still either unaware or has not yet accepted this move. On August 20, the Earl of Nottingham told a committee that he had been with Sir William Phips who informed him that the New England agents "did acquiesce therein [with the new charter]." By August 27, Increase Mather had decided to participate in the process of shaping this new charter, if reluctantly.^[70]

A number of Mather's requests concerning the new charter were rejected, but William and Mary allowed Mather to nominate the colony's Lt. Governor and council members.^[70] The monarchs appointed Phips as the first royal governor, with Increase Mather's approval, under a newly issued colonial charter for the Massachusets ko'rfazi viloyati.^[70][72] The charter greatly expanded the colony's bounds, including not just the territories of the Massachusetts Bay Colony, but also those of the Plymouth Colony, islands south of Cape Cod shu jumladan Martaning uzumzori va Nantucket, and the present-day territories of Meyn, Nyu-Brunsvik va Yangi Shotlandiya.^[73] It also expanded the franchise to be nearly universal (for males).^[70]

Phips and Increase Mather were odd-fellows, without much in common, but they had become politically conjoined to the new charter, and it would be their job to sell it to the people of Massachusetts who were expecting their agents to return with nothing less than the old charter restored.

Salem jodugarining sinovlari

Phips and Increase Mather reached Boston in separate ships on May 14, 1692. This was a Saturday afternoon, meaning all activity was to cease at sundown according to the old Puritan laws regarding the sabbath. Unlike his arrival in HMS Gul in 1683, when Phips showed little regard for the sabbath, on this occasion Phips was highly deferential toward the theocracy. Phips' elaborate swearing-in ceremony at the meeting house was halted at sundown and delayed until the following Monday. According to one letter writer, Phips presented himself as having no intentions to oppose the ancient laws and customs of Puritan Boston. He promised to rule as a weak governor, according to the tradition of his predecessors.^[74] The speech itself had likely been crafted with the care and attention of Increase Mather as they crossed the Atlantic. They seemed to have come to an agreement—you work your side of the street and I'll work mine—whereby Phips would tend to the frontier while Increase Mather and his slate of cohorts would see to domestic affairs.

Unfortunately, their crossing also coincided with the great swelling of the infamous sehrgarlik delusion. More than 125 people had been arrested on charges of witchcraft, and were being held in Boston and Salem prisons. On May 27, a special Oyer va Terminer sudi was created to hear the accumulated cases. This may have been Increase Mather's idea, as such courts were specifically mentioned in the new charter, and no one had spent more time working on the details of the charter than Increase Mather.^[75] Nonetheless, Phips signed the order and may have composed it. The language of the order itself is curious, as it speaks of concern for the welfare of those "imprisoned during this hot time of the year." Increase Mather's pick for Lieutenant Governor, Uilyam Stouton, was chosen as chief judge of this new court.^[76] There was little then to indicate that Stoughton would proceed with such ruthless conviction. Phips later claimed to have chosen nominations for the court from "persons of the best prudence and figure that could then be pitched upon"^[77] and indeed, as Thomas Brattle pointed out, most were well-known and respected merchants from the Boston area.

On June 8, William Stoughton ordered a woman accused of witchcraft (Bridget Bishop) to be executed only two days later, though tradition had been to allow at least four days between order and execution. The following Monday the clergy all around Boston area were asked to officially weigh in on the issue. There is no official record of this meeting except what was written down by Increase Mather's son Cotton Mather and usually referred to as The Return of the Ministers. This was put into print at the end of the 1692 in a book by Increase Mather, after Phips' had disrupted the trials and disbanded the Court of Oyer and Terminer. The manuscript was unknown to historians until 1943, when it was presented to archivists in a trove of documents including the infamous Paxta Matherdan Uilyam Stouttonga xat, 1692 yil 2 sentyabr. Cotton Mather's manuscript is carefully scribed with few cross-outs or mistakes, suggesting it was not so much "minutes" of a meeting as a careful construction after the fact. It is not endorsed by any minister or government official. According to Cotton Mather's telling, the ministers at the gathering simultaneously urged both caution and speedy prosecution. Most importantly Cotton Mather's Qaytish does not disallow, or discredit, the admission of spektral dalillar (accusations of a crime committed by one's "spector", against which there is no alibi possible). The Mathers, father and son, continued to debate this issue and with other area ministers, like Samuel Uillard, throughout the summer and into the fall, as documented by the minutes of the Kembrij assotsiatsiyasi.

At the end of June, five more women were condemned to die. Phips granted a reprieve to one of these, but was impressed upon "by some Salem gentlemen" to take it back.^[78] At this point, Phips seemed to wash his hands of the proceedings, not relishing the idea of gaining the enmity of his own lieutenant governor and powerful clergymen including the fully committed Cotton Mather,^[79] and the somewhat more waffling Increase Mather. There is no record of Phips ever having travelled north to meet any of the "afflicted", or attend a single Oyer and Terminer trial, or execution. Instead, Phips continued to work on recruiting troops and gathering supplies to build a fort in Maine and he left the province around August 1 and was gone the entire month and much of September. William Stoughton seems to have officially taken over executive powers in this period of Phips' absence.^[80]

Postcard showing a 1909 reproduction of Fort William Henry

French and Indian raids had resumed in the years following Phips' 1690 expeditions, so he sought to improve the province's defenses. Pursuant to his instructions from London, in 1692 he oversaw the construction of a stone fort, which was dubbed Fort Uilyam Genri, at Pemaquid (present-day Bristol, Men ), where a wooden fort had been destroyed in 1689. He recruited Major Benjamin cherkovi to lead a 450-man expedition eventually leading to a tenuous peace agreement with the Abenaki xalqi.^{[iqtibos kerak ]}

By the time Phips returned from Maine on September 29, 1692, twenty persons had been executed and the accusations and arrests continued, including charges against many high-profile individuals, allegedly including Phips' own wife. At this point Phips finally let it be known that the court of Oyer and Terminer "must fall".^{[iqtibos kerak ]} A new court was formed with instructions to entirely disregard spectral evidence. But Stoughton was once again selected by his peers to be chief justice. In late January 1693, Stoughton ordered eight graves dug in advance of his next round of his execution orders, not realizing that Phips would no longer appease him.^{[iqtibos kerak ]}

All eight were cleared by Phips' proclamations, leading Stoughton to storm from the court. His replacement on the court was more inclined to mercy for the accused. Beginning in February 1693, no more of the accused were condemned to die, and almost all had been released from prison by May.^{[iqtibos kerak ]}

Recall to London

Phips' leadership was dependent on the support of the powerful Mathers, father and son, as well as their pick to be his lieutenant governor. This strange and disparate coalition had been badly fractured by the witchcraft proceedings, and Phips' resolute and final, if slow, move to shut it down. In a letter written October 20, 1692, Cotton Mather expressed anguish over the ending of the "proceedings" and stated his displeasure with his father's recent call for presumed innocence ("Cases of Conscience"). When Phips stood up to Stoughton, he gained a terrible foe. Bundan tashqari, Jozef Dadli, a Massachusetts native (and former dominion official alongside Randolph) was in London, scheming to replace Phips and in early 1693 Stoughton joined forces with him.^[81]

The strain of this seems to have gotten to Phips in a way that so many previous seemingly insurmountable challenges had not. In January 1693, Phips was involved in an embarrassing and unseemly physical altercation with his subordinate captain in the royal navy, Richard Short. Their accusations against each other in letters to Whitehall^[82] follow the standard lines of the Tarpaulin vs. Gentleman.^[27] Short is called a drunk, corrupt, unwilling to withstand hardships or obey direct orders. His lieutenant captain is accused of cowardice. Phips, as usual, is accused of having only a carpenter's education, poor manners, disregarding standard procedure (reminiscent of the journal of Knepp). Phips' pick for a replacement captain, Dobbins, is accused of the same. Phips is also accused of corruption, which was a standard charge, and a standard problem for colonial leadership at this time, but Phips having traded silver for paper after the fiasco of Quebec, and building his own ship to chase pirates in Maine, seems to take the teeth out of this accusation.

Following the dominion government, in which Andros oversaw all of the colonies, there was a good bit of jealousy, border disputes, and jockeying for position between the new governors of the various colonies, and Phips seems to have done as much to inflame these jealousies as to work past them. Phips expressed outrage at the execution of Leysler and harbored enemies of Fletcher^[53] and the New York government that replaced Leisler. Phips' ongoing struggles with Usher in New Hampshire continued as before. (In 1695, following Phips' death, Bellomont was placed over Fletcher, Usher, and Stoughton, suggesting Whitehall was unimpressed by the bickering of the three provinces, and unswayed by the particular merits of any of their arguments. Bellomont ordered a posthumous pardon of Leisler.)

Keeping up the longstanding tradition of Massachusetts Bay, Phips fought against the office of custom inspectors, arguing that the port of Massachusetts did not see enough enumerated goods to warrant their presence. Instead Phips attempted to re-establish a naval office, with himself acting as head of the admiralty, thereby doling out favors to gain the support of the powerful merchant class. This was part of an old turf battle between the Admiralty and Customs but it led to an altercation with Randolph's custom inspector, Jahleel Brenton, which seemed to follow the similar embarrassing and unseemly pattern as his altercation with Captain Short. The two altercations weighed together against Phips. Phips was accused of violating the Navigatsiya hujjatlari, as his predecessor had been. Blathwayt was slowly and steadily working to standardize the flow of tributes from the colonies to the Crown, and if Phips was clogging these pipes he would need to answer for it.

By the spring elections of 1693, Phips needed new connections to balance against the dangerous enmity of Stoughton. Elisha Kuk was elected and Phips negatived his seat. For a royally appointed governor to exercise such veto power, granted only by the controversial new charter, was a highly unpopular move and could establish a dangerous precedent. Increase Mather had fought unsuccessfully to keep this veto power out of the new charter, but ironically, he seems to have been the architect of this move.^[83] A few weeks later, Phips invited both men to dinner, but was unable to broker a truce. Phips was still trying to maintain a bond of loyalty to Increase Mather. By many counts this move against Cooke was considered poor political calculus. The Mathers, father and son, were a house divided, trying to heal itself.^[84] The Mathers had lost much credibility and public trust. Phips seemed slow to realize that Increase Mather should no longer be his trusted adviser. A year later, when Elisha Cooke was again elected, Phips allowed it to stand. But by this time, it was probably too little, too late.

On July 31, 1693, Phips hosted at his house a meeting of the General Council, including Stoughton and four other O&T judges, and read a letter that had arrived the day before from the queen. The letter supported Phips in his ending of the trials, and stated that 'the greatest moderation and all due circumspection be used..[toward those accused of witchcraft]." No doubt, Phips wanted the letter read into the official minutes, but by hosting the meeting at his house, one wonders if he was not trying to provoke, especially if his own wife had been among the accused.

On November 30, 1693, little over a year after Phips had shut down the Court of Oyer and Terminer, Whitehall heard complaints against Phips regarding Short and Brenton, shepherded to London by Stoughton and Dudley. A recall with the internal date of February 15, 1694, summoned Phips back to London to answer the charges. It took months for the letter to reach Boston. On July 4, 1694, Phips received the summons to appear before the Lords of Trade. Stoughton, of all people, was ordered to oversee the gathering of evidence for the hearing, a galling reversal of fortunes for Phips. Phips spent much of the summer in Maine, at Pemaquid securing a peace treaty, and overseeing the frontier defenses near his birthplace.

Phips finally sailed for England on November 17. Increase Mather was asked to go along in support but decided against it, citing the difficulty of the journey, though his diary from the time is full of yearning to return to England. They were still friendly, but it seems their coalition and partnership was in tatters.

As a final stroke, before Phips left he pardoned all those who had been accused of witchcraft.^[85] Most had already been reprieved but a pardon ensured they would not be brought to trial in his absence. He sailed from the harbor after sunset on the sabbath, and firing guns from his ship. Samuel Sewall notes the similarity to his "uncomfortable" time of arrival, but the differences are more telling: Phips was no longer sensitive to the customs of the Puritan clergy, he was loudly defying them.

Phips arrived in London in early January, 1695. Upon his arrival in London, he was arrested on exaggerated charges, levied by Dudley, that he had conspired to withhold customs monies. Phips was bailed out by Sir Henry Ashurst but fell ill with a fever^{[iqtibos kerak ]} and died on February 18, 1695,^[2] aged 44, before his charges were heard. He was buried in London at the Church of St. Mary Woolnoth.

Oila va meros

William and Mary Phips had no children. They adopted Spenser Bennet, the son of Mary's sister Rebecca,^[86] who formally took the Phips name in 1716.^[87] He went on to serve as lieutenant governor of Massachusetts, including two periods as acting governor.^[88]

Paxta Matherning anonim hayoti

Pippsburg, Men uning sharafiga nomlangan.^[89][90]

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Bibliografiya

Tashqi havolalar

• Profil, law2.umkc.edu; 2014 yil 23-dekabrga kirilgan.
• Nathaniel Hawthorne on Phips in the collection "Memoir of Nathaniel Hawthorne with Stories ... " (Public Domain).