Cambridge, Mass

was settled by colonists under Governor Winthrop in 1630, and first called Newton. The American army occupied Cambridge during the period while the British neld Boston. The city was incorporated in 1846. Harvard College was founded here in 1636.: Cambridge Platform, a system of church government drawn up by a synod at Cambridge, in the colony of Ma achusetts Bay, in 1648. The Congregational churches differed somewhat at that time, some inclining to Presbyterianism, some to Independency. The synod reaffirmed the Westminster Confe ion, but recommended a form of church discipline which prevails now in the Congregational churches, Camden, Charles Pratt, Earl of (1713-1794), constantly opposed the American policy of the Rocking ham ministry. His sympathy with the colonies continued during his term as Lord Chancellor from 1766 to 1770. He opposed the oppre ive colonial policy pursued by Lord 1 North, and, on account of his liberal policy during the Revolution, he was very popular in America. 122