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... Colony of Connecticut , granted A. D. 1662 , the boundaries of the Colony were , the Narraganset River on the East , the Sea on the South , the line of the Massachusetts plantation on the North , and the South Sea on the West . Within ...
... Colony of Connecticut , granted A. D. 1662 , the boundaries of the Colony were , the Narraganset River on the East , the Sea on the South , the line of the Massachusetts plantation on the North , and the South Sea on the West . Within ...
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... Colony , and gave rise to forcible resistance to the public authority . It was claimed on the part of the colony , that the grant was without consideration , and that those towns were to hold the lands in trust for the Colony till the ...
... Colony , and gave rise to forcible resistance to the public authority . It was claimed on the part of the colony , that the grant was without consideration , and that those towns were to hold the lands in trust for the Colony till the ...
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... Colony on the other . From this division , however , the town of Litchfield , though a part of the disputed territory , was exempted , as were also other lands previously conveyed by those towns . Those interested in the town of ...
... Colony on the other . From this division , however , the town of Litchfield , though a part of the disputed territory , was exempted , as were also other lands previously conveyed by those towns . Those interested in the town of ...
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... Colony of Conecticut jn New Eng- land send greeting - Know ye that whercas , Kepaqam , Quero- mus , and Mattaneg our Predisessors , did febr ye eighth 1657 : sell and convey unto Capt . William Lewis and Left . Samuel Steele a certain ...
... Colony of Conecticut jn New Eng- land send greeting - Know ye that whercas , Kepaqam , Quero- mus , and Mattaneg our Predisessors , did febr ye eighth 1657 : sell and convey unto Capt . William Lewis and Left . Samuel Steele a certain ...
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... Colony , was vested in the Towns of Hartford and Windsor . Those Towns therefore claimed the exclusive right to purchase the Indian title , and on doing so , to survey and sell the Lands . The affairs of " The Western Lands , " as they ...
... Colony , was vested in the Towns of Hartford and Windsor . Those Towns therefore claimed the exclusive right to purchase the Indian title , and on doing so , to survey and sell the Lands . The affairs of " The Western Lands , " as they ...
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Aaron Smith Accessus aforesaid Assembly Bantam Bezaleel Beebe Buel Capt cartridges Catlin Church Colony committee Connecticut County Daniel Griswold David deed died Jan Ebenezer Marsh Elisha Ephraim Kirby erected Exitus Farmington forever George Gibbs Governor and Company granted Gun carried Hartford and Windsor haue heirs and assigns hereby home lot Indians inhabitants Isaac Baldwin Jedediah Strong jn ye John Bird John Buell John Marsh John Stanly John Welch Joseph Bird Judge Kilborn lease Lebanon Litchfield Lynde Lord mark Marsh and John Morris Woodruff Moses Seymour murder name of Litchfield Nathaniel October Oliver Wolcott person Pethuzso Phineas Miner Prisoners rods wide School settlement settlers Shepaug River Society South Farms Statistical Account Stoddard theyer Thomas Timothy TOWN OF LITCHFIELD Towns of Hartford Township Toxcronuck tract of land United States Representative unto Uriah Tracy Uriel Holmes Waterbury Waterbury bounds William Lewis Woodbury ye rest ye sd York
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Page 44 - Broadway last night were actuated by zeal in the public cause, yet it has so much the appearance of a riot and want of order in the army, that he disapproves the manner, and directs that in future these things shall be avoided by the soldiery, and left to be executed by the proper authority.
Page 44 - THE BATTLE OF BROOKLYN. A Farce in Two Acts, as it was performed on Long Island on Tuesday, the 27th day of August, 1776, by the Representatives of the Tyrants of America assembled at Philadelphia.
Page 51 - Whereupon we do hereby associate, and mutually agree, that hereafter we will carry on our business without the use of distilled spirits, as an article of refreshment...
Page 44 - A gentleman who was present at this ominous fall of leaden majesty, looking back to the original's hopeful beginning, pertinently exclaimed, in the language of the Angel to Lucifer, "If thou be'st he! But ah, how fallen! how changed!
Page 47 - Frederic," and who was a boy at the time, informed me a few years ago that he well remembered the circumstance of the statue being sent there, and that a shed was erected for the occasion in an apple orchard adjoining the house, where his father chopped it up with the wood axe, and the " girls " had a frolic in running the bullets and making them up into cartridges.
Page 46 - Mrs. Marvin, 3456 cartridges. " " on former account, 2602 6058 Ruth Marvin on former account, 6204 Not sent to court house, 449 packs, 5388 11,592 Laura, on former account, 4250 Not sent to court house, 344 packs, 4128 8378 Mary Ann, on former account, 5762 Not sent to the court house 119 packs, out of which I let Colonel...
Page 31 - Feb. 3d, 1780, was fixed on to execute the horrid purpose. With a heart hard as adamant, he lighted a candle, went into the lodging room of his benefactors, and beat them to death with a club. A little...
Page 46 - STATUE. 267 possess, for those who know the characteristics of the families represented in it, the lively features of a picture. It illustrates what has been said in the first volume of this work, that our Wolcotts, both male and female, were always ready to labor with their hands...