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... county in 1751 , was a part of the county of Hartford . In 1685 , on the decease of Charles , his brother James the 2d , ascended the throne . He is represented as having been an " obstinate , cruel tyrant , and a bigoted Roman Catholic ...
... county in 1751 , was a part of the county of Hartford . In 1685 , on the decease of Charles , his brother James the 2d , ascended the throne . He is represented as having been an " obstinate , cruel tyrant , and a bigoted Roman Catholic ...
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... County House corner , which subsequently the town voted , was not fit for building a house upon . The Mansion House corner was the twentieth choice . The corner now owned by Mr. Oliver Goodwin , was the twenty - fifth choice . The County ...
... County House corner , which subsequently the town voted , was not fit for building a house upon . The Mansion House corner was the twentieth choice . The corner now owned by Mr. Oliver Goodwin , was the twenty - fifth choice . The County ...
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... County of Litchfield . The first was the Indian above nam- ed . The second was a man by the name of Barnet Davenport , a native of New Milford , convicted of both murder and arson . He was executed on the 8th day of May , 1780 , aged ...
... County of Litchfield . The first was the Indian above nam- ed . The second was a man by the name of Barnet Davenport , a native of New Milford , convicted of both murder and arson . He was executed on the 8th day of May , 1780 , aged ...
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... County . The sentence of death was pronounced upon an inhabitant , though not a na- tive of this town , named Washburn , for bestiality , in the year 1801. * But the evening before the day appointed for his execution , he put an end to ...
... County . The sentence of death was pronounced upon an inhabitant , though not a na- tive of this town , named Washburn , for bestiality , in the year 1801. * But the evening before the day appointed for his execution , he put an end to ...
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... county fifty or sixty years ago , will recognize in the above list , the names of many of her most prominent and influential citizens — men of wealth and enterprise , who , though surround- ed by the endearments of domestic life ...
... county fifty or sixty years ago , will recognize in the above list , the names of many of her most prominent and influential citizens — men of wealth and enterprise , who , though surround- ed by the endearments of domestic life ...
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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...