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... Samuel Steele of Farmington , certain privileges as appears by the following copy of their deed , viz : " This witnesseth that we Kepaquamp and Querrimus and Mataneage have sould to William Leawis and Samuel Steele of ffarmington A p ...
... Samuel Steele of Farmington , certain privileges as appears by the following copy of their deed , viz : " This witnesseth that we Kepaquamp and Querrimus and Mataneage have sould to William Leawis and Samuel Steele of ffarmington A p ...
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... Samuel Steele . The mark febru ye 8th nom of Kepaquamp 1657 . The mark febru ye 8th of Querrimus . 1657 . The mark of february ye 84 Mataneage . 1657. " Precisely where the hill referred to in this deed was situated , I have been unable ...
... Samuel Steele . The mark febru ye 8th nom of Kepaquamp 1657 . The mark febru ye 8th of Querrimus . 1657 . The mark of february ye 84 Mataneage . 1657. " Precisely where the hill referred to in this deed was situated , I have been unable ...
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... Samuel Steele a certain Tract or prcell of land called Mattatuck ; that is to say the hill from whence John Stanly and John Andrews brought ye black Lead , and all ye Land within eight miles of that hill , on every side ; to jmprove as ...
... Samuel Steele a certain Tract or prcell of land called Mattatuck ; that is to say the hill from whence John Stanly and John Andrews brought ye black Lead , and all ye Land within eight miles of that hill , on every side ; to jmprove as ...
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... Samuel Steele , as may appear , by ye List of theyer Names on ye other sid of this Jnstrument , which were ye men yt Payd ye first Purchas ; we say to William Lewis jun Eben . Steel and John Stanly with ye ancient Purchasers , we say ye ...
... Samuel Steele , as may appear , by ye List of theyer Names on ye other sid of this Jnstrument , which were ye men yt Payd ye first Purchas ; we say to William Lewis jun Eben . Steel and John Stanly with ye ancient Purchasers , we say ye ...
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... Samuel Rock- well , a Committee for the Town of Windsor , for themselves , and in the behalf of the rest of the Inhabitants of the Towns of Hartford and Windsor , -a certain tract of Land , situate and lying , north of Waterbury bounds ...
... Samuel Rock- well , a Committee for the Town of Windsor , for themselves , and in the behalf of the rest of the Inhabitants of the Towns of Hartford and Windsor , -a certain tract of Land , situate and lying , north of Waterbury bounds ...
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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...