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... South , the line of the Massachusetts plantation on the North , and the South Sea on the West . Within these boundaries , were included the town and county of Litchfield , which town , until the organization of the county in 1751 , was ...
... South , the line of the Massachusetts plantation on the North , and the South Sea on the West . Within these boundaries , were included the town and county of Litchfield , which town , until the organization of the county in 1751 , was ...
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... south by Waterbury bounds and a west line from Waterbury corner unto Shepaug River ; said town to be known by the name of LITCHFIELD , and to have the fol- lowing figure for a brand for their horse kind , viz : 9. And the same power and ...
... south by Waterbury bounds and a west line from Waterbury corner unto Shepaug River ; said town to be known by the name of LITCHFIELD , and to have the fol- lowing figure for a brand for their horse kind , viz : 9. And the same power and ...
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... south of the Court House , and next to Middle Street , or Gallows Lane . The second was half a mile further south , and on the corner opposite the late resi- dence of Mr. James Prescott . The third three fourths of a mile west of the ...
... south of the Court House , and next to Middle Street , or Gallows Lane . The second was half a mile further south , and on the corner opposite the late resi- dence of Mr. James Prescott . The third three fourths of a mile west of the ...
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... to divide the money for which the school right was sold , between the old So- ciety , the South Farms Society , and the Church of England , in proportion to the list of each part . " CHAPTER V. " The Indian name of this Town , 22.
... to divide the money for which the school right was sold , between the old So- ciety , the South Farms Society , and the Church of England , in proportion to the list of each part . " CHAPTER V. " The Indian name of this Town , 22.
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... south , one east , and one west of the centre ; and one in South Farms . Soldiers were then stationed here to guard the Inhabitants , both while they were at work in the field , and while they were at- tending public worship on the ...
... south , one east , and one west of the centre ; and one in South Farms . Soldiers were then stationed here to guard the Inhabitants , both while they were at work in the field , and while they were at- tending public worship on the ...
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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...