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... Wolcott , a signer of the Declaration of Independence , ) upon the blockade of Boston , before the War of the Revolution , renders them worthy of remembrance . " The Inhabitants of Litchfield , in legal Town Meeting as- sembled , on the ...
... Wolcott , a signer of the Declaration of Independence , ) upon the blockade of Boston , before the War of the Revolution , renders them worthy of remembrance . " The Inhabitants of Litchfield , in legal Town Meeting as- sembled , on the ...
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... Wolcott , of Connecticut . It is a statement of the number of cartridges made from the materials of the statue by the ladies of Litchfield , and is in these words : - Mrs. Marvin , 3456 cartridges . 66 66 on former account , 2602 6058 ...
... Wolcott , of Connecticut . It is a statement of the number of cartridges made from the materials of the statue by the ladies of Litchfield , and is in these words : - Mrs. Marvin , 3456 cartridges . 66 66 on former account , 2602 6058 ...
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... Wolcott's hand writing , and is endorsed ' an account of the nunber of cartridges made . ' There is no date to it , nor is there mention made by him of the fact of their being made from the statue , but a memorandum added by his son ...
... Wolcott's hand writing , and is endorsed ' an account of the nunber of cartridges made . ' There is no date to it , nor is there mention made by him of the fact of their being made from the statue , but a memorandum added by his son ...
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... Wolcott , who was a member of the Continental Congress , lived there , and during the intervals of his congressional attendance , was constantly occupied in rais- ing troops to supply the requisitions of Washington , Putnam and Gates ...
... Wolcott , who was a member of the Continental Congress , lived there , and during the intervals of his congressional attendance , was constantly occupied in rais- ing troops to supply the requisitions of Washington , Putnam and Gates ...
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... Wolcott , John Allen , Nathaniel Smith 2d , John Welch , Arthur Emmons . By Necessity and on Principle , in consequence of little ex- periment and much observation , I have effectually adopted and adhered to the salutary plan herein ...
... Wolcott , John Allen , Nathaniel Smith 2d , John Welch , Arthur Emmons . By Necessity and on Principle , in consequence of little ex- periment and much observation , I have effectually adopted and adhered to the salutary plan herein ...
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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...