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... deed , viz : " This witnesseth that we Kepaquamp and Querrimus and Mataneage have sould to William Leawis and Samuel Steele of ffarmington A p sell or a tract of land called. the legislature to pursue spirited measures to prevent it. ...
... deed , viz : " This witnesseth that we Kepaquamp and Querrimus and Mataneage have sould to William Leawis and Samuel Steele of ffarmington A p sell or a tract of land called. the legislature to pursue spirited measures to prevent it. ...
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George Catlin Woodruff. ffarmington A p sell or a tract of land called Matetucke , that js to say the hill from whence John Standley and John An- drews brought the black lead , and all the land within eight mylle of that hill on every ...
George Catlin Woodruff. ffarmington A p sell or a tract of land called Matetucke , that js to say the hill from whence John Standley and John An- drews brought the black lead , and all the land within eight mylle of that hill on every ...
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... 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 appeareth on Record jn ...
... 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 appeareth on Record jn ...
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... Tract of Land wth all ye pre- veledges which in any kind appertain thereunto with ye Re- uersions and Remainders thereof and all ye estate Right Title , Jnterest , jnheritance , Property claime and demand whatsoever , we ye sd Jndians ...
... Tract of Land wth all ye pre- veledges which in any kind appertain thereunto with ye Re- uersions and Remainders thereof and all ye estate Right Title , Jnterest , jnheritance , Property claime and demand whatsoever , we ye sd Jndians ...
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... Tract or Percell of Land and do hereby assigne , enfe- offe , Rattefie and Confirm unto the aforesd Willm Lewis Sarjt Ebenezer Steel and Left John Stanly theyer ancient Purchas- ers and theyer heirs forever , all ye forementioned ...
... Tract or Percell of Land and do hereby assigne , enfe- offe , Rattefie and Confirm unto the aforesd Willm Lewis Sarjt Ebenezer Steel and Left John Stanly theyer ancient Purchas- ers and theyer heirs forever , all ye forementioned ...
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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...