A Complete History of Connecticut: Civil and Ecclesiastical, from the Emigration of Its First Planters, from England, in the Year 1630, to the Year 1764 ; and to the Close of the Indian Wars, Volume 1Maltby, Goldsmith and Company and Samuel Wadsworth, 1818 |
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... land there apply to Connecticut for protec- tion . Major Treat goes to the upper towns upon Connecticut river , to treat with the Indians . Fasts appointed through New - England . Act concerning the conquered lands in Narraganset ...
... land there apply to Connecticut for protec- tion . Major Treat goes to the upper towns upon Connecticut river , to treat with the Indians . Fasts appointed through New - England . Act concerning the conquered lands in Narraganset ...
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... lands from sea to sea . " The patent ordained that this tract of country should be called New - England in America ... lands and hereditaments whatsoever lying within the lim- its aforesaid north and south , in latitude and breadth ; and ...
... lands from sea to sea . " The patent ordained that this tract of country should be called New - England in America ... lands and hereditaments whatsoever lying within the lim- its aforesaid north and south , in latitude and breadth ; and ...
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... lands and hereditaments whatsoever , lying and being within the bounds aforesaid , north and south in latitude and breadth , and in length and longitude of , and within all the breadth aforesaid , through- out all the main lands there ...
... lands and hereditaments whatsoever , lying and being within the bounds aforesaid , north and south in latitude and breadth , and in length and longitude of , and within all the breadth aforesaid , through- out all the main lands there ...
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... lands to the south 1631 . sea . The colony of the Massachusetts , and the commission- ers of the united colonies of New - England , understood the patents in this light , and hence extended their claims to the westward of the Dutch ...
... lands to the south 1631 . sea . The colony of the Massachusetts , and the commission- ers of the united colonies of New - England , understood the patents in this light , and hence extended their claims to the westward of the Dutch ...
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... land is excellently watered , and libe- ral to the husbandman . Though , in some places , it is mountainous and broken , yet the greatest part of this is profitable either for wood or grazing . There are some thin lands , but these are ...
... land is excellently watered , and libe- ral to the husbandman . Though , in some places , it is mountainous and broken , yet the greatest part of this is profitable either for wood or grazing . There are some thin lands , but these are ...
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affairs aforesaid Andross appear appointed assembly Book Boston brethren charter chosen church civil claim colo colony of Connecticut command commis commissioners committee confederation Connecti Connecticut and New-Haven Connecticut river consociation council court covenant Davenport declared defence deputy governor desired determined Dutch Dutch governor election enemy England English expedition Fenwick freemen gentlemen George Fenwick governor Winthrop granted Hartford heirs hundred Indians inhabitants John John Davenport John Winthrop judged jurisdiction killed king lands legislature letter liberty Long-Island lord magistrates majesty majesty's major manner March Massachusetts meeting ment Miantonimoh miles militia ministers Moheagans Narraganset necticut New-England New-Ha New-London New-York Ninigrate officers ordained Owaneco pastor patent Pawcatuck river peace Pequots persons petition plantations planters Plymouth present principal privileges purchase Quinnipiack respect Rhode-Island sachem Saybrook sent settled settlement sioners successors tion town town privileges tract Treat troops Uncas united colonies unto Weathersfield William William Leet Windsor
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Page 546 - Day of April, in the fourth Year of our Reign of England, France, and Ireland, and of Scotland the nine and thirtieth.
Page 106 - And I charged your judges at that time, saying, Hear the causes between your brethren, and judge righteously between every man and his brother, and the stranger that is with him. Ye shall not respect persons in judgment ; but ye shall hear the small as well as the great : ye shall not be afraid of the face of man ; for the judgment is God's : and the cause that is too hard for you, bring it unto me, and I will hear it.
Page 561 - Plantations, shall HAVE and enjoy all Liberties, Franchises and Immunities, within any of our other Dominions, to all Intents and Purposes, as if they had been abiding and born, within this our Realm of England, or any other of our said Dominions.
Page 498 - God, to order and dispose of the affairs of the people at all seasons as occasion shall require; do therefore associate and conjoin ourselves to be as one Public State or Commonwealth; and do for ourselves and our successors and such as shall be adjoined to us at any time hereafter, enter into Combination and Confederation together, to maintain and preserve the liberty and purity of the Gospel of our Lord Jesus which we now profess, as also, the discipline of the Churches, which according to the...
Page 105 - ... they held themselves bound to establish such civil order as might best conduce to the securing of the purity and peace of the ordinance to themselves and their posterity according to God...
Page 103 - No man's life shall be taken away, no man's honor or good name shall be stained, no man's person...
Page 550 - The Council established at Plymouth in the County of Devon, for the Planting, ruling, ordering and Governing of New England in America" and to them and their Successors grants all the lands, &c., Viz.
Page 554 - America, and to their successors and assigns for ever, all that part of America, lying and being in breadth, from forty degrees of northerly latitude from the equinoctial line, to forty-eight degrees of the said northerly latitude inclusively, and in length, of and within all the breadth aforesaid, throughout the main lands from sea to sea...
Page 498 - ... we the Inhabitants and Residents of Windsor, Hartford and Wethersfield are now cohabiting and dwelling in and upon the River of Connecticut and the lands thereunto adjoining; and well knowing where a people are gathered together the word of God requires that to maintain the peace and union of such a people there should be an orderly and decent Government established according to God...
Page 4 - Co. of the said district, have deposited in this office the title of a book, the right whereof they claim as proprietors, in the words following, to wit : " Tadeuskund, the Last King of the Lenape. An Historical Tale." In conformity to the Act of the Congress of the United States...