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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... whole , as that every preceding chapter might pre- pare the way for the next , and add perspicuity to the story . As this is the first history of the colony , and as time effaces ancient re- cords and papers , and eradicates from the ...
... whole , as that every preceding chapter might pre- pare the way for the next , and add perspicuity to the story . As this is the first history of the colony , and as time effaces ancient re- cords and papers , and eradicates from the ...
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... whole number of ministers in the colony from its first settlement , to that pe- riod . APPENDIX . CONTAINING various documents referred to in this volume , with the great original PATENT OF NEW - ENGLAND , never before published . THE ...
... whole number of ministers in the colony from its first settlement , to that pe- riod . APPENDIX . CONTAINING various documents referred to in this volume , with the great original PATENT OF NEW - ENGLAND , never before published . THE ...
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... whole tract to the earl of Warwick , and it had been confirmed to him by a patent from king Charles the first . See this patent in the Appendix , No. 1 . Book I. Extent of necticut patent . This is the CHAP . II . 27 CONNECTICUT . II.
... whole tract to the earl of Warwick , and it had been confirmed to him by a patent from king Charles the first . See this patent in the Appendix , No. 1 . Book I. Extent of necticut patent . This is the CHAP . II . 27 CONNECTICUT . II.
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... whole length , this tract will extend as far north as Worcester : it comprehends the whole of the colony of Connecticut , and much more . " * Neal , Doug- lass , Hutchinson , † and all ancient historians and writers , have represented ...
... whole length , this tract will extend as far north as Worcester : it comprehends the whole of the colony of Connecticut , and much more . " * Neal , Doug- lass , Hutchinson , † and all ancient historians and writers , have represented ...
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... whole length of the colony , it empties into the sound between Milford and Stratford . It is navigable twelve miles to Derby . Between Milford and Stratford it is about eighty rods wide , and there is a- bout four fathoms of water ...
... whole length of the colony , it empties into the sound between Milford and Stratford . It is navigable twelve miles to Derby . Between Milford and Stratford it is about eighty rods wide , and there is a- bout four fathoms of water ...
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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...
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