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 2Maltby, Goldsmith and Company and Samuel Wadsworth, 1818 - Connecticut |
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... gave their first and particular attention to these objects . A state of war is peculiarly unfriendly to friendly to religion . It dissipates the mind , diminishes the degree of religion . instruction , removes great numbers almost ...
... gave their first and particular attention to these objects . A state of war is peculiarly unfriendly to friendly to religion . It dissipates the mind , diminishes the degree of religion . instruction , removes great numbers almost ...
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... gave orders that all the students , belonging to the school , should repair to New- Haven for instruction and government . At the same time , they appointed Mr. Stephen Buckingham of Norwalk , one of the trustees . The scholars who had ...
... gave orders that all the students , belonging to the school , should repair to New- Haven for instruction and government . At the same time , they appointed Mr. Stephen Buckingham of Norwalk , one of the trustees . The scholars who had ...
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... gave intimations , that he would still add . Three years after , he sent the va- 1718. lue of an hundred pounds more . Mr. Dummer , at the same time , sent seventy six volumes of books , twenty of which were folios . The whole were ...
... gave intimations , that he would still add . Three years after , he sent the va- 1718. lue of an hundred pounds more . Mr. Dummer , at the same time , sent seventy six volumes of books , twenty of which were folios . The whole were ...
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... expressing their opinion , that they were worthy of the degree of Bachelor of Arts . Mr. Woodbridge , in a formal manner , gave them these certificates in the meet- Book II . ing house ; and this was commonly CHAP . I. 29 CONNECTICUT .
... expressing their opinion , that they were worthy of the degree of Bachelor of Arts . Mr. Woodbridge , in a formal manner , gave them these certificates in the meet- Book II . ing house ; and this was commonly CHAP . I. 29 CONNECTICUT .
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... gave the degrees . The repu numbers of THE college , thus fixed at New - Haven , enriched with tation and benefactions , and accommodated with a large and beauti- the college ful house , began to flourish , and was much more to be no ...
... gave the degrees . The repu numbers of THE college , thus fixed at New - Haven , enriched with tation and benefactions , and accommodated with a large and beauti- the college ful house , began to flourish , and was much more to be no ...
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