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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... settlement of a country or a commonwealth . Under these difficulties , the writer of this history began the laborious work . Almost a century and an half had elapsed , from the time of the emigration of the first planters of the colony ...
... settlement of a country or a commonwealth . Under these difficulties , the writer of this history began the laborious work . Almost a century and an half had elapsed , from the time of the emigration of the first planters of the colony ...
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... settlement of intestate estates , was rendered null and void . The colony declare that they will not surrender their char- ter , and pray for the continuance of the act relative to intestate estates , B CHAPTER V. WAR with the Eastern ...
... settlement of intestate estates , was rendered null and void . The colony declare that they will not surrender their char- ter , and pray for the continuance of the act relative to intestate estates , B CHAPTER V. WAR with the Eastern ...
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... Settlement of the towns of Ashford , Tolland , Bolton , Stafford and Litchfield . County of Windham form- ed . Somers and Willington settled . Incorporation of East - Haddam . Extraordinary noises formerly heard in that town . Settlement ...
... Settlement of the towns of Ashford , Tolland , Bolton , Stafford and Litchfield . County of Windham form- ed . Somers and Willington settled . Incorporation of East - Haddam . Extraordinary noises formerly heard in that town . Settlement ...
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... settlement of the land commences . Colonel Dyer is sent to the sourt of Great - Britain , as agent for the company . The col- ony assert their claim to the lands comprised in the purchase . CHAPTER XXV . CONTROVERSY at Wallingford . Mr ...
... settlement of the land commences . Colonel Dyer is sent to the sourt of Great - Britain , as agent for the company . The col- ony assert their claim to the lands comprised in the purchase . CHAPTER XXV . CONTROVERSY at Wallingford . Mr ...
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... settlement of the lands belonging to the colony . Therefore on the termina- tion of the war , several important objects arrested the at- tention of the legislature . The first and principal were attention the reformation of manners ...
... settlement of the lands belonging to the colony . Therefore on the termina- tion of the war , several important objects arrested the at- tention of the legislature . The first and principal were attention the reformation of manners ...
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