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 - Connecticut |
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Page 95
... major - general of the militia of Connecticut . The reverend Mr. Hooker March was desired to deliver him the military staff . doubtless performed with that propriety and dignity which was peculiar to himself , and best adapted to the ...
... major - general of the militia of Connecticut . The reverend Mr. Hooker March was desired to deliver him the military staff . doubtless performed with that propriety and dignity which was peculiar to himself , and best adapted to the ...
Page 102
... major part of the magistrates should , upon assembly . any urgent occasion , neglect or refuse to call an assembly , the freemen should petition them to summon one ; and , if , upon the petition of a major part of the freemen in the ...
... major part of the magistrates should , upon assembly . any urgent occasion , neglect or refuse to call an assembly , the freemen should petition them to summon one ; and , if , upon the petition of a major part of the freemen in the ...
Page 111
... major - general of the militia of 100 men to the colony , yet he was always called captain , or major , upon the records ; Mattabe- in conformity to which I have uniformly given him those titles . seck . BOOK I. year , determined , that ...
... major - general of the militia of 100 men to the colony , yet he was always called captain , or major , upon the records ; Mattabe- in conformity to which I have uniformly given him those titles . seck . BOOK I. year , determined , that ...
Page 112
... major Mason , with forty men , to drive them off , burn their wigwams , and bring away their corn . * Uncas , with a hundred men and twenty canoes , assisted in the enterprise . When they arrived at Pawcatuck bay , major Mason met with ...
... major Mason , with forty men , to drive them off , burn their wigwams , and bring away their corn . * Uncas , with a hundred men and twenty canoes , assisted in the enterprise . When they arrived at Pawcatuck bay , major Mason met with ...
Page 113
... major Mason acquainted them with the Pequots ' breach of cove- nant with the English , as they were not to settle or plant in any part of their country . The Indians replied , that the Pequots were good men , and that they would fight ...
... major Mason acquainted them with the Pequots ' breach of cove- nant with the English , as they were not to settle or plant in any part of their country . The Indians replied , that the Pequots were good men , and that they would fight ...
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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...