Connecticut Historical Collections: Containing a General Collection of Interesting Facts, Traditions, Biographical Sketches, Anecdotes, &c., Relating to the History and Antiquities of Every Town in Connecticut, with Geographical DescriptionsJ. W. Barber: Hartford, A. Willard, 1836 - 560 pages Containing a General Collection of Interesting Facts, Traditions, Biographical Sketches, Anecdotes, etc. Relating to the History and Antiquities of Every Town in Connecticut with Geographical Descriptions |
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... judges ; and it was men of this stamp that were the fathers of Connecticut . Though small in territorial extent and population , Connecticut is second to none of her sister states in the virtue , genius and enterprise of her sons ...
... judges ; and it was men of this stamp that were the fathers of Connecticut . Though small in territorial extent and population , Connecticut is second to none of her sister states in the virtue , genius and enterprise of her sons ...
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... judge of all the world , hath condemned for blaspheming his sacred Majesty , and murthering his Servants : every common Soul- dier among you is now installed a Magistrate ; then shew yourselves men of cour- age : I would not draw low ...
... judge of all the world , hath condemned for blaspheming his sacred Majesty , and murthering his Servants : every common Soul- dier among you is now installed a Magistrate ; then shew yourselves men of cour- age : I would not draw low ...
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... judge requisite . " 4. It is ordered , sentenced , and decreed , That no person bee chosen Governor above once in two years , and that the Governor bee always a member of some approved con- gregation , and formerly of the magistracy ...
... judge requisite . " 4. It is ordered , sentenced , and decreed , That no person bee chosen Governor above once in two years , and that the Governor bee always a member of some approved con- gregation , and formerly of the magistracy ...
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... judge meete : a reasonable proportion to the number of Freemen , that are in the said Towns , being to bee attended therein ; which Deputyes shall have the power of the whole Towne , to give theire voates and allowance to all such lawes ...
... judge meete : a reasonable proportion to the number of Freemen , that are in the said Towns , being to bee attended therein ; which Deputyes shall have the power of the whole Towne , to give theire voates and allowance to all such lawes ...
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... Judge of the Maritime Court of Appeals for the United States . He was the patron of Joel Barlow , in encouraging the composition of his Vision of Columbus , the title of the poem first published . He died in middle life , and Mr. Barlow ...
... Judge of the Maritime Court of Appeals for the United States . He was the patron of Joel Barlow , in encouraging the composition of his Vision of Columbus , the title of the poem first published . He died in middle life , and Mr. Barlow ...
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Page iii - The Puritans were men whose minds had derived a peculiar character from the daily contemplation of superior beings and eternal interests. Not content with acknowledging, in general terms, an overruling providence, they habitually ascribed every event to the -will of the Great Being, for whose power nothing was too vast, for whose inspection nothing was too minute.
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