The memorial history of Hartford County, Connecticut, 1633-1884; . man of a hundred and fifty years ago. No other colony in America hada charter like that of Connecticut. Hear what Bancroft says of it, andof the condition of Connecticut under it, in the thirteenth chapter of thefirst volume of his history : — Could Charles II. have looked back upon earth and seen what security hisgift of a charter had conferred, he might have gloried in an act which redeemedhis life from tlie cliarge of having been unproductive of public felicity. The con-tentment of Connecticut Avas full to the brim. In a pro
The memorial history of Hartford County, Connecticut, 1633-1884; . man of a hundred and fifty years ago. No other colony in America hada charter like that of Connecticut. Hear what Bancroft says of it, andof the condition of Connecticut under it, in the thirteenth chapter of thefirst volume of his history : — Could Charles II. have looked back upon earth and seen what security hisgift of a charter had conferred, he might have gloried in an act which redeemedhis life from tlie cliarge of having been unproductive of public felicity. The con-tentment of Connecticut Avas full to the brim. In a proclamation under the greatseal of the colony, it told the world that its days under the charter were halcyondays of peace. Those days never will return. Time, as it advances, unfolds newscenes in the great drama of human existence, scenes of more glory, of morewealth, of more action, but not of more tranquillity and purity. It is a noticeable fact that on this territory of ancient Windsor theWolcott family on the east side of the river, and the Ellsworth family. En)5 iy ChSL Burt aftei a. Ciayim Sketdi by FiBinliiaiilTaali
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