Papers of the New Haven Colony Historical Society . r<^. ^\ i / ^ ?^•T Jag; =.6 I /(i -/? ?. .,V tr-X . ..-?.?•?.?I \--V:-?l; 1 ? r.,V:V .? V J*-» • • •. mO n-- ?•?•? ?? ??? -???••• ?-? COMMEMORATIVE ADDRESS Delivered September 28th, 189; :)Ul»;- ^^ HORACE DAY, THE FIRST SECRETARY OF THE SOCIETY npHE NEW HA\^EN COLONY, whose name thissociety bears, ceased to exist as an independentcivil and political organization nearl} two hundredand thirt} 3ears ago. For a single quarter of acentury New Haven, without authorit} derived fromcharter grant and without the recognition of anysuperior earthl}-
Papers of the New Haven Colony Historical Society . r<^. ^\ i / ^ ?^•T Jag; =.6 I /(i -/? ?. .,V tr-X . ..-?.?•?.?I \--V:-?l; 1 ? r.,V:V .? V J*-» • • •. mO n-- ?•?•? ?? ??? -???••• ?-? COMMEMORATIVE ADDRESS Delivered September 28th, 189; :)Ul»;- ^^ HORACE DAY, THE FIRST SECRETARY OF THE SOCIETY npHE NEW HA\^EN COLONY, whose name thissociety bears, ceased to exist as an independentcivil and political organization nearl} two hundredand thirt} 3ears ago. For a single quarter of acentury New Haven, without authorit} derived fromcharter grant and without the recognition of anysuperior earthl}- power, exercised the highest func-tions of sovereignty. Its founders acquired the soilfrom its native occupants as being the onU legitimateowners, organized their state, enacted laws, impris-oned, fined and whipped evil doers and beheaded andhung malefactors. The New Haven colony was for afew 3ears the solitar}^ instance of an absoluteh inde-pendent state on the American continent. XXVI - proci:kdi\c;.s at the puhlic openixg minatioii. The gradual encroachment of colonistsfirst at Plymouth and then in Massachusett
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