. The history of Connecticut, from the first settlement of the colony to the adoption of the present constitution. F 3 1158 00619 1679 F 9^ H727h I s^:jtit*.;;3,^.>X^v>:.vf :^;«.ts^ifa ^.M^.ivir. ;ry7#rJ^^- • .r-- ?-»•_; o;;;![;!iii!;!P|!jli!ililltp|ill||. Eng fnr Hislory of ConnenUcul. THE HISTORY CONNECTICUT, FROM THE FffiST SETTLEMENT OF THE COLOXY TO TEE ADOPTION OF THEPRESENT CONSTITOTION. BY G. H. ^V3a iJolumcs: VOL. I. I wish [this task] had fallen into some better hands, that might have performed it to the life. Ishall only draw the cur


. The history of Connecticut, from the first settlement of the colony to the adoption of the present constitution. F 3 1158 00619 1679 F 9^ H727h I s^:jtit*.;;3,^.>X^v>:.vf :^;«.ts^ifa ^.M^.ivir. ;ry7#rJ^^- • .r-- ?-»•_; o;;;![;!iii!;!P|!jli!ililltp|ill||. Eng fnr Hislory of ConnenUcul. THE HISTORY CONNECTICUT, FROM THE FffiST SETTLEMENT OF THE COLOXY TO TEE ADOPTION OF THEPRESENT CONSTITOTION. BY G. H. ^V3a iJolumcs: VOL. I. I wish [this task] had fallen into some better hands, that might have performed it to the life. Ishall only draw the curtain and open my little casement, that so others of larger hearts andabilities may let in a bigger light; that so at least some small glimmering may be left to posteritywhat difficulties and obstructions their forefathers met with in first settling these desert parts oiAmerica.—Masons History of the Peguot IVar. NEW HAVEN: DURRIE AND PECK. 1855. R PREFACE. It is not without much reluctance that I submit this work to the examinationof the public. The fhffiouUies that beset the path of the author of a local history,are not likely to be appreciated by the majority of readers whose avocations arefor the most part connected witli the stirring scenes of the present day and wit


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