. Letters from the English kings and queens : Charles II, James II, William and Mary, Anne, George II, &c. : to the governors of the Colony of Connecticut, together with the answers thereto, from 1635 to 1749 : and other original, ancient, literary and curious documents . you claime, and now enjoy, will be forfeit-ed to the King, and your Charter made void—ofthis Gent, please to take notice. From your Hum-ble Servant, (unknown) RI: NORMANSELL. These to the Governour and Company of theEnglish Colony of Connecticutt,.in New England^in America^ At a meeting^ of tlie Generall Court held at Hart-fo
. Letters from the English kings and queens : Charles II, James II, William and Mary, Anne, George II, &c. : to the governors of the Colony of Connecticut, together with the answers thereto, from 1635 to 1749 : and other original, ancient, literary and curious documents . you claime, and now enjoy, will be forfeit-ed to the King, and your Charter made void—ofthis Gent, please to take notice. From your Hum-ble Servant, (unknown) RI: NORMANSELL. These to the Governour and Company of theEnglish Colony of Connecticutt,.in New England^in America^ At a meeting^ of tlie Generall Court held at Hart-ford, 1G87. Sundry of the Court desired that the Patent orCharter might be brought into the Court, the Sec-retary sent tor it and informed the Governor andCourt that he had the Charter and shewed it tothe Court, and the Govr bid him put it into theBox again and lay it on the Table and leave theKey in the Box, which he did forthwith.* * Although not particularly mentioned, this appears tohave been the time when the Charter of Connecticut wasseized, conveyed away and secreted. Sir Edmund Androssand suit, guarded by a body of regular troops having arrivedin Hartford, Sir Edmund peremptorily demanded the surren-der of the Charter to him. The Governor of the Colon ■ . t I: Tmm eMAiasigiii miXiK, ./ ^^ Demand of Charter of Connecticut 173 October 31, Excellency Sir Edmund Andross, Knt,Capt. Generall and Govnr of his Majesties Ter-ritorie and Dominions in New England, by orderfrom his Matie James the second, King of Eng-land, Scotland, France and Ireland, the 31 of Oc-tober, 1687, took into his own hands the Govern-ment of this Colony of Connecticott, it being byhis Matie annexed to the Massachusetts and otherColonys under his Excellencies Government.—Finis. fearing- if he surrendered it, one less liberal would be giventhe Colony, or rather none at all, which caused much de-bate and kept in suspense until evening, and lighting of can-dles. At a concerted signal, the
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