The Report of the Selectmen upon Several Votes of the Town at their Meeting the 10th of March, 1728: were Read and Considered Viz., The Selectmen have Viewed the Marsh at the Bottom of the Common, and not finding any Material use that can be made of it at the present, and Considering the Present Circumstances of the Town Are of Opinion it is best to ly in the Condition it now is. Read and the Report Accepted--.... As to the Proposals About Bennet Street--It is thought Convenient to be Paved if the Town thinke it Convenient to Raise Money for the Doing it at this Meeting. Read and Refer'd for further consideration to the Next March Meeting.... _d. Connecticut refuses to obey a Royal Officer appointed to command her Militia against French and Indians in 1693_ _New York Colonial Documents_, IV, 71. King William III appointed Fletcher governor of the royal province of New York, and commissioned him to command the militia also of Connecticut, the neighboring charter colony, in the war usually known as King William's War. The device was eminently wise, as a military measure; but it was stubbornly resisted by Connecticut. The historians of that colony delight to tell a legend that when the governor arrived and tried to have his commission read by his secretary to the militia (drawn up in arms to repel rather than to receive him), Captain Wadsworth drowned the reading by commanding drums to beat; three times this was repeated; and the last time Wadsworth added, "If you try again, I'll make daylight shine through you." The following document gives what is probably a more accurate statement,--but one which shows equally well that Connecticut had her way. For the general conflict of which this was one incident between crown and colonies, cf. _American History and Government_, ## 117, 118. _Governor Fletcher of New York, to Mr. Southwell_ Connecticute in New England Octoer 30th '93. Sir: I have been in this Collony 20 dayes laboreing to perswade a stubborne people to theire dewty. I Publis'd their Majesties [William and Mary] Commission in theire General Court att Hartford. Assured them I had noe pretentions to their civell adminestration. But the mallitia being lodged in the Crowne ... I came with commission under the greate seale to take that ... charge. They refused all obedienc. Have sepperated not only from the Church, But Crowne of England; and allowe of noe appeale from theire Courts, nor the Lawes of England to have any force amongst them. _Some of the wiseest have saide "Wee are not permitted to vote for any members of Parliamt, and therefore [are] not lyable to theire lawes._" [Expresses military dangers due to refusal.]