General History of Connecticut, from Its First Settlement Under George Fenwick to its Latest Period of Amity with Great BritainPeters, Samuel
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General History of Connecticut, from Its First Settlement Under George Fenwick to its Latest Period of Amity with Great Britain
Peters, Samuel
Connecticut -- History -- Colonial period, ca. 1600-1775; Connecticut -- History -- Revolution, 1775-1783
Beauford, 161.
Bellamy, the Rev. Dr., some account of, 146.
Birds, 185, 186.
Bishop of London’s authority derided by an American judge, 144.
Bishops, their neglectful conduct in regard to America, 172;
animadversions upon, 173;
notices concerning, 61, 171, 172.
Blaxton, the Rev. Mr., particulars relating to, 51, _Note_.
Blue Laws, specimens of, 58.
Bolton, 139.
Boston, peninsula of, obtained and occupied by the Rev. Mr. Blaxton,
51, _Note_;
town of, founded, 16;
its port shut up, 256;
attack meditated against it, 258;
Neck fortified by General Gage, 258.
Bostwick, the Rev. Mr., attacked by the mob, 254.
Boundaries, disputes concerning, 99;
of Connecticut, as at present allowed, 114.
Bribery disallowed, 222.
Briton, Mr., humourous story concerning him and a deacon’s daughter,
214.
Brown, the Rev. Mr., declares for the Church of England, 166.
Brownists set sail for America, and found Plymouth, 16.
Buckley, the Rev. John, some account of, 141.
Buckley, the Rev. Peter, character of, 142.
Bull-fly, description of, 187.
Bundling, singular custom of, justified, 224-229.
Byles, Dr. Mather, disingenuous treatment, 218.
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Canaan, 147.
Cansey American Indians enjoy liberty in perfection, 110.
Canterbury, 135.
Caterpillars ravage the border of Connecticut River, 131.
Chandler, the Rev. Thomas Bradbury, where born, 133.
Charter, petitioned for privately, 66;
obtained, 68;
claim founded upon, and prevarications concerning it, 36;
powers conferred by, 83, 84;
strengthens notions of independence, 86;
formally surrendered by the colony to Sir Edmund Andros, 89;
regained by a mob, hid in a tree, and reassumed, 90;
violated by George II., 102.
Chatham, 139.
Church of England, the first erected in Connecticut, 163;
professors of the, number of, in 1770, 168, 169;
reason of their great increase, 166;
their zeal, 170;
measures adverse to, 171.
Clergy, Episcopal, in Connecticut, morality of, 171;
one punished for not observing the Sabbath agreeably to the notions
of Sober Dissenters, 213;
acquire immortal honour by adhering to their ordination-oaths, 260;
immoral, anti-episcopal, and rebellious conduct of some of them in
the southern provinces, 172-174.
Colchester, 141.
Colden, Lieutenant-Governor, of New-York, grants lands in Verdmont, 105.
Coldness of the winter in Connecticut accounted for, 176.
Comic Liturgy, acted in Connecticut on occasion of the Stamp-act, 231.
Commerce of Connecticut, 191.
Company for Propagating the Gospel in New-England, charter obtained for
the, and abuse of it, 52, _Note_.
Connecticote, his kingdom, 135;
his conduct toward the settlers, 53;
his death, 57.
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