Connecticut, its latitude and longitude, 175; whence named, 15; three parties of English adventurers arrive in, 16; right to the soil of, considered, 31-35; civil and religious establishments and proceedings of the first English settlers, 37; forms a confederacy with New-Plymouth and Massachusets-Bay, 62; obtains a charter of incorporation, 68; divided into counties, townships, &c., 83; sketch of its religious-political free system since the Charter, 97-100; half the territory of, granted to the Duke of York, 75; its consequent loss of territory, 77, 101; dimensions of, as at present allowed, 114; description of, at large, 115; treatment English travelers met with then from landlords, 111; proceedings of, in regard to the Stamp-act, 229-245; to the Tea-act, 251; to that for shutting the port of Boston, 253; commits the first overt act of high treason, 254. Connecticut River, description of, 115; astonishing narrows in it, 115, 116. Contingencies, extraordinary allowance for, 198; of what sort some are, 220. Convention, grand continental, of dissenting ministers at Newhaven, notices concerning, 160. Cooper, the Rev. Miles, LL.D., narrowly escapes the fury of the mob in New-York, 258. Cornwall, 147. Cotton, the Rev. Mr., notices relating to, 50; _Note_, 138. Council of Plymouth, their grant, 12. Courts, instituted in Connecticut, 83, 84; cruelty of the ecclesiastical, in New-England, 128. Coventry, 132. Cuba, description of an animal so called, and extraordinary qualities of male and female, 183. Cursette, Mrs., surprising discovery of her will, 153. Customs of the people, 211; borrowed of the Indians, 223. Cutler, the Rev. Dr., joins the Church of England, 166. D Dagget, the Rev. Mr. Naphthali, character of, 160. Danbury, 168; burnt, 258. Davenport, the Rev. John, arrives at Newhaven, 20; his church-system, 42, 43. Dead, buried with their feet to the west, 123. Debble, the Rev. Mr., cruelly treated, 274. Derby, 162. Dixwell, buried at Newhaven, 63, _Note_. Douglas, Dr., some account of, 101. Durham, 162. Dutch, get footing on Manhattan Island, but are compelled to submit by Argal, 12; revolt, 15. Dyer, Mr., takes active part in Stamp-act, 236. E East Haddam, 139. East Windsor. _See_ Windsor, 139. Eaton, Mr. Theophilus, arrives at Newhaven, 20; chosen Governor, 42; his true character, 150. Election, management of, in Connecticut, 222. Elliot, the Rev. Mr., some mention of, 129. Endfield, 139. Expenditure of Connecticut, 196. Exports of Connecticut, 191. F Fairfield, 163; burnt, 260. Farmington, 142.