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
Newhaven, first settled by the English, 20;
totally without authority, 31;
early proceedings, 56;
Blue Laws, 58;
state of, after the death of Cromwell, 62;
accedes to the Charter, 69;
particular description of, 147;
a ship fitted out to secure a patent, and wonderful consequences, 149.
New-Hertford, 147.
New Lights, notices concerning, 99, 202-204.
New-London, described, 120;
port of, well calculated for the grand emporium of Connecticut, 194.
New-Milford, 146.
Newtown, 168.
New-York, gains land from Connecticut, 77, 101;
from Massachusets-Bay and Newhampshire, 103, 104;
constitution of, subverted by the Sober Dissenters, 258.
Nichols, Colonel, deprives Connecticut of Long Island, 77.
Nichols, the Rev. Mr., cruelly treated, 274.
Norwalk, 163;
burnt, 260.
Norwich, description of, 123.
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Old Lights, notices concerning, 99, 202-205.
Oneko, King of Mohegan, 32.
Onions, vast quantity raised in Weathersfield, 188;
beds of, weeded by the females, 138.
Osootonoc River, description of, 119.
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Parsons, Hugh, found guilty of witchcraft, 137.
Penderson, Rev. Mr., joins the Church of England, 167.
Peters, the Rev. Hugh, account of himself and family, 50.
Peters, the Rev. Samuel, account of, 140;
interview with Governor Trumbull, 266;
escape from Portsmouth and Boston, 270;
reward offered by John Hancock for his capture, 270.
Peters, Rev. Thomas, his arrival at Saybrook, 17;
Church-system, 37;
school, 49;
character, 50;
some particulars of his life, 50, _Note_.
Peters, William, particulars relating to, 50-52, _Note_.
Phelps, treacherously sent upon an expedition against Ticonderoga
and Croton Point, 257.
Pitt, Mr., a Churchman, whipped for not attending meeting, 208.
Plainfield, 135.
Plymouth, New, founded, 16.
Pomeroy, Rev. Dr., character, 140;
sent for by the Windham mob, 265.
Pomfret, 133.
Population, 190.
Pork, unfair dealing in, 193.
Potter, Deacon, unjustly convicted of bestiality, 154.
Poultry of Connecticut, 185.
Powwow, ancient Indian rite, celebration of, at Stratford described,
164.
Prayer of some of the Episcopal clergy in the southern provinces
before Congress, 275.
Presbyterians, disliked and ill-treated by Sober Dissenters, 135, 199.
Preston, 123.
Produce of Connecticut, 178.
Pumpkin, hair cut by the shell, 153, 154.
Pumpkin-heads, a name given to New-Englanders, 153.
Putnam, General, curious anecdotes of, 133;
kills a bear and cubs, 134;
his narrow escape from Indians, 134;
terrible to them, 135;
alarms the country in a letter concerning Admiral Graves and General
Gage, 262.
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Quackery triumphant, 145.
Quaker, shrewd retort of one upon his judges, 99.
Quinnipiog, kingdom, 147;
refuses to grant land to the settlers, and is murdered, 56.
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