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
Trumbull, Governor, furnishes a dress for the effigy of Mr. Grenville,
233, _Note_;
writes an insidious letter to General Gage, 256;
adds to an alarming one of General Putnam’s, 262;
and spirits up the mob against the loyalists, 264;
writes the eighteen articles for Dr. Peters to sign, 264;
his reply to Dr. Peters when asking protection from the Windham
mob, 266.
Trumbull, David, in command of the Windham mob, 264;
handing Dr. Peters the document containing high treason, to sign, 264;
his remark upon Dr. Peters refusing to sign it, 265.
Tryon, Governor, his character, 113;
escapes the mob at New-York, 258;
leaves Danbury, 258;
Ridgfield, 259;
releases the prisoners at Newhaven, 260;
leaves Fairfield and Norwalk, 260.
U
Uncas, a pretended sachem, 32.
Union, 132.
V
Verdmont, account of, 106.
Viets, Rev. Mr., tried for high treason, 274.
Visey, Rev. Mr., suppresses the powwow at Stratford, 164.
Voluntown, 135.
W
Wallingford, description of, 162.
Warwick, Earl of, his title to the soil of any part of Connecticut
disproved, 23-26.
Waterbury, 162.
Weathersfield, description of, 138;
singular industry of the females there, 138.
Wentworth, Benning, Esq., grants townships in Verdmont, 104.
Whapperknocker, description of, 182.
Wheelock, Dr. Eleazer, notices concerning, 53, _Note_, 132.
Whippoorwill, description of, 186.
Whitefield, Rev. George, anecdote of, 121;
and character, 161;
attempts to work a miracle at Saybrook, 128;
his character of the people of Norwich, 124;
of those of Hebron, 140;
of Guilford, 161;
of Connecticut in general, 170, 212.
Whitemore, Rev. Mr., joins Church of England, 166.
Will, scandalous concealment of Mr. Grigson’s, 151;
of Mrs. Cursette’s, 152.
Willington, 132.
Winchester, 147.
Windham, 129;
inhabitants alarmed by frogs, 130.
Windsor described, 139.
Wolcott, Oliver, treacherous embassy of, 258.
Woodbury, 146.
Woodchuck, 183.
Woodstock, 133.
Wooster, General, attacks Dr. Peters, 268;
mortally wounded, 259.
Wright, Major, his actions with the Windham mob, 266.
Y
Yale College, account of, 155-161.
York, Duke of, obtains a grant including half of Connecticut, 75.
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