1, H. M. Dexter, Congregationalism as seen in Literature, p. 49.
2, Robert Browne, A True and Short Declaration, p. l.
3, H. M. Dexter, Congregationalism as seen in Literature, p. 70.
4, Report of Conference April 3, 1590, quoted in F. J. Powicke, Henry Barrowe, p. 54.
5, W. Walker, Creeds and Platforms, p. 12.
6, Ibid., pp. 14, 15; also H. M. Dexter, Congregationalism as seen in Literature, pp. 96-104.
7, Robert Browne, A Treatise on Reformation without Tarrying, pp. 4, 7,12.
8, Robert Browne, A True and Short Declaration, p. 7; Book which Sheweth, pp. 117-148.
9, Robert Browne, Book which Sheweth, Questions 55-58.
10, Ibid., Def. 35-40; Henry Barrowe, Discovery of False Churches, p. 34, and The True Description in Appendix IV of F. J. Powicke's Henry Barrowe.
11, Robert Browne, Book which Sheweth, Def. 53 and 54.
12, Henry Barrowe, Discovery of False Churches, p. 48.
13, Henry Barrowe, Discovery of False Churches, pp. 166, 275; Robert Browne, Book which Sheweth, Def. 51; A True and Short Declaration, p. 20; The True Confession of Faith, Article 38.
14, H. M. Dexter, Congregationalism as seen in Literature, pp. 221, 232; also John Brown, Pilgrim Fathers of New England, pp. 22-25.
15, The True Confession, Art. 39.
16, "The Seven Articles," of which the following is the text:—
(1) "To ye confession of fayth published in ye name of ye Church of England and to every artikell thereof wee do w'th ye reformed churches wheer wee live & also els where assent wholly.".
(2) "And as wee do acknowlidg ye doctryne of fayth theer tawght so do wee ye fruites and effeckts of ye same docktryne to ye begetting of saving fayth in thousands in ye land (conformistes & reformistes) as ye ar called w'th whom also as w'th our brethren wee do desyer to keepe speirtuall communion in peace and will pracktis in our parts all lawful thinges."
(3) "The King's Majesty wee acknowlidg for Supreme Governor in his dominion in all causes, and over all parsons [persons] and ye none maye decklyne or apeale his authority or judgment in any cause whatsoever, but ye in all thinges obedience is dewe unto him, either active, if ye thing commanded be not against God's woord, or passive yf itt bee, except pardon can bee obtayned."
(4) "Wee judge itt lawfull for his Majesty to apoynt bishops, civill overseers, or officers in awthoryty onder hime in ye severall provinces, dioses, congregations or parishes, to oversee ye churches, and governe them civilly according to ye Lawes of ye Land, uutto whom ye ar in all thinges to geve an account and by them to bee ordered according to Godlyness." (This is not an acknowledgment of spiritual—superiority or authority, only the recognition that as church officers were also magistrates, the king could appoint them as his civil servants.)
(5) "The authority of ye present bishops in ye land wee do acknowlidg so far forth as ye same is indeed derived from his Majesty untto them and as ye proseed in his name, whom wee will also therein honor in all thinges and hime in them."
(6) "Wee believe ye no sinod, classes, convocation or assembly of Ecclesiastical Officers hath any power or awthority att all but ye same by ye Majestraet given unto them." (Intended to be a denial of Presbyterianism.)
(7) "Lastly wee desyer to geve untto all Superiors dew honour to preserve ye unity of ye spiritt w'th all ye feare God to have peace w'th all men what in us lyeth and wherein wee err to bee instructed by any." (Text of Points of Difference and Seven Articles in W. Walker, Creeds and Platforms, pp. 75-93.)
17, The Commons prayed, "that no man hereafter be compelled to make or yield any gift, loan, benevolence, tax, or such like charge, without common consent by Act of Parliament. And that none be called to make answer, or to take such oaths, or to be confined or otherwise molested or disputed concerning the same, or for refusal thereof. And that no freeman may in such manner as is before mentioned be imprisoned or detained."—Extract from the Petition of Right. See J. R. Green, Short History of the English People, pp 486, 487.
18, E. H. Byington, The Puritan in England and New England, pp. 486, 487.
19, See Gott's Letter in Bradford's Letter-Book, Mass. Hist. Soc., iii, 67,68.
20, G. L. Walker, History of the First Church in Hartford, p. 154.
21, Thomas Hooker, Survey of Church Discipline, chap. 3, p. 75; also Mass. Col. Rec., iii, 424; J. Cotton, Way of the Churches, pp. 6, 7.
22, J. Cotton, Way of the Churches, pp. 6, 7; Plymouth Col. Rec., ii, 67; Mass. Col. Rec., i, 216, iii, 354; Hartford Town Voter, in Conn. Hist. Soc. Coll., vi, 32; Conn. Col. Rec., i, 311, 545.
23, Plymouth Col. Laws, ed. 1836, p. 258; Conn. Col. Rec., i, pp. 96, 138, 290, 331, 389, 525.
24, J. Cotton, A Discourse about Civil Government in a New Plantation whose Design is Religion (written many years since), London, 1643, pp. 12, 19. (This is a misprint in the title-page, for the author was John Davenport.)
25, Mass. Col. Rec., i, 87.
26, J. Cotton, Keys of the Kingdom of Heaven, pp. 50, 53.
27, Mass. Law of 1636; Conn. Col. Rec., i, 341.
28, Conn. Col. Rec., i, 525.
29, G. F. Ellis, Puritan Age in Massachusetts, p. 34.
30, Winthrop, i, 81.
31, Mass. Col. Rec., i, 142.
32, Winthrop, i, 287; H. M. Dexter, Ecclesiastical Councils of New England, p. 31.
33, J. A. Doyle, Puritan Colonies, ii, 70.
34, C. Mather, Magnalia, ii, 277.
35, Horace Bushnell, in Discourse on Christian Nurture, p. 25.
36, Cotton Mather, Magnalia, ii, 179.
37, Results of Half-Way Covenant Convention, Prop. 4. See W. Walker, Creeds and Platforms, p. 296.
38, W. Walker, Creeds and Platforms, p. 295. See Question 7, of Results.
39, Conn. Col. Rec., i, 386, 426.
40, Conn. State Papers (Ecclesiastical), vol. i, Doc. 106. Quoted in the Church Review and Ecclesiastical Register, x, p. 116.
41, Beardsley, Hist, of the Church in Connecticut, i, 101; Perry, Hist, of Epis. Church in the United States, i, 283, 284.
42, Conn. Col. Rec., i, 437, 438.
43, G. L. Walker, Hist, of First Church in Hartford, p. 200.
44, Record of the United Colonies, i, 506.
45, G. L. Walker, Hist, of First Church in Hartford, p. 209.
46, L. Bacon, Coatr. to Eccl. Hist, of Connecticut, p. 29.
47, E. Stiles, Christian Union, p. 85; J. A. Doyle, Puritan Colonies, ii, 69; Conn. Col. Rec., i, 545; ii, 290 and 557.
48, Conn. Col. Rec., vii, 33; viii, 74.
49, Thomas Prince, Christian History, i, 94.
50, Preface to Work of the Reforming Synod.
51, C. Mather, Magnalia, Book v, p. 40.
52, C. Mather, Ratio Discipline, p. 17.
53, C. M. Andrews, Three River Towns, p. 86. See also Bronson, Early Government, in New Haven Hist. Soc. Papers, iii, 315; Conn. Col. Rec., 290-293, 321, 354.
54, Conn. Col. Rec., v, 67.
55, L. Bacon, Contr. to Ecel. History, p. 33.
56, Conn. Col. Rec., v, 87.
57, Saybrook Platform.
58, L. Bacon, Thirteen Historical Discourses, pp. 190, 191.
59, S. Stoddard, Instituted Churches, p. 29.
60, Trumbull, Hist, of Connecticut, i, 406; T. Clap, Hist, of Yale College, p. 30.
61, Trumbull, Hist, of Connecticut, i, 406.
62, L. Bacon, Thirteen Historical Discourses, p. 190.
63, H. M. Dexter, Congregationalism as seen in Literature, pp. 489, 490.
64, Conn. Col. Rec., v, 87.
65, Ibid., v, 50.
66, A. Johnston, Connecticut, p. 232.
67, John Bolles, A Relation of the Opposition some Baptist People met at Norwich in 1761.
68, Ibid., p. 7.
69, Quaker Laws. The New Haven Laws against Quakers deal thus fiercely:—
"Whereasthere is a cursed sect of heretics lately risen up in the world, which are commonly called Quakers, who take upon them that they are immediately sent of God and infallibly assisted by his spirit, who yet write and speak blasphemous opinions, despise governments and the order of God, in church and commonwealth… we do hereby order and declare
"That whosoever shall hereafter bring, or cause to be brought, directly or indirectly, any known Quaker or Quakers, or other blasphemous heretics, into this jurisdiction, every such person shall forfeit the sum of 600 pounds to the jurisdiction, except it appear that he wanted true knowledge or information of their being such… and it is hereby ordered that what Quaker or Quakers soever come into this jurisdiction, from foreign parts or places adjacent, if it be about their civil, lawful occasions to be quickly despatched among us, which time of stay shall be limited by the civil authority in each plantation, and that they shall not use any means by words, writings, books, or any other way, to go about to seduce others, nor revile nor reproach, nor any other way make disturbance or offend. They shall upon their first arrival, or coming in, appear to be brought before the authorities of the place and from them have license to put about and issue their lawful occasions, and shall have one or more to attend upon them at their charge until such occasions of theirs be discharged, and they return out of the jurisdiction which if they refuse to do, they shall be denied such free passage and commerce and be caused to return back again, but if this first time they shall offend in any of the ways as before expressed, and contrary to the intent of this law, they shall be committed to prison, severely whipped, kept to work, and none suffered to converse with them during their imprisonment, which shall be no longer than necessity requires, and at their own charge sent out of the jurisdiction."
For a second offense, they were to be branded, as well as to be committed to prison. For a fourth offense, they were to have their tongues bored through with hot irons. Their books, papers, etc., were to subject their possessors to a fine of 5 pounds, and entertaining or concealing a Quaker was to be punished by a fine of 20s.; while undertaking to defend any of their heretical opinions was doubly fined.—New Haven Col. Kec., ii, 217, 238,363.
In 1656, the Connecticut Court, in conformity to a suggestion from the commissioners of the United Colonies, ordered that "no towne within this jurisdiction shall entertaine any Quakers, Kanters, Adamites, or such notorious heretiques, or suffer them to continue with them above the space of fourteen days,… and shall give notice to the two next towns to send them on their way under penalty of £5 per week for any town entertaining any such person, nor shall any master of a ship land such or any." In August, 1657, the above fine was imposed on the individual who entertained the Quaker, etc., as well as on the town, and an officer was appointed to examine suspects. A little later, a penalty of 10s. was imposed for Quaker books and MSS. found in the possession of any but a teaching elder. Twice the Court saw fit to leave, notwithstanding all former orders, all such cases to the jurisdiction of the separate towns, to order fines, banishment, or corporal punishment, provided the fines "exceed not ten pounds."
The tone is brief and businesslike, dealing with a matter that had already caused great trouble to the other United Colonies, and which might become a menace to Connecticut. There are almost no recorded cases of sentence being imposed. See Conn. Col. Kec., i, 283,303,308, 324.
70, J. Bowden, History of the Society of Friends, i, 104, quoting Norton's Ensign, p. 52.
71, Ibid., i, 106.
72, Ibid., i, 440.
73, R. P. Hallowell, The Pioneer Quakers, p. 47.
74, R. R. Hinman, Antiquities of the Charter Government of Connecticut, p. 229.
75, E. E. Beardsley, History of the Episcopal Church in Connecticut, i, 19.
76, A. L. Cross, Anglican Episcopate in the American Colonies, pp. 33 et seq.
77, Ibid., p. 95, note.
78, C. F. Hawkins, Missions of the Church of England, 377, 378.
79, Church Documents, Conn., i, 14.
80, Ibid., i, 59.
81, Ibid., i, 136.
82, Church Documents, Conn., i, 153.
83, Ibid., i, 56.
84, S. D. McConnell, History of the American Episcopal Church, p. 132.
85, Conn. Col. Rec., viii, 106; and Church Documents, Conn., i, 280, 283.
86, Conn. Col. Rec., vii, 459, and viii, 123, 334.
87, Rogerine Laws. See Conn. Col. Rec., v. 248, 249.
88, C. W. Bowen, The Boundary Disputes of Connecticut, especially pp. 48, 58, and 74.
89, The Talcott Papers, published in vols. iv and v of the Conn. Hist. Soc. Collections.
90, Conn. Col. Rec., iv, 307.
91, Talcott Papers, i, 147, 189, and ii, 245, 246, in Conn. Hist. Soc. Collections, vols. iv and v.
92, C. M. Andrews, The Connecticut Intestacy Law, in Yale Review, iii, 261 et seq.
93, Conn. Col. Rec., vii, 237.
94, Ibid., vii, 257.
95, Jonathan Edwards' Works, iv, 306-324.
96, Ibid., iv, 81.
97, Lauer, Church and State, p. 77; also Conn. Col. Rec., vi, 33.
98, A. Johnston, Hist, of Conn., pp. 255, 256; also H. Bronson, Historical Account of Conn. Currency, in New Haven Hist. Soc. Papers, i, 51 et seq.
99, Joseph Tracy, The Great Awakening, p. 13.
100, Edwards' Works, iv, 34-37.
101, Conn. Col. Rec., vii, 309.
102, Ibid., viii, 522.
103, Charles Chauncy, Seasonable Thoughts, p. 249.
104, Conn. Col. Rec., viii, 438, 468; also Joseph Tracy, The Great Awakening, p. 303.
105, Conn. Col. Rec., viii, 454 et seq.; B. Trumbull, Hist, of Connecticut, ii, 165; C. Chauncy, Seasonable Thoughts, p. 41.
106, Conn. Col. Rec., viii, 456.
107, Ibid., viii, 456.
108, Ibid., viii, 457.
109, Trumbull, Hist, of Conn., ii, 135.
110, S. W. S. Button, Hist, of the North Church in New Haven.
111, E. D. Lamed, Hist, of Windham County, vol. ii, book 5, chapter 3.
112, O. W. Means, Hist, of the Enfleld Separate Church.
113, Conn. Col. Rec., October, 1751.
114, E. D. Lamed, Hist, of Windham County, vol. ii, book 5, chapter 3.
115, Conn. Col. Rec., viii, 501.
116, Ibid., viii, 502.
117, E. D. Larned, Hist, of Windham County, ii, 417, 419, 425, 426; L. Bacon, Thirteen Historical Discourses, p. 245.
118, Solomon Paine's View, pp. 15, 16.
119, Thomas Clap, History of Yale, p. 27.
120, G. P. Fisher, Church of Christ in Yale College, app. 6.
121, E. D. Lamed, History of Windham County, i, 425, 426.
122, S. L. Blake, The Separatists, pp. 183, 192. (This book gives the origin and end of every Separate church.) Also 0. W. Means, History of the Enfield Separate Church.
123, Conn. Col. Rec., xii, 269, 341.
124, Ibid., viii, 507.
125, Trumbull, History of Connecticut, i, 132, 133.
126, W. C. Reichel, Dedication of Monuments erected by the Moravian Historical Societies in New York and Connecticut.
G. H. Loskiel, Hist, of Missions of the United Brethren among theIndians of North America. J. Heckwelder, Missions of the UnitedBrethren among the Delaware and Mohegan Indians, pp. 51 et seq.
127, Conn. Col. Rec., ix, 218.
128, I. Backus, History of the Baptists, ii, 80.
129, H. M. Dexter, Congregationalism as seen in Literature, p. 503.
130, Frederick Dennison, Notes of the Baptists and their Principles in Norwich, Conn., p. 10.
131, Ibid., p. 16.
132, Stiles, Ancient Windsor, p. 439.
133, C. H. S. Davis, Hist, of Wallingford, pp. 164-210.
134, "To the King's Most Excellent Majesty in Council." (Quoted in Frederick Dennison, Notes of the Baptists.)
135, T. Clap, History of Yale, pp. 41-60.
136, Quoted by E. H. Gillett, Civil Liberty in Connecticut, Historical Magazine, 2d series, vol. iv.
137, E. D. Lamed, History of Windham County, i, 468.
138, Thomas Darling, Some Remarks, p. 6.
139, Ibid., p. 41.
140, Ibid., pp. 43, 46.
141, Robert Ross, Plain Address, p. 54.
142, E. Frothingham, Key to Unlock, p. 147.
143, Ibid., pp. 56, 58.
144, Ibid., pp. 51-53.
145, Ibid., p. 42.
146, Ibid., p. 156.
147, Ibid., p. 181.
148, Loomis and Calhoun, Judicial and Civil History of Connecticut, p. 55.
149, M. C. Tyler, Literary History of the American Revolution, i, 133.
150, Fulham, MSS. cited in A, L. Cross, Anglican Episcopate in the American Colonies, p. 115. See also pp. 122 et seq. and 332, 345.
151, A. L. Cross, Anglican Episcopate, pp. 164 and 216. Perry, American Episcopal Church, i, 415.
152, Minutes of the Association, i, 3.
153, F. M. Caulkins, History of Norwich, p. 363.
154, Conn. Col. Rec., xiii, 360.
155, I. Backus, History of the Baptists, ii, 340.
156, E. D. Lamed, History of Windham County, ii, 103.
157, I. Backus, An Appeal to the Public for Religious Liberty, Boston, 1773, p. 28.
158, Ibid., p. 13.
159, Ibid., pp. 43-48.
160, John Wise, Vindication, Edition of 1717, p. 84.
161, Public Records of the State of Connecticut, i, 232.
162, Quoted in E. H. Gillett, Civil Liberty in Connecticut, Hist. Magazine, 1868.
163, I. Backus, History of the Baptists, ii, 304.
164, Minutes of Hartford North Association.
165, I. Foster, Defense of Religious Liberty, pp. 30, 32; also 135 and 142.
166, Acts and Laws of the State of Connecticut, 1784, pp. 21, 22, 213, 235.
167, P. K. Kilbourne, History of Litchfield, pp. 166, 169.
168, James Morris, Statistical Account of the Towns of Litchfield County.
169, Judge Church, in his Litchfield County Centennial Address.
170, J. D. Champlin, Jr., "Litchfield Hill."
171, Noah Webster, Collection of Essays (ed. of 1790), p. 379.
172, Ibid., p. 338.
173, Ibid., p. 338.
174, Letter of Sept. 11,1788, one of the series in answer to the quotations from Richard Price's "Observations on the Importance of the American Revolution." See American Mercury, Feb. 7, 1785. Connecticut Journal, Feb. 16, and Connecticut Courant, Feb. 22, 1785.
175, James Schouler, History of the United States, i, 53.
176, Isaac Backus, The Liberal Support of the Gospel Minister, p. 35.
177, Report of Superintendent of Public Schools, 1853, pp. 62, 63.
178, W. Walker, The Congregationalists, pp. 311 et seq.
179, John Lewis, Christian Forbearance, p. 31.
180, E. Stiles, Diary, i, 21.
181, H. M. Dexter, Congregationalism as seen in Literature, p. 523.
182, Acts and Laws of the State of Connecticut (ed. of 1784), pp. 403, 404.
183, Courant, May 28, 1791.
184, Ibid., May 28, 1791.
185, J. Leland, High Flying Churchman, pp. 10, 11, 16, 17.
186, Acts and Laws (ed. of 1784), p. 418.
187, Ibid., p. 417.
188, Cited from Report of the Superintendent of Public Schools, 1853, p. 65.
189, The American Mercury, Feb. 24 and Apr. 17, 1794.
190, J. Leland, A Blow at the Boot, pp. 7, 8.
191, See Rep. of Supt. of Public Schools, 1853, pp. 74-95.
192, Ibid., pp. 101, 102.
193, Published in Courant of March 16, 23 and 30, 1795.
194, See Hollister, Hist, of Connecticut, ii, 568-575; Report of Superintendent of Public Schools, 1853; Swift's System of Laws, i, 142 et seq.
195, Wolcott Manuscript, in vol. iv, Library of Conn. Historical Society, Hartford, Conn.
196, Judge Church's Manuscript, deposited with New Haven Historical Society.
197, Swift, System of the Laws of Connecticut, i, 55-58.
198, Hollister, Hist, of Connecticut, ii, 510-514, quoting Judge Church.
199, D. G. Mitchell, American Lands and Letters, i, 142; F. B. Dexter, Hist, of Yale, p. 87.
200, Minutes of the General Association, Report of the Session of 1797.
201, A. Bishop, Proofs of a Conspiracy, p. 32.
202, Connecticut Journal, April 30, 1816, quotes the Petition and reply.
203, J. Leland, Van Tromp lowering his Peak, p, 33.
204, A. Bishop, Oration in Honor of the Election of Jefferson, pp. 9, 10, 11-16.
205, Judge Church's Manuscript.
206, Lyman Beecher, Autobiography, i, 257, 259, 260, 342, 343.
207, Constitution of the United States, Article II, Sect, ii, 1; Art. I, Sect, viii, 15. For the correspondence between General Dearborn and Gov. J. C. Smith, see Mies' Register, viii, 209-212.
208, Hildreth, History of United States, vi, 319-325; Schouler, Hist, of United States, ii, 270.
209, Niles' Register, viii, 291; ix, 171; also American Mercury of April 19, 1815.
210, New Haven Register, and also the American Mercury of Feb. 12, 1817.
211, Niles' Register, xi, 80.
212, Swift, System of Law, i, 74.
213, Swift, Vindication of the calling of the Special Superior Court, pp. 40-42.
214, Report of the Committee. See also J. H. Trumbull, Historical Notes, pp. 43-47.
215, Connecticut Courant of Aug. 25, 1818.
216, J. H. Trumbull, Historical Notes, pp. 55, 56.
217, Journal of the Convention, pp. 49, 67. (The Connecticut Courant and the American Mercury published the debates of the Convention in full as they occurred.)
218, Trumbull, Historical Notes, p. 60. See also the text, preceding this note, p. 483.
The Constitution of 1818, admirable for the conditions of that time, leaves now large room for betterment. The century-old habit of legislative interference was not wholly uprooted in 1818, and soon began to grow apace. The Constitution stands to-day with its original eleven articles and with thirty-one amendments, some of which, at least in their working, are directly opposed to the spirit of the framers of the commonwealth. The old cry of excessive legislative power is heard again, for the legislature by a majority of one may override the governor's veto, and, through its powers of confirmation and appointment, it may measurably control the executive department and the judicial. Moreover, apart from these defects in the constitution, certain economic changes have resulted in a disproportionate representation in the House of Representatives. The Joint-Stock Act of 1837 gave birth to great corporations, and with railroads soon developed the formation of large manufacturing plants. As a result, there was a rush, at first, of the native born, and, later, of large numbers of immigrants, who swelled the population, to the cities. This, together with the development of the great grain-producing western states, changed Connecticut from an agricultural to a manufacturing state, and from a producer of her own foodstuffs to a consumer of those which she must import from other states.
Such shifting of the population has produced a condition where a bare majority of one in a House of two hundred and fifty-five members may pass a measure that really represents the sentiment of but one-fifteenth of the voters of the state. There results a system of rotten boroughs and the opportunity for a well-organized lobby and the moneyed control of votes. It is asserted that the first section of the bill of rights, namely, "That no man or set of men are entitled to exclusive public emoluments or privileges from the community," is constantly violated by this misrepresentation, which especially affects the population in the cities, and is felt not only in all state measures, but in all local ones about which the legislature must be consulted. As an illustration of the inequality of representation, the following figures are given. In the Constitutional Convention of 1818, 81 towns senttwodelegates each, and 39 towns sentone, from communities out of which 11 had a population of less than 1000, and 100 ranged between 1000 and 4000, while only 9 surpassed this last number. In the Constitutional Convention of 1902, 87 towns, with an aggregate population of 781,954, sent eachtwodelegates, while 81, with a combined population of 126,411, sent eachonedelegate. Thus it happened that in 1902, New Haven, population 108,027, senttwodelegates, and the town of Union, population 428, also senttwodelegates, while ten other towns, with a population ranging from 593 to 885 each, senttwodelegates.
The "Standing Order" of to-day is not a privileged church, but a dominant political party strong in the privilege and powers derived from long tenure of office and intrenched behind constitutional amendments which, in addition to this unequal representation in the House, provide for the election of Senators upon town and county lines rather than upon population. The Constitutional Reform Party of to-day propose radical measures to remedy these more glaring defects in the administration of government, and to consider these, called the Constitutional Convention of 1902. In it, the influence of the small towns on the drafting of the proposed constitution was so great that, when it was presented to the people for ratification, an adverse majority in every county refused to accept it. In fact, only fifteen per cent of the whole people thought it worth while to express any opinion at all.
References for the Constitutional Convention of 1902: Clarence Deming, Town Eule in Connecticut, Political Science Quarterly, September, 1889; and M. B. Carey, The Connecticut Constitution. (These will be found useful as summing up much of the newspaper discussion of the period, and also for the data upon which the argument for the desired changes is based.) There is also "The Constitutions of Connecticut, with Notes and Statistics regarding Town Representation in the General Assembly, and Documents relating to the Constitutional Convention of 1902," printed by order of the Comptroller, Hartford, Conn.
A few titles are given of those works found most useful in acquiring a general historic setting for the main topic.
Bancroft, George. History of the United States. New York, 1889.
Gardiner, S. R. History of England from Accession of James I. London, 1863.
——History of England under the Duke of Buckingham and CharlesI. London, 1875.
——History of the Commonwealth and Protectorate. London and New York, 1894-1903.
Green, John Richard. Short History of the English People. London, 1884.
——History of the English People. New York, 1880. 4 vols., chiefly vol. iii.
Hildreth, Richard. History of the United States to 1824. New York, 1887. 6 vols.
McMaster, John Bach. A History of the People of the United States from the Revolution to the Civil War. New York, 1884-1900. 5 vols.
Schouler, James. History of the United States of America under theConstitution. Washington, Philadelphia, and New York, 1882-99. 6 vols.
Tyler, Moses Coit. A History of American Literature, 1607-1765. NewYork, 1879. 2 vols.
——The Literary History of the American Revolution, 1763-1783. NewYork and London, 1897. 2 vols.
Winsor, Justin. Narrative and Critical History of America. Cambridge, 1886-89. 8 vols.
Adams, Henry. Documents relating to New England Federalism, 1800-1815. Boston, 1877.
Adams, John. Works with a Life of the Author, Notes and Illustrations. (Ed. by Charles Francis Adams.) Boston, 1850-56. 10 vols.
Arber, Edward. The Story of the Pilgrim Fathers, 1606-1623 A. D. as told by themselves, their Friends and their Enemies, edited from the original Texts. London, 1897.
Barlow, Joel. Political Writings. New York, 1796.
Bradford, William. History of "Plimoth" Plantation.
Reprint from original MS. with report of proceedings incident to itsreturn. Boston, 1898.
Brown, John. The Pilgrim Fathers of New England and their PuritanSuccessors. London, 1895. Revised American ed. 1897. [a]
Byington, Ezra B. The Puritan in England and New England. Boston, 1897.
Campbell, Douglas. The Puritans in Holland, England and America. NewYork, 1892. 2 vols.
Cobb, Sanford H. Rise of Religious Liberty in America. New York andLondon, 1902.
Pages 236-290 and 512-514 treat of Connecticut, while 454-482 dealwith the American Episcopate.
Doyle, John Andrew. The English in America; The Puritan Colonies. NewYork, 1889. 2 vols.
Ellis, George E. The Puritan Age and Rule in the Colony ofMassachusetts Bay, 1629-1685. Boston and New York, 1888.
Felt, Joseph Barton. The Ecclesiastical History of New England, comprising not only Religious but Moral and other Relations. Arranged chronologically and with index. Boston, 1855-62. 2 vols.
Fish, Carl Russell. The Civil Service and the Patronage. New York, 1905.
Pages 32-39, Jefferson's removal of Mr. Goodrich of New Haven.
Fiske, John. The Beginnings of New England; or, The Puritan Theocracy in its Relations to Civil and Religious Liberty. Boston and New York, 1880.
Gardiner, S. R. The First Two Stuarts and the Puritan Revolution, 1603-1660. London, 1887.
Goodwin, John Abbott. The Pilgrim Republic: An Historical Review of the Colony of New Plymouth, with sketches of the Rise of other New England Settlements, the History of Congregationalism and the Creeds of the Period [New England to 1732]. Cambridge, 1895.
Heckewelder, J. A Narrative of the Mission of the United Brethren among the Delaware and Mohigan Indians from 1740 to 1808. Philadelphia, 1820.
Lauer, P. E. Church and State in New England. Baltimore, 1892.
Also in Johns Hopkins University Studies, Nos. 2 & 3.
Lodge, Henry Cabot. A Short History of the English Colonies inAmerica. New York, 1881.
Love, Wm. De Loss, Jr. The Fasts and Thanksgiving Days of NewEngland. Boston, 1895. Includes a bibliography.
Loskiel, George H. History of the Missions of the United Brethren among the Indians in North America. London, 1794.
Mather, Cotton. Magnalia Christi Americana; or, The EcclesiasticalHistory of New England from its First Planting in the Year 1620 to theYear of our Lord 1698. Ed. London, 1702,—Hartford, 1820. 2 vols. [a]
3d ed. with Introduction and occasional Notes by T. Bobbins.Hartford, 1853, 2 vols.
Mourt's Relation or Journal of a Plantation settled at Plymouth, inNew England and proceedings Thereof. London, 1622. 2d ed. Annotatedby A. Young. Boston, 1841. Also found in Young's Chronicle of thePilgrim Fathers. Boston, 1846. [a]
Reprint with illustrative cuts, George B. Cheever, Editor, New York,1849.
Reprint ed. by H. M. Dexter. Boston, 1865. (See vol. viii, 1st series, Mass. Hist Soc. Col., also Library of New England History, vol. i.)
Neal, Daniel. History of the Puritans, or Protestant Non-conformists: from the Reformation in 1517 to the death of Queen Elizabeth, with an Account of their principles: their Attempts for a further Reformation in the Church: their Sufferings, and the Lives and Characters of their considerable Divines, etc. London, 1732, 4 vols. Revised ed. London, 1837, 3 vols. [a]
Palfrey, John G. Comprehensive History of New England. Boston, 1858-90. 5 vols.
Prince, Thomas. A Chronological History of New England in the form ofAnnals. Boston, 1736. Edited by Drake with Memoir of theAuthor. Boston, 1852. [a]
Reprint to Mass. Hist. Soc. Col., 2d series, vol. vii, 1818. Newedition, edited by N. Hale. Boston, 1826. Found also in Arber'sEnglish Garner, vol. ii, 1879.
Reichel, W. C. Memorial of the Dedication of Monuments erected by Moravian Historical Society to mark the sites of ancient missionary stations. Philadelphia, 1858.
Schaff, Philip. Religious Liberty. See American Historical SocietyAnnual Report, 1886-87.
Thornton, J. Wingate. The Pulpit of the American Revolution. Boston, 1876.
Weeden, William B. Economic and Social History of New England. Boston, 1890. 2 vols.
Winthrop, John. History of New England, 1636-47, edited by JamesSavage. Boston, 1853. 2 vols.
Wood, John (Cheetham, James). History of the Administration of JohnAdams. New York, 1802.
——History of the Administration of J. Adams, with Notes. New York, 1846.
Baird, Robert. Religion in America; or An Account of the Origin, Relation to the State and Present Condition of the Evangelic Churches in the United States. New York, 1856.
Bishop, J. Leander. A History of American Manufactures, 1608-1860. 1868. 3 vols.
This includes a history of the origin and growth of the principal mechanical arts and manufactures: notice of important inventions; results of each decennial census; tariffs; and statistics of manufacturing centres. It has a good index by which the industrial history of each colony and state can be quickly traced. Bolles, Albert S. The Financial History of the United States. New York, 1879-86. 3 vols.
Carroll, Henry King. Religious Forces in the United States, enumerated, classified and described on the basis of the Government Census of 1890. New York, 1893.
Dorchester, Daniel. Christianity in the United States from the first settlement down to the present time. New York and Cincinnati, 1888.
Hayward, John. The Religious Creeds and Statistics of every ChristianDenomination in the United States. Boston, 1836.
Connecticut-State, county, town, etc., of which only the more important town and county histories, and reports of anniversary celebrations are given. Those omitted are of small interest outside of their respective towns, except to genealogists or to those whose families chance to be mentioned in the sketch of historical development or of commercial growth. The many books of this type contribute general coloring, and some of them a few important bits of information, to the story of the development of the state, but many are not worth enumerating as sources, or as assistants to the general reader or student.
Allen, Francis Olcott. The History of Enfleld, compiled from all the public records of the town known to exist, covering from the beginning to 1850. Lancaster, 1900. 3 vols.
Carefully compiled and attested by the town clerk. Includes alsograveyard inscriptions and extracts from Hartford, Northampton andSpringfield records.
Andrews, Charles M. The River Towns of Connecticut, Wethersfield, Hartford and Windsor. Baltimore, 1889. (Also Johns Hopkins Historical and Political Science Papers, vii, 341-456.)
Atwater, Edward E. (editor). History of the City of New Haven. NewYork, 1887.
Good for the earlier history, for a few extracts from records;contains descriptions of public men and events, also extracts fromold newspapers, etc.
——History of the Colony of New Haven to its absorption into Connecticut. New Haven, 1881. A much better book, being the best special history of the New Haven Colony.
Baldwin, Simeon E. Constitutional Reform. A Discussion of the PresentInequalities of Representatives in the General Assembly [ofConnecticut]. New Haven, 1873.
——The Early History of the Ballot in Connecticut. AmericanHistorical Association Papers, i, 407-422. New York, 1890.
——The Three Constitutions of Connecticut. In New Haven HistoricalSociety Papers, vol. v.
Barber, John W. Connecticut Historical Collections. New Haven, 1856.
A book of brief anecdotal town histories, curious legends, notable events, newspaper clippings, together with a goodly number of illustrations.
Bolles, John Rogers. The Rogerenes: Some hitherto unpublished annals belonging to the Colonial History of Connecticut. Part 1. A. Vindication, by J. R. Bolles. Part 2. History of the Rogerenes, by Anna B. Williams. Boston, 1904.
Bowen, Clarence W. The Boundary Disputes of Connecticut. Boston, 1882.
Breckenridge, Francis A. Recollections of a New England Town(Meriden). Meriden, 1899.
Typical of the life in New England towns, 1800-1850.
Bronson, Henry, Early Government of Connecticut. (New HavenHistorical Society Papers, iii, 293 et seq.)
Bushnell, Horace. "Work and Play," being the first volume of his"Literary Varieties." New York, 1881.
Contains an historical estimate of Connecticut.
Caulkins, Frances M. History of New London, Connecticut. New London, 1852.
——History of Norwich, Connecticut. Norwich, 1845.
These two histories are readable, reliable and full of detail, culled from original records, many of which are now deposited with the New London Historical Society.
Clap, Thomas. Annals or History of Yale College. New Haven, 1766.
Cothren, William. History of Ancient Woodbury, Connecticut, 1669-1879. (Including Washington, Southbury, Bethlehem, Roxbury, and part of Oxford and Middlebury.) Waterbury, 1854, 1872, 1879. 3 vols.
Vols. i and ii, history, with considerable genealogy. Vol. iii,1679-1879, births, marriages and deaths.
Dexter, Franklin Bowditch. Thomas Clap and his Writings. See NewHaven Historical Society Papers, vol. v.
——Sketch of the History of Yale University. New Haven, 1887.
Dwight, Theodore. History of Connecticut. New York, 1841.
——History of Hartford Convention. Hartford, 1833.
Of the 447 pages, 340 are devoted to recounting the events which led to the calling of the convention, and, with much political bias, to the history of Jefferson's political career from 1789, quoting from official correspondence and his private letters. Pages 340-422 deal with the convention proper, giving, pp. 383-400, its "Secret Journal." The Appendix, pp. 422-447, has brief biographies of the members.
Dwight, Timothy. Travels in New England and New York. New Haven, 1831. 4 vols.
Dodd, Stephen. The East Haven Register in Three Parts. New Haven, 1824.
A rare little book of 200 pages compiled by the pastor of the Congregational Church in East Haven. Part i contains a history of the town from 1640 to 1800; part ii, names, marriages, and births, 1644-1800; part iii, account of the deaths in families, from 1647 to 1824.
Field, David Dudley. A History of the Towns of Haddam and EastHaddam. Middletown, 1814.
A book of some forty-eight pages, of which six are devoted to genealogies "taken partly from the records of the towns, and partly from the information of aged people" by the pastor of the church in Haddam. Though largely ecclesiastical, its author— a college A. M.—realizes the value of statistics in references to population, necrology, taxes, militia, farming, and other industries, and weaves them into his rambling story.
——Statistical Account of the County of Middlesex. Middletown, 1819.
Fowler, William Chauncey. History of Durham, 1662- 1866.
Includes in chapter xii—pp. 229-443—extracts trom Town Records,Ministerial Records, Proprietor's Eecords.
Gillett, E. H., Rev. The Development of Civil Liberty in Connecticut. In Historical Magazine, 2d series, vol. iv (1868), pp. 1-34, Appendices, pp. 34-49. Morrisania, N. Y., 1868.
Appendix A. Report of the Rev. Elizur Goodrich, D. D., to the Convention of Delegates from the Synod of New York and Philadelphia and from the Associations of Connecticut, held annually from 1766 to 1775 inclusive (being a statement on the subject of Religious Liberty in the Colony), with notes by E. H. G. pp. 34-43.
Appendix B. Letter of Rev. Thomas Prince of Boston to Rev. John Drew of Groton, Conn., May 8, 1744, pp. 43-47. (Sympathizing with the New Lights.)
Appendix C. Three short paragraphs omitted from the body of thearticle.
Appendix D. Extracts from the American reprint of Graham's"Ecclesiastical Establishments of Europe," pp. 47, 48.
This article in itself contains Israel Holly's "Memorial," JosephBrown's "Letter to Infant Baptisers of North Parish in New London"(in part); also copious citations from the pamphlets of Bolles,Frothingham, Bragge, the Autobiography of Billy Hibbard (Methodistpreacher) and extracts from Abraham Bishop's pamphlets.
Hartford Town Votes, 1635-1716. (Transcribed by Chas. J. Hoadly.) SeeConnecticut Historical Society Collections, 1897, vol. vi.
Hollister, Gideon H. Address in Litchfleld, April 9,1856, before the Historical and Antiquarian Society, on the occasion of completing its organization. Hartford, 1856.
Hollister, Gideon H. The History of Connecticut. New Haven, 1855. 2 vols.
A history of Connecticut from the first settlement of the colony tothe adoption of the present Constitution in 1818.
Hurd, D. Hamilton. History of Fairfield County, Connecticut, with illustrations and Biographical Sketches of its Prominent Men and Pioneers. Philadelphia, 1881.
Johnson, William Samuel. Letters to the Governors of Connecticut, 1766-1771. See Mass. Historical Society Collections, series 5, vol. ix, pp. 211-490.
Johnston, Alexander. The Genesis of a New England State,Connecticut. Baltimore, 1883. Revised 1903. (Also in Johns HopkinsUniversity Studies, vol. i, no. 11.)
——Connecticut; a Study of a Commonwealth Democracy. Boston and NewYork, 1887. Revised 1903.
Jones, Frederick R. History of Taxation in Connecticut. Johns Hopkins University Studies in Political Science, series 14, no. 8. Baltimore, 1896.
Journal of the Proceedings of the Convention of Delegates Convened at Hartford, August 26, 1818. Hartford, 1873. Reprinted by order of the state comptroller, Hartford, 1901.
Kilbourne, P. K. Sketches and Churches of the Town ofLitchfield. Historical, biographical, statistical. Hartford, 1859.
An excellent account, drawing in part upon Woodruff's (George C.)History of Litchfield, 1845, and Morris' Statistical Account ofLitchfield County, 1818, with additional matter.
Kingsley, F. J. Old Connecticut. See New Haven Historical SocietyPapers, vol. iii.
Kingsley, James Luce. Sketch of Yale College. Boston, 1835.
Lambert, Edward R. History of the Colony of New Haven, before and after the Union with Connecticut. New Haven, 1838.
Larned, Ellen D. History of Windham County. Worcester, 1874. 2 vols.
One of the best of the local histories.
Vol. 1, book iii. Account of Canterbury Church difficulties and of theClevelands.
——Historic Gleanings in Windham County, Connecticut. Providence, 1899.
Levermore, Charles H. The Republic of New Haven. Also in JohnsHopkins University Studies, extra vol. i. Baltimore, 1886.
Litchfleld Book of Days, A collection of the historical, biographical and literary reminiscences of Litchfleld, Connecticut. Edited by George C. Boswell. Litchfield, 1899.
Litchfleld County Centennial Celebration, August 13-14, 1851. Hartford, 1851.
Loomis (Dwight) and Calhoun (J. Gilbert). The Judicial and CivilHistory of Connecticut. Boston, 1895.
Orcutt, Samuel. History of New Milford and Bridgewater, Connecticut, 1703-1882. Hartford, 1882.
——History of Old Town of Derby. Springfield, 1880.
"Prepared with great fidelity and thoroughness, and to take rank with the best town histories," wrote Noah Porter on Feb. 1, 1880. Biography and Genealogy, pp. 523-785.
——History of the Old Town of Stratford and the City ofBridgeport. New Haven, 1886. 2 pts.
The Proceedings of a Convention of Delegates from the states ofMassachusetts, Connecticut, Rhode Island, the Counties of Cheshire andGrafton in the State of New Hampshire and the County of Windham in theState of Vermont convened at Hartford in the State of Connecticut,December 15, 1814. Hartford, 1815.
Sanford, Elias B. A History of Connecticut. Hartford, 1887.
A school history.
Selleck, Charles M. History of Norwalk. Norwich, 1886.
Statistical Account of the Towns and Parishes in the State of Connecticut, published by Connecticut Academy of Arts and Sciences, vol. i, no. 1. New Haven, 1811.
Steiner, Bernard Christian. A History of the Plantation of Menunkatuckand of the Original Town of Guilford, Connecticut (present towns ofGuilford and Madison) written largely from the manuscripts of The Hon.Ralph Dunning Smyth. Baltimore, 1897.
The book draws upon the preceding histories of Guilford, namely that of the Rev. Thomas Kuggles, Jr., and the later sketch of Guilford and Madison by Daniel Dudley Field, first written in 1827 for the Connecticut Academy of Arts and Sciences. It was revised by R. D. Smyth in 1840 and published in 1877 after his death. Mr. Sterner has added matter derived from a study of the town records and other sources, making a history that covers all points of development.
——Governor William Leete and the absorption of New Haven by the Colony of Connecticut. American Historical Association, Annual Report, 1891, pp. 209-222.
——History of Slavery in Connecticut. (See Johns Hopkins HistoricalStudies, ii, 30 et seq.) Baltimore, 1893.
Stiles, Ezra. A Discourse on the Christian Union. Brookfield, 1799.
——The Literary Diary of Ezra Stiles, edited under the authority of the corporation of Yale University by F. B. Dexter, M. A. New York, 1901. 3 vols.
Stiles, Henry Reed. Ancient Windsor. Hartford, 1891. 2 vols.
Swift, Zephaniah. System of the Laws of the State ofConnecticut. Windham, 1795.
Trumbull, Benjamin. A Complete History of Connecticut, Civil and Ecclesiastical, 1639 to 1713, continued to 1764. New Haven, 1818. 2 vols.
Reprint with Introductory Notes and Index by Jonathan Trumbull. NewLondon, 1898.
Trumbull, J. Hammond (Editor). Hartford County MemorialHistory. Hartford, 1886. 2 vols.
Vol. i, part i, The County of Hartford treated topically, as early history, the colonial period, "Bench and Bar," "Medical History," etc. Part ii, Hartford, Town and City. Vol. ii, Brief Histories of the different towns.
Trumbull, J. Hammond. Historical Notes of the Constitutions ofConnecticut, 1639 to 1818; and Progress of the Movement which resultedin the Convention of 1818, and the Adoption of the presentConstitution. Hartford, 1873. Reprinted by order of StateComptroller, Hartford, 1901.
——Origin and Early Progress of Indian Missions in NewEngland. Worcester, 1874.
——Defense of Stonington (Connecticut) against a BritishSquadron. Hartford, 1864.
——The True Blue Laws of Connecticut and New Haven and the False BlueLaws invented by the Rev. Samuel Peters. To which are added specimensof the Laws of other Colonies and some of the Blue Laws ofEngland. Hartford, 1876.
——List of Books printed in Connecticut, 1709-1800 (edited by his daughter Annie E. Trumbull). The list contains 1741 titles and also a list of printers. Hartford, 1904.
Webster, Noah. Collection of Papers on Political, Literary and MoralSubjects. New York, 1843.
Bacon, Leonard. Sketch of Life and Public Services of JamesHillhouse. New Haven, 1860.
Blake, B.L. Gurdon Saltonstall. In New London Historical SocietyPapers, part 5, vol. i.
Dexter, Franklin B. Biographical Sketches of Graduates of Yale. 3 vols. May, 1701-May, 1745; New York, 1885. May, 1745-May, 1763; New York, 1896. May, 1763-May, 1778; New York, 1903.
Kilbourne, P. K. Biographical History of the County of Litchfield. NewYork, 1851.
Mitchell, Donald G. American Lands and Letters. 3 vols.
First volume, for early newspapers, the Hartford Wits and literatiof the colonial period.
Sprague, W. B. Annals of the American Pulpit. New York, 1857-69. 9 vols.
Biographical Sketches in chronological order, contributed by 540 writers of sectarian prominence, and with intent to show development of churches and the power of character.
Vols. i and ii, Trinitarian-Congregationalists. Vols. iii and iv,Presbyterian. Vol. v, Episcopalians (reference for the EpiscopalRepublican coalition in 1818 in Connecticut). Vol. vi, Baptists.Vol. vii, Methodists. Vol. viii, Unitarians. Vol. ix, Lutherans, DutchReformed, etc.
Tyler, Moses Coit. Three Men of Letters (George Berkeley, TimothyDwight and Joel Barlow). New York and London, 1895.
w. abbreviation for weekly
American Mercury,w. Anti-Federal.
Founded July 12, 1784, with Joel Barlow, editor, and Elisha Babcock,publisher. In 1833 merged into the Independent Press.
Yale University Library has a file practically complete to 1828,only 20 numbers missing.
Connecticut Courant.w. Federal, Whig, Republican.
Founded 1764, by Thomas Green as organ of the Loyal Sons of Liberty; later supported Washington and Adams; continued as the weekly and now daily Hartford Courant. Said to be the oldest newspaper still published in the United States. Connecticut Courant and the Weekly Hartford Intelligencer, 1774.
Connecticut Courant and the Weekly Intelligencer, Feb. 1781.
The latter part of title dropped March 21, 1791.
In 1837 the Daily Courant was established. This paper bought out theIndependent Press (which in turn had absorbed the American Mercury);and the staff of the Press, including Charles Dudley Warner,Gen. J. K. Hawley and Stephen A. Hubbard, joined WilliamH. Goodrich, who was the business manager of the Couraut.
Connecticut Mirror,w. Federal.
Founded July 10, 1809, by Charles Hosmer, publisher. During the War of 1812, it was the organ of the "extreme right" of the Federal party. It was continued until about 1835.
Yale University Library contains an almost complete file up to 1831.
Times.w. Democratic-Republican.
Founded Jan., 1817, with Frederick D. Bolles, publisher, andM. Niles, editor. Its slogan was "Toleration" and the NewConstitution.
March 2,1841, it became the Daily Times, and still continues.
Columbian Register,w. Democrat.
Founded Dec. 1, 1812, Joseph Barber, publisher, to give "proceedings of Congress, latest news from Europe and history of New England, particularly of Connecticut." Daily edition, 1845; Sunday edition, 1877.
Yale University has a continuous file.
The Connecticut Gazette,w.
Printed by James Parker, April, 1755. Suspended April 14,1764.Eevived by Benjamin Mecom, July 5, 1765. Ended Feb. 19, 1768.
Connecticut Herald,w. Federal, Republican.
Founded 1803, by Corostock, Griswold & Co., publishers, Thomas Green Woodward, editor. A Daily Herald, issued Nov. 16,1832. In 1835 its publishers, Woodward & Carrington, bought the Connecticut Journal. The Daily Herald and Journal of 1846 soon became, by buying out the Courier, The Morning Journal and Courier, as now, and its weekly edition, the Connecticut Herald.
Yale University has a continuous file.
The Connecticut Journal and New Haven Post Boy.w. Federal.
Founded 1767 by Thomas and Samuel Green. It was started about fourmonths before the Connecticut Gazette (New Haven). It failed April7,1835, and was sold to Woodward & Carrington, owners of the DailyHerald.
The title "and New Haven Post Boy" was omitted about 1775. It wasknown in 1799, for a few months only, as the Connecticut Journal andWeekly Advertiser, and in 1809, for a few months only, as theConnecticut Journal and Advertiser.
Yale's file dates from 1774 to 1835.
The New Haven Gazette and the Connecticut Magazine,w. Meigs &Dana, Feb. 16, 1786-1798.
The Connecticut Post and New Haven Visitor,w.
Founded Oct. 30, 1802, as the Visitor; title changed Nov. 3, 1803.Ended its existence about Nov. 8, 1834.
The New London Gazette,w. (Connecticut Gazette.)
Founded by Timothy Green, November, 1763. The earlier Connecticut Gazette, published at New Haven, April, 1755-April 14, 1763, having ended February, 1768, the New London Gazette adopted the New Haven paper's name. The firm became Timothy Green & Son, 1789-1794. Samuel Green (the son) conducted the paper to 1841, except the year 1805, and from 1838 to 1840. Known as the Connecticut and Universal Intelligencer, Dec. 10, 1773-May 11, 1787.
Yale University flies are from 1765 to 1828, except 1775, '76, '77, and '78.
Niles' Weekly Register,w. Baltimore, 1811-1849.
It was known from 1811 to 1814 as the Weekly Register; from 1814 to August, 1837, as Niles' Weekly Register, and from 1837 to 1849 as Niles' National Register. It devoted itself to the record of public events, essays and documents dealing with political, historical, statistical, economic and biographical matter.
New Haven Colonial Records, ed. by C. J. Hoadly. 2 vols. 1638-1649; 1653-1664. Hartford, 1857-58.
Connecticut, Colonial Records of, ed. by C. J. Hoadly and J. HammondTrumbull. 15 vols. 1635-1776,. Hartford, 1850-90.