General History of Connecticut, from Its First Settlement Under George Fenwick to its Latest Period of Amity with Great Britain

Chapter 2: GENERAL HISTORY OF CONNECTICUT,

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The volume offers a provincial history that traces early settlement and growth, surveys the country’s geography and institutions, and records many anecdotes and incidents illustrating social and religious practices. It includes an appendix that examines the causes of colonial unrest and the colony’s role in the movement toward separation, along with notes, extracts, and editorial additions presented as documentary support. The author frames the account as corrective to earlier narratives, contesting established portrayals and highlighting laws and customs he regards as misrepresented or concealed.

THE REV. SAMUEL PETERS’ LL. D.

GENERAL HISTORY
OF
CONNECTICUT,

FROM ITS FIRST SETTLEMENT UNDER GEORGE FENWICK TO ITS LATEST PERIOD OF AMITY WITH GREAT BRITAIN PRIOR TO THE REVOLUTION;

INCLUDING

A DESCRIPTION OF THE COUNTRY, AND MANY CURIOUS
AND INTERESTING ANECDOTES.

WITH AN APPENDIX, POINTING OUT THE CAUSES OF THE REBELLION IN AMERICA; TOGETHER WITH THE PARTICULAR PART TAKEN BY THE PEOPLE OF CONNECTICUT IN ITS PROMOTION.

BY A GENTLEMAN OF THE PROVINCE.
LONDON: 1781.

TO WHICH ARE ADDED, ADDITIONS TO APPENDIX, NOTES, AND EXTRACTS
FROM LETTERS, VERIFYING MANY IMPORTANT STATEMENTS
MADE BY THE AUTHOR.

SAMUEL JARVIS McCORMICK.

NEW YORK:
D. APPLETON AND COMPANY,
549 & 551 BROADWAY.
1877.