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then the said seizors are to deliuer vp to the said Dutchman the whole estate, both in vessell and goods seized as aforesaid. [26] This Courte orders that Nathaniell Rescue shall bee paid fiue pounds more with the Goody Johnsons childe, accordinge to her promise to him, hee hauing ingaged himselfe to meinteine and well educate her sonne without any further demaund of charges either of her or the Country.
Whereas, vppon the motion of the inhabitants of Seabrooke, It was desired that a certeine comon feild by mutuall consent is concluded to bee fenced proporconably, and it so falls out that the said fence cannot goe on comfortably except the Right Worshippfull Geo: Fenwick Esqr doth joine in proporcon, by reason of some accomodacon that belongs vnto him, wch will necessarily fall in within the fence, and it hath beene obiected by Capt; Cullick, the said Mr. Fenwicks agent, that the same will bee but little beneficiall to the said Mr. Fenwick, and there- fore conceiues that the said Mr. Fenwicke is not bound to it ; yet by reason (as the inhabitants plead) the said Mr. Fenwicks land within the said fence will bee benefitted thereby, the Courte therefore, taking into consideration the premisses, doe thinke fitt that there shall bee a Comittee appointed, whoe vppon veiw of the said land shall certefie what benefitt the said Mr. Fenwick or his agent or tennants shall bee advantaged thereby, as the rest of the inhabitants. The Courte makes no doubt but Mr. Fenwick or his agent will bee willing to allowe proportionable fencing for it, wch if it bee refused, the Courte will advise further in it.
Whereas the Courte hath taken into consideration the great abuse that is crept into this Jurisdiction, by the vnlimitted ex- amination of witnesses before the Magistrate in the outward plantations, betweene party and party, sometime before any action in Courte, or process serued before any declaration, It is therefore ordered, that if any that liue in remoate plantations will cause any that mutually liue together in the said remoate plantations to answer them at the Courte in Hartford (seinge there bee ordinary Courtes in the said plantations, to try all ac- tions betweene party and party,) and therefore if any will drawe his adverse party to Hartford, or to the Courte at Connecticutt, hee shall bee a meanes to prduce his wittnesses to the said
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Courte viva voce, and not to examine any before any magis- trate before the tryall, except in a speciall case of impotent wittnes or transient wittnes that is goinge out of the Jurissdic- tion, and in that case the Magistrate may in discretion examine and certefie in silence to the Courte what is examined, and in noe other case.
Forasmuch as the Courte was this day informed there is a necessity that in the plantations of Fairefeild and Strattford that there should bee some joined as Assistants to the Magistrate or [27] Magistrates in the said plantations, || whereby they may bee inabled to keepe a Courte within the said plantations according to the combin[acon,] whoe are to bee sworne before a Magistrate, whoe are to stand for one yeare or the next Courte of Election ; It is therefore ordered, that the said plantations shall or may meete in a convenient time at theire said planta- tions, and elect such as they see meete to bee Assistants as aforesaid, whoe are to bee sworne before a Magistrate, and are capeable to the intent aforesaid.
Vppon the petition of the inhabitants of the Towne of Pe- quett, that by reason of the newnes of the saide plantation, there is, and likely to bee some defect of corne for theire neces- sary provision, notwthstanding there bee Indian corne enough in the place where the plantation is seated to furnishe the in- habitants thereof, if the corne were not traded by some perticu- lar persons that conuey away the corne, and the inhabitants remaine vnfurnished; It is therefore thought meete and so or- dered, that the inhabitants shall bee first serued before the Corne bee traded or carried forth out of the Riuer : this order to stand in force vntill Novembr come twelue month.
Mr. Ludlow and Mr. Cullick are chosen Comissioners for the yeare ensuing.
The Courte is adiourned to the last Wednesday in June next in the afternoone.
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[28] A SESSION OF THE GENERALL COURTE, IN HARTFORD, THE 30th OF JUNE, 1652.
John Haynes Esqr, Deputy.
Magistrates : Mr. Woollcott, Mr. Webster, Mr. Cullick, Mr. Clarke.
Deputyes : Mr. Tailecoat, Mr. Phelps, Mr. Trott, Mr. Westwood, Dauid Willton, Edw: Stebbing, John Bissell, Nath: Dickerson, Andr: Bacon, Tho: Coleman, John Deming.
This Courte, at the request of Mr. Deputy, doe graunte that hee shall haue three hundred acres of ground, meadow and vpland, for a farme lyinge together on the east side of a certeine Coue at Paucatuck where Pequett bounds ends, and abutting in parte or whole vppon the said Coue.
Thomas Lord, hauing ingaged to this Courte to continnue his aboade in Hartford for the next ensuing yeare, and to im- proue his best skill amongst the inhabitants of the Townes vppon the River within this Jurisdiction, both for setting of bones and otherwise, as at all times occassions and necessityes may or shall require ; This Courte doth graunt that hee shall bee paid by the Country the sum of fifteene pounds for the said ensuing yeare, and they doe declare that for euery visitt or journye that hee shall take or make, being sent for to any howse in Hartford, twelue pence is reasonable; to any howse in Wyndsor, fiue shillings ; to any howse in Wethersfeild, three shillings ; to any howse in Farmington, six shillings; to any howse in Mattabeseck, eight shillings ; (hee hauing promised that hee will require no more ;) and that hee shall bee freed for the time aforesaid from watching, warding and training; but not from finding armes, according to lawe.
The Courte is dissolued.
[29] A GENERALL COURTE IN HARTFORD, THE SECOND THURS- DAY OF SEPTEMBER, BEING [THE] 9th DAY, 1652. John Haynes Esqr, Deputy.
Magistrates: Mr. Webster, Mr. Wells, Mr. Woollcott, Mr. Clarke.
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Deputyes : Mr. Tailecoat, Mr. Steele, Mr. Westwood, Andr: Bacon, Will: Wadsworth, Steph: Harte, Mr. Trott, Nath: Dickerson, Tho: Coleman, John Deming, Mr. Phelps, Mr. Gaylerd, Dauid Willton, John Bissell, Mr. Horsford, Will Smith, Will: Parker, Robert Chap- man.
The Courte being mett, they did adiourne the same to the 6th of the next month.
[30] A SESSION OF THE GENERALL COURTE IN HARTFORD, THE 6th OF OCTOBER, 1652.
John Haynes Esqr, Deputy.
Magistrates : Mr. Wells, Mr. Woollcott, Mr. Webster Mr. Cullick, Mr. Clarke.
Deputyes : Mr. Phelps, Mr. Gaylerd, Mr. Trott, Mr. Tailecoat, Mr. Westwood, Jo: Bissell, Tho: Coleman, Natha: Dickerson, Will: Hill, John Deming, Andr: Bacon, Will: Wadsworth, Will: Smith.
This Courte orders and appoints, that next Wednesday come seuennights shall bee kept a publique day of thanksgiuing to the Lord for his great mercyes to his people here and elsewhere, by all the plantations within this Jurissdiction.
It is ordered, that notice shall bee giuen to the Sachems of the Indians within this Jurissdiction, that no Indian shall walke or come neare vnto or amongst any English mens howses, in Townes or Farmes, on either side of the Riuer, or elsewhere, vppon the Lords day, except it bee in theire necessary way of recourse to the publique preaching of Gods word, vppon penalty of fyne or imprisonment, as any one Magistrate or more, before [whom] such offendors shall bee brought, shall judge meete, and as the nature of theire fact shall appeare to him or them to de- serue.
This Courte desires Mr. Hill to acquaint the inhabitants of Norwaack that they require them to giue their reasons why they haue not sent deputyes to the Generall Courte nor made returne of the warrant sent to them for that end, and that neuertheless
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the Courte expects that they should forthwith make and returne to Mr. Ludlow a true and perfect Liste of the persons and es- tates in theire Towne, that a due proportion of all Comon charges may be borne by them, with the other Townes in this Jurisdiction.
It is ordered, that warrants shall goe forth from the Treasur- er for halfe a Rate for the Country, according to the order of rating, to bee paid } in wheat, } in pease and } in Indian ; wheat at foure shillings, pease at three shillings, and Indian at two shillings sixpence, pr bushell.
The estates and persons of the seuerall Townes, presented to this Courte, were as followeth :-
£ s. d. £ s. d.
Hartford, 19733. 19. 0.
Seabrooke, 03630. 00. 0.
Wyndsor, 14093. 00. 0. Strattford, 07040. 19. 0.
Wethersfeild, 11499. 00: 0.
Fairefeild, 08850. 15. 0.
Farmington, 05164. 00. 0.
70011. 13. 0.
The Courte is adiourned to the last Wednesday in Febr next, in the afternoone.
[31] A SESSION OF THE GENERALL COURTE, CALLED BY THE DEPUTY GOVENOR, IN HARTFORD, THE 24th FEBR. 1652.
John Haynes Esqr, Deputy.
Magistrates : Mr. Wells, Mr. Webster, Mr. Woollcott, Mr. Cullick, Mr. Clarke.
Deputyes : Mr. Talcott, Mr. Phelps, Mr. Steele, Mr. Westwood, Mr. Gayler, John Bissell, Dauid Willton, Nath: Dickerson, Tho: Colman, Andr: Bacon, Stephen Harte, Will: Smith.
Vppon a due consideratyon of the scarsity of prouisions in some of the Plantatyons within this Jurisdictyon, diuers persons already finding they are not suffitiently furnished with corne, flesh, etc. to carry on their family occasyons till the ordinary yearly season for supplyes comes about, It is ordered by this Courte that noe person or persons of what calling or quallity so euer within this Jurisdictyon or any Plantatyon theirof, doe
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either directly or indirectly ship, put off, transport, carry, send or otherwise conuey out of this Jurisdictyon, upon or under any pretence or coler, plea or reason whatsoever, any quantity, greater or smaller, of wheat, rye, pease, Indyan corne, mault, biskett, or any other graine or the prcedd of it, or beefe, porke, bacon, butter, cheese, or any the like provisions for meate or drink, before the last of March next, or the next Session of this Courte, which is to be in Aprill next, without the license of the Deputy Govenr, Mr. Wells & Mr. Webster, or either of ym with the Deputy, under penlty of forfiture of the doble value, who are desired in the meane time to consider of some way how those prsons that are like to want may be supplyed. Advise also is to be sent to the former plantation excepted, that it may be of vse to them to attend the foresaid order.
[32] A SESSION OF THE GENERALL COURTE IN HARTFORD, THE 23 OF FEB: 1652.
John Haines Esqr, Deputy.
Magistrates : Mr. Wells, Mr. Webster, Mr. Woollcott, Mr. Cullick, Mr. Clarke.
Deputyes : Mr. Tailcott, Mr. Steele, Mr. Phelps, Mr. Gaylerd, Mr. Trott, Dauid Wilton, John Bissell, Andr: Bacon, Nath: Dickerson, Steephen Harte, Will: Wads- worth, Tho: Coleman, Mr. Westwood.
Wethersfeild hauing presented Rich: Trott to bee chosen Ensigne to the trained band in that towne, this Courte declares that they approue of the choyse & conferme him in that place.
This Courte considering John Lattimors loss in his horse that dyed in the Bay, being not willing that the whole loss should lye upon him, they are willing to allow him out of the publick treasury the sum of fifteen pounds towards his horse & hire, which hee thankfully accepted in the Courte.
This Courte being willing to attend all the wayes of Gods Prvidence for the preservatyon & safty of the plantatyon of Sebrooke, with all other within this Jurisdictyon, according to the power & means that is in their hands, doe order that six of the greate guns at Seabrooke shall forthwith, & with all possible
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speede, be layd up & fitted compleatly vppon able carriages for the servis & defence of the said place & jurisdictyon at all times, as neede shall require, & doe allsoe desire Capt John Mason to see the premisses effected, and for that end they doe impowre him to call forth men & meanes sutable, & upon refu- sall to press such hands & other meanes that shall be needfull ; and Tho: Traisy & Jonath: Rudd are desired to be assistant to Cap: John Mason in what is now desired of him; the charges of all which shall be payd out of the publique Treasury.
This Courte judges the Deputyes actyon in marring Jeames Wakely & the Widdo Boosy to be legall.
The Courte is adiourned to the second Thursday in Aprill next, in the morning.
[33] A SESSION OF THE GENERALL COURTE IN HARTFORD, THE 14 APRILL, 1653.
Mr. Haynes Esqr.
Magistrates : Mr. Wells, Mr. Webster, Mr. Woolcott, Mr. Cullick, Mr. Clarke.
Deputyes : Mr. Phelps, Mr. Gayler, Mr. Steele, Mr. Tail- coat, Mr. Westwood, Mr. Trott, Jo: Bissell, Nath: Dick- erson, Dauid Wilton, Tho: Colman, Andr: Bacon, Will: Wodsworth, Steephen Harte, John Demyng, Will: Smith.
It is ordered that there shall bee speedyly sent downe to Capt: Mason for the use of the Cuntry, as occasion prsents, for the present one barrill of powder ; and that one barrill more of powder from the Bay shall bee left there, when they come up, & wt else shall be thought meete by Mr. Ludlow & Mr. Cul- lick; it is allso ordered that 8 able men shall be impressed out of the Townes upon the Riuer, with compleate armes & sent to Sebrooke to bee at the command of Capt. Mason, for the saruis of the Cuntry & defence of the place, by fortefying or otherwise at the Cap: descretion ; and this Courte doth farther advise the inhabytants of Seabrooke that are scattered into severall quar- ters, that they would, till they rec'e farther advice, speedily gather their familyes togeather in to the towne as they tender
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theire own safty; & if any shall refuse to attend the Courts ad- vice, they are to know that they must runn their own hazzards, the Courte not being able to releiue them in such a scattered way as now they are in .*
Mr. Haines is desired to send downe to Capt. Mason, for the Corssletts that belong to the Townes, to be speedily sent up to the Treasurer.
It is ordered that this Collonye should haue its proportion of the whole millitary pruision, in all respects, & perticulars sent from the Corporatyon of Eng: to the vnited Colonyes.t
It is ordered by this Courte that all fynes & peanalties of any order, within this Commonwealth, shall be paid, from the time of the publicatyon hereof, in good wheate or pease or Indyon corne, at price currant, or in that which is equiuolent thereunto.
This Courte upon a due consideratyon of the seizure of Sy- mon Yeosens vessell, at Pawcatuck, by seuerall of the inhabit- ants of Pequett, doe finde & judge that by his owne confession & other testimonys prsented in Courte, according to the order of Courte in that case prvided that forbids all trade by forreign- ers with any Indyons within this Jurisdictyon, uppon penalty of confisscation, as by the said order more fully appears, the said Symon Yeosens vessell & goods aforesaid to be justly seized & forfited to this Common wealth, out of which the Courte allowes him six pounds in wampom, togeather with his bedding & war- ing apparrell & chest.
* " The commencement of hostilities, the last year, between England and Holland, the perfidi- ous management of the Dutch Governor, with apprehensions of the rising of the Indians, spread a general alarm throngh the colony." (Trumbull's Hist. of Conn. I 201.)
t "The Commissioners being informed that the Corporation in England had sent a percell of armes and ammunition, as a supply & for the convenyeney of the Vnited Colonyes, did order that the same should be devided as followth :
€ s. d. £ s. d. To the Massachusetts, 234. 8. 3; which at 4d. per shill : is 309. 17. 8. To Plymouth, 43. 6. 3; wch at 4d. per shill : is 57. 14. 10. To Conecticutt, 45. 5. 2; wch at 4d. per shill: is 60. 6 10. To New Hauen, 37. 13 0; wch at 4d. per shill : is 50. 4. 0. 358. 12. 8. 478.
For these supplies payment was to be made by such of the Colonias as should receive their proportions, within one or two months thereafter, and the amount received was to be appropria- ted " for the use of the Indians, as the Commissioners for the Vnited English Colonyes shall from time to time direct." [Records of U. Colonies, May, 1653.]
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It is ordered and agreed by this Courte, yt Capt John Cul- lick should reserve for the Countrys use, 300 bush: of wheate & 50 bush: of pease ; & the Cuntry is to pay forbearance 8l. pr centum for one yeare & to repay it at the end of the tearme, in the same grayne ; in like manner is desired ten barrells of porke for the same use & tearms:
This Courte orders that the neighboring Indyons to the seu- erall Plantatyons within this Jurisdictyon should be required to giue an evident testimonye of their fidellity to the English, by d'd up their gunns & other armes to the Gouenor or Magis- trates, & those that refuse so to doe may iustly bee deemed & looked at by them as their enemies: & that they are not to shoot of any gunn or gunns in the night, or walk in the night, except they come with a message to ye English, & in such cases they are to d'd up themselves to the watch, but if they runn away from the watch, being comanded to stand, the watch may shoote ym.
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MAY THE 18, 1653. THE GENERALL COURTE.
John Haynes Esqr, Gour.
Edw: Hopkins Esqr, Deputy, absent.
Magistrates : Roger Ludlow Esqr, absent ;* John Win- throp Esqr, Cap: Cullick, absent ;* Cap: John Mason Mr. Webster, Mr. Woolcott, Mr. Clark, Mr. Howell, Mr. Taping, absent.
Deputyes : Mr. Steele, Mr. Talcott, Mr. Westwood, Andr: Bacon, Mr Phelps, Mr. Gaylard, David Wilton, John Bissell, Mr. Trott, Nath: Dickerson, Sam: Smith, Tho: Coleman, Stephen Hart, Mr. Ward, Mr. Hill, John Clarke, Rob: Chapman, Will: Cheesbruck, Hugh Callkin, John Hall Junior, Rich: Olmsted, Phillip Graues.
The inhabitants of the East side of the greate Riuer are ex- empted from training with the Towns on the West side, this present time, & are to meete on the East side as Will: Hill shall appoint & traine their together, and so to continnue on theire
* Mr. Ludlow and Capt. Cullick were at this time attending a meeting of the Commission- ers, in Boston.
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training dayes untill the Courte take furder order : & Will: Hill is to returne the names of those that doe not meete according to appointment, as notis shall be giuen them.
Tho: Woodford is freed from watching, during the plesure of the Courte.
Roger Ludlow Esqr and Capt John Cullick are chosen Com- missioners for this yeare ensuing, and are invested with full power to agitate such occatyons as concerne the vnited Collo- nyes in the business of this Jurisdictyon, according to their for- mer Commission.
There are to be prest out of this Collony, 60 men, besides officers, which are to be prportioned out of the severall Towns pr Mr. Talcott and Sam: Smith, Mr. Hill & Dauid Wilton ; they are also to prportion for the prvisions sutable for such a servis, for two months time .*
MAY THE 29th, 1653.
Will: Lewis & Will: Phillips doe acknowledg themselues to be a hundred pounds indepted unto this Jurisdictyon : the con- dition is, that yf Jon: Doyes shall be of good behauior to all peo- pell within this Jurisdictyon to the end & Terme of tenn days next ensuing, then this obligatyon is voyd, otherwise to stand in force.
Will: Waller is to deliuer unto John Clarke Junior, of Sea- brooke, a pair of carte-wheels that the said Waler hath now in vse, within 8 days after this date, & the wheeles are to be aprised by Francis Bushnell, Steeph: Post & Tho: Tracy, & what the said Waller is indepted upon account unto the said John Clarke is to be allowed out of the prices of the wheels, & the said Wa- ler is to pay unto the said John Clarke, for his dammage, 30s, as allso the cost of the Courte.
* The Commissioners of the United Colonies, who were at this time in session at Boston, having " considered what number of souldgers might bee requisite if God call the Collonyes to make warr against the Dutch, & concluded that five hundred for the first expedition should bee the number out of the foure Jurisdictyons," apportioned this number to the several colonies as follows; to Massachusetts, 333 ; Plymouth, 60; Connecticut, 65; New Haven, 42. Captain John Leverett, of Boston, who had been despatched as the agent of the Commissioners, to the Manhattoes, to treat with Gov. Stuyvesant and his Council, was selected as Commander in Chief of the forces to be raised, " with respect to the opportunity bee now hath to velw & obserue the scituation & fortifycations at the Monhatoes." [Records of U. Colonies.]
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Capt: Sebadoe is this day fined tenn pounds for bartring with the Indyons, powder & lead.
Forasmuch as John Dawes hath giuen forth threatning, ma- litious speeches against Mr. Hopkins his person, for his execu- ting of justice (when hee was Governr,) on the said Dawes his wife, this Courte censures the said John Dawes to bannishment ; that the said John Dawes shall within tenn dayes ensuing de- part from this Jurisdictyon, and not to returne againe to any place within this Jurisdictyon on the perill of his life.
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THE GENERALL COURTE, MAY THE 21, 1653.
Searjant Rich: Olmsted is allowed by the Courte to exercise the souldiers att Norworke & to vewe the armes & to make re- turne to the Courte of the defects.
Whearas ther is a difference betwixt Norwauke & Farfield, each towne is appointed to send two men to vewe the place and debate betwixt themselues, & if they cannot agree they are to make choyce of two inhabitants of Stratford to vew the said difference with them & make returne to the Courte how they finde it, that so there may be an issue of the same, they paying the sayd Stratford men for their time. Will: Berdsly and Phil- lip Groues are appointed by the Court to that servis.
The Courte hauing received order from the Commissioners that their are to be sixty fiue men to be prepared forthwith*, to be at a day's warning, with prouisions sutable; the Courte ray- seth the men out of the severall towns of this Jurisdictyon as followeth, who are to be forthwith impressed to be at a days warning or call, as also that sutable pruisions and ammunityon shall be forthwith prepared :-
Winser, 12
Wethersfield, 8
Pequett, 5
Farmington, 3
Mattebezek, 1
Seabroock, 5 Norwack, 1 Farfield, 8 Hartford, 15
Stratford, 6-64
The officers of this Company, that the Courte requires to be over them are as followeth :-
Liuetenant Cooke is to be Commander in Cheiffe ;
Liuetenant Bull, to be their Liuetenant ;
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Liuetenant Thomas Wheeler, of Fairfeild, to be their En- signe; Rich: Olmsteed, of Norwocke, to be a Seriant, & the other Seriant is to be chosen by the officers of this Company ; Hugh Wells, to be their drummer.
The Courte orders that there shall be a Committee in each Towne in this Jurisdictyon, with whom the Constables of each Towne shall take their advice in the pressing of men for this present expedition. The names of the Committee are as fol- loweth ; For Windsor, Mr. Woolcott, Mr. Chester, Mr. Clarke, Mr. Phelps & Dauid Wilton ; for Hartford, Mr. Webster, Mr. Westwood & Good: Bacon ; for Wethersfeild, Mr. Wells, Nath: Dickerson, Sam: Smith; for Farmington, Mr. Steele, Good: Harte ; for Pequett, Mr. Wintropp (if at home,) Capt: Denison, Good: Calking & the Constables ; for Seabroock, Capt: Mason, [37] Good: Clarke & Good: Chapman ; | for Stratford, Good: Groues & Good: Thorenton ; for Fairfeild, Mr. Ward & Will: Hill.
The Court orders that the milletary officers of Stratford shall remaine as they ware before Mr. Ludlowe went away, untill Mr. Ludlowe returne againe.
Granted to John Winthrop Esqr, the trees or timber of three or foure swamps where he can finde any Pine, Spruce or Ceder, or any other wood fitt to sawe, & liberty to cutt any other tim- ber in any part of the wast lands for the supply of his saw mill.
The provissions to be prepared by this Jurisdictyon for the present expedityon, are as followeth ; 6 bb. of Porke, 4 bb. of Flower, 35001b of Bread, 4 firkins of Butter, 4001bs of Cheese, a bb. of oat meale, 1 ancor of Licquors, 2 bush: of salt, a tunn of Bear, 2 hh. of pease.
Richard Lettin complayning that his deafnes makes him un- capable of trayning, & hee desiring to be freed, its referred to the Townsmen of Fairfeild to consider of it, & to free him if they see good cause.
The Court is adiorned vnto the last Wensday in June, at one of the clocke, unless the Govornor see cause to call it sooner.
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[38] A SESSION OF THE GENERALL COURTE, IN HARTFORD, CALLED BY THE GOVERNOR, THIS 25th OF JUNE, 1653.
It is ordered by this Courte that their shall forth [with] bee presented to the Bay, the present stresses, fears & dangers that the English bordering vppon the Dutch, both upon the mayne & Long Iland, are in :
Secondly, to prsent the judgment of the Courte concerning the power of the Comissioners about making warr :
Thirdly, to present the reasons & grounds of the Courtes judgment, as aforesaid :
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