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This Assembly do establish Frederick Huntington to be Captain of a Matross Company in the 20th Regiment in this State.
This Assembly do establish Bela Peck to be Captain Lieutenant of a Matross Company in the 20th Regiment in this State.
This Assembly do establish Hezekiah Williams to be 2ª Lieutenant of a Matross Company in the 20th Regiment in this State.
This Assembly do establish William Mitchell to be Captain of the third Troop of Horse in the 1st Regiment of Light Horse in this State.
This Assembly do establish Martin Southworth to be Cornet of the third Troop of Horse in the 1st Regiment of Light Horse in this State.
This Assembly do establish Beriah Norton to be Quarter Master of the third Troop of Horse in the first Regiment of Light Horse in this State.
This Assembly do establish Robert Hannah to be Quarter Master of the first Troop of Horse in the 5th Regiment of Light Horse in this State.
This Assembly do establish Ralph Ripley to be Captain of the first Troop of Horse in the 4th Regiment of Light Horse in this State.
This Assembly do establish John Loomiss to be Lieutenant of the first Troop of Horse in the 4th Regiment of Light Horse in this State. This Assembly do establish Phineas Cary to be Cornet of the 1st Troop of Horse in the 4th Regiment of Light Horse in this State.
This Assembly do establish Joel Ward to be Quarter Master of the first Troop of Horse in the 4th Regiment of Light Horse in this State.
This Assembly do establish John Stewart to be Captain of the fourth Troop of Horse in the 4th Regiment of Light Horse in this State.
This Assembly do establish Ebenezer Eaton to be Lieutenant of the 4th Company of Horse in the 4th Regiment of Light Horse in this State.
This Assembly do establish John Dixon to be Cornet of the 4th Troop of Horse in the 4th Regiment of Light Horse in this State.
This Assembly do establish Gersham Pope to be Quarter Master of the 4th Troop of Horse in the 4th Regiment of Light Horse in this State.
This Assembly do establish Gamaliel Little to be Captain of the third Troop of Horse in the 2ª Regiment of Light Horse in this State.
This Assembly do establish Abraham Bliss to be Lieutenant of the third Troop of Horse in the 2ª Regiment of Light Horse in this State.
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This Assembly do establish Nathaniel Hide Jun' to be Cornet of the third Troop of Horse in the 2ª Regiment of Light Horse in this State.
This Assembly do establish Dennison Wattles to be Quarter Master of the 3ª Troop of Horse in the 2ª Regiment of Light Horse in this State.
This Assembly do establish Phineas Bates to be Quarter Master of the sixth Troop of Horse in the 5th Regiment of Light Horse in this State.
This Assembly do establish William Cone Jun" to be Quarter Master of the 2ª Troop of Horse in the 2ª Regiment of Light Horse in this State.
This Assembly do establish Enoch Lewiss to be Captain of the 14th Company or Trainband in the 4th Regiment in this State.
This Assembly do establish Elihu Curtiss to be Ensign of the 14th Company or Trainband in the 4th Regiment in this State.
This Assembly do establish Joseph Gates to be Ensign of the 8th Company or Trainband in the 25th Regiment in this State.
This Assembly do establish Jeremiah Hubbard Junt to be Lieutenant of the 9th Company or Trainband in the 7th Regiment in this State.
This Assembly do establish James Pelton to be Ensign of the 9th Company or Trainband in the 7th Regiment in this State.
This Assembly do establish Samuel Chapin to be Ensign of the 8th Company or Trainband in the 22ª Regiment in this State.
This Assembly do establish James Hicox to be Lieutenant of the 5th Company or Trainband in the 27th Regiment in this State.
This Assembly do establish Ebenezer Porter to be Ensign of the 5th Company or Trainband in the 27th Regiment in this State.
This Assembly do establish James Burr to be Ensign of the 15th Company or Trainband in the 4th Regiment in this State.
This Assembly do establish Amasa Dutton to be Captain of the 7th Company or Trainband in the 25th Regiment in this State.
This Assembly do establish John Arnold to be Lieutenant of the 7th Company or Trainband in the 25th Regiment in this State.
This Assembly do establish Noadiah Emmons to be Ensign of the 7th Company or Trainband in the 25th Regiment in this State.
This Assembly do establish Abraham Willey to be Captain of the 9th Company or Trainband in the 25th Regiment in this State.
This Assembly do establish Judah Cone to be Ensign of the 9th Company or Trainband in the 25th Regiment in this State.
This Assembly do establish Thomas Mallerson to be Captain of the 2ª Company or Trainband in the 8th Regiment in this State.
This Assembly do establish Vine Stoddard to be Lieutenant of 21 Company or Trainband in the 8th Regiment in this State.
This Assembly do establish Ralph Stoddard Jun" to be Ensign of the 2ª Company or Trainband in the 8th Regiment in this State.
This Assembly do establish Eldad Shepard to be Lieutenant of the 6th Company or Trainband in the 26th Regiment in this State.
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This Assembly do establish John Bates to be Ensign of the 6th Company or Trainband in the 26th Regiment in this State.
This Assembly do establish Daniel Dunham to be Captain of the 4th Company or Trainband in the 12th Regiment in this State.
This Assembly do establish Samuel West to be Lieutenant of the 4th Company or Trainband in the 12th Regiment in this State.
This Assembly do establish Henry Bliss to be Ensign of the 4th Com- pany or Trainband in the 12th Regiment in this State.
This Assembly do establish Solomon Rogers to be Captain of the 7th Company or Trainband in the 3ª Regiment in this State.
This Assembly do establish James Rogers 4th to be Lieutenant of the 7th Company or Trainband in the 3ª Regiment in this State.
This Assembly do establish Azel Kimberly to be Captain of the 7th Company or Trainband in the 2ª Regiment in this State.
This Assembly do establish Philemon Smith to be Lieutenant of the 7th Company or Trainband in the 2ª Regiment in this State.
This Assembly do establish Justus Smith to be Ensign of the 7th Company or Trainband in the 2ª Regiment in this State.
This Assembly do establish Elihu Yale Jun" to be Ensign of the first Company or Trainband in the 10th Regiment in this State.
This Assembly do establish Andrew Barthelomew to be Captain of the third Company or Trainband in the 10th Regiment in this State.
This Assembly do establish Samuel Hopson Jun" to be Lieutenant of the third Company or Trainband in the 10th Regiment in this State.
This Assembly do establish Abner Avered Jun to be Ensign of the third Company or Trainband in the 10th Regiment in this State.
This Assembly do establish Jesse Denison to be Lieutenant of the 6th Company or Trainband in the 2ª Regiment in this State.
This Assembly do establish Samuel Holt to be Ensign of the 6th Company or Trainband in the 2ª Regiment in this State.
This Assembly do establish Moses Lyman to be Captain of the 3d Company or Trainband in the 17th Regiment in this State.
This Assembly do establish Jonathan Kettle to be Lieutenant of the 3ª Company or Trainband in the 17th Regiment in this State.
This Assembly do establish Jonathan Buell to be Ensign of the 3ª Company or Trainband in the 17th Regiment in this State.
This Assembly do establish Zachariah Clark to be Captain of the 8th Company or Trainband in the 7th Regiment in this State.
This Assembly do establish John Buckingham to be Lieutenant of the 8th Company or Trainband in the 7th Regiment in this State.
This Assembly do establish Joel Camfield to be Ensign of the 8th Company or Trainband in the 7th Regiment in this State.
This Assembly do establish Seth Whitmore to be Lieutenant of the 14th Company or Trainband in the 23ª Regiment in this State.
This Assembly do establish William Hamlin to be Ensign of the 14th Company or Trainband in the 23d Regiment in this State.
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This Assembly do establish Ichabod Andruss to be Captain of the 12th Company or Trainband in the 15th Regiment in this State.
This Assembly do establish David Marks to be Lieutenant of the 12th Company or Trainband in the 15th Regiment in this State.
This Assembly do establish Theodore Root to be Lieutenant of the 6th Company or Trainband in the 15th Regiment in this State.
This Assembly do establish Abel Lewiss to be Ensign of the 6th Company or Trainband in the 15th Regiment in this State.
This Assembly do establish David Thomson Jr to be Captain of the 5th Company or Trainband in the 4th Regiment in this State.
This Assembly do establish John Whiting to be Lieutenant of the 5th Company or Trainband in the 4th Regiment in this State.
This Assembly do establish Samuel Wheeler to be Ensign of the 5th Company or Trainband in the 4th Regiment in this State.
This Assembly do establish Eli Trumbull to be Ensign of the 12th Company or Trainband in the 18th Regiment in this State.
This Assembly do establish Samuel Lee to be Captain of the 2ª Troop of Horse in the 5th Regiment of L Horse in this State.
This Assembly do establish Jonas Lawrence to be Lieutenant of the 2ª Troop of Horse in the 5th Regiment of Light Horse in this State.
This Assembly do establish David Bohn [?] Jur to be Cornet of the 2ª Troop of Horse in the 5th Regiment of Light Horse in this State.
This Assembly do establish Samuel Pardee to be Quarter Master of the 2ª Troop of Horse in the 5th Regiment of Light Horse in this State. This Assembly do establish Isaac Foot to be Captain of the 2d Troop of Horse in the 1st Regiment of Light Horse in this State.
This Assembly do establish David Mulford to be Lieutenant of the 2ª Troop of Horse in the 1st Regiment of Light Horse in this State.
This Assembly do establish Elias Clark to be Cornet of the 2d Troop of Horse in the first Regiment of Light Horse in this State.
This Assembly do establish Elnathan Tyler to be Quarter Master of the 2ª Troop of Horse in the 1st Regiment of Light Horse in this State.
This Assembly do establish Daniel Bishop to be Captain of the second Company of Governors Guards in this State.
This Assembly do establish Nathaniel Fitch to be Lieutent of the 2ª Company of the Governors Guards in this State.
This Assembly do establish William Lyon to be Ensign of the 2ª Company of the Governors Guards in this State.
This Assembly do establish Eleazer Chamberlain to be Ensign of the 6th Company or Trainband in the 13th Regiment in this State.
Whereas His Excellency, Jonathan Trumbull Esqr Governor and Commander in Chief in and over the State of Connecticut has signified in an Address to the General Assembly to be communicated to their Constituents his Desire that he might not considering his advanced Age be considered by the Freemen of this State as an Object of their
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Choice at the next General Election ;* as the Governor has declared his Wish to retire after the expiration of his present appointment from the Cares and Business of Government ---
Resolved by this Assembly, that they consider it as their Duty in behalf of their Constituents to express in Terms of the most sincere Gratitute their highest Respects for his Excellency Governor Trumbull, for the great and eminent Services which he has rendered this State during his long and prosperous Administration more especially for that display of Wisdom Justice Fortitude and magnanimity Joined with the most unremitting Attention and perseverance which he has mani- fested during the late Succesful though distressing War; which must place the Chief Magistrate of this State in the Rank of those great and worthy Patriots who have eminently distinguished themselves as the Defenders of the Rights of Mankind. And that this Assembly consider it as a most gracious dispensation of divine Providence, that a Life of so much Usefullness has been prolonged to such an advanced Age with an unimpaired Vigour and Activity of Mind, but if the Freemen of this State shall think proper to comply with his Excellencys Request, it will be the Wish of this Assembly that His Successor in Office may possess those eminent Public and Private Virtues, which give so much Lustre to the Character of him who has in the most Honorable manner so long presided over this State.
It is further Resolved that the Secretary present to the Governor Trumbull an Authenticated Copy of this Act as a Testimonial of the Respect and Esteem of the Legislature of this State, And the Secretary is further directed that as soon as he shall be furnished with such Copy he cause the same to be printed together with this Act.
Whereas the ordinary Publick Business of this Assembly will not at this Time allow of a due examination of the late revised Acts and Laws of this State as the same have been drawn by a Committee appointed for that purpose and now laid before this Assembly,
Therefore Resolved by this Assembly that Roger Sherman & Richard Law Esqrs be and they are hereby appointed a Committee to continue to revise the Laws of this State heretofore in force, to form a Memoran- dum or Table of such variations abridgements or enlargements as they may think convenient and lay the Same before this Assembly at their next Meeting.
This Assembly being informed since the Tryal had in Decembr last between this State and the State of Pensylvania of some Evidence Material to said Cause then concealed and suppressed from the knoledge of this State or its Agents and that there is a Probability of Ascertain- ing other Facts on which to ground a revision of the Cause.
* Governor Trumbull's address is printed in I. W. Stuart, Life of Jonathan Trumbull, Son .. Governor of Connecticut (Hartford, 1878), pp. 604-8, and in Jonathan Trumbull, Jonathan Trumbull, Governor of Connecticut, 1769-1784 (Boston, 1919), pp. 304-12.
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Resolved that Eliphalet Dyer William Samuel Johnson & Jesse Root Esqrs heretofore appointed be and they are hereby Continued Agents for this State in the Matter aforesaid and that they pursue their Enquiries after Evidence and make Report to this or some future Assembly.
It being Represented to this Assembly That Ira Rowlandson of Canaan who was Commissioned by His Excellency the Governor of this State on the 16th of May last by Order of Assembly as Ensign of the first Company or Trainband in the 14th Regiment in this State and received his said Commission under the Seal of this State dis- regarding the Duty of his said Office and holding in Contempt the Authority of this State did on the 13th Day of June last in Order to gratify his avaricious Inclination sell and dispose of his said Commission to one Joseph Kingman and unlawfully Indorse and Assign over said Commission and the Powers and Authorities to him therein given to the said Kingman in great Contempt of the Authority of this Assembly and by fraudulent Representations procured another Commission from the Secretary of this State ---
Resolved by this Assembly that the Secretary do make out and cause to be duely served on the said Ira Rowlandson Citation notifying him to appear if he see Cause before the next Meeting of this Assembly, to show Cause if any he has why he shall not be Cashiered reduced to the Ranks and be disabled to hold said Office under said Commission so fraudulently obtained as aforesaid .*
On the Memorial of Henry Cone of Colchester in the County of Hartford shewing to this Assembly that at the Commencement of the late War he Inlisted a Soldier into the Service of the United States. and Continued in said Service untill 1777, and then reinlisted into the Continental Army for three Years and whilst in said Service lost his right Eye, notwithstanding he Continued faithfully to serve his Time out as a good Soldier, and soon after the expiration of said Service he Inlisted into Capt Charles Millers Company in the Service of this State under the Command Brigr Gen1 Waterbury at Horse Neck, and there in a Skirmish with a Party of the Enemys light Horse on the 24th of June 1781, He received a grevious Wound on his Head which has in great Measure deprived him of his Sences rendered him unfit for a Soldier or any kind of Business whatever and in Consequence thereof remains now in a very languishing State of Health dependent on the Charity of the People &c Praying for Releif as Per Memorial on File &c-
Resolved by this Assembly that the Treasurer of this State give and execute unto the Memorialist a Note for the Sum of thirty Pounds lawfull Money payable in two Years and on Interest Annually.
" See below, p. 287.
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Upon the Memorial of John Pitkin &c Inhabitants of the Town of Hartford on the East Side of Connecticut River Shewing that by reason of the Distance many of them live from the Place of transacting Public Business in said Town and the Difficulty of passing the Great River at various Seasons of the Year they Labour under great Burthens and are often prevented attending and enjoying their legal Priveleges. Also that they are of sufficient Ability and Numbers to be Constituted into a distinct Town and Praying for the Same as Per Memorial on File-
Resolved by this Assembly, That all the Lands in the Town of Hart- ford lying East of Connecticut River and the Inhabitants thereof within the following Boundaries viz West on Connecticut River East on Bolton Town Line, North on East Windsor Town Line and South on Glaston- bury Town Line, including the two Eclesiastical Societies within said Limits, be and the same are hereby made Constituted and Incorporated into a distinct Town by the Name of East Hartford to have exercise and enjoy all the Priveleges immunities Franchises and Powers which other Towns in this State are by Law invested with, And that all the Monies due to the late Town of Hartford the Stock on Hand if any and the Debts owing by said Town and the Poor belonging to said Town shall be divided between said late Town and the Town now Constituted. according to their Lists, and the Privelege of keeping one half of the Ferry across Connecticut River at the Place or Places where the Same has been usually kept in said Town of Hartford shall belong to East Hartford during the Pleasure of this Assembly, That all Town Officers dwelling within the Limits of said East Hartford Continue in their respective Offices untill new shall be appointed, and the two Select Men now dwelling in said East Hartford with an Assistant or Justice of Peace, are hereby Authorized to warn the first Town Meeting to be holden at the Meeting House in the first Society in said Town of East Hartford on the second Tuesday of Decembr next for the purpose of Choosing Town Officers and transacting other Business proper to be done in Town Meeting.
Upon application of William Smith by his Letter to his Excellency Governor Trumbull Dated September 8th 1783 requesting Payment for ten Puncheons of Sulphur Purchased of him in St Eustatia by Capt Niles for the Use of this State with Interest.
Resolved by this Assembly that His Excellency the Governor be and is hereby authorized and desired to draw an Order on the Treasurer of this State in favour of the said William Smith for the Sum that shall appear to be due to him from this State making such allowance for Interest after the Money became due as his Excellency shall Judge to be Just and reasonable according to the Custom of Merchants, and the Treasurer is hereby Ordered to pay the same accordingly.
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Upon the Memorial of John Clark of Lebanon in this State late a Soldier in the fifth Connecticut Regiment in the Army of the United States Shewing to this Assembly that in the fore part of the Summer AD 1782, while Serving in said Regiment he unfortunately lost one of his Legs whereby he is rendered unable to do any kind of Labour, That on the 29th Day of August 1782, the Memorialist was by the Inspector of the Army of the United States reported to his Excellency General Washington Commander in Chief of said Army to be unfit for any further Duty either in the Field or Garrison That on the applica- tion of the Memorialist his Excellency General Washington on the first Day of Septembr 1782, discharged the Memorialist from the Service of the United States and Certified that he the Memorialist is Entituled to the Provisions made by Congress in such Cases agreeable to their Act of the 23ª of April 1782, Praying this Assembly to advance to the Memorialist on Account of the United States five Dollars Per Month for the Time past since the Date of said Discharge, and direct the Treasurer of this State to pay the same to the Memorialist, and to pay to him five Dollars Per Month as the same shall become due in future during his Life agreeable to said Act of Congress as Per Memorial on File, And the Facts in said Memorial Stated being fully supported by the Certificate and Report of the Inspector of said Army and the Dis- charge and Certificate of said Commander in Chief,
Resolved by this Assembly that the Committee of Pay Table draw an Order on the Treasurer of this State to pay to the said John Clark the Sum due to him since the Date of said Discharge at the Rate of five Dollars Per Month, and also from Time to Time draw on the Treasurer in favour of said Clark for such Sum as shall become due to him in future by Virtue of said Act of Congress of the 23ª of April 1782 dur- ing the Life Time of the said Clark, and Charge the Same to the United States, and annually draw in favour of the Treasurer of this State or the superintendant of Finance for the repayment thereof agreeable to said Act of Congress.
Upon the Memorial of Myer Myers of Stratford in the County of Fairfield only surviving Partner to the late Partnership of Symson Symson Myer Myer and George Trail Merchants in Company, Shewing to this Assembly that on the 20th Day of September 1765, Charles Scott then resident in the State of New York executed a Deed of Bargain and Sale of a certain Tract of Land in the Town of Woodbury, but the Parties concerned in the Execution of said Deed not being conversant with the Statute Law of this State making an acknoledgment of a Deed necessary to its validity did not attend to that formality but put said Deed upon the Records of said Town of Woodbury without an acknoledgment, and said Scott since the Execution of said Deed has removed to the West Indias and there died Leaving no Children or Heirs Praying that said Deed may be established and made valid the want of an acknoledgment notwithstanding, as Per Memorial,
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Resolved by this Assembly, that said Deed be and the same is hereby established and valid to all Intents and purposes as if there had been an acknoledgment of the same according to the Statute Laws of this State any Law Usage or Custom to the contrary notwithstanding.
Resolved by this Assembly that the Resolve of the Assembly passed in May last upon the Petition of John Richards of New London in the County of New London* be and Continue in full force untill the rising of the Assembly in May next.
Upon the Memorial of Eli Cook of Windsor in Hartford County, Shewing to this Assembly that he as one of the Militia of the Town of Windsor was in the Month of August 1778 detached and Ordered to March into the State of Rhode Island and there to Serve as a Private Soldier for a Tour of One Month, and in Obedience to said Detachment and Orders he Provided himself with a good Gun and marched and Joined Capt Pomeroys Company in Colo Chapmans Regiment and that soon after his arriving on the Island was taken sick and Ordered to retreat to Providence, and on his Retreat his Gun was lost without his fault as Per Memorial on File-
Resolved by this Assembly that the Committee of Pay Table draw on the Treasurer of this State in favour of the Memorialist for such Sum as they shall find to be the Just and true value of said Gun.
On the Memorial of Ebenezer Backus of Norwich Praying for Releif from a Fine of £100 LMoney which he was sentenced to pay by the Honble Superior Court held at Norwich in and for the County of New London in Septembr 1782 for his going to Long Island within the Lines of the Enemy contrary to Law for special Reasons inducing him thereto and which he apprehends ought in Equity to exonerate him from said Penalty, as set forth and represented in his said Memo- rial, also therein Shewing that having paid the whole Cost in hard Money said Court permitted the State Attorney for said County of New London to recieve the fine aforesaid in State Securities which he has paid to the said Attorney and which still remain in his Hands-
Resolved by this Assembly that the Memorialist be and he is hereby released and discharged from said fine and the State Attorney aforesaid is hereby Authorized and directed to return to the Memorialist said Secu- rities paid or delivered him on account of said fine as aforesaid taking his Reciept therefor which shall Avail in Account rendered by said Attorney.
Upon the Memorial of Samuel Bordman of Weathersfield in Hart- ford County Shewing to this Assembly that by Misfortunes at Sea and otherwise, he is very much reduced in his Circumstances and become
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