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In the early days provisions were very scarce and it was sometimes very difficult for people to get enough to eat.
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During the war many of the settlers were called out to serve as soldiers on the Niagara Frontier. I remember one time several of us had been called out, and were walking down to Buff- alo ; among the number was Smith Russell, who was a marks- man. A hawk was discovered sitting on a tree a long distance off and one of the company said to Smith, if he would shoot that hawk he would eat it. Smith drew up his rifle and fired and killed the hawk, but the other man failed to perform his part of the contract. I returned to Vermont before the war closed and married Sarepta Matthews, and not long after the close of the war, returned and located on the farm where I now reside, and have lived here ever since.
Wolves used to frequently kill the early settler's sheep. They killed, or mangled in a shocking manner, thirty of mine at one time. It was a pitiful sight to see the poor animals mangled, bleeding and dying. They killed six for John An- drews, all he had. A bear came and took a fat hog out of Captain Hanchett's pen and carried him off.
When the Erie Canal was being built, I took two yoke of oxen and went down and worked on the deep cut this side of Lockport, until I got the ague, then came home and was sick all Winter. Next Summer I had the bilious fever and was sick a long time. My brother, Channing Trevitt, built a saw- mill on the place where the Wheeler Brother's mill now is, about 1813. I think the first school in this district was taught by Nehemiah Waters, in a building that stood on land that I now own. My father, Benjamin C. Trevitt, was born in New- port, R. I., March 10, 1749. My mother, Phæbe Carter, was born in New Haven, April 10, 1750.
Their children were :
Polly, born May 19, 1778 : married Erastus Spaulding ; died 1862, aged eighty-four years.
Benjamin, born March 17, 1788 : died Jan. 4. 1857, aged sev- enty-five years, nine months and eighteen days.
Channing, born July 22, 1782; died Sept. 13, 1813, aged thirty-one years.
Sally, born May 27, 1783 ; married Levi Ballou : died, 1863, aged seventy-nine years.
Constant, born June 24, 1787 ; still living in the west.
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Lewis, born Sept. 10, 1790 ; now living.
Eleazer, born Dec. 18, 1702 ; died in Minnesota.
Phœbe, born Oct. 21, 1796.
Lewis Trevitt's family record :
Sally C., born Sept. 11, 1812 ; married Timothy Clark ; lives in Collins.
Lewis M., born Nov. 16, 1816; married Mary M. Cross : lives in Wisconsin.
Constant W., born Jan. 2, 1819; died Jan. 18, 1857, in this town.
Jonathan M., born Jan. 20, 1821 ; died Sept. 18, 1826, in this town.
Polly S., born Jan. 24, 1823 ; married John Howrey ; lives in Wisconsin.
Benjamin M., born Feb. 26, 1825.
Mark M., born July 10, 1827 ; married 1. Salls ; died April 21, 1878.
Caroline E., born March 22, 1829 ; married Uriah Pike ; lives in this town.
Hyman J., born March 6, 1831 ; married Albina Trevitt ; lives in Kansas.
Wesley O, born Nov. 9, 1833 ; married Eliza Amsby in 1879 ; lives in Kansas.
Christiana, born April 23, 1836.
Sarepta, Lewis Trevitt's wife was born April 23, 1792 ; mar- ried Aug. 29, 1813, in Vermont ; died Feb. 16, 1867, in this town.
Since the foregoing was written Lewis Trevitt died, Oct. 30, 1880, aged ninety years, one month and twenty days.
Wesley Trevitt.
Wesley Trevitt was born in Concord, Nov. 9, 1833. He attended the Springville Academy ; taught school several terms in the town of Concord and in the town of Sardinia. He served in the army in the time of the rebellion, in a Wisconsin regiment. He removed to Highland, Kansas, in 1869, where he has since resided. He married Eliza Amsby. He is a Jus- tice of the Peace, and is also engaged in insurance, loan and collection business.
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Joseph Tanner.
Joseph Tanner was born in St. Lawrence county, N. Y., in 1803. Was married in 1828 to Florilla Tooley; moved to Attica, N. Y., and from there to Springville in 1857. Their children are :
Anna L .; married George E. Bensley ; resides in Chicago. Richard W .; married Marinda Harkness.
Charles J .; married Louisa Bundy ; resides in Chicago.
Mrs. Tanner died in Springville in 1872.
Richard W. Tanner.
Richard W. Tanner was born at Attica, N. Y., June 5, 1832. Came to this town in 1849, and has since followed the occupa- tion of grocer. He is at present Secretary of the Board of Trustees of Griffith Institute. He was married in 1856 and has five children, as follows :
Anna F., Harry W., Grace H., Allen J. and Clark W.
Willard H. Ticknor, Esq.
Mr. Ticknor is a son of Daniel W. Ticknor. His mother's maiden name was Lucinda White. He was born April 21, 1853, in Concord, N. Y. Received the principal part. of his education at Griffith Institute, Springville, N. Y., but attended school one term at the Hamburg Academy-Fall of 1874; two terms-1872-at Forestville, N. Y., and one term-Spring of 1875-at Bachtell College, Akron, Ohio. He taught school five terms and was for six months Principal of the graded school at Otto, N. Y.
He studied law in the office of Hon. C. C. Severance and was admitted to the bar in Buffalo, June 14, 1878. He is now a successful practitioner in Springville. In 1880 he was one of the United States census enumerators for the town of Concord. He was married Nov. 21, 1876, to Alma S. Wheeler. They have two daughters ; Alma E. and Orphia S.
Cornelius Treat's Statement.
In the year 1804, my father, John Treat, came from Ver- mont and settled in the Town of Aurora, near the present Vil- lage of Aurora. He built for himself a log cabin, hung up
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blankets for doors, and, in general with the early settlers, shared the rudest privations incident to pioneer life. His household goods were of the most primitive description, his table consisted of a large chest, which is still preserved in our family as a souvenir of the past. My father was married July 19, 1823, to Eunice Amidon. In the year 1838, he came to Concord and purchased the farm where I was born, and now resides at Waterville. Here my father died Jan. 10, 1864. My mother survived him thirteen years. She died Nov. 25, 1877. They had ten children, as follows :
Polly M., born April 26, 1824.
Jemima, born April 11, 1825.
Cyntha, born Feb. 19, 1827.
Almon H., born Nov. 28, 1828.
Fayette, born Jan. 8, 1831. Erastus, born Dec. 11, 1832.
Charlotte, born Nov. 10. 1835.
Thomas, born Sept. 28, 1838.
Betsey A., born Feb. 27, 1843.
John C., born Dec. 20, 1844.
I was married June 6th to Ellen L. Squires. We have one child, Thomas S. Treat, born Aug. 2, 1876. Sixteen years of my life, or nearly that length of time, was spent in running the saw mill formerly located on my farm, now a thing of the past.
James Titus.
James Titus was born in the Town of Eden, County of Erie, May 23, 1826. He resided in that town until the year 1870, when he went to Dunkirk, where he remained one year work- ing at his trade, viz., that of a millwright, which avocation he has followed almost uninterruptedly for twenty years. In the Spring of 1872, he came to Concord and purchased of his brother, Sterling Titus, forty acres of land, which was originally a portion of the Ostrander farm, located one-half mile south of East Concord, where he has since resided. He was married July 4, 1849, to Phobe Matteson.
Their children are : Emma J., and Frank J.
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Stephen Tefft.
Stephen Tefft was born Dec. 20, 1813, in Newport, Her- kimer county, N. Y., and came to Erie county in 1852 ; he is a farmer ; he was married March 20, 1850, to Caroline Jenkins, who was born in Herkimer county, N. Y., Aug. 2, 1828 ; his father's name was William Tefft, who served as a musician in the war of 1812, and received a land warrant for military services, and subsequently received a pension. His mother's maiden name was Ruth Ann Wheaton. William Tefft was twice married, his second wife was Susan Wheaton, a sister of his first wife, who still lives. He died at the age of eighty-six years. Their children were :
Ruth Ann, born Sept. 30, 1850; died Aug. 27, 1863.
George E., born Nov. 10, 1851 ; married May 20, 1874, to Alice Vedder.
Franklin, born June 7, 1853 ; died Nov. 8, 1862.
Alma, born Nov. 7, 1854 ; died Aug. 29, 1863.
Erastus, born Nov. 25, 1859.
Carrie, born Feb 2, 1861.
Alice, born Dec. 7, 1865.
James L. Tarbox.
James L. Tarbox was born May 5, 1847, and came to Con- cord in the year 1855, from Richford, Tioga county, N. Y .; his father's name was Benjamin Tarbox ; his mother's maiden name was Rachael Eaton ; he is a merchant by occupation ; was married June 24, 1869, to Mianda L. Rice, who was born in the Town of Richford, Tioga county; was in mercantile business at Wheeler's Hollow three years before he came to Morton's Corners. They have one child, Nellie M. Tarbox, who was born Dec. 5, 1878.
Rollin M. Tichenor.
Mr. Tichenor was born in Bridport, Addison county, Vt., March 26, 1831. Came to Springville in 1851, where he has since resided. He was married in 1853 to Sylvia King, daugh- ter of Winsor King. Mr. Tichenor enlisted February 15, 1865, in Company K., Twenty-seventh N. Y. Cavalry ; was discharged June following, on account of the close of the war.
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N. H. Thurber.
N. H. Thurber was born in Black Rock in the year 1840, and came to this town in 1843. His father's name was John Thurber, and his mother's maiden name was Frances Howard. His grandfather's name was John Thurber, and his grand- mother's maiden name was Clorina Brown. He is a printer by occupation. He published a paper here called the Springville Tribune for nearly two years, viz : 1865-66. He was married in the year 1864 to Miss Esther West. Their children are :
Eddie N., and Mary E.
Rudolph Urich.
Rudolph Urich was born in Switzerland, September 8, 1827, and came to the town of Collins in the year 1849, and removed to Concord in the year 1855. His father's name was Rudolph Urich ; his mother's name was Elizabeth Hoffminster. He was married October 2, 1854, to Mariah Irish ; is a farmer. His father was held for military service for twenty years in Switzerland. He has two children :
George, born May 1, 1855.
Elizabeth, born December 30, 1859.
The Vanghan Family.
James Vaughan, Sr., came here in 1809, and bought a quar- ter section of land on lot twenty-five, on what is now called Vaughan street. A short time after he returned to Washing- ton county, N. Y., where he died December 14, 1831, aged fifty-seven years. His eldest son, William Vaughan, came here and settled on the south part of lot twenty-five, where Asa Twichell now lives. Here he lived several years, when he re- turned East where he died January, 1882, aged eighty years.
Pauline Vaughan married a Mr. Beadleston. She lived here a few years in early times, and then removed from this town, and died in 1877. Epinetus came to this town about 1825, and cleared up a farm on the north part of lot twenty-five. He reared a family of children, and died in this town in 1854, aged fifty-one years. James, jr., cleared up a farm on the same lot. He moved to Wisconsin nearly thirty years ago, and died in 1877. His wife still lives in Waupaca, Wisconsin.
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Alonzo and John are still living at Waupaca, Wisconsin. Mrs. James Vaughan, sr., died in this town in 1842. L. C. Vaughan died in this town August 31, 1878, aged sixty-five years. Mrs. Nancy Vaughan Bloodgood still lives in this town at the age of seventy-three years.
Samuel C. P. Vaughn.
Lemuel C. P. Vaughn was born Sept. 9, 1813, in the town of Queensbury, Warren county, N. Y .; came to Concord May 16, 1832; he was by occupation a farmer; was married May 1, 1832 ; died Aug. 31, 1878 ; his wife's maiden name was Acsah Twiss, was born in the State of New Hampshire; his father's name was James Vaughn ; his mother's maiden name was Nancy Moon.
Mrs. L. C. P. Vaughn says: My husband's father, James Vaughn, bought the farm we now live on in 1809 of the Hol- land Land company ; we have occupied the farm since 1832; our farm was all woodland ; we first built a log house 20 x 26 feet ; it was called a good house ; lived in it ten years and then built a frame house, and cleared our land by degrees. My husband's father, James Vaughn, was in the military service in the war of 1812.
Their children were :
Julius J., born March 21, 1833 : married to Amos Wickham June 5, 1867 ; lives in Michigan ; is a doctor.
Russell J., born April 6, 1835 : married Theresa Green April 27, 1858.
Alonzo L., born March 26, 1837; married Emma Smith Feb. 15, 1865.
Jennie A., born July 4, 1840 : resides in New York city : isa stenographer.
Covell S., born Jan. 2, 1843 : lives in Michigan ; is a dentist.
Lorenzo A., born Jan. 11, 1845 : married Mary Potter March 24, 1869.
Achsah D., born Oct. 28, 1847 ; married Daniel Lewis Oct. 10, 1870.
Russell J. Vaughn.
Russell J. Vaughn was born April 6, 1835, in the Town of Concord. He was married in 1858 to Miss Theresa Green, who
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was born in 1836. His father's name was L. C. P. Vaughn his mother's maiden name was Acsah Twiss; he is a farmer and owns a farm of 180 acres on Vaughn street, ninety acres of which was formerly owned by his uncle, James Vaughn. Mr. Vaughn was elected school commissioner of the third district of Erie county in the Fall of 1872, and served one term.
They have six children :
Earl R., born in 1859; married Ida Pike in 1880; he is a dentist ; lives at Falls City, Neb.
Eloise, born in 1864.
Hoyt, born in 1866; died in 1872.
Ray, born in 1872. Covell. born in 1875.
Mabel, born in 1878.
Alonzo Vaughn.
Alonzo Vaughn, the subject of this sketch was born in the Town of Concord March 26, 1837; he attended school at Springville academy until he was seventeen years of age when he commenced teaching: he continued teaching winters, attending school at the academy in the Fall and working at home Summers until he was twenty-two years of age. In the Summer of 1859 he studied dentistry with Dr. Strait, of Buf- falo ; the two years following he practiced at Warsaw and Le- Roy ; in the Fall of 1861 he moved to Springville, where he has practiced ever since. In 1865 he was married to Miss Emma Smith. of Concord.
They have four children :
Herbert.
Acsah. Edward. Calista.
Samuel D. Vance and Family.
Samuel D. Vance was born in Quebec, Canada, Jan. 14, 1841 ; he resided in the Dominion until seven years of age, when he went to Boston, Mass., to reside with his uncle, with whom he remained one year. He came to Concord in the year 1849; he has resided in this town ever since with the exception of the year 1871 and a portion of 1872, when he went to LaCrosse
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county, Wis., hoping thereby to improve his health which had become seriously impaired ; change of climate having produced the desired effect, he returned to Concord in the Spring of 1873, and purchased what is usually known as the Sprague farm, situated midway between East Concord and Glenwood, on which he now resides ; he also owns the sawmill heretofore under the management of S. Clark, which is situated near his present residence. He was married Jan. 1, 1865, to Julia A. Wilcox.
They have two children :
Cora M.
Nellie M.
Isaac Vosburgh's Statement.
My father, Henry J. Vosburgh, first came to this town from Kinderhook, Columbia county, this state, in the year 1822 ; that portion of this town lying north of East Concord was at that time an unbroken wilderness. He first worked land on shares near the present residence of Luzerne Eaton and improved the leisure time he was afforded in chopping and clearing on the farm where I now reside, which he purchased of the Holland Land Company. He also built the house in which I now reside, which was the first frame house built in this vicinity. After a four years' stay in Concord he removed to Columbia county, where I was born Oct. 11, 1830. About the year 1831 he returned to Concord and took possession of his farm which had been rented during his absence.
We came into town by the way of Boston, the Colden road being then a thing of the future. He assisted in laying out the roads of this vicinity. He was, after the year 1831, a perma- nent resident of Concord, until his death, which occurred Sept. 25, 1877. My earlier life was spent in this town and was un- eventful save an occasional rafting voyage down the Alleghany and Ohio rivers. In the year 1852 I went to California and engaged in mining where I remained nearly four years, when I returned to Concord and worked my father's farm six seasons. I then purchased land located one-half mile north-west of East Concord, where I resided until the Spring of 1879, when I bought a portion of the old homestead, one mile north-east of
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East Concord, where I now reside. I was married April 19th, 1857, to Miss Anna Smith. My children are :
Carrie A., Ella A., James M., Allie L., Ida M., Effie J., Thomas C., Jessie and Myrtie.
Harrison Vanderlip's Statement.
My father came to Concord from Vermont previous to the year 1840. His name is Truman Vanderlip and mother's maiden name was Caroline Presson. He first settled at Spring- ville, from there he removed to a farm located about midway between Woodward's Hollow and New Oregon, where I was born July 12, 1840 ; this in turn, was soon disposed of, when father removed to New Oregon. Two years later he bought what was known as the Ford farm, located on lot thirty-nine, township seven, range seven. In 1853 he removed to Boston Corners. In the Spring of 1860 I went to Illinois.
In the year 1861 I enlisted in the 25th Illinois Infantry ; I participated in ten of the most severe engagements of our civil war, conspicuous among which were Pea Ridge, Stone River, Lookout Mountain and Mission Ridge. After the latter fight we were sent to the relief of Burnside and raised the siege of Knoxsville, Tennesee. I was with Sherman during his famous march to the sea as far as Atlanta, Ga., when my term of enlist- ment expired Aug. 4, 1864. I was mustered out of service at Springfield, Illinois, Sept. 7, 1864: from there I went to the Pikes' Peak country, Colorado ; I remained in Colorado during the Winter of 1864 and 1865 inclusive, when I returned to Illinois, where I remained during the summer of 1865 and came back to Boston during the ensuing Winter. I was married Nov. 2d, 1868, to Mary L. Jones of Boston. We resided in that town until the Spring of 1876, when I came to Concord and bought what is commonly known as the Wheelock farm, at Waterville, on which I now reside. Our children were four in number, three of whom are still living, viz :
Iola M., Nellie M. and Harrison L.
My father, Truman Vanderlip, lives in Michigan.
My brother Loren lives in Iowa. My brother John S. lives in Denver, Col.
My brother Henry lives in Iowa.
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Mary S. lives in Michigan. Jenny lives in Iowa. Truman, Jr. and Caroline live in Michigan.
James Vannata.
James Vannata was born Feb. 13, 1842, in the Town of Con- cord, and is by occupation a farmer ; was married Feb. 25, 1863, to Miss Alice A. Wells, who was born June 13, 1846. She was the daughter of Asa Wells; her mother's maiden name was Gertrude Widrig, who was born in Herkimer county, N. Y., June 14, 1809 ; was married to Asa Wells, Jan. 19, 1840, and died Aug. 20, 1875. Asa Wells was born in Rutland county, Vt., July 6, 1798; came to the Town of Concord in 1816, and lived here until the time of his death, which occurred July 30, 1864. Their children were ;
Josephine S .. born Sept. 3, 1841.
Clark C., born Sept. 10, 1844.
Alice A., born June 13, 1846.
Newell G., born April 6, 1848 ; died March 6, 1863.
James E., born March 5, 1868.
Elmer A., born June 23, 1870.
Alice S., born July 8, 1876.
Wells, born May 26, 1879.
Peter Van Valkenburgh.
Peter Van Valkenburgh was born Oct. 16, 1820, in Columbia county, N. Y,, and came to Concord in 1836; is a farmer ; was married Sept. 22, 1842, to Miss Almira A. Austin, daughter of Luther Austin ; she was born Oct. 12, 1823 ; his father's name was Richard Van Valkenburgh ; his mother's maiden name was Polly DeVoe. His father came to Ashford, Cattaraugus county, in 1837 ; next year he removed to Springville, remained there several years and then moved to Troy, N. Y., and lived there until the time of his death, which occurred in October, 1868 ; his mother still lives at Troy. His wife's father, Luther Austin, came to Concord in 1816; was married October, 1818; he served in the army in the war of 1812 as a soldier, and sub- sequently received a land warrant, and, had he lived a few
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years longer, would have been entitled to a pension. He died in 1858. There children were :
William A., born July 29, 1843.
Herman D., born May 27, 1846.
Rosalia S., born May 19, 1848 ; died Oct. 7, 1862.
Horatio G., born May 29, 1852 ; died Oct. 14, 1862.
Charles H., born April 9, 1854.
Mary A., born Oct. 30, 1856.
Johnnie R., born Feb. 11, 1860; died Oct. 24, 1862.
Emily E., born May 23, 1863.
Jennie C., born Oct. 21, 1868.
John Van Pelt.
John Van Pelt was for many years an active business man in Springville. He carried on a general store and also built and managed a distillery and ashery. He also bought cattle and drove them to the eastern market. He had several chil- dren, the oldest of whom, William Van Pelt, is a physician and lives in Williamsville, N. Y., where he has a large practice and is a respected citizen.
Augustus Vannatta.
Philip Vannatta, father of the subject of this sketch, was born in He was married in 1829 to Miss Cath- rine Spoors, of Cortland county, N. Y. They had nine chil- dren, viz :
David, born in 1830, lives in Vandalia, Cattaraugus county, N. Y.
Maria, born in 1832, married C. B. Parkinson and lives in Collins.
Nicholas, born in 1833.
Elias, born in 1835, was killed in the battle of Fair Oaks.
Phillip, born in 1837, died in 1854.
William, born in 1839, served through the civil war and lives in Canadaigua, N. Y.
James Augusta, married Austin Balls and lives in Cattarau- gus county.
Augustus, was born in 1843, in the Town of Concord, where he has ever since resided. He is unmarried and owns a
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farm near Morton's Corners, where he lives and cares for his aged parents.
Byron Wells.
Byron Wells was born in 1817, in the Town of Sardinia ; came to Concord in 1821 ; occupation a farmer. Was married July 12, 1855, to Mary Ann Dodge, who died June, 1861. Subsequently was married to Mary Munsell, who died March 6, 1870, and was married to bis present wife, Sarah Sherman, April 5, 1871. His father's name was Charles C. Wells, and lived in Buffalo at the beginning of the War of 1812; was in the military service and taken prisoner at the time Buffalo was burned. He was taken to Montreal and kept a prisoner until exchanged, and remained in the service until the close of the war. Subsequently he was married and settled in Buffalo- himself and wife being two of the eight members of the first Methodist church in Buffalo. This church was organized by the late Gleazen Fillmore, then a young man, who, when he came to Buffalo, met a minister of another denomination, who told him that one minister was enough for the place. After the church organization, they were deprived of a place of wor- ship and went to work and constructed a church edifice, in six weeks ready for occupation (probably not quite as expensive as the Delaware Avenue church of this day). After living in Buf- falo three years, he removed to the Town of Sardinia and sub- sequently removed to Concord, where they continued to reside until the time of his death.
Among the relics of "ye olden times " in the Wells family is an account book, once the property of Capt. Levi Wells, great- grandfather of Byron Wells, which contains the account of money paid by Captain Wells to the officers and soldiers of the Colonial army. The first date or entry is May ye 18th, 1775. Pasted inside the cover of the book is a commission issued to "First-Lieut. Levi Wells, dated March 24th, 1760, in the thirty- third year of the reign of his majesty King George the Second, by order of Thomas Fitch, Captain-General and Governorin- chief of his majesty's English Colony of Connecticut, in New England, in America." It also appears from this book that Levi Wells served as Captain and Paymaster subsequently in the Continental Army during the Revolution.
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Family record :
Frank S., born May 30, 1857.
Mary A., born June 5, 1861.
Jennie E., born Aug. 18, 1867.
Jessie M., born Nov. 1, 1869.
Mary A. Wells died April 15, 1883, aged twenty-one years and ten months.
Mrs. Wells died March 29, 1882, aged eighty-five years and nine months, and five days.
Colony of 1 THOMAS FITCH, ESQ.,
Connecticut. §
Captain-General and Governor-in-Chief, in and over his majesty's English Colony of Connecticut, in New England, in America.
To LEVI WELLS, Gent., greeting-
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