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

by Samuel Peters

• Parsons, Hugh, found guilty of witchcraft, [137].
• Penderson, Rev. Mr., joins the Church of England, [167].
• Peters, the Rev. Hugh, account of himself and family, [50].
• Peters, the Rev. Samuel, account of, [140];
  • interview with Governor Trumbull, [266];
  • escape from Portsmouth and Boston, [270];
  • reward offered by John Hancock for his capture, [270].
• Peters, Rev. Thomas, his arrival at Saybrook, [17];
  • Church-system, [37];
  • school, [49];
  • character, [50];
  • some particulars of his life, 50, [Note].
• Peters, William, particulars relating to, 50-52, [Note].
• Phelps, treacherously sent upon an expedition against Ticonderoga and Croton Point, [257].
• Pitt, Mr., a Churchman, whipped for not attending meeting, [208].
• Plainfield, [135].
• Plymouth, New, founded, [16].
• Pomeroy, Rev. Dr., character, [140];
  • sent for by the Windham mob, [265].
• Pomfret, [133].
• Population, [190].
• Pork, unfair dealing in, [193].
• Potter, Deacon, unjustly convicted of bestiality, [154].
• Poultry of Connecticut, [185].
• Powwow, ancient Indian rite, celebration of, at Stratford described, [164].
• Prayer of some of the Episcopal clergy in the southern provinces before Congress, [275].
• Presbyterians, disliked and ill-treated by Sober Dissenters, [135], [199].
• Preston, [123].
• Produce of Connecticut, [178].
• Pumpkin, hair cut by the shell, [153], [154].
• Pumpkin-heads, a name given to New-Englanders, [153].
  • kills a bear and cubs, [134];
  • his narrow escape from Indians, [134];
  • terrible to them, [135];
  • alarms the country in a letter concerning Admiral Graves and General Gage, [262].
• Putnam, General, curious anecdotes of, [133];

Q

• Quackery triumphant, [145].
• Quaker, shrewd retort of one upon his judges, [99].
• Quinnipiog, kingdom, [147];
  • refuses to grant land to the settlers, and is murdered, [56].

R

• Rattlesnake, some account of, [188];
  • use of skin, [223].
• Reading, [168].
• Rebellion, true sources of, in America, [247].
• Religion, the established, [84], [85].
• Reptiles, [188].
• Revenue, [196];
  • objections against raising, in America, [244].
• Rhode-Island, infamous law of the General Assembly, [169].
• Ridgfield, [168];
  • burnt, [259].
• Rivers, the three principal, described, [114]-118.
• Rivington, Mr., plundered, [258].

S

• Sabbath, rigidly observed, [213];
  • how broken by an Episcopal clergyman, [213].
• Salary of the Governor, Lieutenant-Governor, Treasurer, &c., [198].
• Salisbury, [147].
• Sandeman, Rev. Mr., doctrine of, [168].
• Sassacus, Sachem of the Pequods, his kingdom and character, [119], [120].
• Saybrook, founded, [16];
  • described, [124];
  • its civil and religious establishments, [37];
  • early proceedings, [46];
  • enters the confederacy, [62];
  • refuses to send agents to England to oppose the king, [49];
  • forms an alliance with Hertford, [49];
  • and joins in a secret application for a Charter, [64].
• Saybrook platforms, some account of the, [155].
• Scovil, the Rev. Mr., cruel treatment of, [274].
• Sealbury, Rev. Dr., taken prisoner, [258].
• Sects, religious, in Connecticut, some account of the, [198].
• Sharon, famous for a mill, [147].
• Ship, wonderful story of one fitted out in Newhaven, [149].
• Sick, horrid mode of visiting, [219].
• Skunk, description and wonderful property of the, [184].
• Smith, Rev. Mr., notices of, [53], [138].
• Smith, William, notices concerning, [100]-[102], [105], [113], [175].
• Sober Dissenters, religion of, in Connecticut, [85];
  • their uncandid conduct toward Episcopalians, Anabaptists, Quakers, &c., in regard to parish rates, [207];
  • and their severe treatment of Mr. Gibbs for refusing to pay them, [148];
  • their humanity to sick strangers and persons shipwrecked, [219];
  • partial support, [219].
• Society for the Propagation of the Gospel in Foreign Parts, notices concerning, 52, [Note], [105], [167], [170]-[175], [205].
• Soil, [178].
• Sommers, [139].
• Stafford, the New-England “Bath,” 142.
• Stamp-Act, proceedings and opinions relating to, in Connecticut, [229].
• Stirling, Earl of, his claim in Connecticut, [25].
• Stonington, [122].
• Stratford, description of, [163].
• Stratford River, [118].
• Strong, Rev. Nehemiah, [160].
• Suffield, [139].
• Sunksquaw, a pretended sachem, [32].
• Superstition, striking instance, [200].
• Symsbury mines, account of, [142].

T

• Tarbox, Capt. David, remark on leaving Governor Trumbull’s house, [267].
• Tea, act of sending, to America opposed, [251].
• Temple, Mr., seditious letters imputed to, [251].
• Test, sacramental, unnecessary in New-England, [202].
• Thames River described, [114].
• Ticonderoga, secret expedition against, [258].
• Tolland, [139].
• Torrington, [147].
• Travellers, English, how treated by landlords, [111].
• Tree-frog, agility of, [189].
• Trumbull, Governor, furnishes a dress for the effigy of Mr. Grenville, 233, [Note];
  • writes an insidious letter to General Gage, [256];
  • adds to an alarming one of General Putnam’s, [262];
  • and spirits up the mob against the loyalists, [264];
  • writes the eighteen articles for Dr. Peters to sign, [264];
  • his reply to Dr. Peters when asking protection from the Windham mob, [266].
• Trumbull, David, in command of the Windham mob, [264];
  • handing Dr. Peters the document containing high treason, to sign, [264];
  • his remark upon Dr. Peters refusing to sign it, [265].
• Tryon, Governor, his character, [113];
  • escapes the mob at New-York, [258];
  • leaves Danbury, [258];
  • Ridgfield, [259];
  • releases the prisoners at Newhaven, [260];
  • leaves Fairfield and Norwalk, [260].

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