[17] Page 196

[18] Conn. Stat., Revision of 1715, pp. 110, 234.

[19] Boutell’s Life of Roger Sherman, 32.

[20] Dwight’s Travels, IV, 299.

[21] Collections, Connecticut Historical Society, II, 145.

[22] Collections, Connecticut Historical Society, II, 146.

[23] Stiles, Literary Diary, I, 16, July 8, 1769.

[24] Elliot’s Debates, 178.

[25] Davis, The Rise and Fall of the Confederate Government, I, 672.

[26] Journ. of Congress, XIII, 155.