Readings 1850 To The Present

Author : John W. De Forest
Publisher : Forgotten Books
ISBN 13 : 9780365264835
Total Pages : 554 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (648 download)

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Download or read book History of the Indians of Connecticut written by John W. De Forest and published by Forgotten Books. This book was released on 2018-03-22 with total page 554 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from History of the Indians of Connecticut: From the Earliest Known Period to 1850 Of public papers the records of the ancient towns are highly important not only as determining the positions and connections of the tribes, but as narrating the time and manner of the sales by which they parted with their lands. Another set of papers, of considerable importance, is a number of Indian petitions and a Defense of the Colony, referring to the long law suit between the Mohegans and Connecticut, and lately brought from England and deposited in the Yale College Library. But by far the most extensive and important range of manu scripts is to be found in the office Of the Secretary of State at Hartford. The Colonial Records, consisting of eleven volumes, and extending from 1636 to 1676, contain a large quantity of matter. The twenty-seven volumes of State Records present a, smaller amount, and of a less interesting nature. Various deeds given by the Indians may be found in the ten volumes of papers on Towns and Lands; and, thinly scattered through the fifteen volumes on Ecclesiastical Affairs, are notices of efforts made for their civil improvement and conversion. Lastly, but more important than any of the others, come two volumes of papers relating to the Indians alone; containing nearly six hun dred documents, and stretching in a series of letters, petitions and reports of committees, from 1647 down to 1799. From the manuscripts thus named is drawn a very large portion of my history; and to the reading, though not to the antiquarian, public this portion will be almost entirely new. And thus closes a brief review of the principal materials, chiefly, it will be observed, cotemporary, on which the subsequent narrative is founded. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.