New Haven Colony
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On Feb. 14, 1642, a planter of New Haven Colony named John Wakeman informed the magistrates that a sow he had recently purchased had given birth to a “prodigious monster.”
From Slate ● Sep. 17, 2015
The New Haven Colony Historical Society has for its officers Simeon E. Baldwin president, ex-Governor English vice president, Thomas R. Trowbridge, Jr., secretary, Robert Peck treasurer, and a board of twenty-five directors.
From The New England Magazine Volume 1, No. 3, March, 1886 Bay State Monthly Volume 4, No. 3, March, 1886 by Various
Some settlers from England went to Long Island Sound and there founded four towns which, in their turn, joined in a federal union called the New Haven Colony.
From A School History of the United States by McMaster, John Bach
This was a concession to the former sovereignty of the New Haven Colony.
From The Development of Religious Liberty in Connecticut by Greene, Maria Louise
The New Haven Colony was founded in 1638 by wealthy church members from abroad.
From Comic History of the United States by Opper, F.
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