At a meeting of the committees of twenty-three towns in this colony at Middletown, on the 30th of March 1774, appointed by their respective towns to confer together on the present alarming situation of this colony, respecting the public measures lately pursued by the honorable General Assembly, respecting Susquehannah matters : and to prepare a petition and remonstrance, to be presented to the next Assembly, which were fully and calmly debated and considered.
1774
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At a meeting of the committees of twenty-three towns in this colony at Middletown, on the 30th of March 1774, appointed by their respective towns to confer together on the present alarming situation of this colony, respecting the public measures lately pursued by the honorable General Assembly, respecting Susquehannah matters : and to prepare a petition and remonstrance, to be presented to the next Assembly, which were fully and calmly debated and considered.
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Text of the petition: To the honorable, the General Assembly of the governor and company of the colony of Connecticut, to be holden at Hartford, on the second Thursday of May, next ... We, the inhabitants ...
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[Middletown, Conn.?] : [publisher not identified], [1774]
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Summary
May 1774 Memorial against the Susquehanna claim by Connecticut, which was prepared after a meeting of the Committees of Twenty-three towns and presented to the General Assembly. Petitioners ask that the Susquehannah Company not be allowed to extend the jurisdiction of the colony of Connecticut to the lands west of the province of New York. Of note, various handwritten notes were in the margin of this petition and remonstrance.
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Introduction signed in print: Adam Babcock, clerk.
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Description based on online resource; title from PDF caption title (LLMC Digital, viewed July 24, 2019).
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Print version: At a meeting of the committees of twenty-three towns in this colony at Middletown, on the 30th of March 1774 ... to confer together on the present alarming situation of this colony, respecting the public measures lately pursued by the honorable General Assembly, respecting Susquehannah matters ... [Middletown, Conn.?] : [publisher not identified], [1774]
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