General History of Connecticut From Its First Settlement Under George Fenwick
General History of Connecticut From Its First Settlement Under George Fenwick
Samuel Peters
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It con- sists of two lines : " But if men knaves and fools will be, " They'll be ass-ridden by all three. " 196 GENERAL HISTORY OF CONNECTICUT. Revenue and Expenditure. — In 1680 the whole cor- poration were estimated to be worth 120, 000^. They had 30 small vessels, 26 churches, and, as above men- tioned, 20, 000 inhabitants. If their value had increased only in proportion with the inhabitants, who, as I have said, amounted to 200, 000 in 1770, the corporation would then have been worth no mor...e than 1, 200, 000Z. , a sum not equal to IO5. Per acre, though in a great measure cultivated, and surrounded with stone walls which alone cost IO5. By the rod ; but in that year, viz. 1770, land sold in Connecticut from 4cl. To 50Z. Per acre ; their vessels, also, had increased to about 1200, and the churches — least in proportion — to about 300. The true method, therefore, of forming the valuation of Con- necticut in 1770, is not by calculating upon this State in 1680, but by estimating the number of its acres, ap- preciating them by purchases then made, and adding a due allowance for the stock, &e.
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