Once Upon a Time in Connecticut

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In the spring he sailed once more on the little Batcheler for themouth of the Connecticut River, where it had been decided tobuild the new fort and plant the new colony. This place wasselected partly because of its good harbor, and partly because afort here would command the entrance to this "Long, Fresh, RichRiver. " The "Lords and Gentlemen" who planned this undertaking includedLord Saye and Sele, Lord Brooke, John Pym, and other well-knownmen in the Puritan party. They were opposed to the Go
...vernment inEngland both in politics and religion, and at one time, whenmatters went strongly against their party, some of them expectedto come to America. It is said that Oliver Cromwell, afterwardLord Protector of England, and John Hampden, his cousin, wereamong this number. It is at least true that Lieutenant Gardinerwas ordered to construct "within the fort" houses suitable for"men of quality" and to erect "some convenient buildings for thereceipt of gentlemen. " The place was named Saybrook for Lord Sayeand Sele and for Lord Brooke.

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