The History of the United States of America volume 1
The History of the United States of America volume 1
Richard Hildreth
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A tract north NEW ENGLAND UNDER CHARLES I. 2C>1 at the bay, ten miles in one direction and thirteen in CHAPTEB IX die other, was purchased for ten coats ; and the colo- nists proceeded to lay out in squares the ground-plan of 1638. A spacious city, to which they presently gave the name of NEW HAVEN. The towns on the Connecticut, awaiting an arrange- ment with the lords proprietors in England, had delayed coming to any permanent political settlement. They suspected that Massachusetts intended to... subject them to her jurisdiction. This intention the Massachusetts magistrates denied ; but they were eager for a federal union, for which negotiations had been for some time going on. As the jealousy of the Connecticut towns placed serious obstacles in the way even of such a union, Massachusetts insisted that at least Springfield, which fell within the limits of her charter, should sub- mit to her jurisdiction. The other three towns, in a convention of all the freemen, adopted a written consti- 1639 tution, based on that of Massachusetts, but different in Jan> l one important particular.
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