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| CONNECTICUT. |
| THE Connecticut Charter,
adopted in 1639, was the earliest
complete code of order written in
America, and embodied for the
first time the free
representative plan which is
still paramount in the States and
the Republic. In 1687 Sir Edmund
Andros came to Hartford, with
sixty soldiers, and demanded the
Charter. The precious document
was laid on the table, when
suddenly the lights were
extinguised, and Captain
Wadsworth, seizing the Charter,
withdrew and secreted it in a
hollow tree. The tree was
thereafter known as the Charter
Oak and remained standing until
1856 when it was blown down. The
Charter is sacredly preserved in
the Capitol in a frame made from
the wood of the Charter Oak. |
| When the
Revolution broke out, Jonathan
Trumbull, a warm patriot and
level-headed man was governor;
and his advice was so valued by
General Washington, who often
suggested consulting with
"Brother Jonathan,"
that this familiar nickname came
to be the representative of
American manhood and ultimately
of the nation itself. |
| In
the second war with Great
Britain, Connecticut suffered
greatly along its coast. New
London was blockaded in 1813
until the close of the war; and
Stonington, a little east of New
London, became the scene of
stirring events. |
| Into
the War of Secession, Connecticut
sent more than 55,000 volunteers
out of 80,000 voters, and the
Soldiers' Memorial Arch at
Hartford commemorates those that
were lost. |
| ILLUSTRATIONS. |
The
Defense of Stonington, 1814;
Hiding the Charter in the Oak,
1687; Memorial Arch, Hartford;
Jonathan
Trumbull, "Brother Jonathan." |
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