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CONNECTICUT ASSEMBLY. Anno Regni Regis Georgii Tertii 15to, 1775. At a General Assembly of the Governour and Company of the English Colony of Connecticut, in New-England, in America, holden at New-Haven, in said Colony, on the second Thursday of October, being the eleventh day of said month, and continued by several adjournments to the twenty-fifth day of the same month, Annoq. Domini 1775. Present: The Honourable Jonathan Trumbull, Esq., Governour, Jabez Hamlin, Elisha Sheldon, Jabez Huntington, William Pitkin, Abraham Davenport, William Samuel Johnson, Oliver Wolcott, Samuel Huntington, Esquires, Assistants. Representatives or Deputies of the Freemen of the several Towns, are as follow, viz: HARTFORD.—Colonel John Pitkin, Mr. Benj. Payne. FARMINGTON.—Colonel Isaac Lee, Colonel Fisher Gay. SUFFIELD.—Captain Abraham Granger, Captain John Harman. COLCHESTER.—Mr. Daniel Foot, Capt. Peter Bulkley. EAST-WINDSOR.—Colonel Erastus Wolcott, Mr. Benoni Olcott. WEATHERSFIELD.—Colonel Thomas Belden. SIMSBURY.—Mr. Judah Holcomb, Mr. Elisha Graham. EAST-HADDAM.—Mr. Daniel Brainard, Mr. Jabez Chap man. STAFFORD.—Capt. Isaac Pinncy, Capt. Samuel Davis. HADDAM.—Capt. Joseph Brooks, Mr. Joseph Smith. HEBRON.—Capt. Benjamin Buell, Mr. Samuel Gilbert. WILLINGTON.—Major Elijah Fenton, Mr. Caleb Holt. BOLTON.—Mr. Benjamin Trumbull, Mr. Seth King. TOLLAND.—Mr. Ichabod Greggs, Captain James Chamberlin. ENFIELD.—Maj. Nathaniel Terry, Mr. Nathaniel Chapin. SOMERS.—Mr. Hezekiah Spencer, Mr. Reuben Sikes. MIDDLETOWN.—Mr, Titus Hosmer, Doctor John Dickenson. WINDSOR.—Major Roger Newbury, Capt. Henry Allyn. GLASTENBURY.—Capt. Jonathan Wells, Mr. Elijah Holister. CHATHAM.—Mr. David Sage, Mr. Ebenezer White. NEW-HAVEN.—Mr, Samuel Bishop, Mr. Jonathan Fitch. DURHAM.—Colonel James Wadsworth, Jun., Mr. Daniel Hall. WATERBURY.—Mr. Joseph Hopkins, Capt. Ezra Brunson. MILFORD.—Mr. Ephraim Strong, Mr. Isaac Mills. GUTLFORD.—Mr. John Burgess, Mr. Samuel Brown. DERBY.—Captain John Holbrook. BRANFORD.—Capt. Edward Russell, Mr. Daniel Page. WALLINGFORD.—Mr. Samuel Beach, Mr. Oliver Stanly. NEW-LONDON.—Mr. Richard Law, Mr. William Hilhouse. NORWICH.—Mr. Benjamin Huntington, Mr. Isaac Tracy. KILLINGWORTH.—Mr. Elnathan Stevens, Mr. Hezekiah Lane. SAYBROOK.—Captain Benjamin Williams, Captain Justus Buck. LYME.—Major Samuel Selden, Mr. John Lay, 2d. STONINGTON.—Mr. Nathaniel Minor, Captain William Williams. GROTON.—Mr. Thomas Mumford, Mr. Nathan Gallop. PRESTON.—Capt. William Witter, Capt. Joseph Tyler. FAIRFIELD.—Mr. Jonathan Sturgess, Mr. Thaddeus Burr. STRATFORD.—Captain Robert Fairchild, Colonel Ichabod Lewis. STAMFORD.—Mr. Benjamin Weed, Mr. Thomas Young. NORWALK.—Colonel Thomas Fitch, Doctor Thaddeus Betts. GREENWICH.—Colonel John Mead. RIDGEFIELD.—Mr. Samuel Olmstead, Colonel Philip B. Bradley. DANBURY.—Captain Daniel Starr. NEW-FAIRFIELD.—Mr. Alexander Stewart, Captain Dan Towner. REDDING.—Mr. Lemuel Sanford, Mr. William, Hawley. WINDHAM.—Mr. Samuel Webb, Mr. Ebenezer Devotion. LEBANON.—Colonel William Williams. CANTERBURY.—Colonel Jabez Fitch, Captain Ebenezer Bacon COVENTRY.—Captain Ebenezer Kingsbury, Mr. Jeremiah Ripley PLAINFIELD.—Mr. William Robinson, Mr. Joshua Dunlap. POMFRET.—Colonel Ebenezer Williams. ASHFORD.—Captain Benjamin Sumner, Mr. Ezra Smith. KILLINGLY.—Mr. Simeon Learned, Mr. Benjamin Leavins. MANSFIELD.—Mr. Benjamin Chaplin, Captain Amariah Williams. WOODSTOCK.—Captain Elisha Child, Capt. Samuel Mc-Clellan. VOLUNTOWN.—Mr. James Gordon, Mr. Robert Hunter. LITCHFIELD.—Mr. Abraham Bradley. WOODBURY.—Mr. Daniel Sherman, Captain Increase Moseley. TORRINGTON.—Mr. John Cook. SHARON.—Mr. John Canfield, Mr. Caleb Jewett. GOSHEN.—Col. Ebenezer Norton, Mr. David Thompson. CANAAN.—Capt. Samuel Forbes, Mr. Asahel Bebec. NEW-MILFORD.—Major Samuel Canfield, Capt. Sherman Boardman. CORNWALL.—Mr. Edward Rogers, Mr. John Pearce. NEW-HARTFORD.—Mr. Abel Merrill, Capt. Seth Smith. KENT.—Capt. Jethro Hatch, Capt. Justus Sackett. HARWINTON.—Mr. Josiah Phelps, Capt. John Wilson. WESTMORELAND.—Col. Zebulon Butler, Major Ezekicl Pearcc. SALISBURY.—Capt. Abiel Camp, Capt. James Bird. William Williams, Esq., Speaker of the House of Representatives; Richard Law, Esq., Clerk. Resolved by this Assembly, That an Embargo be forthwith laid upon the exportation out of this Colony, by water, of the following articles of Provision, viz: Wheat, Rye, Indian, Corn, Pork, Beef, Live Cattle, Peas and Beans, Butter, Cheese, Bread, Flour, and every kind of Meat, except necessary stores for Vessels bound to sea; and that his Honour the Governour be, and he is hereby desired to issue a Proclamation laying such Embargo, and prohibiting the exportation of such Provisions accordingly; such Embargo to continue till the first day of June next: provided, nevertheless, that his Honour the Governour be, and he is hereby empowered and fully authorized to grant Permits for the exportation out of this Colony, by water, of Live Cattle and Provisions, in such cases, and to such ports and places, as he shall judge necessary and expedient for the publick service: provided, also, that his Honour the Governour, by and with the advice of the Council, may discontinue the Embargo, in whole or in part, at any time when they shall judge it expedient. This Assembly being informed that certain questions and disputes have arose amongst the Troops lately raised by this Colony, and sent into the Colony of New-York, and such as are now employed against the Ministerial Forces in Canada; which disputes, unless prevented, may be attended with unhappy consequences: Therefore, it is hereby Resolved by this Assembly, That all the Troops which have been lately raised by this Colony, for the special defence thereof, and sent into the Colony of New-York, and all such as are now employed against the Ministerial Troops in Canada, are and shall be subject to the Rules, Orders, Regulations, and Discipline of the Congress of the Twelve United Colonies, during the time of their enlistment. Resolved by this Assembly, That Roger Sherman, Oliver Wolcott, Samuel Huntington, Titus Hosmer, and William Williams, Esquires, be, and they are hereby appointed Delegates to represent this Colony at the General Congress of the United Colonies in America, for the year ensuing, and until others be chosen; that is to say: the said Roger Sherman, Oliver Wolcott, and Samuel Huntington, Esquires, do attend said Congress; and, on the failure of either of the said gentlemen, by sickness or otherwise, then the said Titus Hosmer or William Williams, Esquires, are to supply the place or places of any or either of the said three gentlemen first named, in such manner that three of said Delegates, and three only, do attend said Congress at any one time; and the said three Delegates, or any or either of them who shall be present in said Congress, are
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