A general history of Connecticut - Ramapough Lenape Nation

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blafphemer, had been whipped, branded,
burnt in the tongue, fet on the gallows,
baniilied, and, upon return, fentenced
to be han-ged. 'e Doft thee not think,"
raid he to his Judges, " that the Jews,
cc who crucified the Saviour of the World,
.11 had a Charter? ..
, Many have been the difputes between
Connecticut and the neighbouring Colonies
concerning their fev.eral boundaries,
.and much blood has been [pilt on thore
occafions. On the north and eaft,
where lie the Maffachufets and Rhode­
Hland, ConneCticut has, in fome degree,
been the gainer; but has loft confiderably
on the weft and fouth, to the engendering
violent animofity againft the loyal
New-Yorkers, to whom it will probably
prove fatal in the end. The detail is
briefly as follows :
The Dutch fenlers on New-York
Iiland, Hudfon's river, and the weft end
of Long Iilanci, being fubdued by Colonel
H Nichols