The Public Records of the Colony of Connecticut [1636-1776] (Volume 5)

Purchase of this book includes free trial access to www.million-books.com where you can read more than a million books for free. This is an OCR edition with typos. Excerpt from book: him the Governours oath, according to form in the law stated, and such other oath as by Act of Parliament respecting trade and navigation are required. A letter from this Assembly, directed to the Honourable Gurdon Saltonstall, was read and approved in both houses, and also a letter directed to the inhabitants of Newlondon. [26] January the first, 170f. The Honourable Gurdon Saltonstall, Esqr, declared his acceptance of the place of Govern- our, whereunto he was chosen by this Assembly, and the Governours oath by law required was adininistred to him, according to the order of this Assembly, by persons thereunto appointed; and the oath in such case required by Act of Parliament, respecting trade and navigation. This Assembly desires the Honourable Gurdon Saltonstall, elected Governour, with the gentlemen appointed by this Assembly to wait upon his honour, to write and send home to our agent in England, in answer to his letters, what they shall judge needfull. Whereas in the printed law, title Election, it is said, Out of which number the Governour and Deputy Governour shall be chosen: This Assembly doth now see cause to repeal that part of the said law, and it is hereby repealed; and do now order and enact that for the future the several freemen in the respective towns have libertie to choose for the Governour and Deputy Governour, where they see cause, of all or any of the freemen within this Colonie. This Assembly grants to the town of Danbury the sum of five pounds in country pay out of the country rate last granted, in consideration of the charge of said town in fortifying. This day Capt. John Shackmaple presented to the Deputy Governour a letter directed to our late Governour Winthrop, from Coll. Quarry, surveyor general, signifying that he had commissioned ...