| Edition |
First Edition |
| Description |
v, 143 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliogrpahic references (pages 133-139) and index (pages 140-143). |
| Summary |
"In 1637 there appeared among the forests of Connecticut a young hunter calling himself Thomas Leffingwell, a teenager without family or fortune. When his friend Chief Uncas and the Mohegans were surrounded by enemies, he risked his life and came to their rescue, more than once. He wa an English immigrant, an early settler of Saybrook and a co-founder of Norwhich, Puritan, a family man, a farmer, a solider in the Pequot and King Philip's wars, and a surveyor of the wilderness. He was a long time member of the legislature and was present when the colonial charter was hidden in an oak tree to save it from the despot Governor Andros. His adventurous life, he said, had 'the hint of Providence.'--cover, page 4. |
| Contents |
An English Boy Among the Indians -- The Rescue of Chief Uncas and the Mohegans -- The Riddle of Wife Mary: English or Mohegan? -- A Young Family Man in Saybrook -- Co-founder of the Town of Norwich -- A Witch Trial and a Hanging for Incest -- Delegate to the Connecticut Colonial Legislature -- A Lieutenant in King Philip's War -- A Witness to Saving the Colonial Charter -- A Royal Commissioner in the Mohegan Land Case -- Avoiding Probate -- Appendix A: The Sescendants of Thomas Leffingwell -- Appendix B: The Lands of Thomas Leffingwell -- Appendix C: Surveying Assignments by the Legislature. |
| Subject |
Leffingwell, Thomas.
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Connecticut -- History -- Colonial period, ca. 1600-1775 -- Biography.
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| ISBN |
0999396226 |
|
9780999396223 |
| Music No. |
10948418R00085 |
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