History of Windham County, Connecticut Volume 2

HISTORY OF WINDHAM COUNTY, CONNECTICUT
VOLUME 2: 1760-1880
By Ellen Douglas Larned

Excerpt from Contents

BOOK V. 1740-1775.
I. Pomfret. Brooklyn Parish. Putnam. Malbone. Rival Church Edifices. General Affairs
II. Ashford. General Town Affairs. Westford Society. First Baptist Church. Eastford Society. Corbin Land Claim
III. Affairs in Canterbury. Whitefield's Visit. Separates. Baptists. Westminster Society
IV. Town Affairs in Windham. Wyoming Emigration. Social Life. Scotland Parish
V. Canada Parish. Pew Dispute. School Districts. Troubles with Rev. Samuel Mosely. Voluntown
VI. Religious Settlement in Plainfleld. General Town Affairs
VII. Town Affairs in Killingly. Thompson Parish. Baptist Church Formed. Killingly Hill. South Killingly Church. Chestnut Hill. Baptist Church
VIII. Woodstock's Three Parishes. Baptist Church. Town Affairs. Troubles with Massachusetts

BOOK VI. 1764-1783.
WINDHAM IN THE REVOLUTION.
I. Opposition to Stamp Act. Non-importation. Food for Boston. Resolves and Onsets. A Great Uprising
II. Preparation for the Conflict. Onward to Cambridge. Bunker Hill. Home Affairs. Death of Rev. Joseph Howe
III. Campaign of 1776. Struggles and Disasters. Death of Knowlton. Town Resolutions. Campaigns of 1777-78. Discouragements
IV. Gloomy Days. Endurance. Home Affairs. Brightening Prospects. Victory

BOOK VII. 1783-1807.
I. Banishment of Tories. Sufferings of Soldiers. War Settlements. Adoption of Federal Constitution
II. Windham's Prosperity. The Windham Phenix. Religious Declension. Political Agitation
III. Scotland's First Bell. Life at the Parsonage. Changes. Trouble with Dr. Cogswell
IV. Hampton Set Off. Death of Mr. Mosley. Prosperity and Progress. Grenadler Company. Grow Church. Deacon Benjamin Chaplin
V. Organization of Brooklyn. Adams' District. Last Years of General Putnam. Colonel Malbone. Captain Tyler. Growth and Prosperity
VI. Pomfret's Progress. Oliver Dodge. Reformed Church. Methodists. Baptists. Turnpikes. Trial and Execution of Caleb Adams
VII. General Affairs in Ashford. Visit from President Washington. Turnpike Enterprise. David Bolles and the Baptist Petition. Congregational and Baptist Churches
VIII. Canterbury Bridges. Enterprising Young Men. Master Adams' School. Town and Church Affairs. Westminster Society. Cleveland
IX. Plainfield Church in Pursuit of a Pastor. New Meeting-house. Dr. Benedict. Plainfield Academy. Distinguished Citizens. Town Affairs
X. Killingly Established. North Society. Trials of Baptists. South Killingly Church and Trainings. West Killingly Church. Emigration to Ohio. . .

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