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Excerpt from Historical Notes on the Constitutions of Connecticut, 1639-1818: Particularly on the Origin and Progress of the Movement Which Resulted in the Convention of 1818 and the Adoption of the Present Constitution Swaine, Henry Smith, William Phelps, William Westwood, and Andrew Ward, - two from each of the plantations afterwards named \vindsor, Hartford, Wethersfield, and Springfield, were authorized to hold courts for the trial of civil causes, to punish offenders, and to make orders for the peaceable and quiet ordering the affairs of the said plantations. But it was expressly provided that this commission shall not extend any longer time than one year from the date thereof. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.