Friday 14 March 2014

Colonial Records ~~ Connecticut

The ubiquitous  Archive.org holds tons of digitized volumes related to the colonial history of the English colonies in North America. Important amongst those for the student of colonial administration (see also the Colonial soldiers project) are the records from the colonial administrators. This post, and following, are to summarize links those records for ease of access, as an online bookmark.

First colony is Connecticut, for which we have a series of 15 volumes called the Public Records of the Colony of Connecticut 1636 - 1776. These volumes cover the years when the colony was founded, until the American Revolution.

Volume 1: April 1636 - April 1665
Volume 2: May 1665 - November 1677
Volume 3: May 1678 - June 1689
Volume 4: August 1689 - May 1706
Volume 5: October 1706 - October 1716
Volume 6: May 1717 - October 1725
Volume 7: May 1726 - October 1735
Volume 8: October 1735 - October 1743
Volume 9: May 1744 - November 1750
Volume 10: May 1751 - February 1757
Volume 11: May 1757 - March 1762
Volume 12: May 1762 - October 1767
Volume 13: May 1768 - May 1772
Volume 14: October 1772 - April 1775
Volume 15: May 1775 - June 1776

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