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Ethan Allen was not as long in the settlement as many of the other men about him; but he was a born leader, and entering heart and soul into the cause of the Grants was soon acknowledged the most fiery spirit among the settlers. He was born in Litchfield, Conn., January 10, 1737, and probably came to the Hampshire Grants some time in '69.
I think the student body recognize the library as a place where they can find absolute quiet, and welcome it in that light, and most of them are glad to help to keep it so. Mrs. Alice A. Lamb, Litchfield, Minn. Our library opened four years ago. An acquaintance, through teaching, with most of the children of the town has been of great assistance.
Had that been done, it is more than likely that Litchfield and his men might have been saved from capture, though I do not know how Hampton found them when he stole into their camp. If they were scattered about and asleep it would have been impossible to rally them and get them into line for effective resistance.
Of these Connecticut furnished more than her allotted share, and Litchfield County a due proportion. The climax of this excited period was supplied by the battle of Bull Run.
After thinking it all over, he sent for Covington, and as the younger man entered he handed him the communication. "Have you seen this before?" Gorham asked. "Yes; Litchfield just showed it to me." "What does it mean?" "Compromise, I hope," Covington replied. "Nothing else can prevent a great calamity to the Companies. I am even more certain of this now than before."
Hills's History of the Church in Burlington, p. 339, that two children survived him "a son and a daughter; Richard Vandyke married, had a large family, and lived to a good old age. He died in 1856." The death of the daughter, who never married, occurred thirty years earlier. ASHBEL BALDWIN was born in a farm-house on the hills of Litchfield, Connecticut, March 7, 1757.
Such men hold the conventional in little reverence, and their natures gush like mountain streams, with wild freedom and unchastened enthusiasm." Henry Ward Beecher was born in Litchfield, Connecticut, on the 24th of June, 1813, and was the eighth child of Dr. Lyman Beecher, the famous Presbyterian divine of New England. Dr.
Litchfield about the middle of the day; the country was very poor, being open, bare, stony ground, with occasional low, flat-topped table-lands, covered very sparsely with salsolaceous vegetation.
About this time I read Baxter's 'Saint's Rest. I do not think any book affected me more powerfully. As I walked the pavements I used to wish that they might sink beneath me if only I might find myself in heaven. I was at the same time very much interested in Butler's 'Analogy, for Mr. Brace used to lecture on such themes when I was at Miss Pierce's school at Litchfield.
Litchfield, followed by all his clerical brethren. "Madam," said he, "we have had a final consultation and have come to make a proposition to you and the Captain.
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