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| Title | Warwick patent copy by John Allyn, Aug. 6, 1679 |
| Subject - LCSH | Connecticut -- History -- Colonial period, ca. 1600-1775; Land grants |
| Description | Also known as the 'Old Patent' or 'Connecticuts First Charter,' this is a deed of conveyance for that part of New England that extends from the "Narraghensett River... to the South Sea" and was used, in 1635, to justify the establishment of a colony and the erection of a fort at Saybrook, Conn., a claim to lands in Matianuck (later Windsor, Conn.), and the establishment of John Wintrhop, Jr. as the "governor of the river Connecticut." Three handwritten copies of the Patent exist in the Connecticut State Library, State Archives, but the location of the original document, thought to have been written on March 19, 1631/2, is unknown. |
| Creator | Warwick, Robert Rich, Earl of, 1587-1659 |
| Contributors | Allyn, John, d. 1696 |
| Date - Created | 1631 Mar. 19 |
| Date - Digital | 2008 Aug. 20 |
| Date - Other | 1632 Mar. 19; 1679 Aug. 6 |
| Collection | Founding Documents of Connecticut |
| Type | text |
| Format | |
| Language | eng |
| Source - Original | Manuscript, 12 1/4 x 8 in. |
| Source - Location | Connecticut State Library, State Archives, Towns and Lands, Series I, Vol. 1, Doc. 2B |
| Publisher | Connecticut State Library |
| Rights | Digital image © Connecticut State Library. All rights reserved. Images may be used for personal research or non-profit educational uses without prior permission. For requests to publish or exhibit, see Reproduction and Publication of State Library Collections |
| File Name | warwick_patent_allyn |
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| Title | Warwick patent copy by John Allyn, Aug. 6, 1679 |
| Subject - LCSH | Connecticut -- History -- Colonial period, ca. 1600-1775; Land grants |
| Description | Also known as the 'Old Patent' or 'Connecticuts First Charter,' this is a deed of conveyance for that part of New England that extends from the "Narraghensett River... to the South Sea" and was used, in 1635, to justify the establishment of a colony and the erection of a fort at Saybrook, Conn., a claim to lands in Matianuck (later Windsor, Conn.), and the establishment of John Wintrhop, Jr. as the "governor of the river Connecticut." Three handwritten copies of the Patent exist in the Connecticut State Library, State Archives, but the location of the original document, thought to have been written on March 19, 1631/2, is unknown. |
| Creator | Warwick, Robert Rich, Earl of, 1587-1659 |
| Contributors | Allyn, John, d. 1696 |
| Date - Created | 1631 Mar. 19 |
| Date - Digital | 2008 Aug. 20 |
| Date - Other | 1632 Mar. 19; 1679 Aug. 6 |
| Collection | Founding Documents of Connecticut |
| Type | text |
| Format | |
| Language | eng |
| Source - Original | Manuscript, 12 1/4 x 8 in. |
| Source - Location | Connecticut State Library, State Archives, Towns and Lands, Series I, Vol. 1, Doc. 2B |
| Publisher | Connecticut State Library |
| Rights | Digital image © Connecticut State Library. All rights reserved. Images may be used for personal research or non-profit educational uses without prior permission. For requests to publish or exhibit, see Reproduction and Publication of State Library Collections |
| File Name | warwick_patent_allyn_1.pdf |