The origin of the fundamental orders / by Edwin Stanley Welles, Newington, Conn. ; a paper read before the Connecticut Historical Society, Nov. 12, 1935.

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The origin of the fundamental orders / by Edwin Stanley Welles, Newington, Conn. ; a paper read before the Connecticut Historical Society, Nov. 12, 1935.

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Discusses the role of the General Court of Connecticut, Thomas Hooker and Roger Ludlow in the wording of the Fundamental orders, Connecticut's constitution of 1639.

16 p. ; 28 x 22 cm.

Connecticut Historical Society

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Hooker, Thomas, 1586-1647

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Welles, Edwin Stanley, 1866-1949.

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Ludlow, Roger, 1590-1665?

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Massachusetts and Connecticut magistrate. A founder of Dorchester, Mass., Ludlow was active in the early government of the Massachusetts Bay colony, serving as deputy-governor in 1634. In 1635 Ludlow joined colonists making settlements on the Connecticut River, presided at Windsor in 1636 over the first court held in Connecticut, and in 1638/39 is believed to have drafted the Fundamental Orders of the new colony. From the description of Letter : Windsor, [Con...