I, N.W. being now chosen to be Governor within this Jurisdiction, for the year ensuing, and until a new be chosen, do swear by the great and dreadful name of the everliving God, to promote the public good and peace of the same, according to the best of my skill....
~Fundamental Orders of Connecticut John Haynes assisted in writing them
Links:
John Haynes http://www.cslib.org/gov/haynesj.htm Governor John Hayes http://www.onlinebiographies.info/gov/haynes-john.htm History of Connecticut Colony http://mrnussbaum.com/history-2-2/conncolony/ |