 | David Dudley Field - Middlesex (Conn.) - 1819 - 166 pages
...soon after Middletown was settled. At a meeting held in that town in 1665, it was resolved that no one should dig or raise stones at the rocks on the east...twelve pence should be paid to the town for every tun of stones taken. As early as this, they were transported in vessels to other places. By several subsequent... | |
 | John Warner Barber - History - 1836 - 598 pages
...after Middletown was settled. At • meeting held in that town in 1665, it was resolved that no one should dig or raise stones at the rocks on the east...the river, but an inhabitant of Middletown, and that Iwelve pence should be paid to the town for every ton of stones taken. As early as this, they were... | |
 | Connecticut - 1837 - 594 pages
...soon after Middletown was settled. At a meeting held in that town in 1665, it was resolved that no one should dig or raise stones at the rocks on the east...twelve pence should be paid to the town for every ton of stones taken. As early as this, they were transported in vessels to other places. By several... | |
 | David Dudley Field - Chatham (Conn. : Town) - 1853 - 326 pages
...any thing as an equivalent. Tbis is ^evident from a resolve of the Town passed in 1065, "that no one should dig or raise stones, at the Rocks, on the east side of the river, but an inhabitant of the Town, and that twelve pence should be paid to the town, for every ton of stone taken." As early... | |
 | David Dudley Field - Chatham (Conn. : Town) - 1853 - 338 pages
...should dig or raise stones, at the Rocks, on the east side of the river, but an inhabitant of the Town, and that twelve pence should be paid to the town, for every ton of stone taken." As early as this they were carried away to other places in seows er some kind... | |
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The rocks at the northern and principal opening, according to tradition, originally hung shelving over the river. They were used for building stone very soon after Middletown was settled. At a meeting held in that town in 1665, it was resolved that no... 