Some members of this Assembly projected the famous Ticonderoga expedition, on their own responsibility, without the sanction of the colonial authority.

The delegation to the General Assembly that was elected in April, '75, to meet at Hartford, in the succeeding May, were not less patriotic than their predecessors. This Assembly held an adjourned session, in July. They sanctioned the successful northern enterprise of the capture of the forts at Ticonderoga and Crown Point; provided for the prisoners there taken, and sent a force of a thousand men to occupy those important posts; besides affording every aid to their suffering bretheren in Massachusetts.

In the July session, two additional regiments were raised, making in the whole, eight regiments. An additional sum of

£50,000 in bills of credit, was issued, making the whole amount issued in 1775, £100,000. Duties of the highest responsibility, and most dangerous character, were assumed by the members that composed both delegations of the General Assembly of 1775; but all these duties were discharged in such a judicious and successful manner, that few bodies of men in the history of legislation, are better entitled to the gratitude of the friends of liberty and human rights, than were the disinterested and patriotic members that composed the General Assembly and Government of Connecticut, in 1775.

Officers of the Colony of Connecticut, 1775.

Hon. JONATHAN TRUMBULL, Governor-Hon. MATTHEW GRISWOLD, Lieut. Governor. Assistants, Jabez Hamlin, Elisha Sheldon, Eliphalet Dyer, Jabez Huntington, William Pitkin, Roger Sherman, Wm. Samuel Johnson, Abraham Davenport, Joseph Spencer, Oliver Wolcott, and James Abraham Hillhouse, Esq'rs. Representatives of the Freemen in the several Towns in the Colony.

Hartford County.-Hartford, Col. John Pitkin, Col. Samuel Wyllys; Wethersfield, Maj. Thomas Belding; East Windsor, Wm. Wolcott, Col. Erastus Wolcott; Simsbury, Capt. Judah Holcomb, Asahel Holcomb; Windsor, Capt. Henry Allyn, Capt. Josiah Phelps; Farmington, Col. Isaac Lee, Jonathan Root; Suffield, Alexander King, Capt. John Leavitt; East Haddam, Daniel Brainard, Jabez Chapman; Stafford, Capt. Isaac Pinney, Capt. Samuel Davies; Haddam, Capt. Joseph Brooks, Joseph Smith; Colchester, Maj. Henry Champion, Doct. John Watrous; Somers, Reuben Sikes, Capt. Emery Pease; Hebron, Benjamin Buell, Capt. Obadiah Horsford; Canterbury, Capt. Jonathan Wells, Ebenezer Plummer; Middletown, Col. Matthew Talcott, Titus Hosmer; Bolton, Benjamin Trumbull, Seth King; Tolland, Capt. Solomon Welles, Capt. Samuel Chapman; Willington, Maj. Elijah Fenton, Capt. Timothy Pearl; Enfield, Maj. Nathaniel Terry, Nathaniel Chapin; Chatham, David Sage, Ebenezer White.

New Haven County.-New Haven, Samuel Bishop, Capt. Jonathan Fitch; Durham, Col. James Wadsworth, Daniel Hall; Guilford, Col. Andrew Ward, John Burgiss; Derby, Capt. John Holbrook, Joseph Hull; Waterbury, Joseph Hopkins, Col. Jona

than Baldwin; Milford, Capt. John Fowler, Ephraim Strong; Branford, Capt. Edward Russell, Daniel Page; Wallingford, Samuel Beach, Capt. Thaddeus Cook.

Fairfield County.-Fairfield, Jonathan Sturgess, Capt. Samuel Squire; Stratford, Capt. Robert Fairchild, Capt. Ichabod Lewis; Stamford, Col. Charles Webb, Col. David Waterbury; Danbury, Col. Joseph Platt Cook, Thomas Taylor, Jr.; Ridgefield, Capt. Lemuel Morehouse; Redding, Wm. Hawley; Norwalk, Thomas Belding; New Fairfield, Ephraim Hubbell, Capt. Nehemiah Beardslee; Greenwich, Maj. John Mead, Peter Mead; Newtown, John Beach, Jr.

Litchfield County.-Litchfield, Jedediah Strong, Maj. David Welch; Woodbury, Daniel Sherman, Capt. Increase Mosely; Salisbury, Col. Joshua Porter, Capt. Abiel Camp; Kent, Ephraim Hubbell, Jr., Capt. Eliphalet Whittlesey; Canaan, Asahel Bebee, Capt. Samuel Forbes; Sharon, Maj. Ebenezer Gay, James Pardy; New Milford, Maj. Samuel Canfield, Capt. Sherman Boardman; Goshen, Col. Ebenezer Norton, Capt. Samuel Nash; New Hartford, Maj. Abel Merrell, Zebulon Merrell; Cornwall, Heman Swift, Capt. Thomas Porter; Torrington, Maj. Epaphras Sheldon, Noah Marshall; Harwinton, Josiah Phelps, Mark Prindle; Westmoreland, Capt. Zebulon Butler, Maj. Ezekiel Pierce.

New London County.-New London, Richard Law, Wm. Hillhouse; Norwich, Benjamin Huntington, Samuel Huntington; Stonington, Maj. Charles Phelps, Nathaniel Miner; Killingworth, Capt. Elnathan Stevens, Capt. John Pierson; Groton, Thomas Mumford, Nathan Gallop; Preston, Capt. Roger Sperry, Col. John Tyler; Lyme, Marshfield Parsons, Ezra Selden; Saybrook, Capt. John Ely.

Windham County.-Windham, Col. Jedediah Elderkin, Ebenezer Devotion; Lebanon, Col. Wm. Williams, Jonathan Trumbull, Jr.; Mansfield, Col. Experience Storrs, Nathaniel Atwood; Woodstock, Capt. Elisha Child, Capt. Samuel McLellan; Coventry, Capt. Ebenezer Kingsbury, Jeremiah Ripley; Canterbury, David Payne, Eleashel Adams; Killingly, Stephen Crosby, Capt. Eleazer Warren; Pomfret, Gen. Israel Putnam, Elisha Lord; Ashford, Capt. Benjamin Sumner, Capt. Ichabod Ward; Plainfield, Capt. James Bradford, Wm. Robinson; Voluntown, Maj. James Gordon, Robert Hunter.

William Williams, Speaker.

Richard Law, Clerk.

John Lawrence, Treasurer.

George Wyllys, Secretary of State.

Election Sermon delivered by the Rev. Joseph Perry.

Hon. Matthew Griswold appointed Chief Judge of the Superior Court.

Eliphalet Dyer, Roger Sherman, Wm. Pitkin, and Samuel Huntington, Judges of the Superior Court.

Jabez Hamlin, Judge of the County Court for Hartford county. Elihu Chauncey, Judge of the County Court for New Haven county.

Richard Law, Judge of the County Court for New London county.

Abraham Davenport, Judge of the County Court for Fairfield county.

Shubael Conant, Judge of the County Court for Windham county.

Oliver Wolcott, Judge of the County Court for Litchfield county.

Probate Judges.-Joseph Talcott, Joseph Spencer, Jabez Hamlin, Isaac Pinney, Solomon Whitman, John Owen, John Whiting, Gurdon Saltonstall, Aaron Elliott, Jabez Huntington, Charles Phelps, Ebenezer Silliman, Abraham Davenport, Thomas Benedict, Wm. Williams, Jabez Fitch, Ebenezer Williams, Oliver Wolcott, Daniel Sherman, Joshua Porter, (Joseph Sherman Judge of Probate for Westmoreland.)

William Wolcott, Seth Wetmore, Samuel Talcott, and Erastus Wolcott, Esq'rs., Justices of Peace and Quorum for Hartford county.

Thomas Darling, John Fowler, Samuel Bishop, Jr., and James Wadsworth, Jr. Esq'rs., for New Haven county.

Samuel Coit, William Hillhouse, Jeremiah Mellen, and Samuel Selden, Esq'rs., for New London county.

Samuel Adams, Robert Fairchild, Joseph Platt, and Joseph Platt Cook, Esq'rs., for Fairfield county.

Jabez Fitch, Joshua West, Ebenezer Williams, and William Williams, Esq'rs., for Windham county.

Increase Mosely, Daniel Sherman, Bushnell Bostwick, and Joshua Porter, Esq'rs., for Litchfield county.

The Governor of the colony received as a salary in 1775, the sum of £300; Lieutenant Governor, £100; Treasurer, £180; Secretary of State, £20.

Justices of the Peace appointed for Hartford County, May, 1775. George Wyllys, Joseph Talcott, John Pitkin Benjamin Payne, John Lawrence, Thomas Seymour, Oliver Ellsworth, Elisha Williams, Solomon Welles, Thomas Belding, Josiah Bissell, Henry Allyn, Roger Newberry, Charles Ellsworth, Jr., Nathaniel Chauncey, Matthew Talcott, Richard Alsop, Titus Hosmer, Solomon Whitman, Joseph Hart, Jared Lee, John Strong, Selah Hart, Isaac Lee, Jr., Fisher Gay, Stephen Hotchkiss, John Owen, Josiah Holcomb, Jonathan Pettibone, Hezekiah Humphrey, Oliver Humphrey, Joseph Welles, Jabez Brainard, Joseph Brooks, William Wells, Elizur Talcott, Jonathan Wells, Alexander King, Daniel Brainard, Jabez Chapman, Dyer Throop, Samuel Huntington, Epaphras Lord, John Watrous, Daniel Foot, Peter Bulkley, Henry Champion, of Colchester, Daniel Barber, John Phelps, Samuel Gilbert, Ephraim Terry, Joseph Olmsted, Benjamin Talcott, Thomas Pitkin, Joel White, Samuel Cobb, Samuel Chapman, Isaac Pinny, Daniel Alden, Abner Barker, Moses Holmes, David Sage, Nathaniel Freeman, Ebenezer White, Reuben Sikes, Emery Pease, John Leavitt, Asahel Holcomb, Benjamin Colton, Jesse Root, Silas Dean, George Pitkin, John Chester, and Samuel Eastbrook, Esq'rs.

Justices for the County of New Haven. Elihu Chauncey, James Abraham Hillhouse, John Whiting, Daniel Lyman, Samuel Sacket, Samuel Hemmingway, Caleb Beecher, Simeon Bristol, Enos Alling, David Wooster, David Baldwin, Ephraim Strong, Charles French, John Daviss, Joseph Hull, Jr., John Wooster, Thomas Matthews, Joseph Hopkins, Jonathan Baldwin, Timothy Judd, Samuel Lewiss, Phineas Roger, Aaron Lyman, Dan Johnson, Caleb Hall, Oliver Stanly, Reuben Atwater, Nathaniel Ruggles, Timothy Todd, John Burgiss, Samuel Brown, Oliver Dudley, Samuel Barker, Josiah Rogers, James Barker, Wm. Gould, Wm. Greenough, Lamberton Smith, Jr., Joel Hotchkiss, Gideon Buckingham, Samuel Beach, Eliakim Hall. and Timothy Hill, Esq'rs.

Justices for the County of New London.-Richard Law, Gurdon Saltonstall, John Murdock, John Hemsted, Joshua Raymond, Jonathan Lattimer, Jr., Winthrop Saltonstall, John Still Winthrop, Wm. Whiting, Ebenezer Hartshorn, Elisha Fitch,