4/14 Jun 1639 |
a fundamental agreement for the establishment of civil government on the lands around Quinnipiac "ceded" by the local population in 1638 is approved at a meeting of "free planters" (New Haven Records 1638-1649, pp. 11-14) [1] |
23 Apr/3 May 1662 |
the territory of New Haven is included in the lands of of New England granted to the Governor and Company of the English Colony of Connecticut in New England in America, in accordance with letters patent (charter) issued by command of the King of England on 23 Apr/3 May 1662 (Connecticut Colonial Records, 2:1-11) |
5/15 Jan 1665 |
the submission of New Haven to the government of Connecticut under the charter of 1662 is declared by a letter of the committee for the matters of unification signed in New Haven on 5/15 Jan 1665 (New Haven Records 1653-1665, pp. 555-557) |