You Have To Connect The DOTS (Picture of the Revolution Barn in Canaan CT.) The Founding Fathers were on constant attack from turncoats.... In 1749, Benning Wentworth, the British provincial governor of New Hampshire began issuing land grants for territory west of the Connecticut River. This area, now the United States state of Vermont, was also claimed by the Province of New York. In 1764, King George III issued a proclamation resolving the territorial dispute in favor of New York. New York refused to honor the grants issued by Wentworth, who had persisted in issuing grants even after he had agreed to stop issuing them in light of the territorial dispute. Holders of the Wentworth grants, in order to validate their claims, were effectively required to repurchase their grants at higher prices from New York, a situation to which the land-rich and cash-poor grantees objected. Following a pro-forma rejection of the Wentworth grants in 1770 by New Yorks Supreme Court (which included members who held competing New York grants for some of the territory), the areas settlers, led by Ethan Allen and Seth Warner, formed the Green Mountain Boys and organized resistance to attempts by New York to assert control over the area. Using methods that stopped shy of lethal force, this resistance at times forcibly removed New Yorks judges, land surveyors, and other figures of provincial authorities, and disrupted efforts by holders of New York land grants to settle their lands. Ethan Allen, in some secrecy, raised 250 men and marched on the town of Guilford, which was the epicenter of Yorker activity. This resulted in the arrest, trial, and banishment of the Yorker ringleaders in October 1782, and the seizure of some of their property. This prompted Congress to demand that Vermont compensate the affected individuals. All during this time, there continued to be correspondence with Governor Haldimand in Quebec, particularly by Ethan Allen. In June he wrote to Haldimand, I shall do everything in my power to render this state a British province, and made additional scathing commentary on the Congress New Canaan is one of the wealthiest communities in the nation. In 2013, New Canaan was ranked the fifth wealthiest town in the nation on CNN Moneys list of the top-earning places in the United States and in 2008 it had the highest median family income in the country John Watson 1770’s Revolution Barn in early 2012. John Watson, who built the Canaan, CT Barn, to rise up and seek to overthrow England’s overbearing authority. Johns brother Nathan Watson married off his daughter(Delia) to Jacob B. Hardenbergh, who attended Kingston Academy (NY) and studied business and law before being admitted to the BAR in 1852. Jacob was a Col. in the Civil War under George W. Pratt in the 20th New York Militia. His regiment participated in some of the fiercest and most decisive battles of the war including Bull Run, Antietam, Fredericksburg and Gettysburg. After the war ended, Jacob returned to Kingston and resumed his law career until the fall of 1867 when he purchased the law practice of Miles T. Granger on North Canaan, then went on to serve as town clerk, treasurer and was elected to the Connecticut General Assembly in 1876. storiedboards/current-antique-reclaimed-lumber-sources/canaan-ct/canaan-connecticut-history/ Sandy Hook--Canaan ctpost/local/article/New-Canaan-waives-Sandy-Hook-payment-5219359.php The Last Legitimate Law Of The Land No title of nobility shall be granted by the United States: and no person holding any office of profit or trust under them, shall, without the consent of the Congress, accept of any present, emolument, office, or title, of any kind whatever, from any king, prince, or foreign state. No State shall enter into any Treaty, Alliance, or Confederation; grant Letters of Marque and Reprisal; coin Money; emit Bills of Credit; make any Thing but gold and silver Coin a Tender in Payment of Debts; pass any Bill of Attainder, ex post facto Law, or Law impairing the Obligation of Contracts, or grant any Title of Nobility. If any citizen of the United States shall accept, claim, receive, or retain any title of nobility or honor, or shall without the consent of Congress, accept and retain any present, pension, office, or emolument of any kind whatever, from any emperor, king, prince, or foreign power, such person shall cease to be a citizen of the United States, and shall be incapable of holding any office of trust or profit under them, or either of them. A circular letter, dated 7, Jan. 1818, commissioned by the House of Representatives for President James Monroe and written by then Secretary of State, John Quincy Adams. It was sent to only 3 states, of the original 17, that had not yet responded, as to their disposition on the proposed Thirteenth Article. Virginia was one of those states. Dodge and Dunn now went to the Library of Congress and were allowed access to the rare book room. There they found an un-cataloged book entitled The Revised Code of the Laws of Virginia, 1819. The amendment was there, listed as the Thirteenth Article of the U.S. Constitution. This, of course, indicated that a 13th state had indeed ratified the amendment, constituting a 3/4 majority of the states of the Union at the time the amendment was proposed... and now, the Senators position changes once again. They responded to Dodge by saying that since there were 21 states by the time that Virginia ratified in 1818 or 1819, 13 was no longer enough to bring the amendment into law. They contended that It would have then required 16 votes to ratify, not 13. This appears to be the current position of Senator Mitchell and the National Archives, although the Archives legal department has not yet formally responded to the question. The Constitution is **silent** on what is to be done concerning the addition of new states during the ratification process. Furthermore, the four new states (Louisiana, Indiana, Mississippi and Illinois) who, Senator Mitchell and the archivists, claim should have been considered in this process, all, **without exception**, carried the Titles of Nobility amendment on their U.S. Constitutions for at least several years after 1818 or 1819. It would appear that those states own legislatures considered this to be the law of the land. w3f/patriots/13/13th-17.html
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