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NYM(G.783.031
16 Jun 1783:31 (1652)
Springfield, (in Connecticut) May 27. On Tuesday last,
being the day on which the Court of General Sessions of the
Peace, and the Court of Common Pleas opened in this town, a
banditti collected from the obscure corners of the county,
composed of men of the most infamous characters. . .
[actions of this group seeking a redress of grievances, 13
lines] when the bell rang for the Court, they, in hostile
parade, armed with white bludgeons, cut for that purpose,
marched before the door of the court-house. . . [15 more
lines describing measures to stop them, the imprisoning of
some, etc.]
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