The daily morning journal and courier., 1902-01-28

Early History, Read by Rev. Dr. Hart
 Donations to the Society.
 The regular monthly meeting of the
 New Haven Colony Historical society
 was held, in it's building on Grove
 street last night. There was very
 good attendance, and those who were
 present were very much editied and en-
 tertained by the able papers read.
 The secretary of the society made a
 very interesting report concerning the
 contributions which have recently been
 made by various persons and bodies
 consisting of books, records and pie
 tures
 There was a report of the board of
 regents of the Smithsonian institute at
 Washington for 1900. Futile, Morehouse
 & Taylor presented six volumes of
 "The Picture Preacher," by John War
 ner Banner, and Mrs. John A. Porter,
 jr., gave "Connecticut Constitutions
 by Melbert Cary and also Treaties
 and Commentaries between the United
 States of America and the Powers.
 From the heirs of the late Eli Blake
 came thirty volumes and a number of
 pamphlets. There was also in this gift
 an atlas of the Yale Literary Maga-
 zine" Yale university donated the
 Directory of Living Graduates for 1901" and also the triennial catalogue
 of officers and graduates of the institu-
 ton from 17O1 to 1901. A volume of the collections of the New York Historical ;a+x fo lao ole
 ceived From Mrs. James D. Dana came volume of the Life of Profess sor James Dwight Dana written by Professor Gilman. The state of Con necticut gave volume of Connecticut Printed Bills and two volumes of His | torical Notes on the Constitutions of Connecticut" by J. Hammond Trum- bull, reprint, 1901. There was also re- ceived volume twelve of the Vital | Records of Rhode Island" and the | twenty first volume of the Archives of | Maryland" Mrs. Frank E. Hotchkiss | donated six church manuals and alma macs, and Miss Julia Brintnall gave an
 imprint "A Golden Treasury of Select Texts from the Bible," while the Rev. Dr. Lines gave an imprint "A Collec- tion of Prayers for Family and Private Persons dated New Haven, 1911. Rev. James M. Hoppin gave American Re- ports of the American Historical Asso- citation for the Year 1900" and also vol- ume one of the American Historical Review for January, 1902. A copy of the paper recently read by Colonel k. F. Sill, "A Forgotten Connecticut Pat riot" was presented by the author to also q fra mad ] picture of the First church [ of Stratford, built in 1743, and removed oy 1858, presented by Mrs. Frances Blake. Miss Julia Brintnall has loaned Q the society portrait of the late Captain Caleb Brintnall, born 1774, died 1 854 This portrait was painted by the ' distinguished New Haven artist, Thom l IS P. Rossiter.
 The first paper of the evening, though ( ,rief, was closely listened to, and much | hat was new was gained from it. It e vas read by the Rev. Samuel Hart of ! on the topic "Saybrook in ts Early History" I
 He traced the town of Saybrook from 2 he time of it's foundation when the f arge forts which are so well known e were built to protect the inhabitants Y rom the assaults of the Indians and |, he Dutch in particular, as well as other nemies in general The story of the f ttempt made by Major Andrus to f orce Captain Bull to evacuate the fort h nd the latter's bold refusal was graph f .ally related. He said that the sec- !, nd event of importance was the ar o angement for the founding of what is A ow Yale university, but what was then h ermed a collegiate school. No accident e d to it's founding, but it was because the many necessities which present. Il I themselves. The two hundredth an " iversary of the meeting of the synod. 7, hich laid down the general lines for il le pursuit of religious learning was f. ecently celebrated The decisions of f, le synod were followed and accepted f. V most of the churches in the state, ut not by the oldest church in this city nd also in Norwich. Their decisions a ere a power for good, as has been e lown over and over again since that T me, and their influence is still felt. = The second speaker of the evening ., as Professor F. B. Dexter, who briefly ti Al, aced Yale from it's small beginning t, , to the time of it's removal to this u. ty. He rehearsed in detail the events oi hich brought Yale forth 200 years ago, g.
 the several donations to the fund 'l'