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Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Charter Oak, the (search)
at stood upon the northern slope of the Wyllys Hill, in Hartford, a beautiful elevation on the south side of Charter Oak Street, a few rods east from Main Street. The trunk was 25 feet in circumference near the roots. A large cavity, about 2 feet from the ground, was the place of concealment of the original charter of Connecticut from the summer of 1687 until the spring of 1689, when it was brought forth, and under it Connecticut resumed its charter government. In 1800 a daughter of Secretary Wyllys, writing to Dr. Holmes, the annalist, said of this tree: The first inhabitant of that name [Wyllys] found it standing in the height of its glory. Age seems to have curtailed its branches, yet it is not exceeded in the height of its coloring or the richness of its foliage. The cavity which was the asylum of our charter was near the roots, and large enough to admit a child. Within the space of eight years that cavity has closed, as if it had fulfilled the divine purpose for which it ha
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Wyllys, Samuel 1739-1823 (search)
Wyllys, Samuel 1739-1823 Military officer; born at Hartford, Jan. 15, 1739; graduated at Yale College in 1758, and in 1775 became lieutenant-colonel of Spencer's regiment. He commanded a regiment at the siege of Boston, was appointed colonel in the Continental army in January, 1776, and served with much reputation throughout the war. He succeeded his father as secretary of State of Connecticut, which post he resigned in 1809. His grandfather had also been secretary of State. The three held that office ninety-eight years in succession. He became a general of militia, and was a member of the Connecticut Academy of Arts and Sciences. He died in Hartford, Conn., June 9, 1823.