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apt. Willliam Wadsworth, of Hartford, in a hollow oak-tree, known since as the charter oak, on the estate of the Wyllyses, across the river.] Sir Edmund Andros assumes the governments, selects councillors, seizes the records of the colony, and rules arbitrarily......Oct. 31, 1687 Overthrow of Sir Edmund Andros's government at Boston on hearing of the revolution in England and flight of James II......April 18, 1689 Charter recovered and free government restored in Connecticut......May 9, 1689 William and Mary proclaimed at Hartford with great ceremony and joy......June 13, 1689 Colonel Benjamin Fletcher, governor of New York, comes to Hartford while the Assembly is in session and demands command of the militia under commission from the King......Oct. 26, 1693 [The Assembly refusing, he orders the militia under arms, and attempts to read his commission to them and assume command. Captain Wadsworth prevents this by ordering the drums to beat, threatening death to the g