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AllRefer.com - Matthew Griswold (U.S. History, Biography) - Encyclopedia (185 words) |
 | Matthew Griswold[griz´wuld] Pronunciation Key, 1714–99, American jurist and politician, b. |
| As deputy governor (1769–84) before and during the American Revolution he was ex officio judge of the highest court in Connecticut, and by his wisdom contributed much to the new state in troubled times. |
| He was later governor (1784–86) and presided over the state convention (1788) that ratified the Constitution. |
| CONNECTICUT - LoveToKnow Article on CONNECTICUT (5628 words) |
| The general courtthe supreme civil authoritywas composed of deputies from the towns, and a governor and magistrates who were chosen at a session of the court attended by all freemen of the towns. |
| It created a corporation under the name of the Governor and Company of the English Colony of Connecticut in New England in America, sanctioned the system of government already existing, provided that all acts of,the general court should be valid upon being issued under the seal of the colony, and made no reservation. |
| Governor William A. Buckingham (1804-1875), one of the ablest and most zealous of the war-governors, and afterwards, from I86 until his death, a member of the United States Senate,, issued a call for volunteers in April 1861; and soon 54 companies, more than five times the states quota, were organized. |
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