Show HISTORY OF TUB tue chanter chantra OAK the following is the history of the charter oak recently destroy destroyed etl eil by the storm in hartford conn the charter of 02 kine kins charles lly ill II 11 for the colony of connecticut arrived in hartford in 1662 1062 probably in the month of september Sip though the precise e time lime is not known on the oth of october ge r it was publicly read to the assembled freemen of connecticut and was declared to belong g to theia awl tbell successors 31 I 1 and the people evinced their gratitude by appointing a committee to take charge of it under the solemnities of an I 1 oath and to preserve this Us palladium of the rights of tile the people it was the organic law of connecticut till fill the present constitution took its place in 1818 in 1686 the general government of new england was dissolved by james 11 II and aud a new government was dinstitt restituted tied with YD ji dully dutily as president of the commissioners connecticut refused to gun bun ender fender and when the third thid writ of quo war reato rento wa was sent to her tier governer governor treat in january 1687 called a special session ee of the assem assam ny bly which rEfu refused seti seiI to accede to the demands of the new king icing nev ney still held to their charte cht in march marcil aho alio her ber special session W was waa as convened but still the depre representatives of the be people refused to dei del on the ibe of Od october tober 1687 sir edmund andress tended attended al by mem members of his bis council and a body guard of sixty soldiers ers entered hartford to take the charter by force th ie general assembly was in session ses slop ile he was received with courtesy but coldness he entered ili ill assembly room and publicly demanded the charter lil lit inon branem ade and the session was protracted till evenia eve nir niH T the P L co over vernon vernor nor and hi his hig associates appeared to yield the chaiter was brought in and laid upon the table able sir edmund thought that the last moment of the colony had bad come when suJ sud suddenly deily tile hie lights were vere all put ont out and toti tofi alackness Alar kness the candles were but the gmiter gelter 6 eiter kiter wag was g gone goine oine cine sir was as arted ed ile he declared C 0 be in his own batted tatted e to mas alas 12 ol 01 er rd d colonie colonies and reo mno adl adi while hiie hile he w was s do am i JO 61 t jr orth a patriot of I 1 ed t lie lle I 1 e chai chat chaiter t er in the 7 hll hil 1 rit lit now how know as the charter charin oaf oat ii in 1 6 39 I 1 Z r ir ig 1 jampa ann pa abdicated alac tied and alid on the oth i mav of that year gov treat and 1113 liis asso e 4 acers resumed the lle ile lie government of conw conner ut 0 wi inar it r tile itie charter which had been pre bcd cd in ili the old oid hollow oal |