Connecticut
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Connecticut
This jurisdictional hub aggregates FRC holdings related to Connecticut. It supports research on the state’s firearms history, technology, law, policy, and culture from the colonial period through statehood to the present.
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Item type:Item, 1 Public Records of the Colony of Connecticut 2, 79 (J. Hammond Trumbull ed., 1850) (enacted 1644)(1665)Prohibited the repairing, selling, and giving "any Indian" a gun or ammunition, punishable by fine.Item type:Item, 1 Public Records of the Colony of Connecticut 351 (J. Hammond Trumbull ed., 1850) (enacted 1646)(1660)"This Court orders, that ifany Indians shal bring in Guns into any o fthe Townes in this Coll: It shal be lawful for any on eof ye English to seize on their guns, and to keep them until there be 10s. a piece brought to redeem each gun, wch shal be devided, one half to ye Treasurie, the other half to ye seazer."Item type:Item, 1 Public Records of the Colony of Connecticut 542-43 (J. Hammond Trumbull ed., 1850) (enacted 1650)(1650)Required all persons above sixteen years old to bear arms. All males will have a musket or other gun in continual readiness and fit for service.Item type:Item, 1 Public Records of the Colony of Connecticut 113-14 (J. Hammond Trumbull ed., 1850) (enacted 1644)(1644)§ 130: Prohibited selling or trading "to the Indeans," nor any Dutch or Frenchman any guns, pistols, and other warlike instruments. Violators fined "twenty for one" and corporal punishment at the court's discretion.Item type:Item, 1 Public Records of the Colony of Connecticut 529-30 (J. Hammond Trumbull ed., 1850) (enacted 1650)(1642)"It is Ordered that no man wthin this Jurisdictn shall, directly or indirectly, amend, repaire, or cause to be amended or repaired, any gun smale or greate, belonging to any Indean, nor shall indeavor the same, nor shall sell nor giue to any Indean, directly nor indirectly, any such gun, or any gunpowder or shott or lead or shott mould, or any millitary wepons, armor or arrowe heads, nor sell nor barter any such, vppon payne of ten pownd fyne for euery offence att lest, and the Court shall [have] power to [increase] the fine or to impose corporal( punishement where a fyne cannot be had, at their discretion."Item type:Item, 1 Public Records of the Colony of Connecticut 138 (J. Hammond Trumbull ed., 1850) (enacted 1646)(1646)("The Court [desires] that the Comissio[ners] should be [moved] that noe ]Ammuition] should be traded wth any that [live] out of the Jurisdictions in combination, whereby [it] might supply the Indeans. and that some consideration be taken to [restrain] Roade lland fro[m] trading w[i]th the in such kynd." [some antique spelling modernized])Item type:Item, 1 The Public Records of the Colony of Connecticut 95-96 (J. Hammond Trumbull ed., 1850) (enacted 1643)(1643)Required each family to bring arms to church every Sabbath and lecture day.Item type:Item, 1 The Public Records of the Colony of Connecticut 196 (J. Hammond Trumbull ed., 1850) (enacted 1646)(1646)"It is ordered, that no man within this iurisdiction shall, directly or indirectly, amend, repair, or cause to bee amended or repaired, any gun, small or greate, belonging to any Indian, nor shall endevour the same, nor shall sell or give to any Indian, directly or indirectly, any such gun, or any gunpowder, or shott, or leade, or shot moulde, or any millitary weopons, or armour, vpon paine of ten pound fine for ev'y offence at least,& that the Court of Assistants shall have power to increase the fine or to impose corporall punishment wheare a fine cannot bee had, at their discretion."Item type:Item, Records of the Colony and Plantation of New Haven: From 1638 To 1649, at 201-02 (Charles J. Hoadly ed., 1857) (enacted 1646)(1646)"ho shall dwell or sojourne wthin this plantation, or any part of the bownds & limitts of it for a month together,shalbe &. continew at all times compleatly furnished wth armes, vizd a good serviceable gunne, a good sword,bandeleeres, a rest, all to be allowed by the military officers, one pownd ofgood gun powder, fower pownd of bullets, either fitted for his gunne or pistollbulletts, wth fower faddome of match fit for service wth every matchlocke, & 4 or5 good flints fitted for every firelock peece, all in good order & ready for any suddayne occassion, service or veiw, vnder the penaltie of10s fine, tobe paid by or for euery person, so oft as he shalbe fownd defective & faulty; each master or governour paying not only forhimselfe,but for all such as are vnder his chardge, for whome he should provide, & others to payfor themselues."Item type:Item, Records of the Colony and Plantation of New Haven: From 1638 To 1649, at 25-26 (Charles J. Hoadly ed., 1857) (enacted 1639)(1639)Itt is ordered thatt every one that beares armes shall be compleatly furnished wth armes (viz), a muskett, a sworde, bandaleers, a rest, a pound of powder, 20 bullets fitted to least, and be ready to show them in the markett place vpon Munday the 16th of this Moneth before Captaine Turner and Leivtennant Seely vnder the penaItem type:Item, Records of the Colony and Plantation of New Haven: From 1638 To 1649, at 131-32 (Charles J. Hoadly ed., 1857) (enacted 1644)(1644)One quarter of each plantation's militia will attend church services with "arms compleat" with five to six charges of powder, firelocks, and shot. Penalty of two shillings for neglect and one shilling for late arrival.Item type:Item, Records of the Colony and Plantation of New Haven: From 1638 To 1649, at 96-97 (Charles J. Hoadly ed., 1857) (enacted 1643)(1643)Itt is ordered thatt every male, fr? 16 yeares olde to sixty, wthin this jurisdict?, shall be forthwth furnished of a good gun or muskett, a pound of good pouder,4 fathom of match 97 for a match-lock, and 5 or 6 good flints, fitted for every fyre lock, and 4 pound of pistoll bulletts, or 24 bulletts fitted to their guns, and so continue furnished fromtime to time,vnder the penalty of 10s fine vpon every defect in any of the forenamed perticularsItem type:Item, Records of the Colony and Plantation of New Haven: From 1638 To 1649, at 132 (Charles J. Hoadly ed., 1857) (enacted 1646)(1646)"Itt was ordered, thatt a 4th part of the trayned band in every plantati? shall come to the publique worps of God att the beating of the 2d drum att furthest, wth their armes compleat, their guns ready charged, wth their match for their matchlocks and flints ready fitted in their firelocks, & shott & pouder for att least 5 or 6 charges, (besides their charge in their guns ) vnder the penalty of 2s fine for neglect or defect in furniture,"Item type:Item, 1672-1714 Conn. Acts 3(1714)Prohibited falsely alarming the colony by firing any gun or guns, at any time between the shutting in the Evening or break of day. Violators fined five pounds or two months imprisonment, or other Corporal punishment.Item type:Item, 1 The Public Records of the Colony of Connecticut 15 (J. Hammond Trumbull ed., 1850) (enacted 1637)(1637)It is ordered that all prsons shall beare Armes that are aboue the age of sixteene yeeresm except they doe tender a sufficient excuse [to] the Corte & the Cort allowe the same