New Connecticut

New Connecticut, or the Western Reserve, is formed into a county by the name of Trumbull.

[…] do hereby proclaim and publicly declare that the district of territory comprehending and usually known by the name and description of the New Hampshire Grants, of right ought to be, and is hereby declared forever hereafter to be considered as a separate, free and independent jurisdiction or state; by the name, and forever hereafter to be called, known and distinguished by the name of New Connecticut […]

14 Voted, That Doct. Jonas Fay, Colᵒ Thomas Chittenden, Doct. Reuben Jones, Colᵒ Jacob Bailey, and Capt. Heman Allen be the Delegates to carry the remonstrance and Petition to the Honᵇˡᵉ Continental Congress, and further to negociate Business in behalf of New Connecticut.