(JOSEPH TALCOTT)
(1669 - 1741) 27th governor of the Connecticut Colony from 1724 until his death in 1741. A certified copy of the 1676 last will and testament of Rev. Joseph Haynes of the First Church of Christ in Hartford. Very good. The church has an illustrious history. The Fundamental Orders of Connecticut were adopted in the first meeting house by representatives from Windsor, Wethersfield, and Hartford and that document served as a model for the United States Constitution. As a prelude to the drafting of the Fundamental Orders, Thomas Hooker preached a sermon in which he stated: "The foundation of authority is laid firstly in the free consent of the people."