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Saybrook Colony

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• ... that the Saybrook Colony was sold to Connecticut for annual payment of 130 pounds of one-third wheat, one-third peas, and one-third rye or barley?

• Source: https://www.americanheritage.com/main-stream-new-england

• ALT1: ... that Oliver Cromwell attempted to emigrate to the Saybrook Colony, but was prevented from doing so? Source: Dean, John Ward (1866). The Story of the Embarkation of Cromwell and His Friends for New England.
• ALT2: ... that the Saybrook Colony was besieged for several months during the Pequot War? Source: https://www.britannica.com/topic/Pequot-War
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Improved to Good Article status by Gazingo (talk). Number of QPQs required: 0. Nominator has fewer than 5 past nominations.

Gazingo (talk) 16:00, 5 November 2024 (UTC).

General: Article is new enough and long enough
New enough: Long enough:

Policy: Article is sourced, neutral, and free of copyright problems
Adequate sourcing: Neutral: Free of copyright violations, plagiarism, and close paraphrasing:

Hook eligibility:

• Cited: - I may be reading this wrong, but the source says it was 180 pounds annually required, not 130. Should be fixed before it can be accepted.
• Interesting:

QPQ: None required.

Overall: Hook and article should be updated to include the correct statistic. PersusjCP (talk) 17:28, 20 November 2024 (UTC)