Captain Nathaniel Turner of the New Haven Colony negotiates a deed for Stamford with Toquams and Shippan
7/1/1640
– Called Rippowam by the native inhabitants
– Presently Stamford Connecticut
– Purchased for 12 coats, 12 hoes, 12 ratchets, 12 glasses, 12 knives, four kettles, and four fathoms of white wampum