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THE COLONIAL HISTORY OF HARTFORD
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THOMAS HOOKER
THE COLONIAL HISTORY OF
HARTFORD
GATHERED FROM THE ORIGINAL RECORDS Illustrated
BY
REV. WILLIAM DELOSS LOVE, PH.D.
PUBLISHED BY THE AUTHOR HARTFORD, CONNECTICUT MDCCCCXIV 1914
COPYRIGHT, 1914, BY WILLIAM DELOSS LOVE ALL RIGHTS RESERVED
LIMITED EDITION THREE HUNDRED AND FIFTY COPIES PRINTED FROM TYPE
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PREFACE
THE town of Hartford has passed the two hundred and seventy-fifth anniversary of its settlement, and, in a few years, it will have completed three centuries of history. The early town that the founders knew has long since disappeared. Features that were familiar for generations have been swept away by the ravages of time. Only a few landmarks now remain. Within the area of what was formerly a country town, a large city has grown into vigor- ous life. To the sons and daughters of Hartford, the story of this development during colonial times, is of interest. It may also serve a patriotic purpose, by helping her citi- zens to maintain a fellowship with the forefathers, and by awakening in her children of foreign descent a loyal regard for her traditions. In the hope of rendering such a service to the city, for which the author confesses a strong personal affection, this volume has been written, in the course of a study of the records, extending over many years.
Students of Connecticut records have occasionally ac- knowledged their doubt whether certain fundamental facts, which concern both our local history and the founding of the Colony, have been correctly conceived. Views have become current, and have been passed on from one authority to another, which appeal for their warrant largely to records that have been lost, and are not in harmony with those that are extant. Such is the opinion that three organized towns created the Commonwealth. The records prior to 1639 that have disappeared, were those of three plantations, which were constituted as such and bore the names of the three Massachusetts towns from which their inhabitants emigrated. We have, fortunately, the early records of Springfield, at first united with them, to disclose the nature of their government. Hartford, alone, has documentary evi- dence of any town organization before the Commonwealth was formally established. Its own records show that the
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legality of their premature organization and its acts was derived from the authority of the General Court of the colony. There has always been, moreover, an inconsistency between the theory of a commonwealth, created by three towns, and the claim of Connecticut, to have inaugurated modern democracy in her government. Neither the terms used in the Colonial Records, nor the language of the Con- stitution, declaring that it was the fundamental law of the "Inhabitants and Residents of Windsor, Harteford and Wethersfield," support the belief that they participated in this act as organized towns. It was the constitution of the people. Thus the zeal of historians, in advocating a tradi- tional theory, has blinded them to the discovery of the initial establishment of democracy and the practice of its principles from the beginning of the Colony, as taught by the founders and, in due time, declared in a written constitution. It is not a sacrilege to dig about the roots of the vines to dis- cover the truth. One method only is open to the historian under these circumstances - that of thorough research in the original records, which the truth must perfectly harmo- nize. Conclusions have thus been reached that were not an- ticipated and are at variance with the traditional belief; but the evidence seems to the author to warrant no other. As briefly stated, these conclusions are as follows: that, in the settlement of the River Plantations under the Warwick Patent, a compromise was effected, by which the govern- ment was made over to the colonists; that this was expressed in the Commission for a provisional government, which left them full liberty at its expiration; that the founders of Hartford considered that they had thus secured a right to the lands which the Dutch claimed; that the three original settlements were established as plantations, like Springfield, and so continued in their relation to the General Court until after the adoption of the Constitution, January 14, 1638-9, the legal inhabitants being represented by commit- tees; that even the prior choice of townsmen by the North- side and South-side plantations of Hartford, for the sake of unity in their own affairs, did not give it participation, as a town, in the adoption of the Constitution, nor consti- tute legal standing as a factor in the government; and that
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these plantations were authorized, by the General Court of the colony, October 10, 1639, to organize their town gov- ernments, which they effected before the next Court of Election, April 9, 1640, when their representatives were recognized as such and are called "Deputies" in the records.
The nature of these studies of original authorities has made it impossible to write a popular history. Such a volume, if it embodied current opinions concerning many early events, such as the pilgrimage of Thomas Hooker, would be of little permanent value; and if our deductions from the records had been so used, without detailed evi- dence, the volume would be discredited. The author has been content to adjust some of the foundation stones of our colonial history, and to build thereon with the materials which the records themselves provide. The town of Hart- ford has occupied such a place in the Commonwealth that this has been considered the greater service. Nor has it seemed necessary to continue this study into the last cen- tury. In 1883 and 1884 a series of articles on the "First Hundred Years of the City of Hartford," by Mr. John W. Stedman, was published in the Hartford Sunday Journal. About the same time the reminiscences of some aged citi- zens on "Old Days in Hartford" were preserved in the columns of The Connecticut Post. Many historical papers have also appeared in The Hartford Courant and The Hart- ford Times. These, with The Memorial History of Hartford County and certain monographs, magazine articles and church histories, have amply covered the field, and are cited in references.
It has been necessary to use antiquarian methods in solving some problems presented. In the absence of recorded statements, some conclusions do not admit of documentary proof. The householder, having lost his door key, believes that the one he finds on the steps, which fits the lock, is his own; but he has no absolute proof. Such beliefs rest upon the strength of probability. Thus many historical state- ments, now generally received as true, were at first estab- lished. The author has endeavored to make clear this distinction, and to qualify any matters of personal opinion or interpretation.
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We make grateful mention of Mr. William S. Porter, whose laborious researches in the Hartford Land Records, in 1839, have in some respects lightened our labors; and of the local historians of the river towns. As the inception of this study was due to the printing of the first volume of Hartford Town Votes, in 1897, we express our indebtedness to Mr. James J. Goodwin, who, through the Connecticut Historical Society, made that publication possible. These records, with the book of Original Distribution, recently printed through the same agency, constitute the classics of Hartford's early history. It is hoped that the author's work will bring out into the light some facts hitherto con- cealed in their pages. The latter publication is cited in references, although most of the research was done in the manuscript volume some years since.
To the several officials of the city and state, acknowledg- ment is made for every courtesy in the examination of pub- lic records; to Mr. George S. Goddard, librarian of the State Library for access to many manuscripts in the ar- chives; to Mr. Albert C. Bates, librarian of the Connecticut Historical Society, for material that has been helpful; and especially to Mr. Albert L. Washburn, surveyor, and an expert in our land records, for his generous cooperation and assistance.
WILLIAM DELOSS LOVE
HARTFORD, CONN., February 23, 1914
CONTENTS
CHAPTER I
THE PIONEERS OF HARTFORD IN 1635
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Removal from Newtown. - Some Hartford Settlers arrive from England. - Six Agents sent to Connecticut. - Their Report of Suckiaug. - Scarcity of Land in Newtown. - Who were the Pioneers? - Thomas Shepard's Arrival. - The Meeting at Stone's House. - Recording and Selling Homes. - Elder William Goodwin's Party. - Their Departure Oc- tober 15th. - Windsor's Disaster. - Arrival at Suckiaug. - Settle- ment on the North-side. - Clement Chaplin. - Some Return for the Winter. - North-side Plantation established. - Winter Hardships. 1
CHAPTER II SETTLEMENT UNDER THE WARWICK PATENT
The "Warwick Patent." - Dissensions at Windsor. - Many Return to Dorchester. - Representatives of the Patentees. - They Challenge the Emigrants. - Under Whose Jurisdiction? - Conferences of the Winter. - Patentees need Colonists. - Emigrants want Land. - The Com- promise embodied in a Commission for Government. - The Patent and Dutch Claims. - Purchase from the Indians necessary. - The Dutchmen's Boundaries. - A Springtime Party. - Was Samuel Stone its Leader? - Patent Rights asserted. - The Dutch Protest referred to Winthrop. - South-side Plantation begun. - Obligations to John Winthrop, Jr.
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CHAPTER III
THE PILGRIMAGE OF THOMAS HOOKER
Distinctive Features of Hartford's Settlement. - Hooker's Relation to Earlier Parties. - Delay of Departure. - Members of Hooker's Com- pany. - Winthrop's Account. - Mather's Narrative. - He is Fol- lowed by Hutchinson. - Error in Details. - The Compass Legend. - Early New England Travel. - The Path in 1636. - Evidence of the Route. - Pilgrims in the Wilderness. - The Encampment. - Recent Discoveries of the Path. - The Sabbath Rest. - Way to Quabaug. - Arrival at Agawam. - Records of the "Country Road" to Hartford. - Where it crossed Namerick Brook. - Arrival at Newtown.
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CHAPTER IV
ORGANIZATION OF THE TOWN
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The Town in Connecticut. - Organization hindered by Conditions. - The River Settlements were Plantations. - Governed by Legal Inhabitants. - Agawam an Illustration. - Hartford's Plantations have Separate Organizations. - Advantages of Dual Settlement. - William Spencer's Service. - Critical Study of Town Votes. - First Election of Towns- men in 1637. - Union its Purpose. - Unauthorized Choice of Town Clerk. - Townsmen and a Town Court. - Windsor's Plantation. - Organization after General Court's Action. - Proof in Town Records. - Wethersfield's Enigma. - Tripartite Agreement. - Dissensions re- sult from Town Organization
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CHAPTER V CONNECTICUT'S EARLY GOVERNMENT
Antecedents of Democracy. - Provisional Government. - Created by the Emigrants. - Early Courts. - The Inhabitants elect Magistrates. - Popular Election Impracticable. - Representation by Committees. - Their Legislative Year. - General Courts. - Agawam withdraws. - Preparing the Constitution. - The Sermon of Thomas Hooker. - How the Fundamental Orders were adopted. - The Will of the People. - No Town represented. - A Dramatic Scene. - Operation of Colonial Government delayed. - New Factors created. - Final Ac- tion October 10, 1639. - Authority given for Town Organization. - Deputies of Towns displace Committees of Inhabitants.
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CHAPTER VI INDIAN FORTS IN HARTFORD
The River Indians. - Sequassen's Village at Suckiaug. - Allies in the Pequot War. - Removal to the South Meadow. - Indian Neighbors of the Dutch. - Land of Manorolos and Sequassen. - Fight with Uncas. - Sequassen's Land divided. - An Indian Fort. - Heirs of Manorolos. - Pequot Heads. - Pesiponck, a Native Bath House. - Fort Hill at Hockanum. - Stronghold at Podunk. - Incidents in its History. - Scene of Miantinomo's Death. - Burning of Major Rich- ard's Buildings. - A Son of Miantinomo. - Ten Hostages given. - Massecup in Prison. - Removal to Farmington.
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CHAPTER VII
THE DUTCH AND THEIR HOUSE OF HOPE
English Colonist and Dutch Trader. - West India Company. - Trade of the Pilgrims. - English Claims. - Early Ventures on Connecticut River. - House of Hope. - Holmes's Expedition. - Dutch Opposition. - Purchase from the Pequots. - English Settlement. - The Dutch pro-
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test. - DeVries intercedes. - Dispute over Rights. - The English fence their Lots. - An Encounter. - Impounding Dutch Cattle. - Winthrop's Statement. - Arbitration sought in Holland. - Boswell's Advice. - William Kieft. - Agreement of 1650. - Seizure by Captain Underhill. - Tracts of Dutch Land. - Location of the House of Hope. - The "Redout." - Its Ruins. - Site partly owned by the City. .... 98
CHAPTER VIII
PROPRIETORS OF HARTFORD
Extensive Lands wanted. - Indian Conveyances. - The Territory included. - Five-mile Purchase. - Proprietorship. - "Original Proprietors in 1639." - Grants by the Town's Courtesy. - Their Proportions vary. - Rates assessed on Lands. - All Grants are Conditional. - Speculation is excluded. - Settlers are rewarded. - General Court's Action con- cerning Undivided Lands. - Who were the Owners? - Committee to determine. - The Rule of Division. - List of Proprietors. - Additions to Town's Courtesy Class. - Inequalities adjusted. - East-side Division. - Rule used in 1674. - Inhabitants divide Five-mile Tract. - The Con- test of 1754. - Ancient Proprietors win.
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CHAPTER IX PLANTATION DIVISIONS
Lost Plantation Books. - Principles of Allotment. - "Original Distribu- tion." - Early Settlers anthorized to Sell. - Practice in recording Lots. - Dividing Line. - House-lots. - Little Meadow. - North Meadow. - South Meadow. - Cow Pasture. - Neck. - Little Ox Pas- ture. - South-side Ox Pasture. - Upland Divisions. - East-side Mead- ow. - Westfield. - Venturers' Field. - Pinefield. - Middle Ox Pas- ture. - Old Ox Pasture. - Highways Westward. - West Division. - Bridgefield. - Town Common. - Soldiers' Field. - Original Grantees. - Additional Soldiers. - The Missing Men. - House-lots the Greatest Reward. - North-side Soldiers' Row. - Similar Row on the South-side. - Conclusions
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CHAPTER X
GROWTH OF THE TOWN
View of the Settlement in 1640. - Increase of Population. - A Rural Com- munity. - Changing Appearance. - Their Building Operations. - Pre- paring Timbers. - Stone Quarries. - Bricks. - Agricultural Labors. - Fencing. - Activities determine Development. - Highways. - Work on them Compulsory. - Causeways. - Encroachments. - Pounds needed. - Centinel Hill. - Filling for Main Street. - Hill graded. - An Open Area. - Bartholomew Barnard's Homestead. - Fortified Houses. - Talcott's Warehouse. - Removal of Pound. - Barnard's Ponds. - Process of Transformation
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CHAPTER XI
ALONG THE GREAT RIVER
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The Naming of Hartford. - First City Seal. - Indebtedness to the Con- necticut River. - Early Channel. - Bird's Island. - Land east of the Creek. - The Scott-Cadwell Lot. - Thomas Cadwell's Warehouse. - Jonathan Gilbert's Enterprise. - Environs of the Landing in 1678 .- Other Warehouses. - Improvements on the East-side. - Establish- ment of the Ferry. - Early Ferrymen of Hartford. - Licensed to keep Taverns. - Use of Revenues. - Wharves. - Front Street in 1775. - "Haynes's Pasture." - Early Houses and Shops east of Front Street. - "Cheapside." - Old Ferry Street. - "Jones's Landing." - The North Shipyard. - Traffic from the East-side. 166
CHAPTER XII THE BANKS OF THE RIVERET
The Riveret of the Forefathers. - Its Various Names. - Allyn's First Mill. - His Second Mill. - The Town's Competition. - Allyn and Bidwell. - History of the Upper Mills. - Badger's Road. - Early Bridges. - Hopkins's Mill at the Falls. - The Town Mill. - Later Owners. - Destruction of the First Bridge. - Differences as to Location. - Bridge burned in 1672. - Change of Place. - "Town Bridge" and "Great Bridge." - Some Landmarks on its Banks. - Tanneries. - Islands of Early Times. - The Armory Tract. - Flaxseed Oil Mill 181
CHAPTER XIII ANCIENT MEETING HOUSES
The First Meeting House. - Some Notable Assemblies. - Meeting House of 1638. - Location and Size. - The Porch Chamber. - Later Improve- ments. - The Broken Bell. - Sequel to the Church Controversy. - The South-side Congregation. - Location of their Meeting House. - Evidence of its Size. - Lawsuit over the Site. - Whiting's Loyal Sup- porters. - Proposed Union of the Churches. - Third Meeting House of the First Church. - Fixing a New Site for the Second Church. - Two Steeples. - Edifices on the East-side. - West Hartford Edifices. - Colonial Beginnings of other Denominations
CHAPTER XIV SOME PUBLIC BUILDINGS
Early Court Sessions. - The Custom in England. - Thomas Ford's Inn. - Jeremy Adams his Successor. - His Agreement with the Colony. - The Court Chamber. - Zachary Sandford the Host. - Andros and the Charter. - The Charter Oak. - General Assembly convenes in the Meeting House. - Governor Saltonstall proposes Court Houses. - Old Court House. - Erection of the State House. - Bulfinch the Architect.
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- Original Appearance. - Reception to La Fayette. - Old City Hall. - Early Town Officers. - Beginnings of Post Service. 7- Newspapers and Post Riders. - Postmasters of Hartford.
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CHAPTER XV
SOCIAL RESORTS AND LIFE
Acquaintance with Colonial Society. - Inns as Social Resorts. - The Typical Landlord. - Scenes in Adams's Inn. - Transmission of News. - "Black Horse Tavern." - Some Other Resorts. - Taverns near the Ferry. - South-side Hosts. - Drinking Customs. - Visiting. - The Social Side of Military Trainings. - Election Day. - Transformation of the Puritan. - Succeeding Generations. - Changing Fashions of Dress. - An Indication of Social Life. - Jewelry. - Inventories of Apparel. - An Early Trader. -- One of the Proprietors. - The Colonial Gentleman. - A Wealthy Dame. - The Lady of Fashion
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CHAPTER XVI
EARLY SCHOOLS OF THE TOWN
Laying the Corner-stone. - John Higginson. - Other Schoolmasters. - "The Town House." - "Goody Betts." - Desired Improvements. - The Unnamed Friend. - Laws of 1650. - Elder Goodwin represents Governor Hopkins. - The Greenhill Lot. - Suspension of Grammar School. - The Hopkins Bequest. - Opposition to the Trustees. - Hartford's Proportion. - Hopkins Grammar School. - Caleb Watson. -- Elementary Schools. - Erecting a School-house. - Homestead of Thomas Seymour, Esq. - Parish Schools. - Formation of Districts. - Later History of the Grammar School.
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CHAPTER XVII PHASES OF CRIMINAL HISTORY
Criminal Courts of Colonial Times. - The Particular Court and its Judges. - Laws. - Penalties. - Contempt of Court. - Various Offenses. - Ref- ormation and Probation. - Defamation of Character. - Social Im- morality. - Servants a Menace. - Marriage and Social Virtue. - Divorces. - Civil Cases. - Treatment of Witchcraft. - Hartford's Exe- cutions. - Punishments near the Meeting House. - Early House of Correction. - Building of 1698. - Establishment of the Colony Work- house. - Transfer to the County. - Hartford Gaol. - Old Jail of 1793. - Relief of the Poor. - Workhouse and Almshouse
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TRADE AND SHOPS
Dependence on Trade. - Markets and Fairs. - Traffic with the Indians. - Export Trade. - Vessels owned in Hartford. - Hopkins and Whiting. - Richard Lord. - John McKnight. - Methods of Exchange. -
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Trade at the Ferry. - Early Shops. - Artisans. - Evolution of the Store. - The Appearance of Main Street. - South-side Residents and their Shops. - North of Shepard's Corner. - "Unicorn and Mortar." - Development of the Stanley Lot. - Green and Watson. - Hudson and Doolittle. - The Burying Ground. - Mookler's Barber Shop. - "Heart and Crown." - West of the Court House. - State Street Mer- chants. - Along Queen Street.
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CHAPTER XIX HOUSES OF COLONIAL TIMES
The English Colonists' Ideal of Home. - Early Development. - The Bliss Homestead. - Houses of the First Settlers. - Arrangement of Rooms. - Size of Houses. - Materials and Construction. - Changes of Type. - Various Uses of Rooms. - Interior Furnishings. - The Whiting- Bull-Burr Homestead. - Home Lot of Governor Hopkins. - James Richards's Manor House. - Later Occupants. - Captain Thomas Sey- mour. - Home of Isaac Sheldon. - History of a Homestead in the Meeting House Yard. - Captain Jonah Gross. - His Brick House. - The Morrison Mansion. - Home of Thomas Green.
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CHAPTER XX
INCORPORATION OF THE CITY
Connecticut's Incorporation Movement in 1784. - Its Beginning in New Haven. - Hartford during the Revolutionary War. - The State im- poverished. - Agitation of the Impost. - "Policy of Connecticut." - Governor Trumbull favors Incorporation. - Municipal Government necessary to Progress. - Opposition of the Farmers. - Hartford's Favorable Action. - The Remonstrance. - Second Memorial. - Charter of Hartford. - Limits of the City. - Court of Common Council. - City Court. - The First Election. - Progressives in Power. - Colonel Wadsworth. - Services to the City. - Improvements disclose Former Conditions. - City Streets. - Solomon Porter's Survey. - City By-Laws. - Up-River Trade. - Commercial Interests. - The State House, a Memorial of the City's Incorporation. 343
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ILLUSTRATIONS
THOMAS HOOKER .Frontispiece From a picture of the statue on the State Capitol, in "The Sculpture of Charles Henry Niehaus."
THE NORTH-SIDE PLANTATION, 1635 10
Sketch showing the house-lots of the pioneers at Suckiaug.
GOVERNOR JOHN WINTHROP OF CONNECTICUT. 18 From a copy in the State Library, painted by George F. Wright, after the original portrait in the possession of Mrs. Robert Winthrop of New York.
THE PILGRIMAGE OF THOMAS HOOKER. 32 From an engraving by Seth H. Clark, in Scaeva's "Hartford in the Olden Time."
AN EARLY CAMPING PLACE ON THE BAY PATH, FISK HILL, STURBRIDGE, MASS. 42
From a photograph taken in 1913.
THE COUNTRY ROAD AT NAMERICK BROOK, USED BEFORE 1662 42 From a photograph taken in 1913.
THE ADOPTION OF THE FUNDAMENTAL ORDERS
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From the mural decoration by Albert Herter, in the Supreme Court Room, State Library.
THE DEPARTURE FOR THE PEQUOT WAR. 84
From a study by J. Massey Rhind, Sc., made for the Department of Public Parks, Hartford.
THE SOUTH-SIDE PLANTATION, 1636. 108
Sketch showing the lands of the Dutch and Indians, with the house-lots of their English neighbors.
HARTFORD IN 1640. 120
"Prepared from the Original Records by Vote of the Town, and drawn by William S. Porter, Surveyor and Antiquarian."
PLANTATION DIVISIONS OF HARTFORD. 134
Drawn by Albert L. Washburn after the Author's map.
VIEW OF HARTFORD FROM THE DEAF AND DUMB ASYLUM, 1849.
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From a lithograph engraved by E. Whitefield, in the collection of Morgan B. Brainard.
COAT OF ARMS, AFTER THE CITY'S SEAL ADOPTED IN 1852 166
THE FIRST SEAL OF THE CITY OF HARTFORD, 1785. 166
FIRE AT THE FOOT OF FERRY STREET. 170
From the engraved heading of the Hartford Fire Insurance Company Policy No. 80, 1811.
VIEW OF HARTFORD FORM THE EAST SIDE OF CONNECTICUT RIVER, 1841 From a lithograph " printed and engraved by Robt Havell," in the col- lection of Morgan B. Brainard.
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LITTLE RIVER ABOUT 1854 190
From a lithograph, drawn by J. Ropes and published by E. C. Kellogg, in the collection of Morgan B. Brainard.
THE MEETING HOUSE OF 1638. 200
From a sketch based upon the records and drawn by Edward T. Hapgood, architect.
THE STUART HOMESTEAD AND THE CHARTER OAK. 218
From a painting by Henry Bryant, in the possession of Miss Ellen M. Stuart.
THE STATE HOUSE OF 1719. 222
From a sketch drawn by Edward T. Hapgood, architect, after an illustra- tion in "Geer's Directory."
MOSES BUTLER'S TAVERN. 238
From a drawing in the Connecticut Historical Society, after the original sketch made by William Roderick Lawrence in 1848.
HOUSE OF THOMAS SEYMOUR, EsQ., 1750 268
From a photograph taken in 1914.
THE OLD JAIL, ERECTED IN 1793. 292
From a photograph in the Connecticut Historical Society.
THE ISAAC BLISS HOMESTEAD 320
From a painting in the Connecticut Historical Society.
THE AMOS BULL AND JOSEPH WHITING HOUSES 330
The Whiting-Bull-Burr House was erected in the second half of the sev- enteenth century and torn down in 1914. The Amos Bull-Edwin Spencer House is on the left. From a water-color sketch painted before 1828 by George Francis, in the collection of Morgan B. Brainard.
THE RICHARDS-SHELDON-WOODBRIDGE HOUSE. 336
From a photograph in the collection of the late Samuel Taylor.
HOUSE OF CAPTAIN JONAH GROSS. 340
Survivor of a homestead in the original meeting-house yard. From a photograph taken in 1914.
HOUSE OF DR. RODERICK MORRISON, 1750. 340
In 1767, the home of Thomas Green, the founder of "The Connecticut Courant," and George Goodwin his apprentice. From a photograph taken in 1914.
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