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DIVINE LAW
THOMAS HOOKER
CIVILLAW
1586
1647
THE FOUNDATION OF AUTHORITY IS LADD.FIRSTLYIN .THEFREE. CONSENT OFTHEPEOPLE
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PASTOR OF THIS.CHURCH.1633-1647 TRANSPLANTEDHTIO.HARTFORD 1636 LEADER.AMONG THE FOUNDERS.OF THIS.CITY.AND. COMMONWEALTH
"CONSENT OF THE PEOPLE"
Thomas Hooker delivering before the General Court the Sermon on which the World's First Written Constitution was based. From Memorial Window in the Edifice of his Church today.
F C
HISTORY
of
Hartford County CONNECTICUT
1633-1928
Being a Study of the Makers of the First Constitution and the Story of Their Lives, of Their Descendants and of All Who Have Come
BY Inslow CHARLES W. BURPEE
Volume I Illustrated
CHICAGO-HARTFORD-BOSTON THE S. J. CLARKE PUBLISHING COMPANY 1928
CONTENTS
Alphabetical Index for Volumes I and II at Page 1363, Volume II
I
FIRST STEPS TOWARD FREE GOVERNMENT
CONDITIONS IN ENGLAND-INDIAN INVITATIONS TO PILGRIMS AND PURI- TANS-THE DUTCH GAINING GROUND IN "CHAMPAIGN" COUNTRY- ENGLISH LEADERS APPEAR-FIRST HOUSE IN WINDSOR 1
II
THE SOIL AND ITS OCCUPANTS
HOW HILLS WERE FORMED-LOCAL EVIDENCE OF PREHISTORIC CREA- TURES-VAGARIES OF CONNECTICUT RIVER-THE INDIANS AND THE DUTCH - DORCHESTER PUSHES FORWARD - SALTONSTALL'S AT- 20 TEMPT
III THE WARWICK PATENT
THE HOW AND WHY OF THE "ADVENTURERS" WITHIN ITS BOUNDARIES- FIRST WINTER AT HARTFORD-SIGNIFICANCE OF PROVISIONAL GOV- ERNMENT DOCUMENT 32
IV
PEQUOT WAR INTERRUPTION
CAUSE OF THE WAR AND ITS TIMELY EFFECT-MURDER OF OLDHAM A CLIMAX - WETHERSFIELD MASSACRE - BAY COLONY COOPERATES - UNCAS FAITHFUL 44
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V
THE CONSTITUTION FRAMED
HOOKER'S SERMON AND LUDLOW'S SKILL-EVIDENCE OF PRIORITY-OF AND BY THE PEOPLE-PYNCHON'S DEFECTION-HARTFORD'S NAME - THE LAWS 52
VI HOMES, CUSTOMS, INDUSTRIES
CHURCH, THEN INNS FOR GENERAL COURT-SERIOUS CALL FOR DOCTORS -LIQUOR, TOBACCO AND OTHER LEGISLATION-SHIPMENTS AND IM- PORTS-NEW ENGLAND TOWNS AROUND CHURCHES-SOCIAL DIVER- SIONS-THE FIRST TAVERNS 65
VII
AMERICA'S FIRST FEDERATION
UNITED COLONIES OF NEW ENGLAND-THE GREAT BOUNDARY WAR- INDIAN PROBLEMS- EXECUTION OF MIANTONOMOH - ARBITRATION OVER DUTCH CLAIMS-HISTORY OF THE FORT 84
VIII SCHOOLS
THE HANDICAP AND HOW IT WAS OVERCOME-FOUNDING AND DEVEL- OPING THE HARTFORD PUBLIC HIGH SCHOOL-HOPKINS FUND-EMI- NENT FAMILIES 94
IX RELIGIOUS DISSENSIONS
HOOKER'S DEATH-GOODWIN'S DEFECTION-CHURCH SPLIT BY HALF- WAY COVENANT-SAYBROOK PLATFORM -TOLERATION - WITCH- CRAFT HORRORS 101
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X CONSTITUTION AND CHARTER
PERFECTED AND SECURED BY WINTHROP-NEW HAVEN'S COMPLAINT - DUKE OF YORK'S CLAIM TO TERRITORY - METHOD OF ELEC- TIONS 113
XI ANNIHILATION THREATENED
TERRORISM OF KING PHILIP'S WAR, AFTER REPULSE OF ANDROS- COUNTY MEN AGAIN HEROIC LEADERS-LAST DAYS OF CONNECTI- CUT INDIANS 125
XII
THE ANDROS USURPATION
CHARTER NOT INVALIDATED-SIGNIFICANCE OF RESENTMENT-CHAR- TER OAK EPISODE AND MYSTERY OF "DUPLICATE"-CONTROL OF MILITIA MAINTAINED 135
XIII
SELF-GOVERNMENT FEELING ITS WAY
POINTS ESTABLISHED IN MOMENTS OF PEACE-LAND AND EDUCA- TIONAL QUARRELS-LAWYERS AND COURT SYSTEM-FERRY AND "GREAT BRIDGE"-MINING AND SHIPPING-MASONIC LODGE-FIRST TIN PEDDLER-THE "GREAT AWAKENING" 150
XIV WARS OF DISILLUSIONMENT
COUNTY RESPONDS AGAIN AND AGAIN-ITS OFFICERS AFFRONTED- TREASURY DRAINED-ATTITUDE ON FRANKLIN'S UNION PLAN-RE- SENTING STAMP ACT 172
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XV
IN THE REVOLUTION
CONSTITUTION PREEMINENT-INDICATIVE LOCAL INCIDENTS-SHAR- ING IN SACRIFICES-FOOT GUARD AND HORSE GUARD-TICONDER- OGA PLOT-"PROVISION STATE"-DEANE, WADSWORTH AND THE OTHERS-WASHINGTON, ROCHAMBEAU, LAFAYETTE-NEWGATE 183
XVI
HOOKER SYSTEM FEDERALIZED
ELLSWORTH, OF ORIGINAL THREE TOWNS, FIRM FOR GRAFTING IT AND FOR CONNECTICUT COURT PRINCIPLES-WESTMORELAND, WESTERN RESERVE AND SCHOOL FUND 213
XVII
THE CITY INCORPORATED
WHAT HARTFORD WAS THEN-WASHINGTON'S ORDER FOR INAUGURA- TION SUIT-FIRST SELF-PROPELLED VEHICLE-INVENTION OF THE STEAMBOAT-SOCIAL CONDITIONS-CHRIST CHURCH PARISH 219
XVIII
"HARTFORD WITS"
NATIONAL VALUE OF FIRST LITERARY CENTER-LAWYERS AND DOC- TORS - ENTERTAINMENTS - ALMSHOUSE - CEMETERIES - DISCUS- SION ABOUT "FIRST" CHURCH 231
XIX
THE BULFINCH STATE HOUSE
GREAT ARCHITECT'S FIRST PUBLIC BUILDING-DIFFICULT FINANCING --- PROMOTERS OF FIRST BANK, FIRST INSURANCE, EPISCOPAL BANK AND FIRST CONNECTICUT BRIDGE 2247
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XX
WAR OF 1812: NEW CONSTITUTION
INDUSTRY HURT BY EARLY EMBARGO-"HARTFORD" (BOSTON) CONVEN- TION-PARTIES BLEND IN "TOLERATION"-EARLY GOVERNMENT PRINCIPLES CONTINUED-SCHOOL FOR DEAF, RETREAT AND OTHER HUMANITARIANISM-CHURCH REVIVALS 272
XXI
PRESS, BOOKS AND SOCIETY
BEGINNING OF THE "TIMES"-NATIONAL PUBLISHING CENTER-WHITTIER AND "PETER PARLEY"-CITY HALL, HALLS OF RECORD-ELECTION- DAY FESTIVITIES-NEW CHRIST CHURCH-LAFAYETTE'S VISIT 286
XXII
EDUCATION, CANAL, BANKING
FOUNDING OF TRINITY-BARNARD'S WORK-HIGH SCHOOL AND PRIVATE SCHOOLS-CATHERINE BEECHER, LYDIA HUNTLEY-STEAM ON THE RIVER-BANKS AND THE NEEDS 302
XXIII STEAM'S REVOLUTION
RAILROAD PIONEERS MORGAN, GOODWIN, PHELPS, DAY AND OTHERS- COINCIDENT CHURCH DEVELOPMENT-HORACE BUSHNELL-CATH- OLICS AND JEWS VIGOROUS 330
XXIV
FIRST LIFE INSURANCE
PRINCIPLES INVOLVED-BEGINNING OF COLT'S AND JEWELL'S PLANTS- SHARPS AND SPENCER RIFLES-WEED SEWING MACHINES-FIRST WATER SUPPLY-FIRE AND POLICE DEPARTMENTS 351
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XXV
THREE GREAT INSTITUTIONS
ATHENEUM, SEMINARY FOUNDATION, HARTFORD HOSPITAL-MADE AND MAINTAINED BY CITIZENS-SIGNIFICANT RECOGNITION OF CHARAC- TER OF ANCIENT COMMUNITY 377
XXVI
THE CIVIL WAR PERIOD
CONNECTION WITH MEXICAN WAR-HARTFORD SLAVE TRIAL-POLITICAL AND MILITARY CONFUSION-PUTNAM PHALANX-WIDEAWAKES- SECRETARY WELLES-COUNTY'S RESPONSE TO THE CALLS 403
XXVII
RETURN TO PEACE
POLITICAL CONDITIONS-CHAPLAIN TWICHELL AND DOCTOR PARKER- STREET CARS-THE NEW CAPITOL-GOVERNMENT BUILDING-FOUND- ING OF TRAVELERS AND CONNECTICUT GENERAL 432
XXVIII
NOOK FARM "LITERARY COLONY"
MRS. STOWE AND "UNCLE TOM'S CABIN"-MR. WARNER, MARK TWAIN, WILLIAM GILLETTE AND OTHERS-FIRST TELEPHONE AND AIR CRAFT-MEMORABLE BATTLE-FLAG DAY-SOCIAL AND INDUSTRIAL ADVANCE 451
XXIX
BEGINNING OF SIXTH HALF-CENTURY
FOUNDATIONS FOR A GREATER FUTURE-HONORING THE SOLDIERS- LEADERS IN NEW ACTIVITIES-CHINESE STUDENTS-WELFARE IN- STITUTIONS 481
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XXX
ATHENEUM AND LIBRARIES
RELIEVING THE INSTITUTIONS OF EMBARRASSMENT-GENEROUS GIFTS AND FREE LIBRARY BY SUBSCRIPTIONS-GREAT STONE BRIDGE BEGUN DIVERSIFYING INDUSTRY-PERIOD OF THE POPE PLANTS 511
XXXI
ERA OF PARKS
REVIEW OF THE TIMES-PARTICULARLY AS TO POLITICS, BANKING AND TRANSPORTATION-SPLENDID GIFTS FOR NEW SYSTEM OF RECREA- TION GROUNDS-GLIMPSES OF SOCIAL LIFE 531
XXXII
COMBINED MORAL STRENGTH
ST. JOSEPH'S CATHEDRAL CONSECRATED-ST. FRANCIS HOSPITAL-UNIT- ING FOR BATTLE AGAINST VICE-PROGRESS OF Y. M. C. A .- THE OPEN HEARTH 562
XXXIII
'NINETIES' INDUSTRIES AND CALLINGS
INVENTIONS THAT DRAW SKILLED WORKERS AND INCREASE PRESTIGE- MORE CONCERNS OF WIDE REPUTE-MEN OF PROMINENCE IN BANK- ING AND INSURANCE 582
XXXIV
WHEN THE "MAINE" WAS SUNK
CRITICAL PERIOD OF UNREST-SUDDEN CONCEPTION OF WIDER HORIZON AND EXPANSION-HARTFORD COUNTY REGIMENT'S CALL TO DUTY __ 602
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XXXV
PHYSICAL FORCES OF NEW CENTURY
LEADERS IN DEVELOPMENT OF ELECTRICAL POWER AND DEVICES- TRANSFORMATIONS WROUGHT INSURANCE AND ITS CAPABLE MEN 619
XXXVI
NEW CONSTITUTION NOT WANTED
SENTIMENT OPPOSED TO CHANGE INSISTED UPON BY MANY IN CONVEN- TION - CAUSES OF GENERAL CONFUSION - NEW ARMORY - IN CHURCHES AND SCHOOLS 638
XXXVII
NEW STRENGTH BUT RECORDS ENDING
LOSS OF LEADERS IN JOURNALISM, THE CHURCH AND IN MANY INSTI- TUTIONS-MAINTAINING INTELLECTUAL AND MORAL FIBRE 667
XXXVIII
NEW CENTURY ATTACKS DISEASE
HARTFORD DISPENSARY, CITY HOSPITAL AND KINDRED INSTITUTIONS- WAR UPON TUBERCULOSIS-PHYSICIANS WHO HAD LED 691
XXXIX
BRIDGE DENOTES TRANSITION ERA
SIGNIFICANCE OF DEDICATION OF HISTORIC STRUCTURE-ART, MUSIC, PATRIOTIC VENERATION IN THIS HOUR OF GREAT ENDEAVOR-AID FOR NOBLE CAUSES 699
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XL
ARCHITECTURAL GROUPS: WATER SUPPLY
CULTURAL LIFE FEELS CENTURY'S IMPULSE-CITY AND STATE STRUC- TURES-OLD STATE HOUSE PRESERVED-Y. M. C. A. AND Y. W. C. A., MOUNT SINAI HOSPITAL-RESERVOIR SYSTEM ENLARGEMENT-POW- ERFUL CHAMBER OF COMMERCE 717
XLI OLD PRINCIPLES PREVAIL
HERTFORD CELEBRATION-MEN IN PUBLIC LIFE DURING TROUBLOUS DAYS FOR THE NATION-LUTHER, OGILBY AND ASSOCIATES AT TRINITY COLLEGE 759
XLII THE CITY FINDING ITSELF
REVIVAL OF THE RAILROAD-MERGING OF FINANCIAL INSTITUTIONS- SIGNIFICANCE THEREOF - "INSURANCE CITY" WORTHY OF ITS NAME 771
XLIII THE WORLD WAR
GOVERNOR HOLCOMB'S PROMPT ACTION-STATE AND COUNTY LEAD IN PREPARATION-STATE GUARD ESTABLISHED BEFORE WAR UNITS LEAVE-NATIONAL AWARD FOR LIBERTY BOND SUBSCRIPTION- SCENES AT HOME AND IN THE FIELD-WELCOME TO RETURNING SOLDIERS 787
XLIV MEN OF PROMINENCE TAKEN
DEATHS OF SOME OF THEM TRACEABLE TO THE WORLD WAR-MILI- TARY MEN, CLERGY, PROFESSIONAL, BANKING AND BUSINESS LEADERS 821 2-VOL. 1
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XLV
REMARKABLE POST-WAR PERIOD
ANARCHISM SQUELCHED-GENERAL ACTIVITY-WIDENING STREETS- SCHOOLS AND EXPENSES-COUNTY'S NOTED PRIVATE SCHOOLS- ROMAN CATHOLIC EDUCATIONAL ACHIEVEMENTS 832
XLVI
"METROPOLITAN DISTRICT"
STILL GREATER DEMANDS-FIRST MUNICIPAL AIRPORT-LARGEST AIR- PLANE-ENGINE PLANT, DEVELOPED OVER-NIGHT-"FLYING GOVER- NOR"-NEW CANAL DAM-TROUBLE WITH MASSACHUSETTS-KIND OF WORKMEN WHO KNOW NO DULL TIMES 860
XLVII
DATA OF ACHIEVEMENTS
WORLD'S LARGEST AGGREGATION OF INSURANCE FIGURES IN PROPOR- - TION TO AREA-AGRICULTURE'S SPLENDID TOTALS-TOBACCO IN- TERESTS-BANKS ADVANCING TO MEET NEW NEEDS 876
XLVIII MAINTAINING ITS IDEALS
IN RELIGION, EDUCATION AND PHILANTHROPY-REFLECTION IN THE : PRESS-UNISON IN ENDEAVOR-COMMUNITY CHEST-FLOODS OF
! : 1827-WOMEN IN POLITICS 895
XLIX
THIRD CENTURY'S CLOSING
BUSHNELL MEMORIAL, COUNTY COURTHOUSE, AND CAPITOL HILL . HILL GROUP ENLARGEMENT-TRIBUTES TO MRS. STOWE AND MARK 1. TWAIN-ATHENEUM THE SYMBOL OF HISTORIC HARTFORD 917
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L ANCIENT WINDSOR
MOTHER OF RENOWNED LEADERS IN GOVERNMENT AND IN WAR-ELLS- WORTH, GRANT, DEWEY, NEWBERRY AND OTHER FAMILIES-HISTORIC CHURCH AND HOMES-VILLAGES AND BLOOMFIELD 937
LI OTHER "WINDSORS"
EAST AND SOUTH WINDSOR, THE "LOCKS," WAPPING, BROAD BROOK, WAREHOUSE POINT-TIMOTHY EDWARDS' BOYHOOD ENVIRONMENT- INVENTOR JOHN FITCH'S BIRTHPLACE-REVOLUTIONARY REMINIS- CENCES-TOBACCO-RAISING 974
LII NORTHERN MIGRATION
SUFFIELD AND ENFIELD IN THE BOUNDARY WAR-A FAMOUS ISLAND- FIRST CANAL PLAN, IN 1792-EDUCATIONAL ADVANCEMENT-GEN- ERAL LYMAN AND GIDEON GRANGER AMONG THE GREAT MEN- THOMPSONVILLE'S INDUSTRIES-HAZARD'S POWDER MILLS 1000
LIII WINDSOR ADVENTURERS WESTWARD
SIMSBURY, THE GRANBIES, CANTON AND COLLINSVILLE-SETTLEMENT BURNED BY INDIANS-CHURCH DISSENSIONS, GENERAL COURT DIS- CIPLINE-FIRST IRON AND COPPER-FUSE AND AX CONCERNS-DISTIN- GUISHED MEN-FAMOUS FARMS 1030
LIV HARTFORD'S WESTERN EXTENSIONS
WEST HARTFORD, FARMINGTON, UNIONVILLE, AVON-PRESENT RAPID DEVELOPMENT OF CITY'S SUBURB-PARENT FARMINGTON CHURCH AND DISTINGUISHED CLERGY-STATELY HOMES OF WELL-KNOWN MEN-SCHOOLS AND LIBRARIES-ROMANCE OF THE GREAT CANAL- INDUSTRIAL UNIONVILLE A RESULT-AVON'S FERTILITY-MONTE VIDEO AND TALCOTT MOUNTAIN TOWERS OVERLOOKING WONDROUS VALLEYS-VARYING TYPES OF GOVERNMENT 1061
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LV
ON TO NEW BRITAIN
"GREAT SWAMP" NOW THE "HARDWARE CITY" OF THE WORLD- INGENUITY OF FOUNDERS OF PRESENT INDUSTRIES-FIRST NORMAL SCHOOL-WORLD WAR MEMORIAL-FATHER BOJNOWSKI'S ACHIEVE- MENTS-ORIGINAL STANLEY QUARTER NOW PARK LAND-ELIHU BURRITT AMONG THE DISTINGUISHED CITIZENS-BERLIN AND NEWINGTON 1109
LVI
FRONTIER PARISH CONFUSIONS
NEWINGTON, BERLIN AND KENSINGTON IN THE PECULIAR TURMOIL ALONG WETHERSFIELD AND FARMINGTON BOUNDARIES-PARK-LIKE SUBURBS OF HARTFORD AND NEW BRITAIN-THE ORIGINAL "YANKEE TIN-PEDDLERS" AND THE HONOR NOW PAID THEM-EMMA HART WILLARD AND OTHERS OF DISTINCTION-AGRICULTURE AND INDUS- TRIES 1160
LVII
PLAINVILLE AND SOUTHINGTON
ANCIENT FARMINGTON'S SOUTHERNMOST LIMITS NOW IMPORTANT IN- DUSTRIAL LOCALITIES AND HOMES OF TWO GOVERNORS-TOWNS' NAMES CARRIED FAR BY MANUFACTURING CONCERNS ESTABLISHED BY YANKEE INVENTIONS-FARMS SERVING AS MODELS-PERSONALI- TIES OF GOVERNOR HOLCOMB AND GOVERNOR TRUMBULL 1175
LVIII
BRISTOL AND ITS NEIGHBORS
STRIKING ILLUSTRATION OF HEREDITY IN INDUSTRIAL ACHIEVEMENT- WELL DIRECTED INGENUITY TODAY-CONCERNS OF NATIONAL EMI- NENCE MULTIPLY-FORESTVILLE A PART-BURLINGTON, COLONIAL WEST BRITAIN - HARTLAND, "HARTFORD'S LAND" - STATE PRE- SERVES 1212
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LIX
EAST HARTFORD
TROUBLESOME PURCHASES FROM THE PODUNKS-"PRIEST" WILLIAMS' INTOLERANCE - INDUSTRIAL ENTERPRISE IN EARLY DAYS - MANY COLONIAL LEADERS-WAR MEMORIALS-AGRICULTURE AND PECU- LIARITY OF LOCATION IMPORTANT FACTORS IN MODERN DEVELOP-
MENT 1250
LX THE MANCHESTERS
HARTFORD'S ORIGINAL "FIVE MILES"-MANUFACTURING GENIUS FROM THE BEGINNING-CHENEY BROTHERS AND THEIR SILK INDUSTRY, THE CASES, CHILDS AND OTHER PROGRESSIVE MEN-EXCEPTIONAL FORM OF GOVERNMENT-STRONG EDUCATIONAL AND RELIGIOUS DEVELOPMENT-WAR RECORDS 1270
LXI CONSTITUTION TOWN OF WETHERSFIELD
JOHN OLDHAM'S CHOICE IN 1634-ITS SHARE OF TROUBLES AT THE BE- GINNING-THE PEQUOT MASSACRE-PROMINENCE IN THE EARLY WARS-HOME OF LEADERS-REVERENCE FOR HISTORY-ROCKY HILL SHIPPING INDUSTRIES AND SUBURBAN ATTRACTIONS 1299
LXII GLASTONBURY
LAND OF INDUSTRIAL AND AGRICULTURAL PROSPERITY-PRODUCTS KNOWN AROUND THE WORLD-THE GROUP OF VILLAGES-OLD-TIME SHIPBUILDING-"SMITH SISTERS"-MARLBOROUGH'S RELATION TO THREE COUNTIES-ELISHA BUELL TAVERN 1335
LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS
Frontispiece
Dutch Map of Connecticut, 1650 5
View of Fort Amsterdam (New York) Nieuw Niederlandt 9
Rev. Thomas Hooker-Statue at Capitol 13
Drawing up the "Fundamental Orders," the world's first written Constitution 17
Confluence of the Farmington and Connecticut rivers 19
Glacier marks, Summit Park, near Trinity College 21
Vagaries of Connecticut River-Barber's map 25
Map made by W. DeLoss Love for his book "Colonial History of Hartford" 35
Thomas Hooker and his congregation passing through the wilderness 43
Map of Hartford in 1840 67
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State House Square in 1825
79
First Church of Christ, Hartford 103
John Winthrop, Governor 1657, 1659-1676 115
Fitz John Winthrop, Governor 1698-1707 115
Charter Oak and Governor Wyllys Mansion
139
Colony's historic Charter, under Stuart's portrait of Washington 143 Connecticut's first State House 159
159
Jonathan Edwards
169
The Deane House, Wethersfield
187
Jonathan Trumbull, Governor 1769-1784
193
The Webb House, Wethersfield
201
Newgate Prison, East Granby
211
Coat of Arms, after City's Seal Adopted in 1852
221
The first Seal of City of Hartford, 1785 221
227
The Colonial Town Meeting (from poem "McFingal")
233
John Trumbull
237
Timothy Dwight
237
Bulfinch State House and Park, Hartford, about 1825
253
Old State House, Hartford, 1927.
253
Fire in State House Square, Hartford
257
Nathaniel Terry
261
Reduced facsimile of second policy issued by Hartford Fire Insurance Company, 1794
261
Office of Hartford Fire Insurance Company, 1859-1870
265
Hartford Fire Insurance Company 265
Thomas K. Brace, First President Aetna Insurance Company
269
State Street Office of Aetna Insurance Company, 1837-1867
269
Aetna Insurance Company, Hartford 269
First Policy issued by the Aetna Insurance Company 271
Thomas H. Gallaudet, founder of School for Deaf 279
American School for the Deaf, West Hartford 279
The Hartford Retreat 283
Hartford "Courant" Building 287
First Office of the Hartford "Times," 1817
291
Silas Deane
187
Stone Arch Bridge, Main Street, Hartford
Governor's Foot Guard in Review before King of Belgians, 1926
182
Original model of John Fitch's steamboat
249
Old State House, Hartford, before Cupola was added
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"Consent of the People"
First Meeting-House built in Connecticut
xxii
LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS
Hartford "Times" Building
291
Hartford from Eastern Bank of the Connecticut River, 1838
295
Main Street, Hartford, early nineteenth century.
295
The Rev. Arthur Cleveland Coxe, D. D .__:
299
Bishop T. C. Brownell, D. D.
303
Eastern view of Washington College, now Trinity, 1840
303
Trinity College, Hartford, Campus and Athletic Field
307
Lydia Huntley Sigourney, 1791-1825
311
Sigourney Mansion, Hartford, 1820
311
Looking northeast, Hartford, about 1848
315
1 Hartford about 1850 315 1 1
The Dime Savings Bank of Hartford
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Directors' Room, Dime Savings Bank, Hartford
319
Interior, Society for Savings, Pratt Street, Hartford
323
State Savings Bank, Hartford
327
First National Bank, Hartford
327
Connecticut River Banking Company and Travelers Bank and Trust Company, Hartford
Mechanics Savings Bank, Pearl Street, Hartford.
329
Hartford, from the Deaf and Dumb Asylum, 1849
331
Hartford, from east side of the Connecticut River, 1841
331
The Rev. Dr. Horace Bushnell
335
The Rev. J. W. Pennington, colored preacher.
335
Rev. John Brady
335
The Rev. William W. Patton, D. D.
335
South Church, Main Street, Hartford
339
Bicentennial Celebration, South Congregational Church, Hartford, 1870
339 343
Central Baptist Church, Hartford. 343
347
Asylum Avenue Baptist Church, Hartford
347
St. John's Church, Hartford
350
James Goodwin
353
Guy R. Phelps
353
The Connecticut Mutual Life Insurance Company, Hartford
353
Insurance appeal in the '60s
357
The Phoenix Mutual Life Insurance Company, Hartford
357
Phoenix Fire Insurance Company, Hartford.
361
Connecticut General Life Insurance Company, Hartford 1
361
Samuel Colt
365
Hon. Morgan Gardner Bulkeley
369
Aetna Life Insurance Company, Hartford
369
"Jumbo" one of the first and largest fire engines.
373
National Fire Insurance Company, Hartford
373
Hartford in the Connecticut River flood of 1854
376
Mrs. Florence Paull Berger
379
Charles A. Goodwin
379
Frank B. Gay
379
Daniel Wadsworth
379
Albert C. Bates, Librarian Connecticut Historical Library
383
Miss Caroline M. Hewins, Librarian.
383
Truman R. Temple, Librarian
383
Avery Hall-Case Memorial Library
387
Academic Procession and Hosmer Hall, Hartford Seminary Foundation
387
Bronze Memorial, Main and Asylum Street (Horace Wells)
393
Old People's Home-Hartford Hospital
397
Hartford Hospital
397
Beginning of Bushnell Park, Hartford
402
Main and Pearl Streets, Hartford, in the '60s
405
Present Shopping District of Hartford in Civil War times
409
Union Hall and Main Street, Hartford, in Civil War times 409 1
Putnam Phalanx in Parade in Paris, 1926
413
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Horace Wells
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South Park Congregational Church, Hartford
Olivet Baptist Church, Hartford
LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS
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Gideon Welles, 1802-1878
417
General Alfred H. Terry, 1827-1890
417
General Joseph Roswell Hawley, 1826-1905
421
Hawley Bronze Memorial at Capitol main entrance 421
Campfield Memorial
425
Bird's-eye View of Hartford, 1869
433
Hartford in Earliest Horse Car Days
433
Asylum Hill Congregational Church, Hartford
437
John Brownlee Voorhees, 1875-1918
437
Rev. Dr. Joseph H. Twichell, 1838-1918
437
The Capitol and Bushnell Park, Hartford
441
The Travelers Insurance Company
445
Hartford Steam Boiler Inspection and Insurance Company
449
Samuel L. Clemens (Mark Twain)
453
Winter View of Scene of Charles Dudley Warner's first book "My Summer in a Garden"
457
Charles Dudley Warner
457
Senator Francis Gillette's House, Hartford
461
Home of Harriet Beecher Stowe, Hartford
461
Residence of George W. Merrow, Hartford
465
Residence of Samuel Clemens, Hartford
465
Barn on premises of Lucius F. Robinson, Jr.
469
Residence of Colonel Francis Parsons
469
Residence of Mrs. Willie O. Burr 469
473
Battle Flags and Governor Buckingham Statue in Capitol
473
Residence of Charles Dudley Warner, Hartford
477
Music Room in Charles Dudley Warner Residence 477 ,
480
William Gillette.
480
Otis Skinner
485
Lew Dockstader
485
Old Railroad Station on Asylum Street 1885
489
Washington Street, Hartford, in the '90s
489
Scottish Union and National Insurance Co., Hartford
505
Col. Albert A. Pope, pioneer bicycle man
525
Hiram Percy Maxim and his first completed car, 1898
525
Old Railroad Roundhouse, Hartford
530
The Hartford Golf Club, Hartford
539
One of many walks in the Rose Gardens, Elizabeth Park
539
Henry Keney
543
Entrance to Keney Park, Hartford
551
The Ancient Cemetery, Hartford
555
Prospect Street Club Houses, Hartford
555
Trinity Episcopal Church, Sigourney Street, Hartford
559
Immanuel Congregational Church, Hartford
559
St. Joseph's Roman Catholic Cathedral, Hartford.
563
St. Francis Hospital, Collins Street Entrance, Hartford
563
St. Peter's Roman Catholic Church, Hartford
567
Church of the Sacred Heart, Hartford 567
583
Shopping District, Hartford, Main Street, South
583
Main Room of Office force of Connecticut Mutual Life in the '90s
589
Sky Line from the River, Hartford
589
Residence of Dr. George C. F. Williams, Hartford
595
Italian Gardens of Dr. George C. F. Williams
595
John C. Parsons.
599
Parsons Theater, Hartford
First Infantry, Connecticut National Guard, Leaving Hartford to muster in as
First C. V. I., for Spanish-American War
603
1
I
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
543
Keney Memorial Tower, Hartford
551
The Town and County (Women's) Club, Hartford
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
Shopping District, Hartford, north from "Goodwin's Corner".
1
599
1
1
1
Hartford Club, Prospect Street, Hartford
Clara Clemens Gabrilowitsch
xxiv
LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS
Colonel Charles L. Burdett
607
Brigadier-General Edward Schulze
611
Brigadier-General George M. Cole 615
Unveiling Spanish-American War Memorial, 1927
615
Two 20,000 Kilowatt Engines in South Meadows Plant of Hartford Electric Light Co. 623
New South Meadows Station of Hartford Electric Light Co.
623
James G. Batterson 633
John M. Taylor, President Connecticut Mutual Life Insurance Co.
633
Jacob L. Greene, President Connecticut Mutual Life Insurance Co.
633
Thomas S. Weaver
655
Hartford Public High School
655
Dr. Henry Barnard
659
Birthplace and Home of Dr. Henry Barnard, Hartford
659
Charles Hopkins Clark, Editor "Courant" 671
Alfred E. Burr, Founder and Editor Hartford "Times"
671
John Addison Porter, Editor "Evening Post".
671
The Beecher Family
677
George H. Warner
681
John Hooker, Supreme Court Reporter, and his wife
681
Henry K. W. Welch
685
Hartford City Hospital and Almshouse.
701
Hooker Pioneers Crossing river on a raft
705
The Hooker Pioneer Party-1908 Celebration
705
William Gedney Bunce
711
The University Club, Hartford
711
Wadsworth Atheneum-Colt Annex-Morgan Memorial, Hartford
719
J. Pierpont Morgan
723
The Colt Library in the Colt addition to the Wadsworth Atheneum
723
The Raising of Lazarus, by Benjamin West
727
Tapestry Hall, Morgan Memorial, Hartford
727
Exhibition Hall, Connecticut Historical Society
731
Supreme Court, State Library and Memorial Hall Building, Facing the Capitol on Capitol Avenue, Hartford 731
735
George S. Godard, State Librarian 739
Municipal Building, Hartford 739
Y. W. C. A. Main Building, Ann and Church Streets, Hartford 743
743
Entrance to Hartford by Rail from the South
747
Mount Sinai Hospital, Hartford
751
The Main Dam of the Reservoir System, at Nepaug
755
Hartford Chamber of Commerce
763
Samuel O. Prentice
Flavel S. Luther 1
763
The Hartford-Connecticut Trust Company, Hartford
773
Hartford-Aetna Realty Corporation Building
781
The Rossia Insurance Company of America, Hartford
793
Major George J. Rau
797
Locke, Captain Arthur F.
807
Red Cross Parade, Hartford, May 18, 1918
807
Return of Hartford County Troops, A. E. F., April 30, 1919
811
Presentation of War Colors to the State, April 30, 1919
811
Presentation of War Colors at South Side of Capitol
1 815
Major-General Lucien F. Burpee and Staff, C. S. G., at Armory
823
The Morgan G. Bulkeley High School, Hartford 1
835
The Thomas Snell Weaver High School, Hartford
839
Suffield School, Suffield
839
Sarah Porter, founder of Miss Porter's School
1
843
1
1
1
1
1 777 1
1
1
1
I
I
1
1
1
1
6
1
1
6
1
Founders' Hall and Head Master's Garden, Loomis Institute
1
1
1
1
1
755
Orient Fire Insurance Company, Hartford
781
1
693
Largest Stone Arch Bridge in the World, over Connecticut River at Hartford
1
1
1
Rev. Ernest de F. Miel, Rector Trinity Episcopal Church
835
Reading Room, State Library, Hartford
Y. M. C. A. Building, Pearl and Trinity Streets, Hartford
LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS
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Miss Porter's School, Farmington
843
Courtyard, Campus and Infirmary, Westminster School
847
Oxford School, Prospect Avenue, Hartford
847
Avon, Old Farms, Avon
851
Kingswood School, West Hartford
855
Mount St. Joseph Academy, Hartford
855
Heart of Manufacturing District, Hartford
861
First Trip of Commercial Passenger-Carrying plane
869
First Mail Car, July 1, 1926, Brainard Field
869
Brainard Field, on the Connecticut River
875
Main Street, looking Northwesterly, Hartford
877
United States Branch of Caledonian Insurance Co. of Scotland, Hartford
883
Phoenix National and State Banks (merged)
887
Hartford National Bank and Trust Co., Hartford
887
The City Bank & Trust Company, Hartford
891
Riverside Trust Company, Pearl Street, Hartford
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