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Franklin, from Water, 3 east of Brewery, north to 515 State
Forbes' Place, from Water, below East, north to Bridge
Foster, from Edwards, 1 east of Orange, northward to Cottage Garden, from 61 Martin northward to 104 Whalley Avenue George, from 104 State westward
Gilbert, from Cedar between Cong. Avenue and Washington westward
Gill, from 50 Martin south to 593 Chapel
Goffe, from junction Dixwell Av. and Broadway westward
Gold, from 28 Washington south to Prince
Grand, from Barnesville bridge west to 319 State Greene, 2 south of Grand, from tidewater west
Greenwood, from Silvan Av. 2 east of West-st., northward to George Gregson, from 372 Chapel opposite the Green to 89 Crown
Grove, from 260 State, westward just half a mile, to 225 York
Hamilton, from Water, 1 below Franklin, north to State Hazel, from Canal 4 ab. Munson, westward
Heaton's Wharf, Water street, near East
Henry, from 138 Dixwell Av.,2 north of Webster, westward to 63 Beaver High, from 183 George, northward just half a mile, to 164 Grove Hill, from 38 Congress Avenue south to 33 West Water Hill Court, from 9 Hill westward
Hillhouse Avenue, from 87 Grove north to Sachem's Wood Hobart, from Whalley Avenue above Blake, southward Home, from Orange 1 above Edwards, east to Foster
Howard, from Whitney Avenue, ab. R. R. bridge, east to Orange Howe, from 46 Broadway south to Morocco, junction of Oak Howard Avenue, from 108 Washington south to Oyster Point Hubbard, from 1 west of Cedar, northward to Congress Av Hudson, from Whalley Avenue, 1 above Orchard, north to Goffe Hughes Place, from Greene, op. Wooster Square, north to 146 St. John
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Humphrey, from 540 State, junction Laurel, west to Whitney Avenue Irving Place, end of Chapel near West River
Ivy, from Canal 5 ab. Munson, westward
Jefferson, from 113 St. John northward to Franklin
Julia, from 43 Washington north to 134 Congress Avenue
Kensington, from Maple, 1 above Garden, south to 629 Chapel Lafayette, from 26 Broad south to 53 West Water, junction Columbus Lafayette Place, from 75 Lafayette west and north
Lamberton, from south end of Cedar westward
Laurel, from 545 State, junc. Hamilton, to 284 East and Mill River Leavenworth Square, rear 418 Chapel
Leffingwell Alley, from 74 Church west to 35 Temple Leonard, from 45 Bradley north to 7 Summer
Lewis, from 155 Whalley Av., 1 west of Orchard, northward to Goffe Liberty, from 27 Prince south to Putnam
Library, (formerly Atwater,) from 82 High west to 145 York
Lock, from 42 Prospect, 1 north of railroad, west to Ashmun
Locust, from 199 Hamilton eastward to N. H., H. & S. R. R.
Lyon, from 89 Olive east to 24 Bradley
Madison, from 35 Bradley east to 218 Franklin
Mansfield, from Lock, 1 west of Prospect, northward to Highland Park Maple, from Broadway, corner Park, west to Pendleton Maple Row, from Canal, 1 north of Argyle, eastward to Prospect
Martin, from 23 Park west to the alms-house
Meadow, from junc. of Church and George, south to 21 West Water Mill River, from foot Walnut northward Morocco, from 43 Congress Avenue west to Howe
Munson, from 110 Canal west to Crescent
Myrtle, from Hamilton, south of railroad, eastward to 524 East Nash, from Edwards, 3 East of Orange, north
Newhall, from 25 Argyle north to Division Nicoll, from Edwards, 2 east of Orange, north
Norton, from west end of Chapel north to 232 Whalley Avenue Oak, from corner of Morocco and Howe, westward
Olive, from 143 Water northward to 407 State
Orange, from 33 George north to the City limit, near Cold Spring Orchard, from 343 George, ab. Day, northward to Goffe, ab. Webster Park, from 1 Maple west of York, southward Pearl, from 500 State, ab. Eld, west to Orange
Peck, from 45 Maple, 1 west of Dwight, northward to 88 Whalley Av Pendleton, from Maple, above Norton, northward to Whalley Avenue Pleasant, from 19 Pearl northward to Humphrey
Pierpont Court, from 50 Ashmun southwesterly
Pine, from 34 William to 439 State, above Trumbull
Platt, from 677 Chapel, northward to Maple
Portsea, from 71 West Water west to Washington and Columbus Prince, from 49 Lafayette west to Cedar Prindle, from 37 Fair north to 38 Cherry
Prospect, from 99 Grove, junction of College, north ward
Prout, between W. Water and Whiting, from 42 Meadow to 26 State Puuderson, from Whalley Avenue, above Hudson, north to Goffe
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Putnam, from 99 West Water westward to Washington
Rail Road avenue, east side N. H., H. & S. R. R., N. and S. of Grand Rock Lane, near City limit, between Orange and Whitney Av .
Rose, from 135 Congress Avenue, north and east, to 17 Lafayette Rose Lane, from 11 Rose north
Rose Court, from 19 Rose north
Rosette, from 55 Howard Avenue, rear railroad, west
Sachem, from Whitney Avenue, above Bradley, westward
Salem, from Columbus 2 west of Liberty, south to Putnam
Silver, from 45 Hill westward
Silvan Avenue, from South, junction Park, west to Evergreen Cemetery South, from 2 York, near Davenport Avenue, northwest to Park
South Water, Oyster Point, foot of Howard Av
Sperry, from 89 Whalley Av., north to 64 Goffe
Spring, from West Water, below the ropewalk, westward
Spruce, from 93 Morocco, 1 above York, northward to 224 George
State, from. Union Wharf north to Neck Bridge
Stevens' Alley, from 192 Congress Avenue south
St. John, 1 south of Grand, from tide water westward
Summer, from State, 1 above Bradley, eastward to Franklin
Temple, from 103 George north to Whitney Avenue, above Trumbull Thompson, from Canal, 3 above Munson, westward to Dixwell Av Trumbull, from 432 State west to Prospect
Union, from 181 Water, near New York Railroad, north to 50 Court
Union or Long Wharf, from foot of State Street south
Vernon, from 10 Silvan Avenue above Park south to Davenport Avenue Veto, from junction State and Olive, westward
Vine, between Silvan Avenue and Oak, near West
Wall, from 360 State, just half a mile west to York, above Elm
Wallace, from Water, 2 east of Franklin, north to 571 State
Walnut, from Hamilton, 1 above railroad, east to 254 East and Mill River Ward, from 18 Silvan Avenue, above Vernon, south
Warren, from Water, 1 east of Olive, northward to Wooster
Washington, from Congress Av., cor. Lafayette, southwest to Lamberton Water, from junction of Bridge and the railroad westward to State Webster, from 60 Canal Place westward to Goffe, near Sperry Wells, from 77 Water north to 75 Wooster, junction Chestnut West, from 714 Chapel southward to Putnam
West Water, from 10 State westerly and southerly to City Point Whalley Avenue, from 46 Broadway, corner Howe, northwesterly Whiting, from 84 State, corner George, west to Hill
Whitney Avenue, from Grove, corner Church, north to Whitneyville White, from Columbus, 1 west of Arch, northward to Congress Av William, from 93 Olive to 208 Franklin, between Grand and State Winter, from 99 Webster northerly to 18 Charles
Wooster Place, east side of Wooster Square, from 113 Chapel to Greene Wooster, from 34 East westward to Olive
Wooster Square, bounded north by Greene, East by Wooster Place, south by Chapel, west by Academy
York, from Davenport Avenue, corner South, to Grove, corner Ashmun York Square, between Broadway and Ashmun, above York
IN AND AROUND NEW HAVEN.
Friday, April 23, 1638, a company of expatriated Englishmen sailed into New Haven harbor, and penetrating up the West Creek as far as the foot of College street, landed themselves on a rising knoll, about fifty feet east of its junction with George street. Ancient men are remembered, who in their boyhood saw a great oak tree, which threw its broad shade over this gentle eminence, and beneath this tree the gospel was preached in New Haven for the first time, by a self-exiled clergyman of the Church of England, to a company of fellow exiles from the city of London and its vicinity, and from the counties of Here- ford and Yorkshire. The colony was the wealthiest in New England. Its leading men were merchants, brought up, some of them, to the Baltic trade, and others to that of the Wine Is - lands and the Mediterranean. The chiefest among them was Theophilus Eaton, whom they made their Governor, and wisely kept so till he died. It is a singular honor to his memory that not a line in the recorded history of his times, nor a tradition from those among whom he dwelt, indicate him as having been other than a sagacious, wise and good man. The religious head of the feeble Commonwealth was John Davenport, late non-con- formist rector of Coleman street, London, who fled from the tyranny of Archbishop Laud, as Laud possibly would have fled from him had Davenport chanced to have been Primate of Eng- land. These men, with those that followed them, made our city what it is. They laid it out regularly into squares ; the central one they reserved for public uses. They established our municipal institutions much as they remain to the present day. They organized a militia, and they taxed the people for the support of free schools. Few memorials of these Englishmen now remain. We know where a few of them lived, and where a few more of them are buried. Eaton built himself a stately
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house in Elm street on the north side, just below its junction with Orange ; opposite him Davenport erected his house. Tra- dition says, he ordered the train band away from their drill, to aid in the laying of his cellar wall. At any rate, the same cel lar remains beneath a newer house, just as it stood two hundred years ago. The first church edifice was built not far from the site of its successor, the present Center Church. Thirty years later, when the first had nearly rotted down, a second was built not far from the position occupied by the liberty pole. In the process of decay, it became necessary to build a third, this time of brick, which stood not far from where the first one had been. Around the original church edifice were laid to rest, one after another, the bodies of the exiled men and women who had come far from their kindred dust. For almost a century and three quarters, no other burial place than this was known for the successive generations of New Haven. Irregular in shape, neg- lected and overgrown with weeds, filled with coarse sand stone slabs of humble height, with an occasional monument of more pretension, it yet linked the past with the present ; youthful feet trod gently among the graves of their fathers ; the roughly chis- eled angels above, and the "bodies of the saints " beneath, as they were daily taught in their catechism, "remaining united with Christ till the resurrection," took reverent hold of their sympathies and their faith. The broad tablets to Eaton, to Stiles, to Roger Sherman, and to others of eminent desert, taught the triple lesson of respect for the past, honor for learn- ing, patriotism and public worth, and humility, in the presence of the common lot of all. In 1821, a vote of the city directed the removal of all the monuments from this venerable grave-yard. Whoever wishes to find the stones that once marked the resting places of the ancient dead of New Haven, can seek them by en- tering the cemetery in Grove street, through a gateway whose sculptured symbols a heathen from Thebes three thousand years ago would recognize, but which no early christian could, and pass- ing to a remote part of the ground on the left, find how small a space suffices to unite what are thought to be the demands of economy with those of decency.
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YALE COLLEGE.
The noblest monument to the wisdom of the fathers is found in the provision made among us for education. Yale College ranks third in age and first in number of undergraduate mem- bers, among the multitude of colleges which public policy or private munificence has spread over the country.
The college grounds occupy one eighteenth part of the origi- nal town plot of New Haven, including, quite accidentally, the birth place of Elihu Yale, from whom the College has its name. He was, however, in no sense the founder of the College. That honor belongs to the Congregational clergy of the State, who subsequently recognized the liberality of Gov. Yale, by be- stowing upon their Institution his name. The first college building was of wood, and stood near the corner of Chapel and College streets. The present buildings are fourteen in number, and were erected as follows : South College was begun in 1793 ; the old Chapel, now the Athenaeum, next north, in 1761; South Middle in 1750; the Lyceum and North Middle in 1803; the Chapel in 1824 ; the North College in 1822, and Divinity Col- lege in 1835. This completes the list of buildings on College street. Those in the rear of the Colleges proper, were erected as follows : The old Dining Hall, now the Laboratory, was built in 1782; the new Dining Hall, now used as Lecture Room be- low, and for the Mineralogical and Geological Cabinet above, in 1819; the Library in 1842; the Trumbull Gallery in 1831, and Alumni Hall in 1852.
The objects in and about the College, which usually attract the attention of strangers, are the following:
TRUMBULL GALLERY.
Col. John Trumbull, a son of the wise Governor of Connect- icut during the revolutionary war, was early in life on the staff of General Washington. His military hopes, however, he soon abandoned, to cultivate his taste in art. Soon after the close of the war, he devoted himself to the work of perpetuating on
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canvass, the great historical events of the revolutionary strug- gle. The original paintings from which were prepared those that ornament the rotunda of the National Capitol, were de- posited here by Col. Trumbull in 1832, together with a consid- erable number of other paintings by himself. It is greatly to to be regretted, however, that the Gallery has no copy of his finest piece, "The Sortie of Gibraltar." A number of paintings by other artists, fill the south room of the Gallery ; the north one being devoted exclusively to those by Col. Trumbull. The piece of sculpture, "Jeptha and his Daughter," by Augur, a self-instructed artist; a pen and ink sketch of himself, made by Major Andre, the night previous to his execution ; and the sword and sash worn by General Wooster at the time he was killed at Ridgefield, will attract the attention of visitors.
GRADUATE'S HALL.
The lower story of this college building is used for the pub- lic examinations of the undergraduates and of candidates for admission to College. The College dinners are also given here. The very elegant rooms above are occupied by the two literary societies, the Linonian and the Brothers in Unity. The por- traits on the wall of the Examination Hall, are those of gentle- men connected with the history of the College, either as bene- factors or instructors.
THE LIBRARY.
The collection of books in the Library building is about 65,000 volumes. Of late years much attention has been paid by the College authorities to the increase of the library, but the limi- ted funds at their disposal, will for many years forbid anything like completeness in almost all its departments. The collection of books in the two wings of the library building, belong to the literary societies of the College.
THE MINERALOGICAL AND GEOLOGICAL CABINET
In the upper story of the building, erected originally for a di- ning hall, is regarded as one of the finest collections in exis- tence. At the beginning of this century, all the minerals be-
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longing to the College were taken by the now venerable Prof Silliman, in a small candle box to Philadelphia, to be designated and classified. A few years later the collection was increased by such additions as were gathered personally by Prof. S., in England and Scotland. In 1807 the College purchased, for a thousand dollars, a cabinet of about two thousand specimens, which had been procured in London by Mr. Benjamin D. Per- kins. In 1800, a portion of the valuable collection made in Europe by Col. Gibbs, was deposited here for exhibition, and two years later the remainder of his cabinet was added to it. In 1825 the College became the owners of these minerals, at the cost of $25,000, a sum greatly below their intrinsic worth. The minerals procured from Col. Gibbs, were chiefly made up from three private collections,-that purchased in Switzerland, from Count Razamousky, a Russian gentleman who had devoted many years at Lausanne, to mineralogical pursuits,-that made in France, by M. Gigot d' Orcy, one of the farmers general un- der Louis XVI, who spent forty years in its formation, and was finally guillotined,-and that of the Count de Bournon, which consisted mostly of English Minerals, and of gems from the East Indies, the latter of which were derived chiefly from the duplicates of the celebrated Grenville collection, afterwards bought by the British Museum. Very considerable additions have since been made to the Cabinet, and the collection is now every way creditable to the College.
Strangers can obtain admittance to the various public build- ings of the College, except the Library, at all hours of the day, by applying at the Treasurer's office, in the Trumbull Gallery. The library is open daily from 10 o'clock in the morning to 1 o'clock noon.
THE SHEFFIELD SCIENTIFIC SCHOOL.
The building occupied by the Sheffield Scientific School, or Scientific Department of Yale College, stands at the head of College street, two blocks north of the other College buildings. This department is devoted to practical and scientific education, classical studies being omitted from the course. Instruction is 3*
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here given with the aid of well-furnished laboratories and ample collections in Chemistry, Mineralogy, Geology, Engineering, and other branches of practical science. A more general course- embracing Mathematical and Natural Science, Literature, Mod- ern Languages, History, and Commercial Law-has recently been established, and meets the demand of the public for a more exclusively practical course of collegiate education. The fine building occupied by the department is a gift of Joseph E. Sheffield, Esq., to Yale College. Three Professorships have been endowed, and the institution liberally supplied with the apparatus of instruction by the same gentleman. The interior of the building is elegantly finished and painted in fresco.
The rooms of the engineering section will be found in the main building. The west wing is occupied by the chemical and metallurgical laboratories, and the east wing as a Museum of Practical Science. The museum contains full suites of ores of the most important metals, specimens of the rocks in which they are found, models of furnaces, and samples of fluxes and furnace products, the whole designed to illustrate the production of metals from their ores.
THE MEDICAL COLLEGE
Is in York street, on the west side, between Chapel and Crown streets.
The large brick building in the rear of the Colleges, and on the west side of High street, is
THE COLLEGE GYMNASIUM.
The arrangements for bowling, and other kinds of exercise, are thought to be very superior.
The College has now no public commons for the students, they all taking their meals in boarding houses, or with private families. The change, which was made several years since, has proved to be a wise one. Insubordination, coarse habits, and a disposition to find fault with their food, occasioned continual annoyance to the College authorities, and led to the satisfactory experiment of dispensing wholly with a boarding department in
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the College. In 1742, the following order for the students ra- tions was issued: "Ordered, that the steward shall provide the commons for the scholars as follows, viz.,-for breakfast, one loaf of bread for four, which shall weigh one pound; for dinner for four, one loaf of bread as aforesaid, two and a half pounds of beef, veal or mutton, or one and three-quarter pounds salt pork, about twice a week in the summer time, one quart of beer, twopenny worth of sauce, (vegetables) ; for supper for four, two quarts of milk, and one loaf of bread, when milk can conveniently be had, and when it cannot, then apple pie, which shall be made of one and three-fourth pounds dough, one- quarter pound hog's fat, two ounces sugar, and half a peck ap- ples."
The following extracts from the College laws in force a cen- tury ago, show how great a change has taken place in that time, in the usages of College life :
" It being the duty of the Seniors to teach Freshmen the laws, usages and customs of the College, to this end they are empow- ered to order the whole Freshman class, or any particular mem- ber of it, to appear, in order to be instructed or improved, at such time and place as they shall appoint; when and where every Freshman shall attend, answer all proper questions, and behave decently. The Seniors, however, are not to detain a Freshman more than five minutes after study-bell, without spe- cial order from the President, Professor, or Tutor.
"The Freshmen, as well as all other undergraduates, are to be uncovered, and are forbidden to wear their hats (unless in stormy weather,) in the front door-yard of the President's or Professor's house, or within ten rods of the person of the Pres- ident, eight rods of the Professor, and five rods of a Tutor.
"The Freshmen are forbidden to wear their hats in College- yard, (except in stormy weather, or when they are obliged to carry something in their hands,) until May vacation ; nor shall they afterwards wear them in College or Chapel.
"No Freshman shall wear a gown, or walk with a cane, or appear out of his room without being completely dressed, and with his hat; and whenever a Freshman either speaks to a su-
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perior, or is spoken to by one, he shall keep his hat off until he is bidden to put it on. A Freshman shall not play with any members of an upper class, without being asked; nor is he per- mitted to use any acts of familiarity with them, even in study- time.
"In case of personal insult, a Junior may call up a Fresh- man and reprehend him. A Sophomore in like case must obtain leave from a Senior, and then he may discipline a Freshman not detaining him more than five minutes, after which the Freshman may retire, even without being dismissed, but must retire in a respectful manner.
" Freshmen are obliged to perform all reasonable errands for any superior, always returning an account of the same to the person who sent them. When called, they shall attend, and give a respectful answer; and when attending on their superior, they are not to depart until regularly dismissed. They are re- sponsible for all damage done to anything put into their hands by way of errand. They are not obliged to go for the under- graduates in study time, without permission obtained from the authority; nor are they obliged to go for a graduate out of the yard in study-time. A Senior may take a Freshman from a Sophomore, a Bachelor from a Junior, and a Master from a Se- nior. None may order a Freshman in one play-time to do an errand in another.
"When a Freshman is near a gate or door belonging to Col- lege or College yard, he shall look around and observe whether any of his superiors are coming to the same ; and if any are coming within three rods, he shall not enter without a signal to proceed. In passing up or down stairs, or through an entry or any other narrow passage, if a Freshman meets a superior, he shall stop and give way, leaving the most convenient side-if on the stairs, the bannister side. Freshmen shall not run in College yard, or up or down stairs, or call to any one through a College window. When going into the chamber of a supe_ rior, they shall knock at the door, and shall leave it as they find it, whether open or shut. Upon entering the chamber of a su- perior, they shall not speak until spoken to; they shall reply
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modestly to all questions, and perform their messages decently and respectfully. They shall not tarry in a superior's room af- ter they are dismissed, unless asked to sit. They shall always rise whenever a superior enters or leaves the room where they are, and not sit in his presence until permitted.
" These rules are to be observed not only about College, but everywhere else within the limits of the City of New Haven."
TERMS AND VACATIONS.
The public Commencement is held on the last Thursday of July in each year. The regular examination for admission to College, takes place on Monday and Tuesday preceding Com- mencement, beginning at 9 o'clock A. M., on Monday, and at 8 o'clock A. M., on Tuesday. Candidates for admission as- semble at Graduates Hall. Those who present themselves for examination at a subsequent period, meet on the Tuesday and Wednesday preceding the first College term, which begins seven weeks from Commencement day.
Watering Places and Summer Resorts. SAVIN ROCK,
Four miles below the city, on the West side, is a bluff of rocks which takes its name from the savin, or evergreen shrub, which formerly abounded here. Immediately adjacent to the rock is the finest beach for bathing to be found on the Connecticut shore. From time immemorial this has been a place of popular resort for parties from the country. A small boarding house was erected here some years since, which passed through the hands of successive occupants, into the possession of the pres- ent proprietor, Mr. E. A. Upson. With a natural genius for the business, Mr. Upson saw the capabilities of the Rock, and that it might be made one of the most attractive places of summer resort in the country. By a liberal expenditure of money, and by the exercise of great good taste, he has succeeded in uniting at Savin Rock, the conveniences and luxuries which are looked
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