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XXXIst CONGRESS.
Senate.
PRESIDENT, WILLIAM R. KING. SECRETARY, Ashbury Dickens.
Alabama. Jeremiah Clemens, William R. King.
Arkansas. William K. Sebastian, Solon Borland. California. John C. Fremont, t William M. Gwin. Connecticut. R. S. Baldwin, t Truman Smith.
191
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES.
Delaware. John Wales, t Presley Spruance. Florida. David L. Yulee,t Jackson Morton. Georgia. John M. Berrien, William C. Dawson. Illinois. Stephen A. Douglass, James Shields. Indiana. Jesse D. Bright,t James Whitcomb. Iowa. George W. Jones, Augustus C. Dodge. . Kentucky. J. R. Underwood, Henry Clay. Louisiana. Solomon U. Downs, Pierre Soule. Maine. Hannibal Hamlin, James W. Bradbury. Maryland. Thomas J. Pratt, t James A. Pearce. Massachusetts. Robert C. Winthrop,* John Davis. Michigan. Lewis Cass,t Alpheus Felch. Mississippi. Jefferson Davis,t Henry S. Foote.
Missouri. Thomas H. Benton, t D. R. Atchison. New Hampshire. John P. Hale, Moses Norris, Jr. New Jersey. William L. Dayton, Jacob W. Miller. New York. Dan. S. Dickinson, t Wm. H. Seward. North Carolina. W. P. Mangum, Geo. E. Badger. Ohio. Thomas Ewing,* Salmon P. Chase.
Pennsylvania. Daniel Sturgeon,t James Cooper. Rhode Island, Albert C. Greene,t John H. Clarke. South Carolina. R. Barnwell Rhett,* A. P. Butler. Tennessee. H. L. Turney, t John Bell. Texas. Thomas J. Rusk, Samuel Houston. Vermont. Samuel S. Phelpst, William Upham. Virginia. James M. Mason, R. M. T. Hunter. Wisconsin. Henry Dodge, t Isaac P. Walker. Democrats, 35. Whigs, 24. Free Soil, 3. Total, 62.
NOTE .- Those marked * appointed by Governor ; and t terms expire March 3, 1851.
house of Representatives. HOWELL COBB, of Ga., Speaker. RICHARD M. YOUNG, Clerk. A. J. GLOSSBRENNER, Sergeant-at- Arms. PHILIP WILLIAMS, Librarian. ROBERT E. HORNER, Doorkeeper. ALABAMA. William J. Alston, Henry W. Hilliard, Samson W. Harris, William M. Inge, David Hubbard, W. R. W. Cobb. Francis W. Bowden.
192
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES.
ARKANSAS. Robert W. Johnson.
CALIFORNIA. George W. Wright, Edward Gilbert.
CONNECTICUT. Loren P. Waldo, Walter Booth. C. F. Cleveland, Thomas B Butler.
DELAWARE. John W. Houston.
FLORIDA. Edward C. Cabell.
GEORGIA. Joseph W. Jackson, Marshall J. Wel- born, Allen F. Owen, Hugh A. Haralson, Thomas C. Hackett, Howell Cobb, Alexander H. Stephens, Robert Toombs.
ILLINOIS. William H. Bissell, John A. McClernand, Thomas R. Young, John Wentworth, William A. Richardson, Edward D. Baker, Thomas L. Harris.
INDIANA. Nathaniel Albertson, Cyrus L. Danham, John L. Robinson, George W. Julian, William J. Brown, Willis A. Gorman, E. W. McGaughey, Joseph E. McDonald, Graham N. Fitch, Andrew J. Harlan. IOWA. David F. Miller, Shepherd Leffler.
KENTUCKY. Linn Boyd, James L. Johnson, Finis E. McLean, George A. Caldwell, John B. Thompson, Daniel Breck, Humphrey Marshall, Charles S. More- head, John C. Mason, Richard H. Stanton.
LOUISIANA. Emile La Sere, Henry A. Bullard, Alexander G. Penn, Isaac E. Morse.
MAINE. Elbridge Gerry, Nat. S. Littlefield, John Otis, Rufus K. Goodenow, Cullen Sawtelle, Charles Stetson, Thomas J. D. Fuller.
MARYLAND. Richard J. Bowie, William T. Hamil- ton, Edward Hammond, Robert M. McLane, Alex- ander Evans, John B. Kerr.
MASSACHUSETTS. Samuel A. Elliot, James H. Dun- can, Charles Allen, George Ashmun, Julius Rockwell, Horace Mann, Orrin Fowler, Joseph Grinnell. 2 Va- cancies.
MICHIGAN. Alexander W. Buel, William Sprague, Kingsley S. Bingham.
MISSISSIPPI. Jacob Thompson, W. S. Featherston, William Mc Willie, Albert G. Brown.
MISSOURI. James B. Bowlin, William V. N. Bay, James S. Green, Willard P. Hall, John S. Phelps. NEW HAMPSHIRE. Amos Tuck, Charles H. Peas- lee, George W. Morrison, (contested by Jared Per- kins,) Harry Hibbard.
193
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES.
NEW JERSEY. Andrew K. Hay, William A. Newell, Isaac Wildrick, John Van Dyke, James G. King.
NEW YORK. John A. King, David A. Bokee, J. Phillips Phoenix, Walter Underhill, George Briggs, James Brooks, William Nelson, Ransom Holloway, Thomas McKissock, Herman D. Gould, Peter H. Sil- vester, Gideon O. Reynolds, John L. Schoolcraft, George R. Andrews, John R. Thurman, Hugh White, Henry P. Alexander, Preston King, Charles E. Clarke, O. B. Matteson, Hiram Walden, Henry Bennett, William Duer, Daniel Gott, Ilarinon S. Conger, Wil- liam T. Jackson, William A. Sackett, A. M. Scher- merhorn, Robert L. Rose, David Rumsey, Elijah Kisley, E. G. Spaulding, Harvey Putnam, Lorenzo Burrows.
NORTH CAROLINA. Thomas L. Clingman, J. P. Caldwell, Edmund Deberry, Augustus H. Shepherd, Abraham W. Venable, William S. Ashe, John R. J. Daniel, Edward Stanly, David Outlaw.
OHIO. David T. Disney, Lewis D. Campbell, Robert C. Schenck, Moses B. Corwin, Emery D. Pot- ter, Jonathan D. Morris, John L. Taylor, Edson B. Olds, Charles Sweetzer, John K. Miller, Samuel F. Vinton, Willam A. Whittlesey, Nathan Evans, Wil- lianı F. Hunter, Moses Hoagland, Joseph Cable, David K. Carter, Jolin Crowell, Joshua R. Giddings, Joseph M. Root. One Vacancy.
PENNSYLVANIA. Lewis C. Levin, Joseph R. Chan- dler, Henry D. Moore, John Robbins, Jr., John Freed- ley, Thomas Ross, Jesse C. Dickey, Thaddeus Stevens, William Strong, Milo M. Dimmick, David Willnot, Joseph Casey, Charles W. Pitman, Joel B. Danner, J. X. McLanahan, Samuel Calvin, A. Jackson Ogle, Job Mann, Robert R. Reed, Moses Hampton, John W. Howe, James Thompson, Alfred Gilmore. One Vacancy.
RHODE ISLAND. George G. King, Nathan F. Dixon. SOUTH CAROLINA. Daniel Wallace, James L. Orr, Joseph A. Woodward, James McQueen, Armistead Burt, Isaac E. Holmes, William F. Colcock.
TENNESSEE. Andrew Johnson, Albert G. Watson, Josiah M. Anderson, Jolin H. Savage, George W.
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194
CONGRESS.
Jones, James H. Thomas, Meredith P. Gentry, An- drew Ewing, Isham G. Harris, Frederick P. Stanton, Christopher H. Williams.
TEXAS. David S. Kaufman, Volney E. Howard.
VERMONT. William Henry, William Hebard, James Meacham, Lucius B. Peck.
VIRGINIA. John S. Milson, Richard K. Meade, Thomas H. Averett, Thomas S. Bocock, Paulus Powell, James A. Seddon, Thomas H. Bayly, Alex- ander R. Holladay, Jeremiah Morton, Richard Parker, James McDowell, H. A. Edmundson, Fayette M'Mul- len, James M. H. Beale, Thomas S. Haymond.
WISCONSIN. Charles Durkee, Orsamus Cole, James Duane Doty.
DELEGATES. Oregon, S. R. Thurston. Minnesota, H. H. Sibley.
Democrats, 113. Whigs, 101. Free Soil, 14. Total, 218.
CONGRESSIONAL DISTRICTS.
1 Hartford and Tolland Cos.
3 New London and Windhamn.
2 New Haven and Middlesex. 4 Fairfield and Litchfield.
CONGRESSIONAL VOTE, APRIL, 1849.
1 Waldo, 7,444 Chapman, 7,327 Scat., 28 Total, 14,899
2 Booth, 6,872 Babcock, 6,532 139
13,543
3 Cleveland, 6,140 Rockwell, 5,992 27 12,159
4 Butler, 8,172 Wildman, 7,028 .. 676 15,876
CONGRESSIONAL APPROPRIATIONS IN 1850.
Civil, Diplomatic and Miscellaneous, $9,388,388.32
Military and Fortifications. 9,341,822.45
Indian Department, including Naval, Revolu- tionary, and other pensions, 4,537,573.81
Naval service, . . 10,413,135.37
Post Office Department, 5,447,589.82
In fulfilment of the Treaty with Mexico, 3,360,000.00
Total, $42,488,509.77
Imports, $178,136,318.00. Exports, $151,198,720.00.
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ACADEMIES.
CUSTOM HOUSE OFFICERS.
NEW HAVEN. Collector, James Donaghe ; Deputy Col., John T. Collis: Surveyor, Ezra Hotchkiss ; Weigher and Measurer, Marcus Merriman ; Guagers and Weighers, Benjamin R. Hitchcock, Henry Beech- er ; Inspectors, George Treadway, Harry Loomis, Alfred Daggett, New Haven ; Lyman Osborn, Milford and Derby ; Rodolphus Bartholomew, Branford and Sachem's Head ; Samuel S. Meigs, Guilford and Madison ; Light House Keeper, Stephen Willard.
NEW LONDON. Collector, Nicoll Fosdick ; Deputy Col., Thomas H. Deering. Surveyor and Inspector, Joseph W. Fitch. Inspector, Stevens Rogers.
MIDDLETOWN. Collector, Samuel Cooper. Deputy Col., Inspector and Guager, E. Lacey. Surveyor, Jo- seph Taylor, Middletown ; Penfield B. Goodsell, Hart- ford ; Giles Blague, Saybrook. Inspectors, Henry Kilbourn, Hartford ; Bushnell Kirtland, Saybrook.
FAIRFIELD. Collector, William H. Peet.
STONINGTON. Collector, Oliver York. Inspector, Hiram Shaw.
high Schools and Teachers.
Ashford Academy, Rev. Francis F. Williams.
Berlin, Worthington Academy, John R. Freeman. Bethlem Academy, George P. Allen. Bloomfield, William L. Humason. Bristol Academy, Wm. L. Rogers. Brooklyn Academy, Nathan L. Gallup. Canton, Collinsville, Wm. S. Baker. Cheshire, Episcopal Academy, Rev. S. B. Paddock, principal; Rev. H. Bryant, assistant. Clinton Academy, Philo J. Williams.
Colchester, Bacon Academy, Fund, $35,000. J. H. Brewer, principal ; David C. Kinney, Assist. Cornwall, Alger Institute, E. W. Andrews, James Sedgwick.
Danbury Institute, H. Lobdell. Academy, N. M. Bel- den. Boys' Boarding School, Theodore Sears.
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ACADEMIES.
Darien Seminary, Frederick W. Meeker.
Derby Female Seminary, Mrs. Wright.
Durham, - Winchell.
Eastford, Moses W. Wilson.
East Hartford Academy, Martin L. Rogers.
Easton, Staples Academy, James B. Miles.
Ellington, M. M. Bartram, Edward Hall.
Farmington, Boys' Boarding School, Simeon and Ed- ward L. Hart. Female Sem., Sarah Porter.
Goshen Academy, James Q. Rice.
Guilford, Boys' Boarding School, Samuel Robinson. Young Ladies' select, Mrs. R. Fuller.
Haddam, Brainerd Academy, Edward Shaw. Noyes Boarding School, J. A. Noyes.
Hamden Rectory School, Rev. C. W. Everest. Mt. Carmel Female Seminary, Eliz. H. Dickerman. Hartford High School, C. A. Leach ; Classical Teach- er, Wm. P. Capron. Pavilion Family School, Rev. J. Bird. Female Seminary, Frances A. Strong ; Young Ladies' do. Julia Draper.
Kent, Boys' Boarding School, Ashbel Fuller.
Lebanon, George W. Standish.
Litchfield, Female Academy, S. L. Hendrick. South Farms, Morris Ensign.
Lyme Academy, E. W. Bentley, Mrs. P. G. Noyes.
Madison, Lee's Academy, Loren Barns.
Manchester, W. B. Hall.
Meriden Academy, M. B. Moore ; West Meriden, II. D. Smith.
Middletown, Samuel Coburn. Upper Middletown Academy, Joseph B. Seymour.
Milford, Jonas G. French, Augusta Pond.
New Britain, STATE NORMAL. SCHOOL.
New Haven, Grammar School, E. Olmsted. Collegi- ate and Commercial Inst. Wm. H. Russell, S. French. Boys' Boarding School A. N. Skinner. Young Ladies' Collegiate In-t. Rev. J. A. Root. Grove Hall Female Sem., Mary Dutton. &c.
New London, Grammar School, E. B. Jennings. Fe- male Academy, Hiram W. Farnsworth.
Norfolk Academy, Win. B. Rice.
North Haven, Samuel L. Dimock.
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ACADEMIES.
Norwich, Claudius B. Webster; Samuel E. Comings. Orange, West Haven Female Sem., Rev. E. Wright. Oxford, Boarding Sch'ls, M. P. Munn ; D. J. McEwen. Plainfield Academy, Rev. Wm. A. Benedict.
Pomfret, Rev. Roswell Park, D. D.
Ridgefield, Rev. Chauncey Wilcox. Young Ladies', Mary Allerton.
Rocky Hill, Oliver P. Steele. Salisbury Academy, Miss L. A. Wolcott.
Saybrook, Essex Seminary, Lucius Lyon.
Seymour Academy, George B. Glendming.
Southbury, South Britain, - Haskell. Southington, Lewis Academy, Stephen Fenn. Stamford Academy, James and Eunice Lindsley. Stonington, P. O. Brown.
Stratford Academy, Frederick Sedgwick. Suffield Connecticut Literary Institution, Wm. W. Woodbury, principal; Charles E. Hamlin, Augusta C. Eliot, Mary L. Kimball. Board- ing School, Rev. D. Hemenway.
Thompson, Maria L. Lyman.
Torringford, Mary Jane Bissell.
Trumbull, Joel Chapin. Union, Luther S. White.
Warren, J. C. Howard, David Hine.
Washington, Family School for Boys. F. W. Gunn. Judea Female Seminary, Mary M. Brinsmade. Waterbury, Charles Fabrique.
Watertown Academy, George W. Burr.
Westpo.t, Willow Shade Seminary, Wm. H. H. Rich- ards, Mary A. Hobby. Greens Farms Acad- emy, E. B. Adams.
Westville, West Rock Seminary, S. H. Eliott.
Wethersfield, Frank Johnson.
Wilton, F. S. Lyon ; J. G. Rowland; Abel Whitlock.
Winchester Academy, James R. Coe.
Winsted, Platt T. Holly, Louisa Landon.
Windham, J. C. Fitch.
Woodbridge, Sarah Perkins.
Woodbury Academy, T. M. Thompson.
Woodstock Academy, J. Willis Patterson, Sarah P. Wilder.
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CENSUS.
Census of Connecticut.
t Indicates that new towns have been taken therefrom.
HARTFORD CO.
1810. 1820. 1830.
1840. 1850.
Hartford,
6,003
6,901
9,789 12,793 17,966
Avon, from Farmington,
1,025 1,001
1,995
Berlin,
2,798
2,877 3,038 +3,411 1,865
Bloomfield, from Windsor and Simsbury, 956
1,421
Bristol,
1,428
1,362
1,707 2,109
2,S84
Burlington,
1,467
1,360
1,301 +1,201
1,161
Canton,
1,374
1,322
1,437
1,736
1,994
East Hartford,
3,240 +3,373
2,237
2,389 2,497
East Windsor,
3,081
3,400
3,537 +3,600
2,633
Enfield,
1,846
2,065
2,129
2,648
4,460
Farmington,
2,748 +3,042
1,901
2,041
2,630
Glastenbury,
2,766
3,114
2,980
3,077
3,390
Granby,
2,696
3,012
2,730
2,611
2,49S
Hartland,
1,284
1,254
1,221
1,060
848
Manchester, from E. Hartford,
1,576
1,695
2,546
Marlborough,
720
839
704
713
832
New Britain, from Berlin,
3,023
Rocky Hill, from Weathersfield,
1,043
Simsbury,
1,966
1,954 +2,221 +1,895
2,744
Southington,
1,807
1,875 1,844
1,SS7 2,139
South Windsor, from East Windsor,
1,638
Suffield,
2,650
2,6S1
2,690
2,669
2,962
Wethersfield,
3,961
3,825
3,562 +3,824
2,549
Windsor,
2,868
3,008 +3,220
2,383
3,294
Total,
44,733 47,224 51,141 55,620 70,015
NEW HAVEN
6,967 8,327 10,678 14,390 22,529
Bethany, from Woodbridge,
+1,170
914
Branford,
1,932
2,230 +2,333
1,322
1,425
Cheshire,
2,2SS +2,251
1,764
1,529
1,627
Derby,
2,051 2,0SS
2,253 +2,551
3,824
East Haven,
1,209
1,237
1,229
1,352
1,673
Guilford,
3,845 +4,131
2,344
2,421
2,650
Hamden,
1,716
1,687
1,669
1,797
2,165
Madison, from Guilford,
1,509
1,78S
2,063
Meriden,
1,249
1,309
1,70S
1,880
3,525
Middlebury,
847
83S
816
761
763
Milford,
2,674
2,735
2,256
2,455
2,465
199
1810. 1820. 1830. 1840. 1850.
Naugatuck, from Waterbury, Bethany, Oxford, 1,720 N. Branford, from Branford, Wallingford, 1,016 1,013
North Haven, 1,239 1,298 1,282 1,349 1,328
Orange, from Milf'd, New Haven, 1,341
1,329
1,466
Oxford,
1,455 1,683 1,762 +1,626
1,562
Prospect, from Cheshire, Waterb'y, 651 Seymour, from Derby and Oxford,
1,677
Southbury,
1,413
1,662
1,557
1,542
1,484
Wallingford,
2,325
2,237 +2,419
2,204
2,639
Waterbury,
2,874 +2,882
3,070 +3,668
5,137
Wolcott,
952
943
844
633
603
Woodbridge,
2,030
1,99S +2,049
958
912
Total,
37,064 39,610 43,848 48,619 65,841
NEW LONDON,
3,238
3,330
4,356
5,528
9,006
Norwich,
3,528
3,634
5,169
7,239 10,261
Bozralı,
960
1,083
1,078
1,067
867
Colchester,
+2,697
2,152
2,083
2,101
2,468
East Lyme, from Lyme,
1,412
1,382
Franklin,
1,161
1,161
1,200
1,000
895
Griswold, from Preston,
1,869
2,212
2,165
2,065
Groton,
4,450
4,664 +4,750
2,963
3,742
Lebanon, from Windham Co.,
2,552
2,194
1,901
Ledyard, from Groton,
1,871
1,588
Lisbon,
1,128
1,159
1,166
1,052
937
Lyme,
+4,321
4,069 +4,098
2,856
2,668
Montville,
2,187
1.951
1,967
1,990
1,848
North Stonington, 2,524
2,624
2,840
2,269
1,937
Preston,
+3,284
1,899
1,935
1,727
1,805
Salem, from Col., Lyme, 1,053
974
811
760
Stonington,
3,043
3,056
3,401
3,898
5,434
Waterford,
2,185
2,239
2,475
2,329
2,262
Total,
34,707 35,943 42,295 44,463 51,826
FAIRFIELD,
4,125 +4,151 +4.246
3,654
3,618
Danbury,
3,606 3,873
4,325
4,504
5,964
Bridgeport, from Strat. Fairfield, 2,803
4,570
7,558
Brookfield,
1,037
1,159
1,261
1,255
13,60
Darien, from Stamford,
1,126
1,201
1,080
1,454
Easton, from Weston,
1,432
Greenwich,
3,533
3,790
3,805
3,921
5,040
2,770 +2,805
1,369
1,326
1,301
Huntington,
CENSUS.
548
674
200
CENSUS
1810. 1820.
1830. 1840.
1850.
Monroe, from Huntington,
1,522.
1,351
1,440
New Canaan,
1,599
1,689
1,826
2,217 2,601
New Fairfield,
772
788
958
956
927
Newtown,
2,834
2,579
3,099
3,189
3,35S
Norwalk,
2,993
3,004 +3,793
3,863
4,651
Redding,
1,717,
1,678
1,709
1,674
1,754
Ridgefield,
2,103
2,301
2,322
2,474
2,237
Sherman,
949
957
947
938
984
Stamford,
+4,440
3,284
3,795
3,516
5,004
Stratford,
2,595 +3,439
1,807
1,508
2,040
Trumbull,
1,249
1,232
1,238
1,204
1,313
Weston,
2,61S
2,767 +2,997 +2,561
1,063
Westport, fr.Fairfield, Norwalk, Weston, 1,803
2,649
Wilton,
1,728
1,818
2,095 2,053
2,066
Total,
41,050 42,739 46,950 49,917 59,814
BROOKLYN,
1,200
1,264
1,451 1,4SS
1,515
Ashford,
2,532
2,773
2,66S +2,651
1,296
Canterbury,
1,512
1,984 1,8S1 1,791
1,669
Chaplin, frMans'd, Hamp., Wind, 807
794
799
Columbia,
834
941 to Tolland Co.
Eastford, from Ashford,
1,128
Hampton,
1,274 +1,313
1,101
1,166
929
Killingly,
2,512
2,803
3,261
3,685
4,545
Lebanon,
+2,580
2,719
to New London Co.
Mansfield,
2,570 +2,993
to Tolland Co.
Plainfield,
1,738
2,097
2,259
2,353
2,730
Pomfret,
1,905
2,042
1,984
1,868
1,849
Sterling,
1,101
1,200
1,240
1,099
1,025
Thompson,
2,467
2,929
3,388
3,535
4,638
Voluntown,
1,016
1,116
1,304
1,185
1,064
Windham,
2,416 +2,459
2,812
3,382
4,636
Woodstock,
2,654
3,017
2,929
3,053
3,380
Total,
28,611 31,654 27,077 25,050 31,202
LITCHFIELD,
4,639
4,610
4,45S
4,03S
3,957
Barkhamsted,
1,506
1,592
1,715
1,571
1,525
Bethlem,
1,118
932
906
776
815
Canaan,
2,203
2,332
2,301
2,166
2,627
Colebrook,
1,243
1,274
1,332
1,232
1,316
Cornwall,
1,602
1,662
1,712
1,703
2,041
Goshen,
1,641
1,586
1,732
1,529
1,457
201
CENSUS.
1810.
1820.
1830.
1840.
1850.
Harwinton,
1,718
1,500
1,516
1,201
1,176
Kent,
1,794
1,956
2,001
1,759
1,848
New Hartford,.
1,507
1,685
1,766
1,703
2,663
New Milford,
3,537
3,830
,3,979
3,974
4,508
Norfolk,
1,441
1,422
1,485
1,393
1,641
Plymouth,
1,882
1,758
2,064
2,205
2,568
Roxbury,
1,217
1,124
1,122
971
1,114
Salisbury,
2,321
2,695
2,580
2,562
3,103
Sharon,
2,606
2,573
2,613
2,407
2,517
Torrington,
1,586
1,459
1,654
1,707
1,916
Warren,
1,096
875
985
872
831
Washington,
1,575
1,487
1,621
1,622
1,802
Watertown,
1,714
1,439
1,500
1,442
1,533
Winchester,
1,466
1,601
1,766
1,667
2,179
Woodbury,
1,963
1,885
2,045
1,948
2,150
Total,
41,375 41,267 42,855 40,448 45,287
MIDDLETOWN,
5,382
6,479
6,876
7,210
8,791
Haddam,
2,205
2,478
3,830
2,599
2,284
Chatham,
3,258
3,159
3,646 +3,413
1,531
Chest r, from Saybrook,
974
992
Clinton, from Killingworth,
1,239
1,344
Durham,
1,101
1,210
1,116
1,095
1,065
East Haddam,
2,537
2,572
2,763
2,620
2,610
Killingworth,
2,244
2,342 +2,483
1,130
1,104
Portland, from Chatham,
2,905
Saybrook,
3,996 4,156 +4,980
3,417
3,848
Westbrook, from Saybrook,
1,182
1,203
Total,
20,723 22,405 24,845 24,879 27,677
TOLLAND,
1,610 1,607
1,698
1,566
1,410
Andover, from Hebron and Coventry,
500
Bolton,
700
731
744
734
600
Columbia, from Windham Co.,
962
842
876
Coventry,
1,938
2,058
2,119 +2,018
1,984
Ellington,
1,344
1,196
1,455
1,356
1,355
Hebron,
2,002
2,004
1,939
+1,726
1,345
Mansfield, from Windham Co.,
2,661
2,276
2,530
Somers,
1,210
1,306
1,439
1,621
1,510
Stafford,
2,235
2,369
2,514
2,469
2,941
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NORMAL SCHOOL.
1810.
1820.
1830.
1840.
1850.
Union,
752
757
711
669
729
Vernon,
827
966
1,164
1,430
2,900
Willington,
1,161
1,246
1,305
1,268
1,399
Total,
13,779 14,330 18,700 17,950 20,079
Population of the State, in
1790 238,146
1830 297,711, gain 22,563
1800 251,002, gain 12,856 1840 310,015,
12,304
1810 262,042,
1,104 1850 371,952,
61,761
1820 275,248,
13,206
State Normal School ;
For the education of teachers, for which is appro- priated by the State $2500 a year for 4 years.
TRUSTEES. Henry Barnard, ex officio ; Loren P. Waldo and Hezekiah S. Beardsley, for 1 year; Oswin H. Doolittle and Ezra S. Williams, for 2 years ; Seth P. Beers and Francis Gillette, for 3 years; Roger Averill and Charles Osgood, for 4 years.
OFFICERS and TEACHERS in the Normal School and in the schools of practice connected with it :-
Hon. Henry Barnard, Principal (ex officio as Super- intendent of Common Schools.)
Rev. T. D. P. Stone, Associate Principal ; Rev. J. M. Guion, Teacher of Mathematics; D. N. Camp, Teacher of English Language ; F. Brigham and S. L. Warner, Assistant Pupils.
Rebecca B. Smith, Preceptress in High School ; Mary Andrews, Instructress in High School; Ellen Cornwall, Ellen Andrews, Teachers of Intermediate School; L. Dowd, A. J. Goodrich, S. Dickenson, Teachers of Primary Departments.
All members of the Normal School are expected to engage daily in actual teaching under the direction of the Associate Principal, who gives regular lectures and private instruction in the science and art of teaching and discipline, and in mental and moral philosophy, besides meeting conventions of teachers, and delivering lectures in different sections of the State, when his duties at school will permit.
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COLLEGES.
TEACHERS' CONVENTIONS. The Superintendent is directed to hold in each county, in Sep., Oct. or Nov., schools or conventions of teachers for the purpose of instructing in the best modes of governing and teach- ing our common schools ; and he may employ suitable assistants.
YALE COLLEGE.
Commencement, 1851, July 31. Terms commence, Jan. 8, May 7, and Sep. 17.
FELLOWS, Pres. Woolsey, Rev. Messrs. David Smith, Noah Porter, Abel McEwen, Theophilus Smith, Jere- miah Day, Joel Hawes, Joseph Eldridge, George A. Calhoun, George J. Tillotson, Edwin R. Gilbert, the Governor, Lieut. Governor, and 6 senior members of the Senate. (see page 18.)
Theodore D. Woolsey, pres. and prof., of Greek.
PROFESSORS, Benjamin Silliman, Chemistry, Phar- macy, Mineralogy and Geology : James L. Kingsley, Latin : Eli Ives, Theory and Practice of Physic : Clark Bissell, Law : Nathaniel W. Taylor, Didactic Theology : Jonathan Knight, Surgery : Timothy P. Beers, Obstetrics : Josiah W. Gibbs, Sacred Litera- ture : Eleazer T. Fitch, Divinity ; Chauncey A. Good- rich, Pastoral Charge: Denison Olmsted, Natural Philosophy and Astronomy : Henry Dutton, Law : Charles Hooker, Anatomy and Physiology : William A. Larned, Rhetoric : Henry Bronson, Materia Medica and Therapeutics : Anthony D. Stanley, Mathematics : Noah Porter, Moral Philosophy and Metaphysics : Edward E. Salisbury, Arabic and Sanskrit : James D. Dana, Natural History : Thomas A. Thacher, Latin : Benjamin Silliman, Jr., Chemistry, &c., as applied to the Arts : James Hadley, Greek : John P. Norton, Agricultural Chemistry.
TUTORS, John B. Talcott, Greek : James M. B. Dwight, Latin: Joseph W. Backus, Mathematics : James T. Hyde, Greek : William Aitchison, Mathe- matics : Henry Blodget, Latin : William Kinne, Nat- ural Philosophy.
INSTRUCTORS, Erasmus D. North, Elocution : Robert
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COLLEGES.
Bakewell, Drawing and Perspective : Luigi Roberti, Italian : Jean DeLucy, French.
Treasurer, Wyllys Warner. Librarian, E. C. Her- rick.
Whole number of students 555, viz. :
Theological, 38 Seniors, 93
Law, 26 Juniors, 91
Medical, 38 Sophomores, 122
Philosophy and Arts, 21 Freshmen, 126-432 Whole number of graduates from 1702 to 1850, 5932; of whom 2962 are alive. Clergy, number 1562, of whom 724 are alive.
TRINITY COLLEGE.
Commencement, July 31. Terms commence, Jan. 2, May 24, and Sep. 18.
CORPORATION, Bishop Brownell, Pres. Williams, and 10 clergymen and 11 laymen.
Secretary, S. H. Huntington. Treasurer, T. Bel- knap.
SENIOR FELLOWS, Samuel F. Jarvis, Jonathan M. Wainwright, William Croswell, Horatio Potter, Wil- liam W. Boardman.
JUNIOR FELLOWS, Thomas R. Pynchon, Pliny A. Jewett, Isaac Hazlehurst, Samuel Starr, Nathaniel E. Cornwall, E. Edwards Beardsley.
PRESIDENT, John Williams, and Prof. of History.
PROFESSORS, Duncan L. Stewart, Greek and Latin Languages : A. Jackson, Moral and Intellectual Pli- losophy : John Brocklesby, Mathematics and Natural Philosophy ; Thomas W. Coit, Ecclesiastical History : George Sumner, Botany : William W. Ellsworth, Law.
TUTORS, Mathematical, James Rankine, (and Li- brarian :) Classical, Samuel Benedict.
LECTURERS, S. B. Beresford, Anatomy and Physi- ology : J. W. Taverner, Elocution.
Resident graduates 4 ; students 74.
WESLEYAN UNIVERSITY.
Commencement, 1851, Aug. 6. Terms commence Jan. 30, May 22, Sep. 4.
The Corporation consists of 8 clergymen and 16 laymen; of whom 10 reside in Middletown, 7 in
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HISTORICAL SOCIETY.
other parts of New England, and 7 in New York. Rev. Laban Clark, President ; Charles Woodward, Secretary ; John L. Smith, Treasurer.
The several Conferences of New England and New York appoint the Board of Visitors.
PRESIDENT, Stephen Olin.
PROFESSORS, Augustus W. Smith, Mathematics and Astronomy : John Johnston, Natural Science : Charles K. True, Moral Science and Belles-lettres : Harvey B. Lane, Greek : J. W. Lindsay, Latin and Hebrew, and Librarian : Jacob F. Huber, Teacher of Modern Languages.
THEOLOGICAL INSTITUTE, EAST WINDSOR. Under the care of the Pastoral Union.
PROFESSORS, Rev. Bennet Tyler, D. D., President and Prof. of Christian Theology: Rev. William Thompson, Prof. of Biblical Literature.
CONNECTICUT HISTORICAL SOCIETY, HARTFORD.
PRESIDENT, Hon Thomas Day.
VICE PRESIDENTS, Prof. J. L. Kingsley, Rev. D. D. Field, D. S. Boardman, Esq., James Ward, Hon. Jolin S. Peters, J. M'Clellan, Esq., Rev. E. Hall, Gur- don Trumbull. Corresponding Secretary, J. Ham- mond Trumbull. Recording Secretary, Charles Hos- mer. Treasurer, James B. Hosmer. Librarian, Thomas Robbins. Standing Committee, Rev. L. Bacon, Erastus Smith, C. H. Olmsted, E. C. Herrick, Henry Barnard, G. Brinley, Jr., Charles Sheldon.
The Society's Rooms are in Wadsworth Atheneum, Hartford, and the Library is open to the public, daily, without charge.
CONNECTICUT TOTAL ABSTINENCE SOCIETY.
President, Rev. Heman Bangs, New Haven.
Vice Presidents, Noalı W. Stanley, Hartford Co; H. N. Hawkins, New Haven ; William Lyman, Middle- sex; Rev. Ira Pettibone, Litchfield ; E. Carpenter, New London; Stephen Hoit, Fairfield; Jonathan Skinner, Windham; O. P. Waldo, Tolland. Treas-
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