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As the West India trade declined. a new industry sprang up in Hartford, - the wholesale dry-goods jobbing and commission business. Earlier in the century, however, there were a few dry-goods merchants importing foreign goods and carrying on business on a large scale. One of the most prominent of these was Ward Woodbridge, who was con- sidered at one time the wealthiest man in Hartford, after Daniel Wads- worth and William H. Imlay. He imported foreign dry goods, and carried on a cotton-factory at Monson, Mass. A partnership began in 1805 between Samuel Tudor, Ward Woodbridge, and Kneeland and Ebenezer Townsend, as Tudor, Woodbridge, & Co. From 1812 or 1813 until 1818 he was in partnership with Russell Talcott (firm name, Woodbridge & Talcott). Mr. Talcott died in 1818. Mr. Woodbridge's store was on Main Street, about where Hart & Merriam now are; and it was afterward occupied by James R. Woodbridge, dealer in domestic dry goods, brother of Ward. Mr. Woodbridge, after his retirement from the dry-goods business, was president of the Hartford Savings Bank. He died Oct. 31, 1856, aged eighty-six. Mr. Tudor was born in Wind- sor, 1770; he was at one time in business with Philo Hillyer, firm of
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Tudor & Hillyer, importers of dry goods, " near St. John's Tavern ; " and at a later date he dealt exclusively in British dry goods. His house, still standing, though much changed in appearance, was on Main Street, near what is now called "Needham's corner." He died Jan. 29, 1862, aged ninety-two.
In 1825 the wholesale dry-goods dealers were Watkinson & Arnold, Samuel Tudor, James R. Woodbridge, and James T. Pratt. Watkinson & Arnold (Robert Watkinson) were agents for the sale of the cotton goods turned out by a large manufacturing company of South Glaston- bury, and also for the Union Manufacturing companies of Marlborough and Manchester. The stock of these companies was principally owned by David, Edward, and Robert Watkinson. This store was on Main Street, in the house nearly opposite the Centre Church, now known as the Ezra Clark place, and a large stock of carpets was also kept. James R. Woodbridge was agent for the Tankerhoosen Company, of Vernon, manufacturers of cotton goods. There were at that date four wholesale and twenty-two retail dry-goods establishments ; now (1886), there are five wholesale and twelve retail concerns.
The name of James T. Pratt on the above list belongs to another class of dry-goods dealers, - the jobbing and commission merchants ; and it may be said that he here commenced that business, in 1824, which has since grown to large proportions. He was first a clerk in J. B. Hosmer's dry-goods store, then in Robert Watkinson's dry-goods house, and from 1824 to 1836 he was a commission merchant for the sale of domestic cottons and woollens, also a general jobber of imported and fancy goods. A part of this time he was associated with E. G. Howe and Roland Mather. In 1836 he retired from business and en- gaged in farming in Glastonbury, and later in Rocky Hill. He now lives in Wethersfield in an honored old age.
The firm was at different times Pratt, Howe, & Co., and Howe, Mather, & Co. Junius S. Morgan was a partner at one time. Mr. Edmund G. Howe 1 was a native of Mansfield, born in 1807, and came to Hartford in 1829. Pratt, Howe, & Co. was established in 1831. In 1857 Mr. Howe retired and joined the banking-house of Ketchum, Howe, & Co .; but he returned to Hartford in 1860, and the firm of Howe, Mather, & Co. was revived, and continued until his death in 1872. He was active in business circles, and was one of the organizers of the Hartford Carpet Company and the Greenwoods Company, and the City Bank. He was president of this bank from 1851 to 1857, and of the Exchange Bank from 1866 to 1872. He was vice-president of the Connecticut Mutual Life Insurance Co., a director of the " Consoli- dated " Railroad, and the first president of the Hartford & Wethersfield Horse Railroad. Mr. Roland Mather, who was also for many years in the firm, is still active in a large number of Hartford business enter- prises, and has contributed to many charities in the city.
Amos Morris Collins 2 was born in Litchfield, March 30, 1788, son of William Collins. He began business in Blandford, Mass., in 1810, but removed to Hartford in 1819, and opened a store for the sale of dry goods on the south corner of Main and Temple streets. He was one of the first to engage in the wholesale dry-goods commission business, establishing one of the largest houses in the city. Mr. Collins early
1 For a portrait of Mr. Howe, see p. 342.
2 For a portrait of Mr. Collins, see p. 660.
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identified himself with the business interests and charitable and re- ligious institutions of Hartford. He was chosen one of the deacons of the North Church at the time of its organization in 1824, and re- tained the office until his death. He was a director in the Hartford Bank for over twenty-five years ; a trustee of the Society for Savings ; a director of the Deaf and Dumb Asylum; and from 1842 until 1854 he held office in the Retreat for the Insane, as director, auditor, and manager. He was elected mayor of Hartford in 1843, re-elected in 1845, and declined the nomination for a third term offered him in 1847. He was deeply interested in the Hartford, Providence, and Fishkill Railroad, and gave much of his time for a year or two to the building of this road. His wife was Mary, daughter of Colonel Moses Lyman, of Goshen, whom he married April 30, 1811. He died Nov. 10, 1858. Dr. Bushnell wrote of him in the " Religious Herald " as follows : " There is almost nothing here that has not somehow felt his power, nothing good which has not somehow profited by his beneficence. Banks, savings institutions, railroads, the singular anomaly of a large wholesale dry-goods trade which distinguished Hartford as an inland city, the city councils and improvements, the city missions and Sunday schools, the Asylum for the Dumb, the Retreat for the Insane, the high school, the almshouse, three at least of the churches, - almost everything public, in fact, has his counsel, impulse, character, benefi- cence, and, what is more, if possible, his real work, incorporated in it."
Calvin Day, who died in Hartford, June 10, 1884, was for sixty-two years a resident of the city, and during the latter half of his life was one of its leading citizens. He was born in Westfield, Mass., Feb. 26, 1803, the son of Ambrose Day, a substantial farmer of that place. Coming to Hartford in 1822, he soon undertook the wholesale dry-goods business, and became largely instrumental in making Hartford, as it was for many years, a great distributing point in this industry. From 1828 to 1842 he was a member of the firms of A. & C. Day and A. & C. Day & Co., his elder brother Albert, who was Lieutenant-Governor of the State in 1856-1857, being the senior partner. Subsequently, and until his retirement from active business in 1862, Mr. Calvin Day was the head of the firm of Day, Owen, & Co., one of the most widely known of the great Hartford wholesale houses. Mr. Day was largely interested in the various industries of Hartford, manufacturing, insurance, and banking, and was for nearly forty years a director in the Hartford Bank and the Hartford Fire Insurance Company. He was also connected with the management of many of the humane and benevolent institu- tions of the city, and was one of the leading members of the Centre Church. He was for many years vice-president of the Retreat for the Insane ; for the last sixteen years of his life he was president of the Asylum for the Deaf and Dumb; and for forty-two years he was con- nected as secretary and president with the Wadsworth Atheneum, which he was influential in establishing. He was also largely instru- mental in securing the construction of the Hartford, Providence, and Fishkill Railroad, regarding it as an important means for the develop- ment of the city, and he had a leading part in its management for many years. He was major of the Governor's Foot Guards from 1833 to 1835. In polities he was originally a Democrat ; but he left the Demo- cratic party in 1854, on the repeal of the Missouri Compromise, and
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with his friends, Gideon Welles, John M. Niles, and others, was active in establishing the Republican party, and the " Hartford Evening Press " as the party organ in Connecticut. He was one of those who prepared the first Republican address issued in Connecticut, and during the war he was a close adviser of Governor Buckingham, and in confidential relations with him. Mr. Day was thoroughly identified with much of what was best in the growth and development of the city, and died at the age of eighty-one years, widely known and universally esteemed and respected. He married, Dec. 5, 1827, Miss Catharine Seymour, of Hart- ford, whose decease preceded his own by only a few months.
William Lyman Collins, eldest son of A. M. Collins, was born in Blandford, Mass., Feb. 10, 1812. For about thirty-five years he was connected with the mercantile interests of Hartford, first with the firm his father founded, as A. M. Collins & Sons, and later as Collins Brothers & Co. This firm was among the most prudent and reliable in New England ; and so much confidence was reposed in it, that after the war broke out, when banks and bankers were looked upon with suspicion, the house of Collins Brothers & Co. was offered large sums of money, without security, by its correspondents. Mr. Collins was for many years a director in the City Gaslight Company, also in the Merchants Insurance Company, a member of the Managing Board of the Retreat, and was for a long time connected with the Society for Savings. The Park was one of his favorite projects, to which as the Chairman of the Park Commissioners for a number of years he gave his watchful attention ; and Hartford is largely indebted to his refined taste and persevering industry for the plans and laying out of this ornament to our city. He was one of the first projectors of the Hartford and Wethersfield Horse Railroad. The Cedar Hill Cemetery was another enterprise in which he felt a deep interest, and the West End improve- ments were more due to him than to any other citizen. He was one of the foremost in establishing the Asylum Hill Congregational Church. In Mr. Collins's death, Nov. 15, 1865, the city lost one of its most enterprising and public-spirited citizens.
Erastus Collins,1 one of the four Collins brothers, was born in Bland- ford, Feb. 10, 1815. He began his business life in the wholesale dry-goods house established by his father, Mr. A. M. Collins, and was admitted a partner at the age of twenty-one. For over forty years lie was associated with the successful and honorable management of this large house. Under the firm names of A. M. Collins & Sons, Collins Bros., Collins Bros. & Co., Collins & Fenn, and Collins, Fenn, & Co., this house, which was dissolved in October, 1876, was widely known throughout the country as one of the leading dry-goods commission houses. At one time they were the sole agents of the print-mills of the A. & W. Sprague Manufacturing Company. Mr. Collins was a director in the Ætna Insurance Company, vice-president of the City Gaslight Company, director of the Society for Savings and the Charter Oak Bank, also of the American Asylum and the Hartford Hospital. He was also one of the projectors of the Hartford and Wethersfield Horse Railroad Company, of the Cedar Hill Cemetery, and a leader in the Young Men's Institute, now the Hartford Library. He was one of the founders of the Pearl Street Congregational Church, and a member of the Asylum Hill Congregational Church from its formation, and one
1 For a portrait of Mr. Collins, see page 666.
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of the organizers of that Society. On his retirement from business in 1876 until his death in 1880, he bent his efforts to what he considered the very important work of organizing and systematizing the charities of the city. He was identified with the material and educational progress of the city, and contributed largely to both.
Henry A. Perkins,1 for twenty-one years president of the Hartford Bank, was a leading and influential man in business affairs in the city for many years. s. He was born in Hartford, Oct. 21, 1801, son of the lawyer, Enoch Perkins. He began banking as clerk in the Phoenix Bank, and he subsequently became the cashier of its Litchfield branch. He was called from there to the Mechanics' Bank, of New Haven, but before accepting that offer he was asked to be cashier of the Hartford Bank, and took the office in June, 1829. He was made president in June, 1853, and remained with the bank until his death, June 29, 1874. He held numerous private trusts.
A firm which escaped notice earlier in this section was Ward & Bartholomew (James Ward of Guilford, and Roswell Bartholomew of Harwinton). They became partners in 1804, succeeding Beach & Ward. They manufactured jewelry, and were silversmiths and copper- smiths, and made stills for the whole New England trade. They also did a large business for those days making church bells, which they cast at their works on Main Street, opposite the present St. John's Church. Both partners became men of means and influence, and they had numerous other interests in the city. In 1814 they took Charles Brainard into partnership. In 1830 Mr. Bartholomew died, and Mr. Ward retired. Mr. Brainard took a part of the business, and subse- quently took his son Charles H. into partnership with him.
This should not be considered a full roll of the leading business houses and men of the city. Such names as the Churches, from whom F. E. Church the artist, a native of Hartford, is descended; Charles Sigourney, Henry Hudson, John Russ, John Olmsted, John Lee, and many others suggest themselves. It is a representative list rather than a catalogue, showing what sort of men have built up the material interests of the city.
Mary N. Talcott
1 For a portrait of Mr. Perkins, see page 332.
INDEX TO VOLUMES I. AND II.
ABBE, Simeon, i. 127. Captain Thomas, ii. 147. Abbey, C'apt. William W., ii. 226. Abbot, W. C., i. 5. Abbott, Robert, ii. 437, 438. A. B. C. F. M., organized at Farm- ington, ii. 192. Abel, Elizabeth, ii. 549. Abernethy, Caleb, ii. 45. Acadia, exiles from, i. 302. Adams, Amasa, ii. 484.
Captain Benjamin, i. 179. Chester, i. 443, 506, 513, 534. Daniel, ii. 268. David, ii. 69. Elijah, i. 126. Elizabeth, i. 262. General Ezra. Jr., i. 185. Captain Franklin W., i. 184. Jacob, ii. 396. Jeremy, i. 227 ; children, 227. Ensign Joel, ii. 401. John, ii. 268. Ensign Joseph, ii. 399. Margaret, ii. 159. Samuel, ji. 268.
Sherman W., "Andros Gov- ernment," i. 63; " Bench and Bar," 105; " Militia and Independent Companies," 175; "Settlement of Hart- ford," 221 ; "Wethers- field," ii. 425, 480; " Rocky Hill," 493. Stedman, i. 127. Thomas, ii. 434, 437. William (Hartford), i. 405. William (Farmington), i. 239; ii. 166.
William (Weth'sfield), ii. 486. Adgate, Thomas, i. 251. Etna Ins. Co., 500, 502, 509, 514. Ætna Ins. Co. Building, i. 503. Ætna Life Insurance Co., i. 514. Ætna National Bank, i. 346. Ætna Nut Co., ii. 377. Ætna Works, ii. 302. Agawam, Mass. See Springfield. Aikin, Rev. William P., ii. 329. Albany Convention, i. 73, 82. " Gazette," i. 622. Alcott, William A., i. 173. Alden, Dr. Howard, i. 141. Captain J. Deane, i. 187. Alexander, Abigail, i. 267. George, ii. 547. Thomas A., i. 505. Alford, Jane, ii. 550. Nathaniel, ii. 69. Alleoek. See Oleott. Allen (Allyn), Capt. Alex., i. 187. VOL. I. - 43.
Allen, Daniel, i. 626. John (Hartford), i. 417. John (Windsor), ii. 541. J. M., i. 509
Mary, i. 228; ii. 555. Matthew, ii. 547, 556. Captain Matthew, ii. 410. Pelatiah (Bloomfield), ii. 35.
Captain Pelatiah, i. 179. Preserved, ii. 404. Samuel, ii. 547. Captain Thomas, i. 228; ii. 547, 550.
Timothy C., i. 502, 506, 534. William, ii. 407. Allerton, Isaac, i. 309. Alleyn, Edward, i. 272. Allison, Mary, i. 251.
Allyn, Anna, i. 270.
Captain Benjamin, ii. 512. Captain Daniel, i. 179. Edward, ii. 388; son do., 388.
Elizabeth, ii. 124. Colonel Job, i. 180, 341, 342. John (Suffield), ii. 388.
Col. John, i. 65, 67, 68, 106, 108, 178, 180, 228, 295, 324; ii. 98, 345, 349, 502, 547. Martha, i. 273. Capt. Matthew, i. 75, 80, 109, 110, 227, 260; ii. 510, 516. Thomas (Windsor), i. 178. Thomas (Middletown), i. 252. Timothy M., i. 194, 366, 372, 385, 502, 506, 546; ii. 157. William, ii. 388.
Alsop, Richard, i. 157, 159, 327. Alvord (Alford), Alexander, ii. 547, 554. Benedict, ii. 505, 506, 547. American Asylum, i. 425. American Hosiery Co., ii. 304, 305. Amer. Jour. of Education, i. 620. Amer. Literary Magazine, i. 615. American M'f'g Co., ii. 254. " American Mereury," i. 611. American National Bank, i. 345. American Publishing Co., i. 624. American Spring Needle Co., ii. 303.
Amistad Captives, i. 87. Amusements, i. 356, 578. Anæsthesia, discovery of, i. 547. " Anarehiad," i. 159. Andrews, Abigail, i. 230. Alfred, ii. 293. Edward, ii. 89. Ethan A., i. 128; ii. 281, 310; portrait, 280. Andrews, Captain Ezekiel, ii. 308. Francis, i. 228.
Andrews, James P., " City of Hart- ford," i. 377. Jolın, i. 228, 255. Jonathan, ii. 180, 377. Levi, ii. 291. Captain Lueius M., i. 184. Nehemiah, ii. 238.
(Andrus) Samuel, ii. 368. 381. Rev. Samuel J., i. 424; ii. 115. Stephen, ii. 210. William i. 228; children, i. 228. Andros, Sir Edmund, i. 59; por- trait, 66; seal. 64; in Wethersfield, ii. 465; quoted, 504. Andrus ( Andrews), Asa. ii. 187. Daniel, ii. 321. Elizabeth, ii. 551. John (Farmington), ii. 166. John (Newington ), ii. 321.
Joseph, ii. 321, 456. Dr. Joseph. ii. 321.
Joshua, ii. 321, 327. Ensign Lewis, ii. 285.
Mary, i. 229. Samuel, ii. 370. Silas, i. 622. Timothy, ii. 468. Antislavery movements, i. 609; ii. 151, 190, 192; Society, i. 592.
"Architecture in Hartford," i. 463. Colonial, i. 354, 463. Arms, William, i. 126. Arms and Armor, i. 175. Joseph, i. 266. Arnold, John, i. 228 ; child'n. 229. Artillery, i. 182. Ashley, Jonathan (H'f'd), i. 273. Jonathan (Suffield), ii. 407.
Aspinwall, Nathan, i. 564. Assemblies, i. 586, 588. Assembly, General. See Court, General. Assistants. See Courts. Atkins, Irenus, ii. 53. Rev. Irenus, ii. 381. Phœbe, ii. 380. Rollin, ii. 53.
Atkins Clock Co., ii. 50. Attorneys, i. 115, 119. Atwater, Captain Enos, ii. 375, 381. Lydia, ii. 136. Atwater M'fg Co., ii. 377. Atwood, Charles K., i. 132. Auetions, i. 6, 322. Auer Silk Co., ii. 360. Austin, Aaron, ii. 411. Anthony, Jr., ii. 388, 407.
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Austin, Lieut. Anthony, ii. 388, 398. | Banks, Connecticut, and specie
Elias, ii. 411; sons, 411. Dr. James H., i. 153. John, i. 653. John (Hartford), i. 294, 295, 299, 300 John (Suffield), ii. 396, 398. Moses S., ii. 404. Richard, il. 388. Austin Brothers, ii. 404. Averill, Eliphalet, i. 342, 502, 505, 661. Major Henry P., i. 191. Avery, John, i. 405. Avon, ii. 1; called Northington, 1, 5; incorporated, 1, 7; population, 8; ecclesiastical society organized, 5; di- vided, 6, pastors, 6; mem- bership, 6; church buildings, 5-7; East Avon Church, 5; Baptist, 6; agriculture, 8; Deercliff, 9, 12; educa- tion, 8; industries, 8 ; mili- tary history, i. 91, 101 ; ii. 8; Monte Video, 1, 3; the Tower, 1, 2. Axes. See Collins Co. Ayrault, James A., i. 512. Nicholas, ii. 469. Ayres, William A., "Parks and Public Works," i. 447 ; " Travel and Transporta- tion," 551; " Manufacturers and Inventions," 563.
BABCOCK, Capt. Charles, i. 99. Charles, i. 502. Elijah, i. 84. Elisha, i. 612. Backus, General Francis, i. 185. Joseph, i. 124. Rev. Simon, ii. 326, 327.
Bacon, Andrew, i. 229, 260. Joseph, ii. 63. Rev. Leonard, i. 187, 543. Major Leonard H., i. 191.
Baker, Hepzibah, ii. 556. Jeffrey, ii. 547. John, i. 230, 272. Mary, ii. 309. Timothy, i. 251. William, i. 77. Baldwin, Henry, "Social Life after the Revolution," i. 574. Thomas, i. 299.
Ball, Francis, i. 252. Rev. Harvey, i1. 408. Ballantine, Mary, ii. 125. Balloons, i. 579. Balls, Election, i. 592, 593; Ordi- nation, ii. 130. Bancraft, Anna, ii. 552. John, ii. 547.
Bancroft, Benjamin, ii. 400. Goody, ii. 507. Lieutenant Samuel, ii. 511.
Bandoliers, i. 175.
Banfield (Benfield), ii. 438. Adam, i. 84. Bange, Frederick, i. 661. Bangs, Rev. Nathan, ii. 65. Bank, proposed by Governor Win- throp, i. 327; in General Assembly, 328; discussed in Hartford, 329; system, Suf- folk (Boston Alliance), 340; United States, 338.
payments, i. 337, 345, 346; county, 347, 348.
Hartford, and Government bonds, i. 347; high credit of bills, 345; statistics, 348; Ætna, 346; American Na- tional (Hartford County), 345; Charter Oak, 345; City, 345, 347; Conn. River, 347; Exchange (Manufacturers), 342; Farmers and Mechan- ics, 341 ; First National (Merchants and Manufac- turers), 346, 347; Hartford, 330-3 ; Mercantile, 345 ; Phoenix (Bank of Connec- ticut), 333, 335-7; State, 345 ; National, 348 ; Sav- ings, 347; U. S. 348.
Banning, Captain Almnon C. i. 186.
Baptists and Separates, i. 400, ii. 32, 393 ; associations, i. 404; imprisoned, 400 ; support Jefferson, 404 ; legislation concerning, 107, 400.
Barber, Benjamin, ii. 388. Colonel Calvin, ii. 362.
Rev. Daniel, ii. 344.
Ensign David, ii. 514. Rev. Eldad, ii. 125.
Captain Frederick M. i. 99. John (Simsbury), ii. 68, 69; son Reuben, 69. John (Suffield), ii. 388.
Jonathan, ii. 68, 69.
Joseph, ii. 388.
Dr. Lucius I., " Simsbury," i. 341.
Mary, ii. 551. Dr. Samuel, ii: 68.
Thomas (Suffield), ii. 388.
Thomas (Windsor), ii. 498, 505, 541, 547; sons: John, Samuel, 547. Thomas, Jr., ii. 342, 349, 359, 547.
Sergeant Thomas, ii. 68. Titus, ii. 360.
Barbour, Judge Heman H., i. 133. Colonel Lucius A., i. 180. Barding. See Bearding. Barker, James, ii. 388. Barkhamsted, settled, i. 203 Barlow, James, ii. 388.
Joel, i. 124, 157; works, 121, 160,611. Barnard, Bartholomew, i. 241, 267, 272, 293.
Elizabeth, i. 265. Henry, mentioned, 1. 543-6; works, 173, 205, 620;
" Schools and Education," 628 ; portrait, 628.
John, i. 229 ; kinsman Francis, 229.
Barnes, A. S., i. 623. Ebenezer, ii. 40, 46, 52. Eli, ii. 54. Elizabeth, ii. 380.
Dr. Julius S., ii. 381. Lauren (Loren), i. 127. Martin, ii. 376.
Thomas, i. 229; ii. 39, 166. William, i. 129. Judge William, i. 129; ii. 125. Barnes Family, ii. 52.
Barnum, Joseph H., i. 620. Thomas, i. 267. Barras, Count de, ii. 479. Barry, Matthew, i. 237. Bartholomew, Major Asa, i. 183. E. S., i. 542; his Commerce, 308. George M , i. 516. Bartholomew & Brown, manufac- turers, ii. 53, 54. Bartholomew, Roswell, i. 672.
Bartlett, Benjamin, ii. 387. David W., i. 609; ii. 11. Rev. David E., ii. 126. Elizabeth G., ii. 125. Ephraim, ii. 387. Fanny L., ii. 124. John, ii. 521, 547. Rev. John, ii. 11. Colonel Jonathan, i. 183.
M. H. "Avon," i. 609; ii. 1.
Robert, i. 229. Rev. Shubael, ii. 115. Colonel William H., i. 181.
Bartley, Mrs., actress, i. 580. Barton, Major Henry P., i. 191.
Bascom, Hannah, ii. 548. Hepzibah, i. 250.
Jolin, i. 250. Thomas, ii. 548.
Bassett, Thomas, ii. 498, 546, 548, 552. Bassum (Barsham), William, ii. 436. Bates, Anson, i. 130. Apollos D., i. 129. Lemuel, ii. 83, 84. Phineas, i. 206. Robert, ii. 437, 438.
Batterson, James G., ii. 38; por- trait, i. 520, 521; house, 483.
Baxter, James, i. 197. Simon, ii. 238.
Baysey (Baisie), Adrean, i. 248. John, i. 229; dangliters, 229, 255.
Beach, Abraham, i. 195. Charles M., i. 666; ii. 422. Colonel Frank, i. 93, 98. George, i. 213, 339, 348, 666.
Beadle, Rev. Elias R., i. 395.
Beale, Thomas, i. 230.
Bearding (Barding, Bardon), Na- thaniel, i. 230, 252; daugh- ter Sarah, 230.
Beatty, Ambrose, ii. 282. Beckley, Daniel, ii. 460.
Colonel Everlin, i. 181. Lieutenant John, ii. 472. Richard, ii. 13, 322, 431, 438. Sarah, i. 234.
Beckwith, A. S., i. 342, 343. Matthew, i. 239, 256. Stephen, i. 267. Bedford, Mary, i. 239.
Bedient, Morgan, i. 229.
Beebe, Rebecca, i. 257.
Beecher, Catherine E., i. 173, 649.
Beers, Henry A., "Hartford iul Literature," i. 155. Seth P., i. 130. Belcher, Captain Andrew, ii. 278. Colonel Samuel, i. 183. Belden (Belding), Benj., ii. 460. Daniel, ii. 439, 466. Ebenezer, ii. 469.
Captain Ezekiel P., i. 180; ii. 461, 476, 483. Horace, ii. 354.
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Belden, James L., ii. 490.
John, soldier, i. 178. John, taverner, ii. 438, 460. Lieutenant John, ii. 476. John M., ii. 331. Captain Jonathan, ii. 285, 291. Lieut. Jonathan, ii. 466, 467. Rev. Joshua, ii. 327. Dr. Josiah, i. 140. Richard, ii. 437, 438. Ruth, i. 272. Samuel, ii. 438, 439, 465. Samuel, Jr., ii. 493. Ensign Simeon, ii. 476. Thomas, i. 342.
Captain Thomas, i. 180, 327; ii. 470, 471. William, ii. 438. Belding, Abraham, ii. 438. Bell, Francis, ii. 437, 438. Dr. William C., i. 149. Beman, Thomas, ii. 238. Bement, Martha, i. 274.
Benjamin, Caleb, ii. 437.
Bennett, John, i. 350; ii. 506, 548. Bentley, Rev. William, i. 402; ii. 446.
Benton, Andrew, i. 262, 272. Charles, i. 385.
Edward (Glastonbury), ii. 208. Edward (Hadley), il. 439. Joseph, i. 255.
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