HARTFORD  , a See also:

• CITY (through Fr. cite, from Lat. civitas)

city and the See also:

• CAPITAL (i.e. capital stock or fund)
• CAPITAL (Lat. caput, head)

capital of See also:

• CONNECTICUT

Connecticut, U.S.A., the See also:

• COUNTY (through Norm. Fr. comae, cf. O. Fr. cunte, conk', Mod. Fr. comae, from Lat. comitatus, cf. Ital. comitato, Prov. comtat; see COUNT)

county-seat of Hartford county, and a See also:

• PORT

port of entry, coterminous with the township of Hartford, in the See also:

• WEST
• WEST, BENJAMIN (1738-1820)
• WEST, NICHOLAS (1461-1533)

west central See also:

• PART

part of the See also:

• STATE
• STATE, GREAT OFFICERS OF

state, on the W. See also:

• BANK

bank of the Connecticut See also:

• RIVER

river, and about 35 M. from See also:

• LONG, GEORGE (1800-1879)
• LONG, JOHN DAVIS (1838– )

Long See also:

• ISLAND (O.E. ieg =isle, +land')

Island See also:

• SOUND
• SOUND, THE (Danish Oresund)

Sound . Pop . (189o), 53,230; (1900), 79,850, of whom 23,?58 were See also:

• FOREIGN

foreign-See also:

• BORN, IGNAZ, EDLER VON (1742–1791)

born (including 8076 Irish, 2700 Germans, 2260 Russians, 1952 Italians, 1714 Swedes, 1634 See also:

• ENGLISH

English and 1309 English Canadians); (1910 See also:

• CENSUS (from Lat. censere, to estimate or assess; connected by some with centum, i.e. a count by hundreds)

census) 98,915 . Of the See also:

• TOTAL

total See also:

• POPULATION (Lat. populus, people; populare, to populate)

population in 1900, 43,872 were of foreign parentage (both parents foreign-born), and of these 18,410 were of Irish parentage . Hartford is served by two divisions of the New See also:

• YORK
• YORK (HOUSE OF)
• YORK, EDMUND OF LANGLEY, DUKE OF (1341-1402)
• YORK, EDWARD
• YORK, FREDERICK AUGUSTUS, DUKE OF (1763-1827)
• YORK, RICHARD, DUKE

York, New Haven & Hartford railway, by the Central New See also:

• ENGLAND
• ENGLAND, THE CHURCH OF

England railway, by the several electric lines of the Connecticut See also:

• COMPANY

Company which radiate to the surrounding towns, and by the steamboats of the Hartford & New York Transportation Co., all of which are controlled by the N.Y., N.H . & H . The river, which is navigable to this point, is usually closed from the See also:

• MIDDLE

middle of See also:

• DECEMBER (Lat. decent, ten)

December to the middle of See also:

• MARCH
• MARCH (1) (from Fr. marcher, to walk; the earliest sense in French appears to be " to trample," and the origin has usually been found in the Lat. marcus, hammer; Low Lat. marcare, to hammer; hence to beat the road with the regular tread of a soldier: cf.
• MARCH, AUZIAS (c. "1395-1458)
• MARCH, EARLS OF
• MARCH, FRANCIS ANDREW (1825– )

March . The city covers an See also:

• AREA

area of 17.7 sq. m.; it is well laid out and compactly built, and streets, parks, &c., are under a city-See also:

• PLAN
• PLAN (from Lat. planes, flat)

plan See also:

• COMMISSION (from Lat. commissio, committere)

commission authorized in 1907 . It is intersected by the sluggish See also:

• PARK (Fr. part; Ital. parco; Sp. Marque; O.Eng. pearroc; connected with Ger. pferch, fold, and pfarrei, district, translating med. Lat. parochia, parish)
• PARK, EDWARDS AMASA (1808–1900)
• PARK, MUNGO (1771-1806?)

Park river, which is spanned by ten See also:

• BRIDGES
• BRIDGES, ROBERT (1844– )

bridges . A See also:

• STONE
• STONE (0. Eng. shin; the word is common to Teutonic languages, cf. Ger. Stein, Du. steen, Dan. and Swed. sten; the root is also seen in Gr. aria, pebble)
• STONE, CHARLES POMEROY (1824-1887)
• STONE, EDWARD JAMES (1831-1897)
• STONE, FRANK (1800-1859)
• STONE, GEORGE (1708—1764)
• STONE, LUCY [BLACKWELL] (1818-1893)
• STONE, MARCUS (184o— )
• STONE, NICHOLAS (1586-1647)

stone See also:

• ARCH
• ARCH, JOSEPH (1826– )

arch See also:

• BRIDGE

bridge, with nine See also:

• ARCHES, COURT OF

arches, built of See also:

• GRANITE (adapted from the Ital. granite, grained; Lat. granum, grain)

granite at a cost of $1,700,000 and dedicated in 1908, spans the Connecticut (replacing the old Connecticut river bridge built in 18i8 and burned in 1895), and connects Hartford with the See also:

• VILLAGE

village of See also:

• EAST
• EAST, ALFRED (1849- )

East Hartford in the See also:

• TOWN

town-See also:

• SHIP

ship of East Hartford (pop. moo, 6406), which has important See also:

• PAPER
• PAPER (Fr. papier, from Lat. papyrus)

paper-manufacturing and See also:

• TOBACCO

tobacco-growing interests . The park See also:

• SYSTEM

system of Hartford is the largest in any city of the See also:

• UNITED

United States in proportion to the city's population . In 1908 there were 21 public parks. aggregating more than 1335 ,LCres .

In the extreme S. of the city is See also:

• GOODWIN, JOHN (c. 1594–1665)
• GOODWIN, NATHANIEL CARL (1857– )
• GOODWIN, THOMAS (1600-168o)
• GOODWIN, WILLIAM WATSON (1831– )

Goodwin Park (about 200 acres); in the S.E. is See also:

• COLT, SAMUEL (1814-1862)

Colt Park (io6 acres), the See also:

• GIFT (a common Teutonic word, cf. Ger. die Gift, gift, das Gift, poison, formed from the Teut. stem gab-, to give, cf. Dutch geven, Ger. geben; in O. Eng. the word appears with initial y, the guttural of later English is due to Scandinavian influence)

gift of Mrs See also:

• ELIZABETH
• ELIZABETH (1533-1603)
• ELIZABETH (1596-1662)
• ELIZABETH (1635–1650)
• ELIZABETH [ AMELIE EUGENIE ] (1837—1898)
• ELIZABETH [1lisabeth Philippine Marie Helene of France] (1764—1794)
• ELIZABETH [PAULINE ELIZABETH OTTILIE LOUISE] (1843– )
• ELIZABETH [PETROVNA] (1709-1762), EMPRESS
• ELIZABETH, SAINT (1207-1231)

Elizabeth Colt, the widow of See also:

• SAMUEL

Samuel Colt, inventor of the Colt revolver; in the S.W. is See also:

• POPE (Gr. irarraas, post-classical Lat. papa, father)
• POPE, ALEXANDER (1688–1744)
• POPE, ALEXANDER (1763-1835)
• POPE, JANE (1742-1818)
• POPE, JOHN (1822-1892)
• POPE, SIR THOMAS (c. 1507-1559)

Pope Park (about 90 acres); in the W. is Elizabeth (Too acres); in the E., along the Connecticut river front, is See also:

• RIVERSIDE

Riverside (about 8o acres); and in the extreme N. is Keney Park (68o acres), the gift of See also:

• HENRY
• HENRY (1129-1195)
• HENRY (c. 1108-1139)
• HENRY (c. 1174–1216)
• HENRY (Fr. Henri; Span. Enrique; Ger. Heinrich; Mid. H. Ger. Heinrich and Heimrich; O.H.G. Haimi- or Heimirih, i.e. " prince, or chief of the house," from O.H.G. heim, the Eng. home, and rih, Goth. reiks; compare Lat. rex " king "—" rich," therefore " mig
• HENRY, EDWARD LAMSON (1841– )
• HENRY, JAMES (1798-1876)
• HENRY, JOSEPH (1797-1878)
• HENRY, MATTHEW (1662-1714)
• HENRY, PATRICK (1736–1799)
• HENRY, PRINCE OF BATTENBERG (1858-1896)
• HENRY, ROBERT (1718-1790)
• HENRY, VICTOR (1850– )
• HENRY, WILLIAM (1795-1836)

Henry Keney, and, next to the See also:

• METROPOLITAN (Lat. metropolitanus, Gr. µnrpoiroXtrns)

Metropolitan Reservations near See also:

• BOSTON
• BOSTON, THOMAS (1676-1732)

Boston, the largest park in the New England states . Near the centre of the city are the Capitol Grounds (27 acres; until 1872 the campus of Trinity See also:

• COLLEGE (Collegium)

College) and See also:

• BUSHNELL, HORACE (1802-1876)

Bushnell Park (41 acres), adjoining Capitol Park . Bushnell Park, named in See also:

• HONOUR (Lat. honos or lwnor, honoris; in English the word was spelled with or without the u indifferently until the 17th century, but during the 18th century it became fashion-able to spell the word " honor "; Johnson's and Webster's Dictionaries stereoty

honour of See also:

• HORACE [QuINTus HORATIUS FLACCUS] (65-8 B.C.)

Horace Bushnell, contains the See also:

• CORNING
• CORNING, ERASTUS (1794-1872)

Corning Memorial See also:

• FOUNTAIN (Late Lat. fontana, from ions, a spring)

Fountain, erected in 1899 and designed by J . See also:

• MASSEY, GERALD (1828-r9o7)
• MASSEY, SIR EDWARD (c. 1619-c. 1674)

Massey Rhind, and three See also:

• BRONZE

bronze statues, one, by J . Q . A . See also:

• WARD
• WARD, ADOLPHUS WILLIAM (1837- )
• WARD, ARTEMUS
• WARD, EDWARD MATTHEW (1816-1879)
• WARD, ELIZABETH STUART PHELPS (1844-1911)
• WARD, JAMES (1769--1859)
• WARD, JAMES (1843– )
• WARD, JOHN QUINCY ADAMS (1830-1910)
• WARD, LESTER FRANK (1841– )
• WARD, MARY AUGUSTA [MRS HUMPHRY WARD]
• WARD, WILLIAM (1766-1826)
• WARD, WILLIAM GEORGE (1812-1882)

Ward, of See also:

• GENERAL
• GENERAL (Lat. generalis, of or relating to a genus, kind or class)

General See also:

• ISRAEL (Hebrew for " God strives " or " rules "; see Gen. xxxii. 28; and the allusion in Hosea xii. 4)

Israel See also:

• PUTNAM
• PUTNAM, ISRAEL (1718–1790)
• PUTNAM, RUFUS (1738-1824)

Putnam; one, by Truman H . See also:

• BARTLETT, JOHN (1820-1905)
• BARTLETT, JOHN RUSSELL (18o5-1886)
• BARTLETT, PAUL WAYLAND (18654 )

Bartlett, of Dr Horace See also:

• WELLS
• WELLS, CHARLES JEREMIAH (1798?–1879)
• WELLS, DAVID AMES (1828—1898)
• WELLS, HERBERT GEORGE (1866— )
• WELLS, SIR THOMAS SPENCER, 1ST BART

Wells (1815—1848), the discoverer of See also:

• ANAESTHESIA

anaesthesia; and one, by E . S . See also:

• WOODS, LEONARD (1774-1854)
• WOODS, SIR ALBERT (1816-1904)

Woods, of See also:

• COLONEL (derived either from Lat. column, Fr. colonne, column, or Lat. corona, a crown)

Colonel See also:

• THOMAS
• THOMAS (c. 1654-1720)
• THOMAS (d. 110o)
• THOMAS, ARTHUR GORING (1850-1892)
• THOMAS, CHARLES LOUIS AMBROISE (1811-1896)
• THOMAS, GEORGE (c. 1756-1802)
• THOMAS, GEORGE HENRY (1816-187o)
• THOMAS, ISAIAH (1749-1831)
• THOMAS, PIERRE (1634-1698)
• THOMAS, SIDNEY GILCHRIST (1850-1885)
• THOMAS, ST
• THOMAS, THEODORE (1835-1905)
• THOMAS, WILLIAM (d. 1554)

Thomas Knowlton (1749—1776), a patriot soldier of the See also:

• WAR
• WAR (O. Eng. werre, Fr. guerre, of Teutonic origin; cf. O.H.G. werran, to confound)

War of See also:

• INDEPENDENCE
• INDEPENDENCE, DECLARATION OF
• INDEPENDENCE, WAR OF

Independence, killed at the See also:

• BATTLE

battle of Harlem Heights . On the Capitol Grounds is the state capitol (See also:

• RICHARD
• RICHARD (d. 1184)
• RICHARD, FRANCOIS MARIE BENJAMIN (18,9-1908)
• RICHARD, HENRY (1812-1888)
• RICHARD, ST

Richard M . Upjohn, architect), a magnificent See also:

• WHITE
• WHITE, ANDREW DICKSON (1832– )
• WHITE, GILBERT (1720–1793)
• WHITE, HENRY KIRKE (1785-1806)
• WHITE, HUGH LAWSON (1773-1840)
• WHITE, JOSEPH BLANCO (1775-1841)
• WHITE, RICHARD GRANT (1822-1885)
• WHITE, ROBERT (1645-1704)
• WHITE, SIR GEORGE STUART (1835– )
• WHITE, SIR THOMAS (1492-1567)
• WHITE, SIR WILLIAM ARTHUR (1824--1891)
• WHITE, SIR WILLIAM HENRY (1845– )
• WHITE, THOMAS (1628-1698)
• WHITE, THOMAS (c. 1550-1624)

white See also:

• MARBLE (from Lat. marmor, Gr. pApµapos, shining stone)

marble See also:

• BUILDING

building, which was completed in 188o at a cost of $2,5J4,000 .

Its exterior is adorned with statues and busts of Connecticut statesmen and carvings of scenes in the See also:

• HISTORY

history of the state . Within the building are regimental flags of the See also:

• CIVIL

Civil War, a bronze statue by Olin L . See also:

• WARNER, OLIN LEVI (1844-1896)
• WARNER, SETH (1743-1784)
• WARNER, WILLIAM (1558?-16o9)

Warner of See also:

• GOVERNOR (from the Fr. gouverneur, from gouverner, O. Fr. governer, Lat. gubernare, to steer a ship, to direct, guide)

Governor See also:

• WILLIAM
• WILLIAM (1143-1214)
• WILLIAM (1227-1256)
• WILLIAM (1J33-1584)
• WILLIAM (A.S. Wilhelm, O. Norse Vilhidlmr; O. H. Ger. Willahelm, Willahalm, M. H. Ger. Willehelm, Willehalm, Mod.Ger. Wilhelm; Du. Willem; O. Fr. Villalme, Mod. Fr. Guillaume; from " will," Goth. vilja, and " helm," Goth. hilms, Old Norse hidlmr, meaning
• WILLIAM (c. 1130-C. 1190)
• WILLIAM, 13TH

William A . See also:

• BUCKINGHAM
• BUCKINGHAM, EARLS, MARQUESSES AND DUKES OF
• BUCKINGHAM, FIRST DUKE
• BUCKINGHAM, GEORGE VILLIERS, 1ST DUKE 0E1
• BUCKINGHAM, GEORGE VILLIERS, 2ND DUKE 0E1 (1628-1687)
• BUCKINGHAM, HENRY STAFFORD, 2ND DUKE OF3 (1454-1483)
• BUCKINGHAM, JAMES SILK (1786-1855)

Buckingham, a bronze statue by Karl See also:

• GERHARDT, CHARLES FREDERIC (1816-1856)
• GERHARDT, PAUL (c. 1606–1676)

Gerhardt of Nathan flak, a bronze tablet (also by Karl Gerhardt) in memory of See also:

• JOHN
• JOHN (1167–1216)
• JOHN (1290-c. 1320)
• JOHN (1296-1346)
• JOHN (1371–1419)
• JOHN (1468-1532)
• JOHN (1801-1873)
• JOHN (Heb. llni')
• JOHN (ZAPOLYA) (1487-1540)
• JOHN, 4TH MARQUESS OF TWEEDDALE (c. 1695-1762)
• JOHN, DON (1545-1578)
• JOHN, DON (1629–1679)
• JOHN, GOSPEL OF ST
• JOHN, or HAYS (1513–1571)
• JOHN, THE APOSTLE
• JOHN, THE EPISTLES OF

John See also:

• FITCH, JOHN (1743–1798)
• FITCH, RALPH (fl. 1583-1606)
• FITCH, SIR JOSHUA GIRLING (1824-1903)

Fitch (1743—1798), the inventor; a portrait of See also:

• WASHINGTON
• WASHINGTON (or WASHINGTON COURT HOUSE)
• WASHINGTON, BOOKER TALIAFERRO (c. 1859– )
• WASHINGTON, BUSHROD (1762-1829)
• WASHINGTON, GEORGE (1732-1799)

Washington, See also:

• PURCHASED

purchased by the state in ',Soo from the artist, See also:

• GILBERT
• GILBERT (KINGSMILL) ISLANDS
• GILBERT (or GYLBERDE), WILLIAM (1544-1603)
• GILBERT, ALFRED (1854– )
• GILBERT, ANN (1821-1904)
• GILBERT, GROVE KARL (1843– )
• GILBERT, J
• GILBERT, JOHN (1810-1889)
• GILBERT, MARIE DOLORES ELIZA ROSANNA [" LOLA MONTEZ "] (1818-1861)
• GILBERT, NICOLAS JOSEPH LAURENT (1751–1780)
• GILBERT, SIR HUMPHREY (c. 1539-1583)
• GILBERT, SIR JOSEPH HENRY (1817-1901)
• GILBERT, SIR WILLIAM SCHWENK (1836– )

Gilbert See also:

• STUART, ARABELLA (1575-1615)
• STUART, GILBERT (1755-x828)
• STUART, JAMES EWELL BROWN (1833-1864)
• STUART, JOHN
• STUART, MOSES (1780-1852)
• STUART, SIR JOHN, COUNT

Stuart; and a See also:

• SERIES (a Latin word from serere, to join)

series of oil portraits of the colonial and state See also:

• GOVERNORS

governors . The elaborately carved See also:

• CHAIR (in. Mid. Eng. chcere, through O. Fr. chaire or chaiere, from Lat. cathedra, later caledra, Gr. xaOi3pa, seat, cf. "cathedral"; the modern Fr. form chaise, a chair, has been adopted in English with a particular meaning as a form of carriage; chaire

chair of the See also:

• LIEUTENANT

lieutenant-governor in the See also:

• SENATE (Lat. senatus, from root sen-, as in senex, old; the root is the Sanskrit sana, cf. Gr. 'vos; the same element appears in senor, seigneur, seneschal)

senate chamber, made of See also:

• WOOD, ANTHONY A2 (1632-1695)
• WOOD, JOHN GEORGE (1827—1889)
• WOOD, MRS HENRY [ELLEN] (1814—1887)
• WOOD, SEARLES VALENTINE (1798—188o)

wood from the historic See also:

• CHARTER (Lat. charta, carta, from Gr. Xap-rns, originally for papyrus, material for writing, thence transferred to paper and from this material to the document, in O. Eng. boc, book)

Charter See also:

• OAK (O. Eng., (lc)

Oak, and the See also:

• ORIGINAL

original charter of 1662 (or its duplicate of the same date) are preserved in a See also:

• SPECIAL

special vault in the Connecticut state library . A new state library and supreme See also:

• COURT
• COURT (from the O. Fr. court, Late Lat. cortis, curtis, a popular form of class. Lat. cohors, gen. cohortis; the mod. Fr. form tour is due to the influence of the Lat. curia, the word used in medieval documents to translate " court " in the feudal sense)
• COURT, ANTOINE (1696-176o)

court building and a new state armoury and See also:

• ARSENAL

arsenal, both of granite, have been (1910) erected upon lands recently added to the Capitol Grounds, thus forming a See also:

• GROUP

group of state buildings with the Capitol as the centre . Near the Capitol, at the approach of the memorial bridge across the Park river, is the Soldiers' and Sailors' memorial arch, designed by See also:

• GEORGE
• GEORGE, 8TH MARQUESS OF TWEEDDALE (1787-1876)
• GEORGE, HENRY (1839—1897)
• GEORGE, LAKE
• GEORGE, SAINT (d. 303)

George See also:

• KELLER, ALBERT (1845- )
• KELLER, GOTTFRIED (1819-1890)
• KELLER, HELEN ADAMS (188o- )

Keller and erected by the city in 1885 in memory of the Hartford soldiers and sailors who served in the See also:

• AMERICAN

American Civil 'War . Near the centre of the city is the old town square (now known as the City See also:

• HALL
• HALL (generally known as SCHWABISCH-HALL, tc distinguish it from the small town of Hall in Tirol and Bad-Hall, a health resort in Upper Austria)
• HALL (O.E. heall, a common Teutonic word, cf. Ger. Halle)
• HALL, BASIL (1788-1844)
• HALL, CARL CHRISTIAN (1812–1888)
• HALL, CHARLES FRANCIS (1821-1871)
• HALL, CHRISTOPHER NEWMAN (1816—19oz)
• HALL, EDWARD (c. 1498-1547)
• HALL, FITZEDWARD (1825-1901)
• HALL, ISAAC HOLLISTER (1837-1896)
• HALL, JAMES (1793–1868)
• HALL, JAMES (1811–1898)
• HALL, JOSEPH (1574-1656)
• HALL, MARSHALL (1790-1857)
• HALL, ROBERT (1764-1831)
• HALL, SAMUEL CARTER (5800-5889)
• HALL, SIR JAMES (1761-1832)
• HALL, WILLIAM EDWARD (1835-1894)

Hall Square), laid off in 1637 . Here, facing See also:

• MAIN (from the Aryan root which appears in " may " and " might," and Lat. magnus, great)
• MAIN (Lat. Moenus)

Main See also:

• STREET
• STREET, GEORGE EDMUND (1824-1881)

Street, stands the city hall, a beautiful example of Colonial See also:

• ARCHITECTURE (Lat. architectura, from the Gr. ap)(LTEKrwv, a master-builder)

architecture, which was designed by See also:

• CHARLES
• CHARLES (1270-1325)
• CHARLES (1421-1461)
• CHARLES (1525-1574)
• CHARLES (c. 1319-1364)
• CHARLES (Fr. Charles; Span. Carlos; Ital. Carlo; Ger. Karl; derived from O.H.G. Charal,latinized as Carolus, meaning originally " man ": cf. Mod.Ger., Kerl," fellow," A.S. ceorl, Mod. Eng. " churl ")
• CHARLES (KARL EITEL ZEPHYRIN LUDWIG; in Rum. CAROL)
• CHARLES [KARL ALEXANDER] (1712-1780)
• CHARLES, ELIZABETH (1828-1896)
• CHARLES, JACQUES ALEXANDRE CESAR (1746-1823)
• CHARLES, THOMAS (1755-1814)

Charles See also:

• BULFINCH, CHARLES (1763-1844)

Bulfinch, completed in 1796, and until 1879 used as a state capitol; it has subsequently been restored . In Main Street is the See also:

• PRESENT

present edifice of the First See also:

• CHURCH
• CHURCH (according to most authorities derived from the Gr. Kvpcaxov [&wµa], " the Lord's [house]," and common to many Teutonic, Slavonic and other languages under various forms—Scottish kirk, Ger. Kirche, Swed. kirka, Dan. kirke, Russ. tserkov, Buig. cerk
• CHURCH, FREDERICK EDWIN (1826-1900)
• CHURCH, GEORGE EARL (1835–1910)
• CHURCH, RICHARD WILLIAM (1815–189o)
• CHURCH, SIR RICHARD (1784–1873)

Church of See also:

• CHRIST (Gr. X pLQTOS, Anointed)
• CHRIST, WILHELM VON (1831-1906)

Christ, known as the Centre Congregational Church, which was organized in See also:

• CAMBRIDGE
• CAMBRIDGE, EARLS AND DUKES OF
• CAMBRIDGE, RICHARD OWEN (1717-1802)

Cambridge, See also:

• MASSACHUSETTS (an Indian name, originally applied to a tribe of Indians)

Massachusetts, in 1632, and removed to Hartford, under the leadership of Thomas See also:

• HOOKER, JOSEPH (1814–1879)
• HOOKER, RICHARD (1553-1600)
• HOOKER, SIR JOSEPH DALTON (1817— English botanist and traveller, second son of the famous botanist Sir W.J.Hooker, was born on the 3oth of June 1817, at Halesworth, Suffolk. He was educated at Glasgow University, and almost immediately after taking his M.
• HOOKER, SIR WILLIAM JACKSON (1785–1865)
• HOOKER, THOMAS (1586–1647)

Hooker and Samuel Stone, in 1636 . In the adjoining See also:

• CEMETERY (Gr. Korrsnri7pwv, from Hoiµav, to sleep)

cemetery are the See also:

• GRAVES, ALFRED PERCEVAL (1846— )

graves of Thomas Hooker, Governor William Leete (1603—1683), and Governor John Haynes, and a See also:

• MONUMENT (Lat. monumentum or monumentum; from monere, to advise, bring to mind, remind; the German equivalent is Denkmal)

monument in memory of Too See also:

• EARLY
• EARLY, JUBAL ANDERSON (1816-1894)

early residents of Hartford . In the same thoroughfare is the Wadsworth Atheneum (built in 1842; enlarged in 1892—1893 and 1907) and its See also:

• COMPANION (through the O. Fr. compaignon or compagnon, from the Late Lat. companio,—cum, with, and panis, bread,—one who shares meals with another; the word has been wrongly derived from the Late Lat. compagnus, one of the same pages or district)

companion buildings, the Colt memorial (built in 1go8 to accommodate the Elizabeth Colt See also:

• ART

art collection) and the See also:

• MORGAN
• MORGAN, DANIEL (1736-1802)
• MORGAN, EDWIN DENNISON (1811-1883)
• MORGAN, JOHN HUNT (1825-1864)
• MORGAN, JOHN PIERPONT (1837–1913)
• MORGAN, LEWIS HENRY (1818-1881)
• MORGAN, SYDNEY, LADY (c. 1783-1859)
• MORGAN, THOMAS (d. 1743)

Morgan art See also:

• GALLERY (through Ital. galleria, from Med. Lat. galeria, of which the origin is unknown)

gallery (built in 1908 by J .

Pierpont Morgan in memory of his See also:

• FATHER

father, See also:

• JUNIUS
• JUNIUS, FRANZ (in French, Francois du Jon)

Junius Morgan, a native of Hartford) . In this group of buildings are the Hartford public library (containing 90,000 volumes in 9o8), the Watkinsofi library of reference (70,000 volumes in 1908), the library of the Connecticut See also:

• HISTORICAL

historical society (25,000 volumes in 1908) and a public art gallery . Other institutions of importance in Hartford are the American school for the See also:

• DEAF

deaf (formerly the American See also:

• ASYLUM (from Gr. b.-, privative, arid earl, right'of seizure)
• ASYLUM, RIGHT OF (Fr. droit d'asile; Ger. Asylrecht)

asylum for the deaf and dumb), founded in 1816 by Thomas H . See also:

• GALLAUDET, THOMAS HOPKINS (1787–1851)

Gallaudet; the See also:

• RETREAT (O. Fr. retrete, mod. retraite, from Lat. retrahere, to draw back)

retreat for the insane (opened for patients in 1824); the Hartford See also:

• HOSPITAL (Lat. haspitalis, the adjective of hospes, host or guest)

hospital; St See also:

• FRANCIS
• FRANCIS (FRarrcols) OF SALES, ST (1567-1622)
• FRANCIS (Lat. Franciscus, Ital. Francesco, Span. Francisco, Fr. Francois, Ger. Franz)
• FRANCIS, SIR PHILIP (174o-1818)

Francis hospital; St Thomas's See also:

• SEMINARY (Lat. seminarium, from semen, seed)

seminary (See also:

• ROMAN

Roman See also:

• CATHOLIC (Gr. KcaBoXuK6s, general, universal)

Catholic); La Salette Missionary college (R.C.; 18g8); Trinity college (founded by members of the See also:

• PROTESTANT

Protestant Episcopal church, and now non-sectarian), which was ,.-7-L.c.-- Cape See also:

• HARTEBEEST

Hartebeest (Bubalis cama) . chartered as Washington College in 1823, opened in 1824, renamed Trinity College in 1845, and in 1907–1908 had 27 instructors and 208 students; the Hartford Theological seminary, a Congregational institution, which was founded at East See also:

• WINDSOR
• WINDSOR (properly NEw WINDSOR)

Windsor See also:

• HILL
• HILL (0. Eng. hyll; cf. Low Ger. hull, Mid. Dutch hul, allied to Lat. celsus, high, collis, hill, &c.)
• HILL, A
• HILL, AARON (1685-175o)
• HILL, AMBROSE POWELL
• HILL, DANIEL HARVEY (1821-1889)
• HILL, DAVID BENNETT (1843–1910)
• HILL, GEORGE BIRKBECK NORMAN (1835-1903)
• HILL, JAMES J
• HILL, JOHN (c. 1716-1775)
• HILL, MATTHEW DAVENPORT (1792-1872)
• HILL, OCTAVIA (1838– )
• HILL, ROWLAND (1744–1833)
• HILL, SIR ROWLAND (1795-1879)

Hill in 1834 as the Theological See also:

• INSTITUTE (from Lat. instituere, to establish or set up)

Institute of Connecticut, was removed to Hartford in 1865, and adopted its present name in 1885; and, affiliated with the last mentioned institution, the Hartford School of Religious Pedagogy . The Hartford See also:

• GRAMMAR (from Lat. grammatica, sc. ars; Gr. ypaµ)

grammar school, founded in 1638, long managed by the town and in 1847 merged with the classical See also:

• DEPARTMENT (Fr. departement, from departir, to separate into parts)

department of the Hartford public high school, is the See also:

• OLDEST

oldest educational institution in the state . In Farmington See also:

• AVENUE (the past participle feminine of Fr. avenir, to come to)

Avenue is St See also:

• JOSEPH
• JOSEPH, COMTE DE (1785-1870)
• JOSEPH, FATHER (FRANCOIS LECLERC DU TREMBLAY) (1577-1638)

Joseph's See also:

• CATHEDRAL

cathedral (Roman Catholic), the city being the seat of the See also:

• DIOCESE (formed on Fr. diocese, in place of the Eng. form diocess—current until the 19th century—from Lat. dioecesis, med. Lat. variant diocesis, from Gr. Swucio•tc, " house-keeping," " administration," &miceas, " to keep house," " to govern ")

diocese of Hartford . During the 18th See also:

• CENTURY (from Lat. centuria, a division of a hundred men)

century Hartford enjoyed a large and lucrative See also:

• COMMERCE
• COMMERCE (Lat. commercium, from, cum, together, and rnerx, merchandise)

commerce, but the railway development of the 19th century centralized commerce in New York and Boston, and consequently the See also:

• PRINCIPAL

principal source of the city's See also:

• WEALTH

wealth has come to be manufacturing and See also:

• INSURANCE

insurance . In 1905 the total value of the "factory" product was $25,975,651 . The principal See also:

• INDUSTRIES

industries are the manufacture of small arms (by the Colt's Patent See also:

• FIRE (in O. Eng. f j'r; the word is common to West German languages, cf. Dutch vuur, Ger. Feuer; the pre-Teutonic form is seen in Sanskrit pu, pavaka, and Gr. irup; the ultimate origin is usually taken to be a root meaning to purify, cf. Lat. purus)

Fire-Arms Manufacturing Co., makers of the Colt revolver and the See also:

• GATLING, RICHARD JORDAN (1818–1903)

Gatling See also:

• GUN

gun), typewriters (Royal and Underwood), automobiles, bicycles, cyclometers, carriages and wagons, belting, cigars, See also:

• HARNESS (from O. Fr. harneis or harnois; the ultimate origin is obscure; the Celtic origin which connects it with the Welsh haiarn, iron, has phonetic and other difficulties; the French is the origin of the Span. arnes, and Ger. Harnisch)

harness, machinists' tools and See also:

• INSTRUMENTS

instruments of precision, coil-piping, church See also:

• ORGANS

organs, See also:

• HORSE (a word common to Teutonic languages in such forms as hors, hros, ros; cf. the Ger. ross)

horse-See also:

• SHOE (a word appearing in the Teutonic languages in various forms, as Ger. Schuh, Swed. and Dan. sko, sometimes supposed to come from an unknown root ska or sku, cover)

shoe nails, electric equipment, See also:

• MACHINE
• MACHINE (through Fr. from Lat. form machina of Gr. µnxavil)

machine screws, drop forgings, hydrants and valves, and engines and boilers . In 1788 the first woollen See also:

• MILL
• MILL (O. Eng. mylen, later myln, or miln, adapted from the late Lat. molina, cf. Fr. moulin, from Lat. mola, a mill, molere, to grind; from the same root, mol, is derived " meal;" the word appears in other Teutonic languages, cf. Du. molen, Ger. muhle)
• MILL, JAMES (1773-1836)
• MILL, JOHN (c. 1645–1707)
• MILL, JOHN STUART (1806-1873)

mill in New England was opened in Hartford; and here, too, about 1846, the See also:

• ROGERS, HENRY DARWIN (18o8—1866)
• ROGERS, JAMES EDWIN THOROLD (1823-1890)
• ROGERS, JOHN (1627–c. 1665)
• ROGERS, JOHN (1829-1904)
• ROGERS, JOHN (c. 1500-1555)
• ROGERS, ROBERT (1727-1784?)
• ROGERS, S
• ROGERS, SAMUEL (1763-1855)
• ROGERS, WILLIAM (1819-1896)

Rogers See also:

• PROCESS

process of electro-See also:

• SILVER

silver plating was invented . The city is one of the most important insurance centres in the United States .

As early as 1794 policies were issued by the Hartford Fire Insurance Company (chartered in 181o) . In 19o9 Hartford was the See also:

• HOME
• HOME, DANIEL DUNGLAS (1833-1886)
• HOME, EARLS OF

home city of six fire insurance and six See also:

• LIFE

life insurance companies, the principal ones being the Aetna (fire), Aetna Life, See also:

• PHOENIX
• PHOENIX (Gr. 4oivt )

Phoenix Mutual Life, Phoenix Fire, Travelers (Life and See also:

• ACCIDENT
• ACCIDENT (from Lat. accidere, to happen)

Accident), Hartford Fire, Hartford Life, See also:

• NATIONAL

National Fire, Connecticut Fire, Connecticut General Life and Connecticut Mutual Life . In 1906 the six fire insurance companies had an aggregate capital of more than $ro,000,000; on the 1st See also:

• JANUARY

January 1906 they reported See also:

• ASSETS (from the O. Nor. Fr. assetz, mod. Fr. asset, " enough")

assets of about $J9,000,000 and an aggregate surplus of $30,000,000 . In the See also:

• SAN

San Francisco disaster of that See also:

• YEAR

year they paid more than $15,000,000 of losses . Since the fire insurance business began in Hartford, the companies of that city now doing business there have paid about $340,000,000 in losses . Several large and successful foreign companies have made Hartford their American headquarters . The life insurance companies have assets to the value of about $225,000,000 . The Aetna (fire), Aetna Life, Connecticut Fire, Connecticut Mutual Life, Connecticut General Life, Hartford Fire, Hartford Life . Hartford See also:

• STEAM
• STEAM (0. Eng. steam, vapour, smoke, cf. Du. steam; the origin is unknown)

Steam See also:

• BOILER

Boiler Inspection and Insurance Co., National Fire . Orient Fire, Phoenix Mutual Life and Travelers companies have their own homes, some of these being among the finest buildings in Hartford . The city has also large banking interests . The first See also:

• SETTLEMENT
• SETTLEMENT, ACT OF

settlement on the site of Hartford was made by the Dutch from New See also:

• AMSTERDAM
• AMSTERDAM (NEw AMSTERDAM)

Amsterdam, who in 1633 established on the bank of the Connecticut river, at the mouth of the Park river, a fort which they held until 16J4 .

The township of Hartford was one of the first three original townships of Connecticut . The first English settlement was made in 1635 by sixty immigrants, mostly from New Town (now Cambridge), Massachusetts; but the main See also:

• IMMIGRATION (from Lat. in, into, and tnigrare, to depart)

immigration was in 1636, when practically all the New Town See also:

• CONGREGATION (Lat. congregatio, a gathering together, from cum, with, grex, gregis, a flock, herd)

congregation led by Thomas Hooker and Samuel Stone joined those who had preceded them . Their settlement was called See also:

• NEWTOWN
• NEWTOWN (Welsh Drefnewydd, with the same meaning, formerly Llanfair Cedewain)

Newtown until 1637, when the present name was adopted from See also:

• HERTFORD
• HERTFORD, EARLS AND MARQUESSES OF

Hertford, England, the birthplace of Stone . In 1636 Hartford was the See also:

• MEETING (from " to meet," to come together, assemble, 0. Eng. metals ; cf. Du. moeten, Swed. mota, Goth. gamotjan, &c., derivatives of the Teut. word for a meeting, seen in O. Eng. Wit, moot, an assembly of the people; cf. witanagemot)

meeting-See also:

• PLACE (through Fr. from Lat. platea, street; Gr. IrAar6s, wide)

place of the first general court of the Connecticut See also:

• COLONY (Lat. colonia, from colonus, a cultivator)

colony; the Fundamental Orders, the first written constitution, were adopted at Hartford in 1639; and after the See also:

• UNION
• UNION (known locally as Union Hill and officially as Town of Union)

union of the colonies of New Haven and Connecticut, accomplished by the charter of 1662, Hartford became the See also:

• SOLE (Solea)

sole capital: but from 1701 until 1873 that honour was shared with New Haven . At Hartford occurred in 1687 the meeting of See also:

• EDMUND
• EDMUND, or EADMUND (c. 980-1016)
• EDMUND, SAINT [EDMUND RICE] (d. 1240)

Edmund See also:

• ANDROS, or ANDRO
• ANDROS, SIR EDMUND (1637-1714)

Andros and the Connecticut officials (see CONNECTICUT) . Hartford was first chartered in 1784, was rechartered in 1856 (the charter of that date has been subsequently revised), and in 1881 was made coterminous with the township of Hartford . The city was the See also:

• LITERARY

literary centre of Federalist ideas in the latter part of the 18th century, being the home of Lemuel See also:

• HOPKINS, EDWARD WASHBURN (1857— )
• HOPKINS, ESEK (1718-18oz)
• HOPKINS, MARK (1802—1887)
• HOPKINS, SAMUEL (1721–1803)
• HOPKINS, WILLIAM (1793–1866)

Hopkins, John See also:

• TRUMBULL, JAMES HAMMOND (1821-1897)
• TRUMBULL, JOHN (1750-1831)
• TRUMBULL, JOHN (1756-1843)
• TRUMBULL, JONATHAN (1710-1785)
• TRUMBULL, LYMAN (1813-1896)

Trumbull, See also:

• JOEL
• JOEL, MANUEL (1826–189o)

Joel See also:

• BARLOW, JOEL (1754-1812)
• BARLOW, PETER (1776-1862)
• BARLOW, SIR GEORGE HILARO (1762-1847)

Barlow and See also:

• DAVID
• DAVID (a Hebrew name meaning probably beloved 1)
• DAVID, FELICIEN (1810—1876)
• DAVID, GERARD [GHEERAERT DAVIT], (?=1523)
• DAVID, PIERRE JEAN (1789–1856)
• DAVID, ST (Dewi, Sant)

David See also:

• HUMPHREYS, ANDREW ATKINSON (1810-1883)

Humphreys, the leading members of a group of authors known as the " Hartford Wits "; and in 1814–1815 the city was the meeting-place of the famous Hartford See also:

• CONVENTION (Lat. conventio, an assembly or agreement, from convenire, to come together)
• CONVENTION, THE NATIONAL

Convention, an event of See also:

• GREAT

great importance in the history of the Federalist party . The War of 1812, with the See also:

• EMBARGO (a Spanish word meaning " stoppage ")

Embargo Acts (1807–1813), which were so destructive of New England's commerce, thoroughly aroused the Federalist leaders in this part of the See also:

• COUNTRY (from the Mid. Eng. contre or contrie, and O. Fr. cuntree; Late Lat. contrata, showing the derivation from contra, opposite, over against, thus the tract of land which fronts the sight, cf. Ger. Gegend, neighbourhood)

country against the National See also:

• GOVERNMENT
• GOVERNMENT (0. Fr. governement, mod. gouvernement, O. Fr. governer, mod. gouverner, from Lat. gubernare, to steer a ship, guide, rule; cf. Gr. xv(3epvav)

government as ad-ministered by the Democrats, and in 1814, when the See also:

• BRITISH

British were not only threatening a general invasion of their territory but had actually occupied a part of the See also:

• MAINE
• MAINE, ANNE LOUISE BENEDICTE DE BOURBON
• MAINE, SIR HENRY JAMES SUMNER (1822–1888)

Maine See also:

• COAST (from Lat. costa, a rib, side)

coast, and the National government promised no See also:

• PROTECTION

protection, the legislature of Massachusetts invited the other New England states to join with her in sending delegates to a convention which should meet at Hartford to consider their grievances, means of preserving their resources, See also:

• MEASURES

measures of protection against the British, and the advisability of taking measures to bring about a convention of delegates from all the United States for the purpose of revising the Federal constitution . The legislatures of Connecticut and Rhode Island, and town meetings in See also:

• CHESHIRE

Cheshire and See also:

• GRAFTON
• GRAFTON, DUKES OF
• GRAFTON, RICHARD (d. 1572)

Grafton counties (New See also:

• HAMPSHIRE (or COUNTY OF SOUTHAMPTON, abbreviated HANTS)

Hampshire) and in See also:

• WINDHAM, WILLIAM (1750-1810)

Windham county (See also:

• VERMONT

Vermont) accepted the invitation, and the convention, composed of 12 delegates from Massachusetts, 7 from Connecticut, 4 from Rhode Island, 2 from New Hampshire and 1 from Vermont, all Federalists, met on the 15th of December 1814, See also:

• CHOSE (Fr. for " thing ")

chose George See also:

• CABOT, GEORGE (1751–1823)
• CABOT, JOHN [GIOVANNI CABOTO] (1450-1498)

Cabot of Massachusetts See also:

• PRESIDENT (Fr. president, from Lat. praesidens, post-Augustan Lat. for praeses, director, ruler, from praesidere, to sit in front of, preside)

president and See also:

• THEODORE
• THEODORE (602-690)
• THEODORE (Fedor) GRIGORIEVICH ORLOV, COUNT (1741–1796)
• THEODORE (Rus. Fedor, or Feodor)

Theodore See also:

• DWIGHT, JOHN (d. 1703)
• DWIGHT, JOHN SULLIVAN (1813-1893)
• DWIGHT, THEODORE WILLIAM (1822-1892)
• DWIGHT, TIMOTHY (1752-1817)

Dwight of Connecticut secretary, and remained in See also:

• SECRET (Lat. secretum, hidden, concealed)

secret session until the 5th of January 1815, when it adjourned sine See also:

• DIE
• DIE (Fr. de, from Lat. datum, given)

die . At the conclusion of its See also:

• WORK

work it recommended greater military See also:

• CONTROL (Fr. contrdle, older form contre rolle, from Med. Lat. contra-rotulus, a counter roll or copy of a document used to check the original; there is no instance in English of the use of " control " in this, its literal, meaning)

control for each of the several states and that the Federal constitution be so amended that representatives and See also:

• DIRECT

direct taxes should be apportioned among the several states " according to their respective See also:

• NUMBERS, BOOK OF
• NUMBERS, PARTITION OF

numbers of See also:

• FREE

free persons," that no new state should be admitted to the Union without the concurrence of two-thirds of both Houses of See also:

• CONGRESS (Lat. congressus, coming together, from congredi; cum, with, and gradus, step)

Congress, that Congress should not have the See also:

• POWER [WILLIAM GRATTAN] TYRONE (1797-1841)

power to See also:

• LAY

lay an embargo for more than sixty days, that the concurrence of two-thirds of the members of both Houses of Congress should be necessary to pass an See also:

• ACT (Lat. actus, actum)

act " to See also:

• INTERDICT (Lat. interdictum, from interdicere, to forbid by decree, lit., interpose by speech)

interdict the commercial intercourse between the United States and any foreign nation or the dependencies thereof " or to declare war against any foreign nation except in See also:

• CASE
• CASE, JOHN (d. 1600)

case of actual invasion, that " no See also:

• PERSON, OFFENCES AGAINST THE

person who shall hereafter be naturalized shall be eligible as a member of the Senate or See also:

• HOUSE
• HOUSE (O. Eng. hiss, a word common to Teutonic languages, cf. Dut. huis, Ger. Haus; in Gothic it is only found in gudhiss, a temple; it may be ultimately connected with the root of " hide," conceal)

House of Representatives of the United States, nor capable of holding any civil See also:

• OFFICE (from Lat. officium, " duty," " service," a shortened form of opifacium, from facere, " to do," and either the stem of opes, " wealth," " aid," or opus, " work ")

office under the authority of the United States," and that " the same person shall not be elected president of the United States a second See also:

• TIME (0. Eng. Lima, cf. Icel. timi, Swed. timme, hour, Dan. time; from the root also seen in " tide," properly the time of between the flow and ebb of the sea, cf. O. Eng. getidan, to happen, " even-tide," &c.; it is not directly related to Lat. tempus)
• TIME, MEASUREMENT OF
• TIME, STANDARD

time; nor shall the president be elected from the same state two terms in See also:

• SUCCESSION (Lat. successio, from succedere, to follow after)

succession." After making these recommendations concerning amendments the Convention resolved: " That if the application of these states to the government of the United States, recommended in a foregoing See also:

• RESOLUTION

resolution, should be unsuccessful, and See also:

• PEACE
• PEACE, BREACH OF THE

peace should not be concluded, and the See also:

• DEFENCE
• DEFENCE (Lat. defendere, to defend)

defence of these states should be neglected, as it has been since the commencement of the war, it will, in the See also:

• OPINION (Lat. opinio, from opinari, to think)

opinion of this convention, be expedient for the legislatures of the several states to appoint delegates-to another convention, to meet at Boston in the state of Massachusetts on the third See also:

• THURSDAY

Thursday of See also:

• JUNE

June next, with such See also:

• POWERS, HIRAM (1805-1873)

powers and instructions as the exigency of a crisis so momentous may require." The legislatures of Massachusetts and Connecticut approved of these proposed amendments and sent commissioners to Washington to urge their See also:

• ADOPTION (Lat. adoptio, for adoptalio, from adoptare, to choose for oneself)

adoption, but before their arrival the war had closed, and not only did the amendments fail to receive the approval of any other state, but the legislatures of nine states expressed their disapproval of the Hartford Convention itself, some charging it with See also:

• SOWING (from "to sow," O. Eng. shwan, cf. Du. zaaijen, Ger. saen, &c.; the root is seen in Lat. severe, cf. "seed")

sowing "seeds of dissension and disunion." The cessation of the war brought increased popularity to the Democratic See also:

• ADMINISTRATION (Lat. administrare, to serve)

administration, and the Hartford Convention was vigorously attacked throughout the country . Hartford was the birthplace of See also:

• NOAH (ni, rest; Septuagint, New Testament, Philo, Josephus, Na*, N&i os, Nweos: Vulg. Noe)

Noah See also:

• WEBSTER
• WEBSTER, ALEXANDER (1707-1784)
• WEBSTER, BENJAMIN NOTTINGHAM (1797-1882)
• WEBSTER, DANIEL (1782-1852)
• WEBSTER, JOHN (fl. 1602-1624)
• WEBSTER, NOAH (1758-1843)
• WEBSTER, THOMAS (1773-1844)
• WEBSTER, THOMAS (1800-1886)

Webster, who here published his Grammatical Institute of the English See also:

• LANGUAGE (adapted from the Fr. langage, from langue, tongue, Lat. lingua)

Language (1783-1785), and of Henry See also:

• BARNARD, FREDERICK AUGUSTUS PORTER (1809–1889)
• BARNARD, GEORGE GREY (1863— )
• BARNARD, HENRY (1811-1900)
• BARNARD, JOHN
• BARNARD, LADY ANNE (1750–1825)

Barnard, John See also:

• FISKE, JOHN (1842-1901)
• FISKE, MINNIE MADDERN (1865– )

Fiske and See also:

• FREDERICK
• FREDERICK (Mod. Ger. Friedrich; Ital. Federigo; Fr. Frederic and Federic; M.H.G. Friderich; O.H.G. Fridurih, " king or lord of peace," from O.H.G. fridu, A.S. frith, " peace," and rfh " rich," " a ruler," for derivation of which see HENRY)

Frederick See also:

• LAW
• LAW (0. Eng. lagu, M. Eng. lawe; from an old Teutonic root lag, " lie," what lies fixed or evenly; cf. Lat. lex, Fr. loi)
• LAW, JOHN (1671—1729)
• LAW, WILLIAM (1686-1761)

Law See also:

• OLMSTED, DENISON (1791-1859)
• OLMSTED, F
• OLMSTED, FREDERICK LAW (1822-1903)

Olmsted, and has been the home of Samuel P . See also:

• GOODRICH, or GOODRICKE, THOMAS (d. 1554)
• GOODRICH, SAMUEL GRISWOLD (1793-1860)

Goodrich (See also:

• PETER
• PETER (Lat. Petrus from Gr. irfpos, a rock, Ital. Pietro, Piero, Pier, Fr. Pierre, Span. Pedro, Ger. Peter, Russ. Petr)
• PETER (PEDRO)
• PETER, EPISTLES OF
• PETER, ST

Peter Parley), George D .

Prentice, Harriet See also:

• BEECHER, CHARLES EMERSON (1856-1904)
• BEECHER, HENRY WARD (1813-1887)
• BEECHER, LYMAN (1775—1863)

Beecher See also:

• STOWE, HARRIET ELIZABETH [BEECHER] (1811-1896)

Stowe, Charles See also:

• DUDLEY
• DUDLEY, BARONS AND EARLS OF
• DUDLEY, EDMUND (c. 1462—1510)
• DUDLEY, SIR ROBERT (1573—1649)
• DUDLEY, THOMAS (1576-1653)

Dudley Warner, Samuel L . Clemens (See also:

• MARK
• MARK, CARL (1858– )
• MARK, GOSPEL OF ST
• MARK, ST

Mark See also:

• TWAIN, MARK

Twain) and Horace Bushnell . More than too See also:

• PERIODICALS

periodicals have been established in Hartford, of which the oldest is the Hartford Courant (1764), the oldest newspaper in the United States . This paper was very influential in shaping public opinion in the years preceding the War of Independence; after the war it was successively Federalist, Whig and Republican . The Times (semi-weekly 1817; daily 1841) was one of the most powerful Democratic organs in the See also:

• PERIOD
• PERIOD (Gr. irepioSos, a going or way round, circuit, aepi, round, and &Sis, way, road)

period before the middle of the 19th century, and had See also:

• GIDEON (in Hebrew, perhaps " hewer " or " warrior ")

Gideon Wells for editor 1826-1836 . The Congregationalist (afterwards published in Boston) and the Churchman (afterwards published in New York) were also founded at Hartford . See Scaeva, Hartford in the Olden Times: Its First See also:

• THIRTY

Thirty Years (Hartford, 1853), edited by W . M . B . See also:

• HARTLEY, DAVID (1705–1757)
• HARTLEY, JONATHAN SCOTT (1845– )
• HARTLEY, SIR CHARLES AUGUSTUS (1825– )

Hartley; and J . H . Trumbull, Memorial History of Hartford County (Boston, 1886) .

For the Hartford Convention see History of the Hartford Convention (Boston, 1833), published by its secretary, Theodore Dwight; H . C . See also:

• LODGE
• LODGE, EDMUND (1756-1839)
• LODGE, H
• LODGE, HENRY CABOT (1850– )
• LODGE, SIR OLIVER JOSEPH (1851– )
• LODGE, THOMAS (c. 1558–1625)

Lodge, Life and Letters of George Cabot (Boston, 1877) ; and Henry See also:

• ADAMS
• ADAMS, ANDREW LEITH (1827-1882)
• ADAMS, CHARLES FRANCIS (1807-1886)
• ADAMS, HENRY (1838— )
• ADAMS, HENRY CARTER (1852— )
• ADAMS, HERBERT (i858— )
• ADAMS, HERBERT BAXTER (1850—1901)
• ADAMS, JOHN (1735–1826)
• ADAMS, JOHN QUINCY (1767-1848)
• ADAMS, SAMUEL (1722-1803)
• ADAMS, THOMAS (d. c. 1655)
• ADAMS, WILLIAM (d. 162o)

Adams, Documents See also:

• RELATING

Relating to New England Federalism (Boston, 1877) .