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CONNECTICUT HISTORY

Stories about the people, traditions, innovations, and events that make up Connecticut's rich history. THE 1961 HARTFORD HOSPITAL FIRE Source: The Hamilton Archives at Hartford Hospital. On December 8, 1961, the casual disposal of a cigarette spread raging flames and deadly smoke through Hartford Hospital. The fire ravaged the ninth floor and killed 16 individuals; it also necessitated the creation of many fire prevention and escape plans that we take for granted today. EARLY 19TH-CENTURY IMMIGRATION IN CONNECTICUT Numerous factors contributed to the growth of Connecticut in the decades following American independence. Among these were the state's abundant supplies of water for powering industry, its navigable rivers, natural resources, proximity to major metropolitan areas, and access to the sea. Perhaps most important, however, were its people. After utilizing its citizens' good old-fashioned ALMOST A TRAGEDY: THE COLLAPSE OF THE HARTFORD CIVIC The roof of the Civic Center embodied this optimism. Designed and tested with a complex computer program, the unique structure consisted of unusual pyramidal trusses and was supported by just four columns in order to provide an unobstructed view for every spectator.

THE CHARTER OF 1662

John Winthrop Jr., Connecticut governor, was chosen for this critically important task. He sailed for England in July 1661 and succeeded, with the help of Lord Saye and Sele, Lord Brooke, and the Earl of Manchester, in securing a Charter for the colony in May 1662. The Charter was an extraordinary document because it gave the people

of

VOLUNTOWN | CONNECTICUT HISTORY | A CTHUMANITIES PROJECT A town located in the northeast corner of New London County, Voluntown shares its eastern border with the state of Rhode Island. Incorporated in 1721, the community received its name from the fact that, in 1700, the Volunteers of the Narragansett War were given lots in the area to build homesteads—thus creating a Volunteer Town. Early industry included farming and textile mills. Today

DISASTER FLOOD

Video – When Disaster Struck: The Flood of 1936, Part 2. The CPTV Original, When Disaster Struck Connecticut, provides an in-depth look at the four major natural disasters that befell Connecticut between 1888 and 1955.This clip of archival sources and eyewitness accounts paints a vivid picture of how Connecticut residents coped with the

Flood of 1936.

WORLD'S FIRST HELICOPTER On September 14, 1939, the VS-300, the world's first practical helicopter, took flight at Stratford, Connecticut. Designed by Igor Sikorsky and built by the Vought-Sikorsky Aircraft Division of the United Aircraft Corporation, the helicopter was the first to incorporate a single main rotor and tail rotor design. Piloted by Sikorsky, the September 14 tethered flight lasted just a few seconds THE CORBIN CABINET LOCK COMPANY AND PATENT LAW: A LESSON New Britain, fondly known as the "Hardware City," had numerous companies that contributed to modern industrialization. The Corbin Cabinet Lock Company formed in 1882 and is still in business today as CCL Security. No longer local, the company relocated to Wheeling, Illinois in 2003. Many New Britain manufacturing companies have, for a variety of reasons, either gone out of business JAMES MARS | CONNECTICUT HISTORY | A CTHUMANITIES PROJECT James Mars (1790 – 1880) James Mars was born in Connecticut in 1790 and spent the better part of his youth a slave working for various owners—once fleeing to the woods with his family to avoid being relocated to the South. At age twenty-five he became a free man and moved to Hartford where he became a leader in the local African American community, most famously petitioning the state

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THE CHARTER OF 1662

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Flood of 1936.

CONNECTICUT HISTORY

Stories about the people, traditions, innovations, and events that make up Connecticut's rich history. VENTURE SMITH, FROM SLAVERY TO FREEDOM Venture Smith died in 1805. He was buried in the graveyard of the First Congregational Church in East Haddam. Alongside him are buried his wife Meg, who died several years later, and other members of their family. Smith’s gravestone, which can be seen there to this day, was carved by John Isham, a well-known carver in the region. 29TH REGIMENT CONNECTICUT VOLUNTEERS FOUGHT MORE THAN ONE By Todd Jones. Midway through the Civil War, Connecticut created the state’s first African American regiment, the 29th Regiment Connecticut Volunteers.Fighting bravely for the final year of the war, the regiment won many important battles and became one of the first Union regiments to march through the Confederate capital of Richmond. NICHOLAS GRILLO AND HIS THORNLESS ROSE Nicholas Grillo was born on July 23, 1888, in the old Sicilian town of Tusa. As a youth he dreamed of leaving the town’s stone-lined streets behind and living in the United States. It was a dream he realized on May 29, 1906, when he stepped off the SS Liguria with $20.30 in his possession and took up residence with his uncle in Rhode

Island.

MR. & MRS. ROCKWELL'S PARK In 1914, shortly after his retirement, Rockwell gave the city of Bristol 80 acres to develop as a public park. (He later added about 15 more.) The park was designed by the Boston landscape architect Sheffield Arnold and completed in 1920. (In addition to Rockwell Park, Arnold designed Stanley Park in New Britain and the campus of the

Loomis

BURSTING OF THE STAFFORDVILLE RESERVOIR On March 27, 1877, the Staffordville Reservoir Company's dam burst, flooding the valley for a distance of five miles and causing the loss of two lives. The dam, on the east branch of the Willimantic River, gave way at 6 a.m. and washed away bridges, smaller dams, houses, tenements, a church, livery stables and the manufacturing district from Staffordville to Stafford Springs, placing about one JAMES MARS | CONNECTICUT HISTORY | A CTHUMANITIES PROJECT James Mars (1790 – 1880) James Mars was born in Connecticut in 1790 and spent the better part of his youth a slave working for various owners—once fleeing to the woods with his family to avoid being relocated to the South. At age twenty-five he became a free man and moved to Hartford where he became a leader in the local African American community, most famously petitioning the state THOMAS W. NASON, THE POET ENGRAVER OF NEW ENGLAND Frost’s poems, like Nason’s prints, pay tribute to rural life in familiar terms. While Nason was known as the “poet engraver of New England,” Frost was revered as “the poet farmer of New England.”. Thomas Nason, Trees in Snow, 1961 On the cover of Robert Frost’s The Wood-pile, printed by The Spiral Press – Lyme

Historical

HIDDEN NEARBY: CAMP COLUMBIA STATE PARK IN MORRIS Hidden Nearby: Camp Columbia State Park in Morris. Camp Columbia State Forest stands as something of a ghost town along Route 109 in Morris. For nearly 100 years—from 1885 to 1983—Columbia University held engineering and surveying classes on the more than 500-acre campus, which at its peak occupied nearly one square mile from the shores of MARIAN ANDERSON'S ROLE IN THE CIVIL RIGHTS MOVEMENT Marian Anderson’s Role in the Civil Rights Movement. Considered one of the great singers of the 20th century–and her life spanned nearly the entire century–Marian Anderson was an artist who did not seek to become a symbol of civil rights, yet the times and her country made her so. Born into modest circumstances in South Philadelphia

DISASTER FLOOD

Flood of 1936.

THE DAY FOUR TRAINS COLLIDED IN EAST THOMPSON Thompson, Connecticut, was the site of one of the most horrific railway accidents in American history. The catastrophe claimed the lives of two railway workers, injured hundreds of passengers, and remains the only accident in US history to involve four trains. Early on the morning of December 4, 1891, a railway dispatcher in Putnam, Connecticut, faced a dilemma. He had three trains MUNITIONS ASSEMBLY LINE 1943 Munitions Assembly Line 1943. March 6, 2020 • Great Depression and World War II 1929-1945, Imagining Connecticut, Business and Industry, War and Defense, Women, Work, World War II. Women turning their skills from peacetime production of toy trains to the assembly of parachute flare casings - Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division.

GROUNDS FOR DIVORCE

that in 1667 the colony of Connecticut passed the first divorce statute. While Connecticut was not the first to grant a divorce, it was the first to define the grounds for dissolution of a marriage in An Act Relating to Bills of Divorce. The act passed after New Haven Colony joined the Connecticut Colony and established the Court of Assistants in 1666. Enacted by the Governor and Council NICHOLAS GRILLO AND HIS THORNLESS ROSE Nicholas Grillo was born on July 23, 1888, in the old Sicilian town of Tusa. As a youth he dreamed of leaving the town’s stone-lined streets behind and living in the United States. It was a dream he realized on May 29, 1906, when he stepped off the SS Liguria with $20.30 in his possession and took up residence with his uncle in Rhode

Island.

DISASTER FLOOD

Flood of 1936.

GROUNDS FOR DIVORCE

Island.

JAMES MARS | CONNECTICUT HISTORY | A CTHUMANITIES PROJECT James Mars (1790 – 1880) James Mars was born in Connecticut in 1790 and spent the better part of his youth a slave working for various owners—once fleeing to the woods with his family to avoid being relocated to the South. At age twenty-five he became a free man and moved to Hartford where he became a leader in the local African American community, most famously petitioning the state BURSTING OF THE STAFFORDVILLE RESERVOIR On March 27, 1877, the Staffordville Reservoir Company's dam burst, flooding the valley for a distance of five miles and causing the loss of two lives. The dam, on the east branch of the Willimantic River, gave way at 6 a.m. and washed away bridges, smaller dams, houses, tenements, a church, livery stables and the manufacturing district from Staffordville to Stafford Springs, placing about one THE PEST HOUSE COMPLETED On December 4, 1760, the town of Durham announced the completion of their hospital house. An outbreak of disease the year prior had prompted its construction. In November of 1759, John Jones, a Durham resident, contracted smallpox a disease for which was there was no known cure. At the time, isolation from other community members was seen as the only recourse to prevent the rapid THE ROSE KING OF AMERICA TRANSFORMED CROMWELL'S LANDSCAPE Andrew N. Pierson was born Anders Nil Persson in Skane Lan, Sweden, in 1850. After arriving in the United States, Pierson established A.N. Pierson's, Inc., a small floral nursery in Cromwell that evolved into the largest commercial rose growing enterprise in the country. Pierson brought more than just economic prosperity to Cromwell, however. The company's labor and production THOMAS W. NASON, THE POET ENGRAVER OF NEW ENGLANDSEE MORE ON CONNECTICUTHISTORY.ORG MUNITIONS ASSEMBLY LINE 1943 Munitions Assembly Line 1943. March 6, 2020 • Great Depression and World War II 1929-1945, Imagining Connecticut, Business and Industry, War and Defense, Women, Work, World War II. Women turning their skills from peacetime production of toy trains to the assembly of parachute flare casings - Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division. EARLY 19TH-CENTURY IMMIGRATION IN CONNECTICUT Numerous factors contributed to the growth of Connecticut in the decades following American independence. Among these were the state's abundant supplies of water for powering industry, its navigable rivers, natural resources, proximity to major metropolitan areas, and access to the sea. Perhaps most important, however, were its people. After utilizing its citizens' good old-fashioned THE DAY FOUR TRAINS COLLIDED IN EAST THOMPSON Thompson, Connecticut, was the site of one of the most horrific railway accidents in American history. The catastrophe claimed the lives of two railway workers, injured hundreds of passengers, and remains the only accident in US history to involve four trains. Early on the morning of December 4, 1891, a railway dispatcher in Putnam, Connecticut, faced a dilemma. He had three trains MARY AND ELIZA FREEMAN HOUSES The Mary and Eliza Freeman Houses are significant as the last two surviving homes of “Little Liberia,” a settlement of free African Americans in Bridgeport, Connecticut, that began in 1831 and reached its highest population just prior to the outbreak of the Civil War.The 1830s was a time when African Americans in the North, almost all free, started to leave rural areas and move to more THE BRYAN-ANDREW HOUSE: STILL STANDING AFTER ALL THESE Believed to be the oldest house in Orange, the Bryan-Andrew House served as a home for a variety of local families for over 250 years. Appreciated for its aesthetics and the pristine nature of many of its original features, the Bryan-Andrew House also hints at the changing tastes and styles of New England dating back to its colonial roots. The Bryan family was a part of the Milford area from RIDGEFIELD | CONNECTICUT HISTORY | A CTHUMANITIES PROJECT The town of Ridgefield, located in Fairfield County, is in the southwestern portion of Connecticut and borders the state of New York to its west. Founded in 1708 by colonists from Norwalk and Milford, and then incorporated a year later, the town was mainly a farming community until wealthy New Yorkers discovered it and built summer cottages within its borders. A battle site during the NAUGATUCK'S EARLY CHEMICAL INDUSTRY Naugatuck, and much of its surrounding area, has traditionally been associated with heavy industry. The naturally poor, rocky soil limited early agriculture, but abundant waterways led to the development of a manufacturing-based economy. As small shops became large factories, Naugatuck evolved into one of the famous New England mill towns. One of the attributes that made Naugatuck MIANUS RIVER BRIDGE COLLAPSES Not long after midnight on June 28, 1983, a section of the Mianus River Bridge on I-95 in Cos Cob collapsed. Within seconds, two tractor-trailer trucks and two passenger cars plunged into the river. Three people were killed and three injured. The immediate concern was rescue and safety. Decisions had to be made quickly and not necessarily in accordance with training. For example, a LEVI PEASE, STAGE ROUTE AND TRANSPORTATION INNOVATOR Somers, Connecticut, a small town near the state's border with Massachusetts, was the site of a revolution in 18th-century transportation. At the close of the Revolutionary War, Levi Pease, a Connecticut-born blacksmith and war veteran, opened a stage route, running between Hartford and Somers. This was the first of many long-distance stage lines Pease used to transform stage JOEL T. CASE AND THE VICTORIANIZATION OF BRISTOL'S FEDERAL By Nancy Finlay. The area in central Connecticut that today makes up the town of Bristol was originally part of the town of Farmington.Due to the distance to Farmington’s town center and the difficulties associated with local travel, residents established a new

DISASTER FLOOD

Flood of 1936.

FAIRFIELD | CONNECTICUT HISTORY | A CTHUMANITIES PROJECT The town of Fairfield, located in Fairfield County, is in southwestern Connecticut on the Long Island Sound and is considered a part of Connecticut's "Gold Coast." One of the four earliest towns established in the Connecticut Colony by the English in the 1600s, Fairfield was largely a farming community. During the Revolutionary War, a British fleet anchored off Black Rock Harbor, came ashore DANBURY HANGINGS: THE EXECUTIONS OF ANTHONY AND AMOS The Hanging of Amos Adams. Danbury’s second execution was of a black Greenwich man named Amos Adams. Authorities convicted Adams of raping Lelea Thorp, a married white woman and mother, in her Weston home the night of August 29, 1817. RIDGEFIELD | CONNECTICUT HISTORY | A CTHUMANITIES PROJECT The town of Ridgefield, located in Fairfield County, is in the southwestern portion of Connecticut and borders the state of New York to its west. Founded in 1708 by colonists from Norwalk and Milford, and then incorporated a year later, the town was mainly a farming community until wealthy New Yorkers discovered it and built summer cottages within its borders. A battle site during the NICHOLAS GRILLO AND HIS THORNLESS ROSE Nicholas Grillo was born on July 23, 1888, in the old Sicilian town of Tusa. As a youth he dreamed of leaving the town’s stone-lined streets behind and living in the United States. It was a dream he realized on May 29, 1906, when he stepped off the SS Liguria with $20.30 in his possession and took up residence with his uncle in Rhode

Island.

DISASTER FLOOD

Flood of 1936.

Island.

ALMOST A TRAGEDY: THE COLLAPSE OF THE HARTFORD CIVIC The roof of the Civic Center embodied this optimism. Designed and tested with a complex computer program, the unique structure consisted of unusual pyramidal trusses and was supported by just four columns in order to provide an unobstructed view for every spectator. VOLUNTOWN | CONNECTICUT HISTORY | A CTHUMANITIES PROJECT A town located in the northeast corner of New London County, Voluntown shares its eastern border with the state of Rhode Island. Incorporated in 1721, the community received its name from the fact that, in 1700, the Volunteers of the Narragansett War were given lots in the area to build homesteads—thus creating a Volunteer Town. Early industry included farming and textile mills. Today BURSTING OF THE STAFFORDVILLE RESERVOIR On March 27, 1877, the Staffordville Reservoir Company's dam burst, flooding the valley for a distance of five miles and causing the loss of two lives. The dam, on the east branch of the Willimantic River, gave way at 6 a.m. and washed away bridges, smaller dams, houses, tenements, a church, livery stables and the manufacturing district from Staffordville to Stafford Springs, placing about one THOMAS W. NASON, THE POET ENGRAVER OF NEW ENGLANDSEE MORE ON CONNECTICUTHISTORY.ORG ELIZABETH FONES WINTHROP FEAKE HALLETT HELPS FOUND By Sophie Jaeger. Elizabeth Fones Winthrop Feake Hallett is an integral part of Connecticut’s history for her work in the founding of Greenwich, Connecticut.Born to Thomas Fones and Anne Winthrop in 1610, she grew up in London as the daughter of a pharmacist. EARLY ANTI-SLAVERY ADVOCATES IN 18TH-CENTURY CONNECTICUT The American Revolution espoused great democratic ideals: liberty, equality, freedom for self, and national rule. These ideals helped inspire the anti-slavery sentiment that emerged during this era. White Patriots argued that the British intended to tyrannize the colonists so brutally that they would reduce them to the status of slaves, and they pointed to the black slaves in their midst to ALMOST A TRAGEDY: THE COLLAPSE OF THE HARTFORD CIVIC The roof of the Civic Center embodied this optimism. Designed and tested with a complex computer program, the unique structure consisted of unusual pyramidal trusses and was supported by just four columns in order to provide an unobstructed view for every spectator. NOTORIOUS NEW-GATE PRISON A view of the guard house and mines, East Granby, 1781 – Connecticut Historical Society. The area that would become New-Gate Prison was still part of the town of Simsbury in 1705, when it was designated for mining copper ore. Sixty-four town residents became the mine’s proprietors and formed the first chartered copper mining company in

America.

THE 1961 HARTFORD HOSPITAL FIRE By Elizabeth Correia. On December 8, 1961, the casual disposal of a cigarette spread raging flames and deadly smoke through Hartford Hospital. The fire ravaged the ninth floor and killed 16 individuals; it also necessitated the creation of many fire prevention and HIDDEN NEARBY: JOHN BROWN'S TORRINGTON BIRTHPLACE by Peter Vermilyea. Ruins are all that remain of the birthplace of one of the transformative figures in American history, John Brown.The house was built in 1785 and was purchased by Brown’s father, Owen

Brown, in 1799.

CONNECTICUT POCKETKNIFE FIRMS In 1843 Bradley became manager of a Waterville firm—which became the Waterville Manufacturing Company by 1847—that started producing pocket knives.Other firms also quickly entered the craft at this time. The Holley Company of Lakeville (part of Salisbury) started production in 1844 and soon became one of the industry’s most prolific

producers.

STANLEY WORKS FOR NEW BRITAIN Stanley involved himself in the creation of a local gas light company in 1855 and, two years later, proved instrumental in helping bring the first running water to New Britain. In 1871, he even served as New Britain’s first mayor. By the turn of the century, the name Stanley was a fixture, not only in New Britain but at hardware stores across BRITISH BURN FAIRFIELD On July 7, 1779, during the Revolutionary War, the British anchored a fleet of warships off the coast of Fairfield, Connecticut. The British soldiers waited for the fog to lift so that they could come ashore and punish Fairfield, a Patriot stronghold in Loyalist territory. Many residents who saw the ships off the coast sought safety in nearby Greenfield Hill, but others stayed to protect their ELIZABETH FONES WINTHROP FEAKE HALLETT HELPS FOUND By Sophie Jaeger. Elizabeth Fones Winthrop Feake Hallett is an integral part of Connecticut’s history for her work in the founding of Greenwich, Connecticut.Born to Thomas Fones and Anne Winthrop in 1610, she grew up in London as the daughter of a pharmacist. THE BAZOOKA CHANGES WAR On June 14, 1942, the General Electric Company in Bridgeport finished production on the "Launcher, Rocket AT, M-1," better known as the bazooka. With a range of approximately 300 yards, the bazooka enabled an ordinary infantryman to stop a tank. The first sample of the gun, which consisted of a steel tube measuring approximately 50 inches long and open at both ends, was produced in 4 days

DISASTER FLOOD

Flood of 1936.

FAIRFIELD | CONNECTICUT HISTORY | A CTHUMANITIES PROJECT The town of Fairfield, located in Fairfield County, is in southwestern Connecticut on the Long Island Sound and is considered a part of Connecticut's "Gold Coast." One of the four earliest towns established in the Connecticut Colony by the English in the 1600s, Fairfield was largely a farming community. During the Revolutionary War, a British fleet anchored off Black Rock Harbor, came ashore DANBURY HANGINGS: THE EXECUTIONS OF ANTHONY AND AMOSDEATH PENALTY IN CONNECTICUTDEATH ROW CONNECTICUTCAPITAL PUNISHMENT IN CONNECTICUTREAL LIVE EXECUTIONS DEATH The Hanging of Amos Adams. Danbury’s second execution was of a black Greenwich man named Amos Adams. Authorities convicted Adams of raping Lelea Thorp, a married white woman and mother, in her Weston home the night of August 29, 1817. RIDGEFIELD | CONNECTICUT HISTORY | A CTHUMANITIES PROJECT The town of Ridgefield, located in Fairfield County, is in the southwestern portion of Connecticut and borders the state of New York to its west. Founded in 1708 by colonists from Norwalk and Milford, and then incorporated a year later, the town was mainly a farming community until wealthy New Yorkers discovered it and built summer cottages within its borders. A battle site during the NICHOLAS GRILLO AND HIS THORNLESS ROSE Nicholas Grillo was born on July 23, 1888, in the old Sicilian town of Tusa. As a youth he dreamed of leaving the town’s stone-lined streets behind and living in the United States. It was a dream he realized on May 29, 1906, when he stepped off the SS Liguria with $20.30 in his possession and took up residence with his uncle in Rhode

Island.

DISASTER FLOOD

Flood of 1936.

FAIRFIELD | CONNECTICUT HISTORY | A CTHUMANITIES PROJECT The town of Fairfield, located in Fairfield County, is in southwestern Connecticut on the Long Island Sound and is considered a part of Connecticut's "Gold Coast." One of the four earliest towns established in the Connecticut Colony by the English in the 1600s, Fairfield was largely a farming community. During the Revolutionary War, a British fleet anchored off Black Rock Harbor, came ashore DANBURY HANGINGS: THE EXECUTIONS OF ANTHONY AND AMOSDEATH PENALTY IN CONNECTICUTDEATH ROW CONNECTICUTCAPITAL PUNISHMENT IN CONNECTICUTREAL LIVE EXECUTIONS DEATH The Hanging of Amos Adams. Danbury’s second execution was of a black Greenwich man named Amos Adams. Authorities convicted Adams of raping Lelea Thorp, a married white woman and mother, in her Weston home the night of August 29, 1817. RIDGEFIELD | CONNECTICUT HISTORY | A CTHUMANITIES PROJECT The town of Ridgefield, located in Fairfield County, is in the southwestern portion of Connecticut and borders the state of New York to its west. Founded in 1708 by colonists from Norwalk and Milford, and then incorporated a year later, the town was mainly a farming community until wealthy New Yorkers discovered it and built summer cottages within its borders. A battle site during the NICHOLAS GRILLO AND HIS THORNLESS ROSE Nicholas Grillo was born on July 23, 1888, in the old Sicilian town of Tusa. As a youth he dreamed of leaving the town’s stone-lined streets behind and living in the United States. It was a dream he realized on May 29, 1906, when he stepped off the SS Liguria with $20.30 in his possession and took up residence with his uncle in Rhode

Island.

ALMOST A TRAGEDY: THE COLLAPSE OF THE HARTFORD CIVIC The roof of the Civic Center embodied this optimism. Designed and tested with a complex computer program, the unique structure consisted of unusual pyramidal trusses and was supported by just four columns in order to provide an unobstructed view for every spectator. BURSTING OF THE STAFFORDVILLE RESERVOIR On March 27, 1877, the Staffordville Reservoir Company's dam burst, flooding the valley for a distance of five miles and causing the loss of two lives. The dam, on the east branch of the Willimantic River, gave way at 6 a.m. and washed away bridges, smaller dams, houses, tenements, a church, livery stables and the manufacturing district from Staffordville to Stafford Springs, placing about one VOLUNTOWN | CONNECTICUT HISTORY | A CTHUMANITIES PROJECT A town located in the northeast corner of New London County, Voluntown shares its eastern border with the state of Rhode Island. Incorporated in 1721, the community received its name from the fact that, in 1700, the Volunteers of the Narragansett War were given lots in the area to build homesteads—thus creating a Volunteer Town. Early industry included farming and textile mills. Today THOMAS W. NASON, THE POET ENGRAVER OF NEW ENGLANDSEE MORE ON CONNECTICUTHISTORY.ORG ELIZABETH FONES WINTHROP FEAKE HALLETT HELPS FOUNDELIZABETH FONES WINTHROP DESCENDANTSELIZABETH FEAKE HOUSEELIZABETH WINTHROPTHE WINTHROP WOMAN DOCUMENTARYWINTHROP ENGLAND By Sophie Jaeger. Elizabeth Fones Winthrop Feake Hallett is an integral part of Connecticut’s history for her work in the founding of Greenwich, Connecticut.Born to Thomas Fones and Anne Winthrop in 1610, she grew up in London as the daughter of a pharmacist. EARLY ANTI-SLAVERY ADVOCATES IN 18TH-CENTURY CONNECTICUT The American Revolution espoused great democratic ideals: liberty, equality, freedom for self, and national rule. These ideals helped inspire the anti-slavery sentiment that emerged during this era. White Patriots argued that the British intended to tyrannize the colonists so brutally that they would reduce them to the status of slaves, and they pointed to the black slaves in their midst to ALMOST A TRAGEDY: THE COLLAPSE OF THE HARTFORD CIVIC The roof of the Civic Center embodied this optimism. Designed and tested with a complex computer program, the unique structure consisted of unusual pyramidal trusses and was supported by just four columns in order to provide an unobstructed view for every spectator. NOTORIOUS NEW-GATE PRISON A view of the guard house and mines, East Granby, 1781 – Connecticut Historical Society. The area that would become New-Gate Prison was still part of the town of Simsbury in 1705, when it was designated for mining copper ore. Sixty-four town residents became the mine’s proprietors and formed the first chartered copper mining company in

America.

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