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CONNECTICUT
GENEALOGY EXPRESS

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Welcome to
Hartford County, Connecticut
History & Genealogy

Source:
The Memorial History of
HARTFORD COUNTY, CONNECTICUT
1633 - 1884
Edited by J. Hammond Trumbull, LL.D.
President of the Connecticut Historical Society
In Two Volumes
VOL. I.
HARTFORD COUNTY AND CITY
Projected by Clarence F. Jewett
Publ. Boston - Edward L. Osgood, Publisher
1886

CONTENTS AND ILLUSTRATIONS

Part I. - THE COUNTY.
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CHAPTER I. - GENERAL DESCRIPTION OF HARTFORD COUNTY.  By Charles L. Burdett
     ILLUSTRATIONS; Map of Hartford County; Trap Dyke at "Stone pits," 2		 1
CHAPTER II. - EARLY HISTORY  
     SECTION I. -  INDIANS OF THE CONNECTICUT VALLEY. - By J. Hammond Trumbull, LL.D 11
     SECTION II. - THE DUTCH TRADERS ON THE RIVER; AND THE HOUSE OF HOPE. - By the Rev. Increase N. Tarbox, D.D. 15
     SECTION III. - HOW THE RIVER TOWNS CAME TO BE PLANTED - By the Rev. Increase N. Tarbox, D.D. 19
CHAPTER III.  - THE RIVER TOWNS, 1635 - 1666 - By the Rev. Increase N. Tarbox, D.D.  
     SECTION I. - ORGANIZATION OF CIVIL GOVERNMENT 37
     SECTION II. - CHARACTER AND SOCIAL POSITION OF THE SETTLERS 45
     SECTION III. - THE PEQUOT WAR. - THE CODS OF 1650, ETC. 49
     SECTION IV. - THE CHARTER OF 1662 - UNION OF THE COLONIES, ETC. 59
CHAPTER IV. - THE COLONIAL PERIOD.  
     SECTION I. - THE ANDROS GOVERNMENT - THE CHARTER AND THE CHARTER OAK.
     By Sherman W. Adams
     ILLUSTRATIONS:  The Andros Seal, G4; Governor Andros, 66; Site of the Charter Oak, 69; The Charter Oak, 71		 63
     SECTION II. - GENERAL HISTORY OF THE COUNTY. - By Miss Mary K. Talcott 73
CHAPTER V. THE WAR OF THE REBELLION. - By John C. Kinney 89
CHAPTER VI. - THE BENCH AND THE BAR.  - By Sherman W. Adams
     ILLUSTRATION:  The County Court-House, 111; The Hon. Richard D. Hubbard, 118		 105
CHAPTER VII. - THE MEDICAL HISTORY OF HARTFORD COUNTY  
       I. - By Dr. W. A. M. Wainwright 135
       II. - By Dr. E. B. Hooker
     ILLUSTRATION: Dr. Horace Wells, 146.		 149
CHAPTER VIII. HARTFORD IN LITERATURE - By Professor Henry A. Beers
     ILLUSTRATION:  S. G. Goodrich, 162; Mrs. Emma Willard, 163; Henry H. Brownwell, 167; Mrs. Harriet Beecher Stowe, 169; Charles Dudley Warner, 170; Samuel Clemens (Mark Twain), 171		 155
CHAPTER IX. - THE MILITIA AND INDEPENDENT COMPANIES.
     THE MILITIA - By Sherman W. Adams
     ILLUSTRATIONS:  The State Arsonal, 177; Colonel Thoams H. Seymour, 186		 175
  HARTFORD'S INDEPENDENT MILITARY COMPANIES
     By various Contributors		 189
CHAPTER X. - FREEMASONRY, ETC. - By J. K. Wheeler, Stephen Terry, and others 195
CHAPTER XI. - EMIGRATION.
     By the Rev. Increase N. Tarbox, D.D.		 201
CHAPTER XII. - THE GROWTH OF THE COUNTY. - By Charles Hopkins Clark 207
  HARTFORD COUNTY TOBACCO - By Fred. S. Brown
     ILLUSTRATION:  Shoestring Tobacco, 216; Connecticut Seed-leaf, 216		 215


Part I. - THE COUNTY.
CHAPTER I. - THE TOWN  
     SECTION I. - SETTLEMENT OF THE TOWN. - By Sherman W. Adams
     ILLUSTRATION; Seal of Hertford, England, 221		 221
     SECTION II. - THE ORIGINAL PROPRIETORS. - By Miss Mary K. Talcott
     ILLUSTRATIONS:  Map of Hartford in 1640, 228; The Chester Arms, 234; The Haynes Arms, 243; The Lord Arms, 248; Thomas Seymour's Seal, 258; The Talcott Arms, 263; The Whiting Arms, 260; The Wyllys Arms, 271		 227
     SECTION III. - THE FIRST AND SECOND CHURCHES  
       THE FIRST CHURCH. - By the Rev. George L. Walker, D.D. 277
       THE SECOND CHURCH. - By the Rev. E. P. Parker, D.D. 288
       ILLUSTRATIONS:  The Centre Church, 285; The Rev. Nathan Strong, 286;  The Second Church, 291  
     SECTION IV. - GENERAL HISTORY TO THE REVOLUTION -      By Miss Mary K. Talcott
     ILLUSTRATION:  The Ledyard Elm, 296.		 293
     SECTION V. - COMMERCE AND BANKING - By Rowland Swift
     ILLUSTRATIONS;  Bartholomew's "Commerce," 308;  First Bills of Credit of Connecticut, 324, 325; Hartford Bank Bill, 332; The Old Phoenix Bank, 336.		 308
     SECTION VI. - DOMESTIC AND SOCIAL LIFE IN COLONIAL TIMES.
     By Charles Dudley Warner		 349
CHAPTER II. - TOWN AND CITY  
     SECTION I. - THE TOWN SINCE 1784. - By Miss Mary K. Talcott
     ILLUSTRATIONS:  The Present Stone Bridge, 369; Hartford in 1841, 370.		 361
     SECTION II. - THE CITY OF HARTFORD. - By James P. Andrews
     ILLUSTRATIONS:  The First City Seal, 380; The Present City Seal, 381; Main Street, looking south, 383.		 377
     SECTION III. - THE CHURCHES OF HARTFORD  
  THE NORTH CONGREGATIONAL CHURCH.  By the Rev. N. J. Burton, D.D. 289
  THE FOURTH CONGREGATIONAL CHURCH.  By the Rev. Graham Taylor 391
  OTHER CONGREGATIONAL CHURCHES.  By the Rev. F. S. Hatch 394
  THE BAPTIST CHURCH.  By the Rev. A. J. Sage, D.D. 400
  THE EPISCOPAL CHURCH. - By the Rev. W. F. Nichols 405
  THE ROMAN CATHOLIC CHURCH. - By Thomas McManus 410
  OTHER DENOMINATIONS.  By the Rev. F. S. Hatch 420
       ILLUSTRATIONS:  Asylum Hill Congregational Church, 397; South Baptist Church, 403;  Church of the Good Shepherd, 408; St. Joseph' Cathedral, 415  
     SECTION IV. - INSTITUTIONS OF LEARNING  
  THE AMERICAN ASYLUM. - By Edward M. Gallaudet, L.L. D. 425
  THE HARTFORD THEOLOGICAL SEMINARY.  By the Rev. William Thompson, D.D. 431
  TRINITY COLLEGE - By Professor Samuel Hart, D.D.
     ILLUSTRATIONS:  Trinity College in 1829, 435; Dining-Hall Mantelpiece, 436; Trinity College in 1869, 437; Statue of Bishop Brownell, 438; View of proposed Buildings of Trinity College, 439; Bishop Seabury's Mitre, 440; Trinity College, 441; College Seal, 444		 435
     SECTION V. - PARKS AND PUBLIC WORKS - By William A. Ayres
     ILLUSTRATIONS:  Capitol and Bushnell Park, 445; The Memorial Arch, 448; View of Capitol, 449; State House Square, 451; A Fire in the Mitchell Building, 453.		 447
     SECTION VI. - ARCHITECTURE IN HARTFORD. - By William C. Brocklesby
     ILLUSTRATIONS:  A Colonial Doorway, 464; Other Doorways, 464, 465; Talcott Staircase, 466; Barnabas Deane Hosue (Hollister Residence), 467; Iron Balconies, 472; Residences of L. L. Felt, 473; Gurdon Trumbull, 474; Mrs. Samuel Colt, 475; S. L. Clemens, 476; Mrs. James Goodwin, 477; Franklin Chamberlain, 479; 60 Garden Street, 479; A. H. Olmsted, 480; and J. G. Batterson, 481; Group of Goodwin Cottages, 483; The State Capitol, 484; Views about the Capitol, 485, 486; Connecticut Mutual Life Insurance Building, 487; Government Building, 489; Cheney Block, 490; Connecticut Fire Insurance Building, 491; The Goodwin Building, 493; High School, 495.		 463
     SECTION VII. - INSURANCE  
  FIRE INSURANCE. - By Charles Hopkins Clark 499
  LIFE AND ACCIDENT INSURANCE - By Forrest Morgan 511
       ILLUSTRATIONS:  Hartford Fire Insurance Building, 497; Early "Hartford" policy, 501; AEtna Insurance Building, 503; Phoenix Insurance Building, 507; Charter Oak Life Insurance Building, 57; Travelers Building, 523.  
     SECTION VIII. - THE RETREAT FOR THE INSANE. - By Dr. Henry P. Stearns 525
  OTHER BENEFICENT INSTITUTIONS - By William I. Fletcher 530
       ILLUSTRATIONS:  View of the Retreat, 526; Hartford Hospital, 531; The Old People's Home, 535.  
     SECTION IX. - LIBRARIES - By William I. Fletcher 541
       ILLUSTRATIONS:  Wadsworth Atheneum, 542; David Watkinson, 547; Daniel Wadsworth, 550  
     SECTION X. - TRAVEL AND TRANSPORTATION - By William A. Ayres 551
       ILLUSTRATIONS:  Stage-coach handbill, 555; "Victory" handbill, 556; "Ellsworth" handbill, 557  
     SECTION XI. - MANUFACTURES AND INVENTIONS - By William A. Ayres 563
       ILLUSTRATION:  Colt's Armory, 567  
     SECTION XII. - SOCIAL LIFE AFTER THE REVOLUTION. - By Henry Baldwin 574
       ILLUSTRATIONS:  Theatre handbill, 584; Card to Election-ball, 593; State House Square (1825), 599; Dr. Mason F. Cogswell, 600.  
     SECTION XIII. - THE PRESS. - By Charles Hopkins Clark 605
       ILLUSTRATIONS:  "Courant" Building, 607; Hon. Joseph R. Hawley, 610; Hon. A. E. Burr, 618; The Case, Lockwood, & Brainard Company's Printing House, 625.  
     SECTION XIV - SCHOOLS AND EDUCATION. - By the Hon. Henry Barnard, LL. D. 628
     SECTION XV. - PROMINENT BUSINESS MEN. - By Miss Mary K. Talcott 653
       ILLUSTRATIONS:  Thomas Y. Seymour, 654; Jeremiah Wadsworth and Son, 656  
     INDEX TO VOLS  I. AND II 673


LIST OF STEEL PORTRAITS
VOLUME I.
THE HON. J. HAMMOND TRUMBULL, LL. D. Frontispiece  
THE HON. HENRY BARNARD, LL. D. To face page 628  
JAMES G. BATTERSON 520  
ELIPHALET A. BULKELEY 514  
HORACE BUSHNELL, D. D. 390  
AMOS M. COLLINS 660  
ERASTUS COLLINS 666  
CHARLES CHAPMAN 116  
COLONEL SAMUEL COLT 502  
THOMAS DAY 126  
CALVIN DAY 670  
THE HON. WILLIAM E. DODGE 658  
AUSTIN DUNHAM 572  
WILLIAM ELY 664  
THOMAS H. GALLAUDET, D.D. 426  
DR. R. J. GATLING 186  
JAMES GOODWIN 512  
WILLIAM HUNGERFORD 130  
EDMUND G. HOWE 342  
THE HON. MARSHALL JEWELL 570  
JUNIUS S. MORGAN 668  
BISHOP McMAHON 410  
THE HON. JOHN M. NILES 616  
HENRY A. PERKINS To face page 332  
DR. GUY R. PHELPS 510  
ANSON G. PHELPS 656  
GEORGE ROBERTS 564  
ELIPHALET TERRY 500  
RODERICK TERRY 662  
LOREN P. WALDO 132  
NOAH WEBSTER, LL.D. 172  
THE HON GIDEON WELLES 618  
CHIEF JUSTICE THOMAS S. WILLIAMS 114  

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