Souvenir of the Centennial exhibition: or, Connecticut's representation at Philadelphia, 1876. Embracing a condensed history of the origin and progress of the great international exhibition ... Also, a list of over forty thousand Connecticut visitors
340 p. incl. illus., plates (part fold.) ports., facsim. front. 23 cm
According to the author, George D. Curtis, a reporter for the Hartford Times, the "representation of the State of Connecticut in the International Exhibition at Philadelphia - larger in proportion to her area and population than any other State in the union - suggested... that a volume devoted to Connecticut's record in the exhibition might be acceptable to the thousands who are proud of the distinction she achieved."
The Centennial International Exhibition of 1876, the first official World's Fair in the United States, was held in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, from May 10 to November 10, 1876, to celebrate the 100th anniversary of the signing of the Declaration of Independence in Philadelphia.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Centennial_Exposition
Joseph Roswell Hawley, Governor of Connecticut, Civil War general, and a journalist and newspaper editor. served as president of the United States Centennial Commission, which planned and ran the Centennial Exhibition in Philadelphia.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joseph_Roswell_Hawley
On p. 209 is inserted a piece of the Charter oak, about one inch square
Includes 3 photoprints inserted before the endsheet
Inscribed by Daisyfae Haley Casazza, 1954. Presented by Mrs. Albert G. Casazza
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T825.F3 C8 1877
Reports of the Fairfield County Historical Society, Bridgeport, Conn
v. : ill
This volume contains the Society's reports for the years 1893-1895. The first concerns the dedication of the Barnum Institute of Science and History. The funds and land for the building and museum were provided by P. T. Barnum to house the work of the Bridgeport Scientific Society and the Fairfield County Historical Society. The structure was completed in 1893 and is home to the Barnum Museum today. Though designed to include them, no commercial properties ever occupied the first floor of the building. This led to financial instability in the original societies that resided in the building, as it was expected that income from those interests would help support the societies. With the onset of the depression, both societies faced fiscal hardship and were forced to cease operation. In 1933, the City of Bridgeport assumed ownership of the building. In 1936, the city opened the Barnum Museum.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Barnum_Museum
The volume also includes by-laws of the Society, membership lists, financial reports and other officers' reports for the year 1895, as well as several historical papers read to the Society.
Finally, it includes a necrology, or list of recent deaths of members and obituaries, including prominent Danbury residents, James M. Bailey and Frederick S. Wildman.
Description based on 1893-5 edition
b30731276
F104.F2 F23 1895
In pace : in memoriam of the men who fell in the massacre in Fort Griswold, Groton Heights, Connecticut, September 6th, 1781
6 p. 24 cm
Signed: Thos. S. Collier
Title from caption
The Battle of Groton Heights (also known as the Battle of Fort Griswold, and occasionally called the Fort Griswold Massacre) was a battle of the American Revolutionary War fought on September 6, 1781, between a small Connecticut militia force led by Lieutenant Colonel William Ledyard and the more numerous British forces led by Brigadier General Benedict Arnold and Lieutenant Colonel Edmund Eyre. Several leaders of the attacking British force were killed or seriously wounded, and much of the defending garrison was either killed, mortally wounded, or captured when the fort was stormed. High British casualties led to criticism of General Arnold by some of his superiors. The battle was the last major military encounter of the war in the northern United States, preceding the decisive American victory at Yorktown, Virginia, by about six weeks.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Groton_Heights
Thomas S. Collier (1842-1893), American author and poet.
Born in New York City, He moved to New London, Connecticut in 1866 and was secretary of the new london County Historical Society.
http://books.google.com/books?id=UDU5AAAAIAAJ&pg=PA37&lpg=PA37&dq=thomas+S.+Collier+poet&source=bl&ots=Yno_TA158f&sig=ojs6S2FZN7ggzXRpthoamGEDOgs&hl=en&sa=X&ei=wmdOVOexLbPbsASQ4YDADQ&ved=0CDcQ6AEwBQ#v=onepage&q=thomas%20S.%20Collier%20poet&f=false
b30878494
E241.G8 C65
Acts and laws of the State of Connecticut in America (1784)
Acts and Laws of the State of Connecticut in America. [State seal]
8, 6, [2], 346 p. 30 cm
Of particular interest in this collection of Connecticut's laws in 1784 is "An Act Concerning indian, Molatto and Negro Servants and Slaves" (pgs. 233-235). In 1784, "gradual emancipation" was passed in Connecticut (and Rhode Island). This law was intended to slowly "phase out" slavery, and would become the primary mechanism of abolition throughout New England. In Connecticut, it worked like this: All enslaved persons born on or after March 1, 1784, remained bonded while children, but were released upon reaching a certain age (first 25, later reduced to 21). All enslaved persons born before 1784 remained enslaved for life. This allowed slavery to slowly disappear.
http://www.yaleslavery.org/Resources/timeline.html#t2
http://connecticuthistory.org/gradual-emancipation-reflected-the-struggle-of-some-to-envision-black-freedom/
Collation: Title (verso blank) Charter, 3-8 p. Articles of Confederation, 6 p. Catalogue of the several acts, 2 p. Acts and laws, 265 p. Act and laws ... May ... 1784, pp. 267-307 Act and laws ... October ... 1784, pp. 309-315 Act and laws ... May ... 1785, pp. 317-328 Act and laws ... October ... 1785, pp. 329-336 Act and laws ... May ... 1786, pp. 337-346
Inscribed: Samuel Bull's Book, 1789. This book was for ... Mr. George Nichols of Middletown Connecticut. Nichols' was married to Martha Bull. "The residences of the lane were primarily employed at the riverfront as sea captains or merchant investors in trade with the West Indies. Samuel Bull, who lived at the corner on Main and for whom the lane was named, was a merchant, selling goods imported from throughout the world." (http://patch.com/connecticut/middletown-ct/vital-piece-of-middletown-history-is-on-the-auction-block)
b30842104
KFC3630 1784 .A24 1784
If a house could talk
93 p. front., plates, ports. 24 cm
Privately printed memoir of author Cora Smith Gould, a descendant of the Vaill family, one of the early settlers in the town of Litchfield, CT. " ...being a history of a flood of released recollections, the resurrection of old letters and photographs pertaining to Litchfield and the Vaill homestead covering a past dating from 1867 to 1876 in which I was vitally interested, an unabridged past dating from 1876 to 1915, an interim of two years, when by some strange decree of fate it was ordained that I should spend the summer months close by the spot on which Julia last tread the earth, and where her soul took flight, a fitting atmosphere in where to gather these stray leaves within the confines of these covers to the memory of Julia and for auld lang syne," by Cora Smith Gould
Signed and inscribed by author
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F104.L7 G6
Ye antient buriall place of New London, Conn. / [compiled by Edward Prentis]
40 p. : ill. 22 x 26 cm
Ye Antientist Burial Ground in New London, Connecticut is one of the earliest graveyards in New England, and the oldest colonial cemetery in New London County. The hillside lot of 1.5 acres adjoins the original site of the settlement's first meeting-house. From here the visitor has a broad view to the east of the Thames River, and on the far shore, the heights of Groton.
Reservation of the lot for its purpose had been recorded in the summer of 1645. The first decedent "of mature age" was duly interred there in 1652. But it is the ordinance of June 6, 1653 that legally sets the place apart and declares, "It shall ever bee for a Common Buriall place, and never be impropriated by any."
A later record notes the appointment of the sexton —
Whose work is to order youth in the meeting-house, sweep the meeting-house, and beat out dogs, for which he is to have 40s. a year : he is also to make all graves ; for a man or woman he is to have 4s., for children, 2s. a grave, to be paid by survivors .
17th century New London was yet a rough and isolated corner of early colonial Connecticut. Private interments were not customary, and this was the only common burial place.
Few of the early graves ever had inscribed markers. The New London of that time possessed no skilled stonecutters, and those early planters simply had not the means. A few surviving families did, however, seek to address the deficiency in later years. At least four stones dated in the 17th century have been found that could not have been placed before 1720 .
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ye_Antientist_Burial_Ground,_New_London
http://web.archive.org/web/20060814013204/http://newlondongazette.com/cemetry.html
Includes: Old burial ground of New London / by F.M.C. [Frances M. Caulkins?]: p. [5]-12
Features: Includes signed note by author
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F104.N7 P9 1899
Dedication of the Memorials to Orville Hitchcock Platt and Joseph Roswell Hawley at the State Capital
11pg., 7.5x10" typed
Program booklet from the dedication of memorials to Orville Platt and Joseph Hawley in Hartford, Connecticut.
1912-10-18
Ms 002 Box 3 folder 9