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WETHERSFIELD , a township of See also:Hartford See also:county, See also:Connecticut,
U.S.A., on the Connecticut See also:river, adjoining on the N. the See also:city of Hartford, of which it is a residential suburb. Pop. (1890) 2271;
(1900) 2637 (489 See also:foreign-See also:born); (1910) 3148. See also:Area, about 12 sq. m. It is served by the New See also:York, New Haven & Hartford
railway and by electric lines to Hartford. Among its old buildings are the See also:house in which in 1781 See also:George See also:Washington and See also:Count See also:Rochambeau met to See also:plan the See also:Yorktown See also:campaign; 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 (Congregational), erected in 1761 and re-modelled in 1838 and 1882; and the old See also:academy See also:building, which was built in 1802, is now used as a See also:town 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, and houses a public library. There is a See also:giant See also:elm here, 262 ft. in girth. The Connecticut See also:state See also:prison is in Wethersfield. In the township See also:tobacco, vegetables and See also:garden seeds are raised and See also:dairy interests are of considerable importance; the See also:principal manufactures are small tools and mattresses. Wethersfield is the See also:oldest permanently
1 See also:Title contested by Nathan Goff. Contest settled by legislature Feb. 4, 1890, until which 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 See also:Governor See also:- WILSON, ALEXANDER (1766-1813)
- WILSON, HENRY (1812–1875)
- WILSON, HORACE HAYMAN (1786–1860)
- WILSON, JAMES (1742—1798)
- WILSON, JAMES (1835— )
- WILSON, JAMES HARRISON (1837– )
- WILSON, JOHN (1627-1696)
- WILSON, JOHN (178 1854)
- WILSON, ROBERT (d. 1600)
- WILSON, SIR DANIEL (1816–1892)
- WILSON, SIR ROBERT THOMAS (1777—1849)
- WILSON, SIR WILLIAM JAMES ERASMUS
- WILSON, THOMAS (1663-1755)
- WILSON, THOMAS (c. 1525-1581)
- WILSON, WOODROW (1856— )
Wilson held over.inhabited township in the state; it was first settled in the See also:winter of 1634-1635 by colonists from See also:Watertown, See also:Massachusetts, and received its See also:present name in 1637. With Hartford and See also:Windsor in 1639 it framed the Fundamental Orders of the See also:Colony of Connecticut. Before r66o its inhabitants aided in the See also:founding of See also:Stamford and See also:Milford, Connecticut, and of See also:Hadley, Massachusetts.
See H. R. See also:Stiles, See also:History of See also:Ancient Wethersfield (New York, 1900).
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