The Connecticut Historical Society created this interactive, multimedia exhibit about the history of Hartford and the history "all around us". Explore history in the places we live, the things that we use every day, and the actions we take. Build and re- build Hartford

Jeremiah Wadsworth (1743-1804) was born on July 12, 1743 in Hartford, Connecticut. His father was the Reverend Daniel Wadsworth, a pastor with the First Church of Christ, and his mother was Abigail Talcott, daughter of Connecticut governor Joseph Talcott.

The collection has been organized into nine series: Records of the Council of Safety (1774-1783), Commissary Records (1774-1783), Pay Table Records (1774-1783), Colonel Sheldon's Light Dragoons (1770-1783), Third Regiment, Connecticut Line (1779-1780), Journals and Orderly Books (1775-1782), Account books (1775-1783), Naval affairs (1773-1789 ...

Historical Sketch. The Educational Mission in Hartford, Connecticut, was the fulfillment of a dream of Yung Wing. He wanted Chinese youth to study American technology to improve China’s engineering and infrastructure.

Timothy M. Allyn was a Hartford dry goods merchant, one time mayor of the city (1858-1860) , an entrepreneur and an astute businessman. He founded his dry goods business in Hartford about 1830 and retired in 1848, after amassing a large fortune, to pursue other interests.

This Project is an attempt to create detailed access to the rich Civil War manuscript holdings of the Connecticut Historical Society. The collections presented herein were examined over a period of more than four years beginning in the mid-1990s under the direction of Kelly Nolin.

The family moved back to Hartford in 1863 when Collins took the principalship at the American Asylum. Shortly thereafter, Collins Stone's life ended when he was fatally injured on Sigourney Street in Hartford when the carriage he was driving was struck by a train on Christmas Eve, 1870.

The Jewish Historical Society of Greater Hartford has a collection of G. Fox & Co. and Fox family materials, including a large number of family photographs.

140 years after the inception of the Collins Company, the factory closed its doors in 1966. The Flood of 1955 as well as the changing technologies and manufacturing preferences all helped to end the life of this staple of Connecticut manufacturing.

Barnard was a founder of the Hartford Young Men's Institute (which later became the Hartford Public Library) and served as secretary of the Connecticut Historical Society. He remained in Hartford until 1845 when he was appointed Secretary of the Board of Education of Rhode Island.