. Connecticut historical collections, containing a general collection of interesting facts, traditions, biographical sketches, anecdotes, &c. relating to the history and antiquities of every town in Connecticut, with geographical descriptions . with 4 win-dows on the west end, is seen nearly in the central part of the engraving,eastward of which is seen the brass fiictory of Messrs. North &t Stan-ley, 4 stories in height. The farthermost mountains seen in the dis-tance are eastward of Connecticut river, being the eastern boundary ofthe great valley of the Connecticut. The village, which has be
. Connecticut historical collections, containing a general collection of interesting facts, traditions, biographical sketches, anecdotes, &c. relating to the history and antiquities of every town in Connecticut, with geographical descriptions . with 4 win-dows on the west end, is seen nearly in the central part of the engraving,eastward of which is seen the brass fiictory of Messrs. North &t Stan-ley, 4 stories in height. The farthermost mountains seen in the dis-tance are eastward of Connecticut river, being the eastern boundary ofthe great valley of the Connecticut. The village, which has been builtup within about a dozen years past, is situated around the border of whatwas formerly a kind of swamp, which by draining he. is now becomequite valuable. New l>ritain contains about 1,500 inhabitants. Thevillage contains 3 houses of worship ; 1 Congregational, I Methodist and1 Baptist. There are 45 factories in the society, principally brass facto-ries ; upwards of 700 hands are employed, and about 050,000 dollarscapital invested. The latitude of the village, as ascertained by E. , Esq. is 41° 40; longitude, 72° 53 \V. Distance from Hart-ford 10 miles s. w. and 28 irom New Haven. Dr. Dwii^Iit. R E U I, I N . 67. N. IV. view of JSciv .Britain, [ctuiral [lurt.) Major JojintJian Hart was a native of this town. He was a gal-lant and distinguished officer, and one of the victims of the unfortunatedefeat of Gen. St. Chiir, Nov. 4th, 1791. His life and those of hiscommand, were literally offered a sacrifice for the safety of the rest ofthe army. When all were in confusion and dismay, Major Hart wasordered to charge the enemy with the bayonet, with a view to facilitatea retreat, or rather a fliglit, to the shattered remains of the army. Thischarge was made with gallantry and spirit, under circumstances whichlanguage is too feeble to describe ; the desolation of the place; the con-fusion of the scene ; the whoops and yells of a savage foe, flushed withvictory, and
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