Connecticut as a colony and as a state; or, One of the original thirteen; . the son; for he gave the site (his own home) and alarge sum of money for the building, which has become thetreasure-house of the citys art and antiquities. Major John Caldwell was a builder and owner of ships,was largely interested in their cargoes, and held many officesof trust; being sent to the Legislature twenty times, beinga member of the commission for building the State-house, oneof the founders of the School for the Deaf and Dumb, thefirst major of the Governors Horse Guards, and a coadjutorof John Morgan in th
Connecticut as a colony and as a state; or, One of the original thirteen; . the son; for he gave the site (his own home) and alarge sum of money for the building, which has become thetreasure-house of the citys art and antiquities. Major John Caldwell was a builder and owner of ships,was largely interested in their cargoes, and held many officesof trust; being sent to the Legislature twenty times, beinga member of the commission for building the State-house, oneof the founders of the School for the Deaf and Dumb, thefirst major of the Governors Horse Guards, and a coadjutorof John Morgan in the building of the bridge across the Con-necticut River. Ezekiel Williams was another prominent man who was apioneer in insurance. His grandfathers sermons had inspiredthe first Governor Trumbull; his uncle William Williamswas one of the signers; a grand-uncle had served as bothpreacher and fighter in the Revolutionary War, and also asrector of Yale College. So, too, Goodwin and Hudson founded the HartfordCourant, that admirable journal that since 1764, has dealt out 218.
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