Connecticut historical collections, containing a general collection of interesting facts, traditions biographical sketches, anecdotes, etc., relating to the history and antiquities of every town in Connecticut, with geographical descriptions . as large as that which usu-ally contains a city of six times the number of inhabitants in of the houses have court-yards in front, and gardens in the former are ornamented with trees and shrubs; the latter are filledwith fruit trees, flowers and culinary vegetables. The houses are generally two stories high, built of wood, in a neat,
Connecticut historical collections, containing a general collection of interesting facts, traditions biographical sketches, anecdotes, etc., relating to the history and antiquities of every town in Connecticut, with geographical descriptions . as large as that which usu-ally contains a city of six times the number of inhabitants in of the houses have court-yards in front, and gardens in the former are ornamented with trees and shrubs; the latter are filledwith fruit trees, flowers and culinary vegetables. The houses are generally two stories high, built of wood, in a neat,handsome, but not expensive style. Many of those recently erected,however, are good and substantial edifices of brick and stone. The pub-lic edifices are, the College buildings; twelve churches, viz., six Con-gregational, two Episcopal, two Methodist, one Baptist, and one RomanCatholic; a tontine, a state house, a jail, four banks, a custom house,and a state hospital. There are ten printing offices, from which areissued one daily, and three weekly newspapers ; and two weekly, onemonthly, and one quarterly, religious publications; and the AmericanJournal of Science and Arts, conducted by Professor Silliman. * Dr. Dwight. NEW HAVEN. 145. Yale College. This seminary is commonly said to have been founded in the year1700. In this year, ten of the principal ministers, nominated by a gen-eral consent, both of the clergy and the inhabitants of Connecticut, viz. The Rev. James Noyes, Stonington, Israel Chauncey, Stratford, Thos. Buckingham, Saybrool • Abram Plerson, Killingwth, Samuel Mather, of Windsor, The Rev. Samuel Andrew, Milford, Timothy Woodbridge, Hartford, James Pierpont, New HaveD, Noadiah Russel, Middletown, and ; Joseph Webb, Fairfield, met at New Haven, and formed themselves into a society, which, theydetermined, should consist of eleven ministers, including a rector; andagreed to found a college in the colony. At their next meeting, whichwas at Branford, the same year,
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