. New England; a human interest geographical reader. rimitive conditions. 198 New England Hartford is the capital of the state. It is a greattrading and business centre which owes much of itsgrowth to its position at the head of navigation of theConnecticut. There are extensive manufacturing plantsin the city, and it is the home of many great insurancecompanies. Among its important manufactures are pistols, rifles, and ma-chine guns, rubbergoods, electrical sup-plies, bicycles, andautomobiles. The city is noted forits many parks, finetrees, and handsomeresidences. A visitoris apt to declare th
. New England; a human interest geographical reader. rimitive conditions. 198 New England Hartford is the capital of the state. It is a greattrading and business centre which owes much of itsgrowth to its position at the head of navigation of theConnecticut. There are extensive manufacturing plantsin the city, and it is the home of many great insurancecompanies. Among its important manufactures are pistols, rifles, and ma-chine guns, rubbergoods, electrical sup-plies, bicycles, andautomobiles. The city is noted forits many parks, finetrees, and handsomeresidences. A visitoris apt to declare thatit is the second mostbeautiful place in theUnited States, the visi-tors home place, ofcourse, ranking New Havenand Hartford were both capitals of the state, and themeetings of the legislature were held in each in alter-nate years, but Hartford has been the sole capital since 1873. One of the most famous episodes in its history was the attempt in 1687 of the British colonial governor, Andros, to seize Connecticuts charter, which his. A clock tower in a Hartford park Connecticut Places and People 199 government had concluded was too liberal. He cameto Hartford accompanied by sixty soldiers to enforcehis demand for the charter. The colonial assemblymet him in the meeting-house and its members ex-plained at great length how dear the charter was tothem, and how reluctant they were to give it up. Eve-ning came and candles were hghted. The case had be-come desperate for the colonists. They had beencompelled to bring inthe charter, and thereit lay on the tablebefore the eyes ofAndros. Suddenlythe lights were blownout, and CaptainWadsworth of Hart-ford slipped out of themeeting-house withthe charter and hid itin a big hollow oaktree near by. When the candles were relighted the assembly was no longerable to comply with Andross demand. Two years later a new king came on to the Britishthrone, and Connecticut resumed its governmentunder the old charter. This charter still e
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