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Author:

Barber, John Warner, 1798-1885,

Title:

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 / by John Warner Barber.

Publisher:

Durrie & Peck and J.W. Barber,

Copyright Date:

1846

Description:

viii, 576 p. : ill., fold. col. map ; 24 cm.

Subject:

Connecticut--History.
Connecticut--Description and travel.
Connecticut--History, Local.
Connecticut--Census, 1840.
Connecticut.--Biography.

Notes:

Map colored by hand. Originally published in 1836. "Statistical tables, embracing every town in Connecticut, giving the population in 1840, also an account of the number of bushels of Indian corn, rye and potatoes raised, and tons of hay produced, with the number of cotton and woolen mills, in the year of 1845, compiled from the official documents in the Office of the Secretary of State"--P. [564]-567; "Congressional and senatorial districts [and] Members of Congress from Connecticut"--P. 568-570; "Chronological table of important and interesting events in the history of Connecticut"--P. [572]-576. Includes bibliographical references and index.

OCLC:

(OCoLC)12895642

Locations:

F3OX522 -- State Historical Society of Iowa Library (Iowa City)