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HARTFORD 
 
 ARTFORD, the capital of the State of Connecticut, and one of the most beautiful of American cities, is 
 located almost midway between the great metropolis of the Empire state and New England's largest city, 
 fifty miles north from Long Island Sound, at the head of navigation on the Connecticut River. 
 
 Hartford was first settled in 1636 by immigrants who traveled on foot through the Massachusetts wilderness 
 to the banks of the Connecticut, driving their cattle before them and sometimes living entirely upon milk. 
 The towns settled by these hardy pioneers adopted the first written constitution in America, and took the name of the 
 Connecticut Colony. It was here in Hartford that the tyrannical Audros demanded the charter in 1687, and the 
 " Charter Oak " in which it was hidden by the indignant colonists was well cared for until its destruction in 1856. 
 
 In 1665 the Connecticut Colony united with the New Haven Colony, which had been settled by English immigrants. 
 The early division into two colonies was long marked by the fact that Connecticut had two capitals, but since 1873 
 Hartford has held that distinction alone. 
 
 The splendid city of to-day, covering an area of over seventeen square miles, with a population of nearly one 
 hundred thousand people, has a world-wide reputation as a center of great insurance interests, and for the high grade 
 product of its manufacturing concerns. It is also noted as the headquarters for an extensive trade in Connecticut 
 tobacco. 
 
 Few cities have so well established a reputation for educational facilities ; its charitable institutions are numerous 
 and well supported ; while its park system is acknowledged to be the equal of any in the United States. 
 
 The city has also acquired fame as having been the home of many writers of international reputation, among whom 
 were Samuel Langhorne Clemens (Mark Twain), Harriet Beecher Stowe, Charles Dudley Warner, Lydia Huntley 
 Sigourney, John Trumbell, Joel Barlow and Horace Bushnell. Although many of these writers have passed away, 
 Hartford still retains its literary pre-eminence. 
 
 Published by L. H. NELSON COMPANY, Portland, Maine 
 Proprietors of Nelson's International Series Souvenir Hooks 
 
 Photographs bj \\ ariui I -1 1. .1 . , - 1 :. , , i , < ,, 
 
 Copyright, 1906, 1908, bj I.. H. NELSON COMPANY I3U Thousand. 
 
STATE CAPITOL 
 A building that is the pride of the State — completed in January. 1880. at a cost of $2,534.024.46— To 
 Located on a hill — surrounded by beautiful grounds of which Bushnell Park forms a part 
 
 $3,342,550.72. 
 
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Showing Goodw 
 
BIT OK BUSY MAIN STREET 
 n from Morgan Street, showing Chr 
 
FARMINGTON AVENUE CONGREGATIONAL CHURCH 
 of the Old Pearl Street Congregational Church, built in a more fashionable 
 
ST. JOSEPH'S CATHEDRAL— ROMAN CATHOLIC 
 Noted as one of the most beautiful church edifices in the United States, built of brown stone in Gothic style 
 
PHOENIX MUTUAL LIFE BUI LDI NG— PEARL 
 A recent acquisition of the most modern 
 
 THE SAGE-ALLEN BUILDING— MAIN STREET 
 
NK BUILDING— STATE STREET 
 A modern office structure of metropolitan 
 
WASHINGTON STREET— A FINE OLD THOROUGHFARE. BROAD AND BEAUTI 
 Showing residences of Ex-Governor Bulkeley and the late Ex-Mayor Leverett Brainard. 
 
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 arch above low wati 'he largest stone 
 
 10-foot sidewalks and a 60-foot roadway. Total cost of construct 
 
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IVER BRIDGE 
 
 'rom top of foundation to belt course of springing line, the arch is buii 
 ek granite. The total amount of masonry is about 100.000 cubic yards. 
 about 50 feet below ordinary low water. 
 
TRINITY COLLEGE 
 building, located on a high hill and 
 
 iding a beautiful 
 

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KENEY TOWER 
 
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ELIZABETH PAKK 
 
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VIEW OF RIVERSIDE PARK 
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WADING POOL— RIVERSIDE PARK 
 place for the youngsters — there are no signs "Keep 
 
 the Crass" in thi- 
 
RIVERSIDE PARK ON THE BANK OF THE CONNECTICUT 
 ground for Ihc tenement dwellers of the east side 
 
GROVE IN POPE PARK 
 One of the ideal spots found in this pleasant park. 
 
to the city by Col. Albert A. 
 
 TENNIS COURT OF POPE PARK 
 Pope, of bicycle fame, and is devoted t< 
 
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