Sketch of Connecticut, Forty Years Since

Sketch of Connecticut, Forty Years Since (1824)
by Lydia Sigourney

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Because she was writing about her contemporaries, Mrs. Sigourney did not include the names of some of her subjects and place names, but rather used initials with a following dash (for example, "Madam L———" for Madam Lathrop, "N———" for Norwich, etc.).

184486Sketch of Connecticut, Forty Years Since1824Lydia Sigourney

SKETCH

OF

CONNECTICUT,

FORTY YEARS SINCE.

"Land of my sires!—What mortal hand
Can e'er untie the filial band
That knits me to thy rugged strand?"
SCOTT.

HARTFORD:

OLIVER D. COOKE & SONS.

. . . . . . . . .

1824.

DISTRICT OF CONNECTICUT, ss.

L. S. Be It Remembered. That on the 30th day of April, in the forty-eighth year of the the independence of the United States of America, Oliver D. Cooke & Sons, of the said district, have deposited in this office the title of a Book, the right whereof they claim as proprietors, in the words following, to wit:

"Sketch of Connecticut, Forty Years Since.

"Land of my Sires! What mortal hand
Can e'er untie the filial band
That knits me to thy rugged strand."
Scott.

In conformity to the act of the Congress of the United States, entitled, "An act for the encouragement of learning, by securing the copies of Maps, Charts and Books, to the authors and proprietors of such copies during the times therein mentioned."

CHARLES A. INGERSOLL,

Clerk of the District of Connecticut.

A true copy of Record, examined and sealed by me,

CHARLES A. INGERSOLL,

Clerk of the District of Connecticut.

Roberts &. Burr, Printers.

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This work was published before January 1, 1929, and is in the public domain worldwide because the author died at least 100 years ago.

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