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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMTLE_christ-church-cathedral_Hartford-CT.html
Christ ChurchCathedralDiocese of ConnecticutEpiscopalFounded as Christ Church ? 1762Set Apart as Cathedral ? 1919Present Building ? 1828 The Rt. Rev. Ian T. DouglasBishop of ConnecticutThe Very Rev. Mark B. PendletonDean Canon Kevin JonesPrece…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMTLC_worlds-first-pay-telephone_Hartford-CT.html
World'sFirst Pay TelephoneInvented By William GrayAnd Developed By George A. LongWas Installed On This Corner In 1889
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMTLA_thomas-hooker_Hartford-CT.html
Thomas Hooker1586 - 1647A leader of the founders in this commonwealth. A preacher of persuasive power. A statesman who based all civil authority on the free consent of the people. This tablet is placed near the site of his burial by The Connecticu…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMTL8_john-haynes_Hartford-CT.html
John Haynes1594 - 1654Of Copford Hall. Essex England. Third Governor of Massachusetts. A founder of this commonwealth & its first Governor. A lover of religious liberty. A man trusted and honored. Near this place he was buried & by this tablet Th…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMTL6_capt-pownal-deming_Hartford-CT.html
[ east side ]DemingIn Memory OfCapt. Pownal DemingSon OfDavid Deming & Mehitable ChampionBorn Sept. 30, 1749Died April 9, 1795[ west side ]An earnest patriot, he enlistedin the Continental Army at theLexington Alarm, April 1775, andserved with dis…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMTES_sacred-to-the-memory_Hartford-CT.html
Sacred to the Memory ofthe Three Hundred or moreAfrican AmericansFree People, Slaves, andfive Black GovernorsWho rest in UnmarkedGraves in Hartford'sAncient Burying Ground1640 - 1810[ back ]School children in Hartfordconducted the research andrais…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMTE0_first-company-governors-foot-guard_Hartford-CT.html
[ south plaque ] 1771 ? Memorial ? 1912To The Deceased Members OfThe First Company Governor's Foot GuardHartford ConnecticutErected By TheVeteran CorpsDedicated June 1912[ north plaque] 1771Captain Samuel WyllysCommanderMajor Frank WilcoxCommandin…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMTDZ_george-wyllys_Hartford-CT.html
[ south side ] George WyllysBorn 1590 in Fenny Compton Co Warwick EnglandCame to Hartford 1638Deputy Governor of Connecticut 1641And Governor 1642. Died March 9, 1645Bridget Young his wife died at Fenny ComptonMarch 1629 and is there buriedMary Sm…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMTDY_in-memory-of-the-first-settlers-of-hartford_Hartford-CT.html
In Memory of the FirstSettlers of HartfordJeremy Adams · Matthew Allyn · Francis Andrews · William Andrews · John Arnold · Andrew Bacon · John Barnard · Thomas Barnes · Robert Bartlett &middo…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMTDW_marquis-de-la-fayette_Hartford-CT.html
Marquis de La FayetteWhere You Are Standing On September, 1824Arrives the Marquis de La Fayette in Daniel Wadsworth's carriage drawn by four white horses. Hartford's citizens shout hurrahs, wave banners and throw garlands of flowers at the feet of…
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