Name/Title
Connecticut FirstsEntry/Object ID
2024.038.40Description
Record of achievements of the State of Connecticut, where the state was the first in the nation or world in the fields of architecture, fine arts, literature, music, religion, education, medicine, science, travel & transportation, communication, clocks, measurement, women, sports & recreations, textiles, food, insurance, public safety, government, machinery & inventions, military & firearms and other miscellaneous areas. Includes references to people from Stonington, Mystic and Old Mystic: S.P. Montgomery, the first black minister of an all white congregation, Edmund Fanning and the ship BETSEY, Nathaniel Palmer, the clipper ship ANDREW JACKSON, ironclad ship building, Holmes Shipbuilding Company, Daniel F. Packer and Packer's Tar Soap.Collection
Connecticut HistoryBook Details
Author
Faude, Wilson H., Friedland, Joan W.Date Published
1996