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Samuel Griswold (December 27, 1790 in Burlington, Connecticut – September 14, 1867 in Clinton, Georgia) was an American industrial pioneer in the 1820s based in central Georgia. He was the founder of Griswoldville village, an industrial site. His father was Jeremiah Griswold (1745–1813) and his mother was Phoebe Case (1751–1798).
Commemorative medal given to Goodrich for his work as the American consul in Paris. Goodrich was born at Ridgefield, Connecticut, the son of a Congregational minister.. Goodrich was largely self-educated, and became an assistant in a country store at Danbury, Connecticut, which he left in 1808, and later again at Hartford, Connecticut, unti
The community was founded as an industrial site/company town by, and named for, Samuel Griswold, proprietor of a local cotton mill. [ 4 ] [ 5 ] In addition to his three-story, 24-room mansion, Griswold built a church, slave and workers quarters, expanded his cotton gin factory (which later produced firearms), a saw mill , a grist mill ...
The Griswold family (/ ˈ ɡ r ɪ z w ɔː l d,-w əl d /) [1] is an American political family from Connecticut and New York of English descent. The family's fortune originates from the 19th Century industrial and merchant pursuits.
This category includes people who were notable in the Connecticut Colony prior to the era of American Revolution.That is, they were notable before about 1765. People who are primarily associated with the Revolutionary era are located Category:People of Connecticut in the American Revolution, instead of this category.
A privateer was a private person authorized by a country's government by letters of marque to attack foreign shipping. Privateering was an accepted part of naval warfare from the 16th to the 19th centuries, authorised by all significant naval powers.
Merry's Museum (1841–1872) was an illustrated children's magazine established by Samuel Griswold Goodrich in Boston, Massachusetts, in 1841. Louisa May Alcott served as editor for a year or so, and also contributed stories, as did Lucretia Peabody Hale, Caroline Hewins, Rebecca Sophia Clarke, Helen W. Pierson, and others. For some time it was ...
Download as PDF; Printable version; ... Pages in category "Griswold family" The following 16 pages are in this category, out of 16 total. ... Samuel Griswold; Simeon ...