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Lambert Hitchcock (May 28, 1795, Cheshire, Connecticut – 1852) was an American furniture manufacturer, [1] famous for designing and mass-producing the Hitchcock chair. Hitchcock was the son of John Lee Hitchcock, an American Revolutionary War veteran who was lost at sea in 1811.
Jordan's Furniture is an American furniture retailer in New England.There are currently eight retail locations—three in Massachusetts (Avon, Natick, and Reading) and five in other New England states (Nashua, New Hampshire; New Haven, Connecticut; Farmington, Connecticut; South Portland, Maine, and Warwick, Rhode Island)—plus a corporate office and warehouse in East Taunton, Massachusetts. [1]
The New Haven Museum and Historical Society (originally known as the New Haven Colony Historical Society) was founded in 1862 in New Haven, Connecticut for the purposes of preserving and presenting the region’s history. The museum has a collection containing art, photography, furniture and other artifacts from throughout New Haven’s history ...
The Colonial Period of American History: The Settlements II (1936). Blue, Jon C. The Case of the Piglet's Paternity: Trials from the New Haven Colony, 1639–1663. Middletown, CT: Wesleyan University Press, 2015. Calder, Isabel M. The New Haven Colony New Haven, CT: Yale University Press, 1934. Clark, George Larkin.
The business started out as Malley & Co., a dry goods store, in 1852. [3] It was originally located directly across from the New Haven Green, at 65 Chapel Street.Malley rented a 15- by 20-foot (6.1 m) store for $75 a year, using $250 in cash and a credit line of $550 to stock his store. [10]
Others arrived on 13 April 1638, including Davenport and John Brockett. They purchased land from the Quinnipiac Indians and formed a government based upon strict religious principles. Brockett moved on 13 April 1638 to New Haven Colony. [3] Brockett was a signer of the first covenant of New Haven and became a leader among the founders of New Haven.
David Atwater (October 8, 1615 – October 5, 1692) was a founder of the Colony of New Haven, Connecticut. He was the first of the New Haven Colony who was sworn a freeman of the United Colony. [ 1 ]
The evolution of U.S. manufacturing and the American industrial revolution are clearly reflected in the history of Connecticut.Between the birth of the U.S. patent system in 1790 and 1930, Connecticut had more patents issued per capita than any other state; in the 19th century, when one in three thousand people were issued a U.S. patent, one in 700-1000 Connecticut inventors were issued ...