The History of Ancient Wethersfield, Connecticut, Comprising the Present Towns of Wethersfield, Rocky Hill, and Newington, and of Glastonbury Prior to Its Incorporation in 1693, from the Date of the Earliest Settlement Until the Present Time Unknown - 2006

Oceanport, NJ: Digital Editions, 2006. This new edition, published on CD_rom, contains four text files in DOC format (8.8 Mb) and 267 image files (29 Mb), for MAC or PC and most current word processing programs. This is a reproduction of the first edition, two volumes: Volume One, History, 955 pages; Volume Two, Genealogies and Biographies, 928 pages; a consolidated index for both volumes, 182 pages; and 267 images (illustrations and autographs). originally published in New York in 1904. It is based upon the manuscript collections of the Sherman W. Adams, recast, enlarged and edited by Henry R. Stiles.
Wethersfield was one of the first, and most likely THE first settlement of English stock in Connecticut. As such it deserved the monumental history that Henry Stiles put together from manuscripts and notes assembled by Judge Sherman W. Adams. For erudition, balance, and readability, we (Digital Editions) consider this the best (along with Memorials of Hartford) of the "local histories" we have published… Leer más