Village of Wethersfield, Conn. A.D. 1634 to 1644
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After a work byAfter a work by
Sherman Wolcott Adams
American, 1836 - 1898
Dateabout 1900
MediumLithography; black printer's ink on wove paper
DimensionsPrimary Dimensions (image height x width): 4 x 6 3/4in. (10.2 x 17.1cm)
Sheet (height x width): 7 x 9in. (17.8 x 22.9cm)
Sheet (height x width): 7 x 9in. (17.8 x 22.9cm)
ClassificationsGraphics
Credit LineConnecticut Museum of Culture and History collection
DescriptionMap of part of what is now Wethersfield, Connecticut, as it appeared in the 17th century. A loop of the Connecticut River (or Great River) appears to the north of the settlement, on the left edge of the map. Reading the map so that it is oriented north-south, the village extends from the Great River to the north, the Great Meadow to the east, the Great Plain to the south, and Beaver Brook to the west. In the river is Cole-Standish Island. Streets are labeled and residences and public buildings are marked with squares and the names of their owners or occupants.
Object number2012.312.29
InscribedRecto, center, printed in black ink: "GREAT WEST FIELD / THE LOTS IN WHICH WERE 1 1/2 MILES LONG."Map Transcription
Names of the property owners indicated on the map include:
On High Street (near the Common Yard):
Jonas Weede, J. Livermore, Robert Bates, J. Whitmore, Thomas Whitway, J. Jessup, Edward Mason, J. Churchill, O. Hubbard, Richard Gildersleeve, W. S. Wayne, J. Deming Sr., Richard Crabbe, Edward Sherman, Rev. J. Sherman, Richard Wescott, Samuel Clark, Thomas Wright, R. Abbott, John Gibbs, John Reynolds, Andrew Ward, Rev. H. Smith, J. Nott, T. Ufford, J. Thompson
On Forte Street:
J. Plumb
On Hartford Way:
George Chappell, Samuel Ireland, J. Ferris, Jac. Waterhouse, J. Brundiam, Ho. Curtis
On Rose Lane:
C. L. Chaplin, W. Smith, Richard Smith, Johnelson, John Robbins, Rev. Richard Denton, Samuel Hale, Era. Norton
On Bell Lane:
Richard Law, Robert Park, Jasper Rawlins, James Miller, Nathan Foote
On Back Lane connecting to Watering Lane:
H. Welles, Thomas Hansett, Michael Griswold
On Short Street:
E. Wood, Thomas Sherwood
On Broad Street and nearby roads:
A. Finch Jr., Daniel Finch, A. Finch Sr., Thomas Coleman, Leonard Chester Gent., L. Bradfield, Richard Belden, Robert Seeley, Robert Rose, John Clarke, William Palmer, Nathan Foote Sr. Jeremy Jagger, T. MorehouseNotesCartographic Note: No scale
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Sherman Wolcott Adams
1885
