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Museum purchase, 1980.100.17  © 2012 The Connecticut Historical Society.
East Haddam
Museum purchase, 1980.100.17 © 2012 The Connecticut Historical Society.

East Haddam

Date1874
MediumLithography; black printer's ink and watercolor on wove paper
DimensionsPrimary Dimensions (image height x width): 14 1/4 x 22 1/2in. (36.2 x 57.2cm)
Sheet (height x width): 14 3/4 x 22 5/8in. (37.5 x 57.5cm)
ClassificationsGraphics
Credit LineMuseum purchase
DescriptionMap of the town of East Haddam, Connecticut, with the town lines of Chatham and Colchester to the north, Salem to the east, Lyme to the south, and Haddam and the Connecticut River to the west. Haddam is divided into districts, marked with broken solid boundary lines. Roads are shown but not labeled. Buildings are depicted as solid black squares and are labeled with the name of the property owner or occupant. Natural features include elevation, conveyed through hachure marks, the Connecticut River and the Salmon River. To the left is an inset map of Hadlyme, located in the southern portion of East Haddam. Roads are shown but not labeled. Buildings are depicted as shaded squares and are labeled with the name of the property owner or occupant. A cemetery is colored green.
Object number1980.100.17
MarkingsRecto, bottom left corner, printed in black ink on sticker: "Maps / Box / 350"

Verso, bottom right corner, stamped in blue ink: "THE CONNECTICUT / 80916 / HISTORICAL SOCIETY"
InscribedRecto, top left corner, printed in black ink: "88"

Top right corner, printed in black ink: "89"

Top right, printed in black ink: "EAST HADDAM"

Top left, printed in black ink: "HADLYME / TOWN OF EAST HADDAM"

Transcriptions:

District No. 1
Property owners include: J. Leech, O. Emmons, H.N. Hefflon, H. Fuller, J. Squires, H.F. Gardner, G. Williams, W. Palmer, O. Palmer, O. Gates, E. Smith, F.M. Palmer, A. Clevenshire, W.J. Morgan, E.A. Bingham, W.O. Brainard, N.M. Gates, Mrs. A. Gates, S. McCall, H. Brown, H. Peck, E.A. Tiffany, W.E Nichols, B.B. Starr, Mrs. U. Gates, Mrs. A. Carrier, Z. Cone, Mrs. Doane, G. Thomson, B. Fuller, C. Rich, H. Thomson
Also includes: cemetery, Congregational Church, school, town hall

District No. 2
Property owners include: G. Button, A. Jones, L. Boardman, C.S. Beebe, Mrs. McManus, W.H. Goodspeed
Also includes: East Haddam Landing, California House, Goodspeed Landing P.O

Red Lane District No. 3
Property owners include: Mrs. R. Davison, J. Brooks, Miss S.A. Chapman, D.B. Sexton, R.S. Cone, E. Johnson, B. Edwards, J.M. Kidder, D.S. Scoville, L.J. Wheeler
Also includes: Mill, Coffin Trimming, Neptune Twine Mills, Tobacco, school

Uptown District No. 4
Property owners include: Mrs. S. Mitchell, J. Clark, S. Carrier, S.N. Williams, O. Chapman, H. Silliman, E. Silliman, A.C. Shailer, A. Goff, Thomas, G.M. Gates, D.C. Cone, C.C. Brown, Mrs. H. Brainard, L. Ely, E.C. Purple, J. Grundshew, H. Lyman, Z.L. Hungerford, J. Arnold, D.C. Williams, J. Ackley, O. Percival, J.W. Pout, J.G. Worthington
Also includes: tannery, shop

Bashan District No. 5
Property owners include: J.C. Williams, M.J. Kiley, J. Sipples, H.C. Cook, Miss Powd, W.H. Goodspeed, E. Wetherill, Rogers, J. Rogers, J. Potter, C. Sexton, B. Palmer, W.H. Tracy, D.E. Dodge, J. Stranahan, Mrs. Doane & E. Doph, E. Steele, D. Rich, R. Downing, E. Bride, W. Chapman, N.F. Holmes, J. Attwood, Mrs. H. Andrews, T. Coller, O. Clark
Also includes: Atlantic Duck Co., saw mill, shingle mill, N.Y. Net and Twine Manufacturing, Net and Twine Co., school, Moodus Water Co., cemetery

Town Hill District No. 6
Property owners include: E. Smith, J. Smith, W.E. Smith, W.H. Tracy, H. Brown, Mrs. L.D. Allen, W. Mack, O.H. Parker, M.H. Gillet, C. Clark, C.L. Mack, F.R. Mack, E. Smith, A. Ackley
Also includes: school, cemetery

Wicket Lane District No. 7
Property owners include: L. Ackley, S. Daniels, A. Ackley, H. Tracy, M. Gillett, I. Brockway, Mrs. Spencer, E.C. Clark, R.A. Gladwin, C.A. Champion, G. Swan, O. Warner, E.C. Warner, J. Clark, H. Fuller, G.R. Tracy, H.M. Sweet, F.H. Adams, Mrs. A. Clark, J.B. Emmons, A.M. Tracy, H. Martin, C.D. Sweet, J. Church, C.C. Broockway, A.A. Burdick, E.H. Phelps, R.W. Charter, J.C. Church, N.E. Way
Also includes: school, sawmill

District No. 8
Property owners include: D. Penfield, J.P. Faircloth, W. Wright, Mrs. A. Fowler, E.G. Root, Z. Arnold, L. Weldon, C.D. Mucket
Also includes: Leesville P.O., store and post office, school, East Haddam Duck Co., East Haddam Duck Mills

District No. 9
Property owners include: G.I. Kipp, Mrs. C. Cone, Griswold & Fuller, J. Emmons
Also includes: Moodus P.O.

District No. 10
Property owners include: D. Peck, T.D. Peck, A.F. Peck, E.F. Peck, J.B. Hungerford, C.S. Beebe, J.G. Hayes, N. Rathbone, M.H. Fox, E. Fox, J. Arnold, C.H. Swan, E.W. Swan, J.H. Arnold, Mrs. W.H. Cone, W.L. Cone, L. Spencer, E. Mack, W.C. Gates, Mrs. A. Willey
Also includes: Millington P.O., school, Congregational Church, Old Easterbrook House, Alms House, Congregational Parsonage, L. Spencer Farm, cemetery, Goodspeed & Bates

Plains District No. 11
Property owners include: D. Clark, G. Hilliard, J. Dolbeare, H. Coue, Mrs. S.B. Griffin, M. Fox, S. Brown, H.S. Maynard, Mrs. D. Mitchell, H. Wilcox, G. Babcock, W.H. Sisson, J.B. Maynard, H. Wilcox, J.L. Raymond, E. Scranton, H. Raymond, N. Jewett, O. Chapel
Also includes: cemetery, school, shingle mill

North District No. 12
Property owners include: G. Carrier, T. Banahan, J.H. Rathbone, E. Perkins, C.S. Beebe, S. Beebe, J.H. Raymond, Mrs. L. Emmons, D.E. Dodge, Mrs. N. Wickam, W.A. Minor, N. Manly, G. Statia, D. McGrath, E.G. Gates, H. Watrous
Also includes: steam saw mill, school, Olmstead Corner, Peck Sawmill

West District No. 13 [Note district numbering error]
Property owners include: S.A. Cone, H. Cone, L.W. Cone, D. Peck, Mrs. E. Newbury, D.B. Emmons, Marsh, Capt. Lewis, E.A. Emmons, E. Martin, E.G. Mack, H. Ayres, J. Martin, G.L. Martin, W.H. Ayres, L.M. Stalk

Fox Town District No. 13 [Note district numbering error]
Property owners include: R. Peck, J.H. Brown, N.F. Baker, A. Alexander, H.B. Cone, R.A. Willey, M.H. Fox, H. Cone, J.H. Baker, A. Chapman, R.E. Williams, F. Stark, A.B. Jones, W.I. Bacon
Also includes: grist & saw mill, cemetery, school

District No. 14
Property owners include: C.A. Clark, R.L. Harvey, W. Mason, A. Curtis, I.D. Burnham, N. Rathbone, G.A. Rogers, E. Rogers, Mrs. H. Mitchell, J.R. Griffin, J.B. Hungerford, H.S. Stark, H. Bailey, H.B. & S. Banning, J.B. Warner, A. Stark, O. Chapel
Also includes: cemetery, school

North East District No. 16
Property owners include: M. O’Connell, R.P. Kilborn, Mrs. A. Ackley, J. Ingraham, D. O’Connell, M. Welch, M. Lyon, R. Peck, C.S. Beebe, I. Caples, S. Arnold, C. Minor, E. Earley
Also includes: cemetery, school

Hadlyme District No. 17
Property owners include: H.E. Phelps, H.S. Stark, C.A. Chester, Mrs. L.S. Clark, A.C. Phelps, J.E. Howell, T. Bartman, R.S. Cone, J. Brockway, W. Bartman, W.O. Mosely, J. McNally, A. Hungerford, E. Gear, Almon Day, J.H. Palmer, D. Holmes, J. Jones, R.V. Brooks, S. Rose, C.F. Rose, S. Holmes, C.B. Phelps, H. Edwards, Mrs. J. Holmes, J.B. Holmes, Mrs. M. Comstock, L.N. Toles, C. Minor, J.W. Luther, R.G. Phelps, S.L. Comstock, W. Willey, F.E. Gates, C.A. Warner, F. Phelps, H.M. Vail, Ansel Hungerford, E. Holmes, E.G. Burnham, C.A. Chester, W.E. Hungerford, H.R. Way, J.O. Warner, G. Howell, J.W. Hungerford, R.E. Hungerford, Mrs. Alerby, C. Brockway, Mrs. J. Holmes, Collins, J. Booque, C. Miner, G.R. Banning, H.M. Vaill
Also includes: Congregational Church, cemetery, school, cider mill, Axe Handle Inc., saw mill, grist mill, A. Day & Co., tannery, sheds
NotesCartographic Note: Scale, East Haddam: 1 inch equals 200 rods. Hadlyme: 1 inch equals 20 rods.
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