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The Chelsea Parade Historic District encompasses a predominantly residential area north of downtown Norwich.Centered around the Chelsea Parade, a triangular public park, the area has long been a preferred residential area for the city's upper classes, and includes a catalog of architecture from the 18th to 20th centuries.
A 1799 map of Connecticut which shows the Oblong. From Low's Encyclopaedia. The governments of New York and Connecticut were not quick to effectuate the 1700 Order in Council. Between 1700 and 1717, neither attempted to actually survey and settle the border, leaving the issue to individual landowners.
In exchange, New York received an equivalent area consisting of a 1.81-mile-wide (2.91 km) strip of land known as the "Oblong" running northwards from Ridgefield, Connecticut to the Massachusetts border, alongside the New York counties of Westchester, Putnam, and Dutchess. New York was also given undisputed claim to Rye, New York. [2] [3] [4 ...
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New York State Route 120A (NY 120A) is a state highway in southern Westchester County, New York, in the United States. It serves as an alternate route to the southern half of NY 120 running along the New York–Connecticut state line. The southern terminus of the route is at NY 120 in Harrison.
Town of Huntington Historical Marker of Treaty of Hartford Boundary (1650–1664). The Treaty of Hartford is a treaty concluded between New Netherland and Connecticut Colony on September 19, 1650, in Hartford, Connecticut.
I-95 follows the Connecticut Turnpike from the New York state line eastward for 88 miles (142 km). This portion of the highway passes through the most heavily urbanized section of Connecticut along the shoreline between Greenwich and New Haven, with daily traffic volumes of around 150,000 vehicles throughout the entire 48-mile (77 km) length between the New York state line and the junction ...
New York and Massachusetts agreed to divide the rights in question with a treaty signed December 16. [3] The states agreed that all of the land in question, about 6 million acres (24,000 km 2), would be recognized as part of New York State. Massachusetts, in return, obtained the right of preemption, the title to all of the land, giving it the ...