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Early New England Puritan funerary art conveys a practical attitude towards 17th-century mortality; death was an ever-present reality of life, [1] and their funerary traditions and grave art provide a unique insight into their views on death. The minimalist decoration and lack of embellishment of the early headstone designs reflect the British ...
The Colonial Burying Grounds of Eastern Connecticut and The Men Who Made Them. Hamden: Archon Books. ISBN 0-208-02160-4. "Antientest Burial Ground 1652". The New London Gazette. Oldham Publishing. Archived from the original on 2006-09-10 — Historical sketch. "How New London, Connecticut, Got Its Name". The New London Gazette.
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Hamden was originally part of New Haven, and was separately incorporated in 1784. Initially an agricultural community, it rapidly became a residential suburb of its urban neighbor in the early 20th century. The town hall was completed in 1924 to a design by architect Richard Williams, a partner of William H. Allen of New Haven and a Hamden ...
From the time she married Prince Charles in 1981, Princess Diana was a beloved figure in Britain, but few could have imagined the outpouring of grief that followed her death at age 36.As news ...
Post-mortem photograph of Emperor Frederick III of Germany, 1888. Post-mortem photograph of Brazil's deposed emperor Pedro II, taken by Nadar, 1891.. The invention of the daguerreotype in 1839 made portraiture commonplace, as many of those who were unable to afford the commission of a painted portrait could afford to sit for a photography session.
The royal family has boasted some very long-lived members—Prince Philip passed away barely two months before his centenary, Queen Elizabeth lived to be 96, and her mother, the late Queen Mother ...
As governor of the Province of New York in the 1670s, he had attempted to enforce the Duke of York's claims to territories as far east as the Connecticut River, and his assumption of Dominion control in October 1687 was marked by a failed attempt to seize the colonial charter. Andros is pointedly excluded from numbered lists of Connecticut ...