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The Burning of Fairfield refers to the action of the American Revolutionary War at Fairfield, Connecticut on July 7, 1779 after a British landing force under the command of General William Tryon attacked the town, engaged and dispersed its militia forces, and burned down the vast majority of its buildings. [2]
On July 9, 1779 Brigadier General Samuel Holden Parsons, of the Continental Army, was in Redding, Connecticut where he had been sent by Commander-in Chief George Washington to assess the situation and take charge of the militia in case of further raids, as Washington and General Oliver Wolcott felt that Norwalk would be the next target of the ...
The Winsted Hosiery Mill, also known as the Whiting Mill, is an industrial complex at 210 Holabird Avenue in the Winsted section of Winchester, Connecticut.Developed in the late 19th and early 20th centuries, it was one of the largest industrial employers in the community for many years, and is relatively unaltered from its period of development.
1225 Silver Street, Middletown, CT 06457 Juvenile prison in Connecticut, US The Connecticut Juvenile Training School (CJTS) was a juvenile prison in Middletown, Connecticut , that operated under the Connecticut Department of Children and Families from 2001 to 2018.
U.S. Route 44 and CT 8; also 86 Main St. Winchester* Second address represents boundary increase added on April 29, 1982 170: Winsted Hosiery Mill: Winsted Hosiery Mill: February 21, 1985 : Whiting at Holabird St., in Winsted neighborhood
WHITING – The owner of a Whiting paper mill faces a fine of more than $55,000 from federal inspectors after an employee's arm got stuck in a machine and he died earlier this year.. Mativ also ...
Whiting's parents died while he was a child, and he was raised by father's sister Mary and her husband, Reverend Thomas Clap. Whiting graduated from Yale in 1743 while his uncle Thomas was president of the university. [1] In 1745, Ensign Nathan Whiting joined the New England army being raised to capture Fort Louisbourg from the French.
The Whiting Homestead is located north of the center of West Hartford, on the west side of North Main Street at its junction with Lawler Street. It is a 2 + 1 ⁄ 2-story wood-frame structure, five bays wide, with a large central chimney, and a center entrance. The main entrance is framed by a molded architrave with ears, and the cornice at the ...