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| == The Nuttall Encyclopedia <ref name="term_71456" /> ==
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| <p> Southernmost of the New [[England]] States, is washed by [[Long]] [[Island]] Sound, has New [[York]] on the W., Rhode Island on the E., and [[Massachusetts]] on the N. It is the third smallest State, rocky and uneven in surface, unfertile except in the [[Connecticut]] [[River]] valley. Streams abound, and supply motive-power for very extensive manufactures of clocks, hardware, india-rubber goods, smallwares, textiles, and firearms. There are iron-mines in the NW., stone-quarries, lead, copper, and cobalt mines. Climate is healthy, changeable, and in winter severe. [[Education]] is excellently provided for. Yale University, at New Haven, is thoroughly equipped; there are several divinity schools, [[Trinity]] [[College]] at Hartford, and the Wesleyan University at Middleton. The capital is Hartford; New [[Haven]] is the largest town and chief port. The original colony was a democratic secession from Massachusetts in 1634. The constitution of 1639 was the first written democratic constitution on record. Its present constitution as a [[State]] dates from 1818. </p> | | Connecticut <ref name="term_71104" /> |
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| | <p> A river in the United States which rises on the confines of Canada, and, after a course of 450 m., falls into the Atlantic at Long Island. </p> |
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| | | <ref name="term_71104"> [https://bibleportal.com/encyclopedia/the-nuttall-encyclopedia/connecticut+(2) Connecticut from The Nuttall Encyclopedia]</ref> |
| <ref name="term_71456"> [https://bibleportal.com/encyclopedia/the-nuttall-encyclopedia/connecticut Connecticut from The Nuttall Encyclopedia]</ref> | |
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Revision as of 17:08, 15 October 2021
Connecticut [1]
A river in the United States which rises on the confines of Canada, and, after a course of 450 m., falls into the Atlantic at Long Island.
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