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wheat in many parts of the flute, oats, and barley, 
which are heavy and good ; and of late, buck wheat, flax 
in large quantities, f'ome hemp, potatoes of fcveral 
kinds, pumpkins, turnips, peas, beans, &c. Fruits of 
all kinds which are common to the climate. The foil is 
very well calculated for padurage and mowing, which 
enables the farmers to feed large numbers of black cattle 
and horfes. The trade of Connecticut is principally 
with the' Weft-India iflands, and is carried on in veffels 
from fixty to one hundred and forty tons. The exports 
conlift of horfes, mules, oxen, oak haves, hoops, pine 
boards, oak plank, beans, Indian corn, fillt, beef, pork, 
&c. Horfes, live cattle, and lumber, are permitted in 
the Dutch, Danifh, and French, ports. A large number 
of coafling vellels are employed in carrying the produce 
of this flute to other flutes. To Rhode ifland, Mafla- 
chufetts, and New Hampfliire, they carry pork, wheat, 
corn and rye. To North and Sout!\ Carolina, and Geor¬ 
gia, butter, cheefe, falted beef, cyder, apples, potatoes, 
hay, &c. and receive in return, rice, indigo and money. 
But as New York is nearer, and the flate of the markets 
always well known, much of the produce of ConneCti- 
cut, efpecially of the weftern parts, is carried there ; 
particularly pot and pearl allies; flax-feed, beef, pork, 
cheefe and butter, in large quantities. Moll of the pro¬ 
duce of Connecticut river from the parts of Maffachu- 
feits, New Hampfhire, and Vermont, as well as of Con¬ 
necticut, which are adjacent, goes to the fame market. 
Ccnfiderable quantities of the produce of the eaflern 
parts of the (late, are marketed at Bodon, Providence, and 
Norwich. The value of the w'hoie exported produce 
and commodities from this flute, before the year 1774, 
was edimated at about 200,0001. fterling, annually. In 
the year ending September 30, 1791, the amount of fo¬ 
reign exports was 710,340 dollars, befides articles carried 
to different parts or the united dates, to a great amount. 
In 1792, 749,923 dollars ; in 1793, 770,239 dollars; and, 
in 1794, 806,746 dollars. This date o.vns and employs 
in the foreign and coafling trade, upwards of 32,897 tons 
of (hipping. 
The fanners in Connecticut, and their families, are 
moftly clothed in homefpun cloth. Their linens and 
woollens are manufactured in their families; and, though 
generally of a coarfe kind, are of a dronger texture than 
thofe imported from France and Great Britain. Here 
are large orchards of mulberry trees; and lilk worms 
have been reared fo fuccefsfully, as to promife, not only 
a fupply of filk to the inhabitants, but a furpluflage for 
exportation. In New-Haven, are linen and button ma¬ 
nufactories. In Hartford, a woollen manufactory has 
been eftablifhed ; likewife glafs works, a fnuff and pow¬ 
der mill, iron works, and a flitting mill. Iron works 
are eftablifhed alfo at Salifbury, Norwich, and other 
parts of the flate. At Stafford is a furnace at which are 
made large quantities of .hollow ware, and other iron¬ 
mongery, fufficient to fupply the whole flate. Paper is 
manufactured at Norwich, Hartford, New Haven, and in 
Litchfield county. Ironmongery, hats, candles, leather, 
fhoes, and boots, are manufactured in this flate. 
The (late of Connecticut is laid out in fmall farms, 
from fifty to three hundred and four hundred acres each, 
which are held by the farmers in fee fimple ; and are ge¬ 
nerally well cultivated. The (late is chequered with in¬ 
numerable highways, crofting each other in every direc¬ 
tion. A traveller in any of ihefe roads, even in the mofl 
unfettled parts of the flate, will feldom pafs more than 
two or three miles without finding a houfe or cottage, 
and a farm under fuch improvement, as to afford the ne- 
ceffaries for the fupport of a family. The whole flate 
jrefembles a well cultivated garden, which, with that de¬ 
gree of induftry that is ever productive of happinefs, 
produces the neceffaries and conveniences of life in great 
plenty. The inhabitants are almod entirely of Englifh 
defeent. There are no Dutch, French, or Germans, 
and very few Scotch or Irjifh people, in any part of the 
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flate. The original flock from which have fprung all 
the prefent inhabitants of Connecticut, and the numerous 
emigrants from the flate, to every part of the united 
dates, confided of 3000 fouls, who fettled in the towns 
of Hartford, New Haven, Windfor, Guilford, Milford 
and Wethersfield, about the years 1633 and 1636. fn 
1756, the population of the date amounted to 130,611 
fouls ; in 1774, to 197,856 ; in 1782, to 202,877 whites, 
and 6273 Indians and negroes; and by the date cenfus 
in 1790, to 237,946 perlons. 
The people of Connecticut are fond of having all 
their difputes, even thole of the mod trivial kind, fet¬ 
tled according to law; a true criterion of their Britidi 
defeent. The prevalence of this litigious fpirit, affords 
employment and fupport for a numerous body of lawyers. 
That party fpirit, however, which is the bane of political 
' happinefs, has not raged with fuch violence in this date, 
as in Mallachufetts and Rhode ifland. Public proceem 
ings have been conducted generally with much, calmnefs 
and candour. The people are well informed in regard 
to their rights, and judicious in the methods they adopt 
to fecure them. The date, upon the whole, enjoys an 
uncommon (bare of political tranquillity and unanimity. 
All religions, that are confident with the peace of fo- 
ciety, are tolerated in Connecticut ; and a fpirit of libe¬ 
rality and catholicifm is increafing. There are few va¬ 
rieties of religious feCls in this date. The bulk o f * the 
people are congregationalids. Befides thefe,. there are 
episcopalians, and baptids. The damage fudained by 
this date in the late war, was eftimated at 461,2351. 16s. id. 
To compenfate the fufferers, the general court, in May 
1792, granted them 500,000 acres of the weftern part of 
the referved lands of Connecticut, which lie wed of' 
Pennfylvania. 
There are. a great- number of very pleafant towns, 
both maritime and inland, in Connecticut. It contains 
five cities, incorporated with extenfive jurisdiction in ci¬ 
vil caufes. Two of thefe, Hartford and New Haven, are 
capitals of the date. The general affembly is holden at 
the former in May, and at the latter in October, annu¬ 
ally. The other cities are New London, Norwich, and 
Middleton. Weathersfield, Windfor, Farmington, Litch¬ 
field, Milford, Stratford, Fairfield, Guilford, Stamford, 
Windham, Suftield, and Enfield, are all considerable and 
very pleafant towns. In no part of the world is the 
education of all ranks of people more attended to than 
in Connecticut. Almod every town in the date is divided 
into didriCts, and each didriCt has a public School kept 
in it at a greater or lefs part of every year. Somewhat 
more than orie third of the monies arising from a tax on 
the polls and rateable ellate of the inhabitants, is ap¬ 
propriated to the fupport of fchoolsin the Several towns, 
for the education of children and youth. The law direCfs 
that a grammar fchool (hall be kept in every county 
town throughout the date. Yale college is an eminent 
feminary of learning, and was founded in the year 1700. 
Academies have been lately edablifhed at Greenfield, 
Plainfield, Norwich, Windham, and.Pomfret. 
The conditution of Connecticut is founded on their 
charter, which w r as granted by Charles II. in 1662, and 
on a law of the date. Contented with this form of go¬ 
vernment, the people have not been difpofed to run the 
hazard of framing a new conditution fince the declaration 
of independence. Agreeable to this charter, the Supreme 
legiflative authority of the date is veded in a governor, 
deputy governor, twelve allidants or cour.feliors, and 
the reprefentatives of the people, dyled the general af¬ 
fembly. The governor, deputy governor, and adidants,, 
are annually chofen by the freemen in the month of May. 
The reprefentatives, their number not to exceed two 
from each town, are chofen by the freemen twice a-year, 
to attend the two annual feflions, on the Second Tuefdays 
of May and October. The general affembly is divided- 
into two branches, called the upper and lower honles, 
The upper houfe is coinpo.fed of the governor, deputy 
governor. 
