MEMORIAL HISTORY OF HARTFORD COUNTY CONNECTICUT J. TRUMBULL 1st/1st 2 Vols, 1886

  MEMORIAL HISTORY OF HARTFORD COUNTY CONNECTICUT 1633-1884, Edited by J. Hammond Trumbull, First Edition, Two Volumes (1280 Pages), 1886 — VERY RARE

 Publisher: Edward L. Osgood, Boston (1886)

Very rare first edition, first printing of the "Memorial History of Hartford County Connecticut from 1633-1884" edited by J. Hammond Trumbull. The boards and binding are solid and tight with shelf-wear to the corners and fore-edges of both volumes. The pages are crisp and generally clean save for foxing on boarders of the title pages, and on some of the engravings. A wonderful, comprehensive and highly illustrated 2-volume set with steel engravings on a total of 1280 pages, covering the History of Hartford Country Connecticut and the towns within. Three-quarter leather binding, marbled boards and fore-edges.

 The two-volume set is a history of Hartford County, Connecticut. Hartford County is located in the north-central part of the state and was formed as an original county in 1666. This history covers a 250-year time span from 1633-1884 in two volumes. Within these two volumes the history is divided into essentially three parts - the county, Hartford town and city, and the towns of Hartford County (excluding the town of Hartford). Topics found in these two volumes include:

Early History of Hartford County
The River Towns, 1635-1666
The Colonial Period
The War of Rebellion
The Bench and Bar
The Medical History of Hartford County
Hartford in Literature
The Militia
Freemasonry
Emigration
Settlement of the Town of Hartford
The Town Since 1784
The City of Hartford
The Churches of Hartford