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Hartford (inhabited place) |
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| Lat: 41 45 00 N degrees minutes |
Lat: 41.7500 decimal degrees |
| Long: 072 41 00 W degrees minutes |
Long: -72.6833 decimal degrees |
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Note: Located in N central Connecticut; formed Connecticut Colony in 1639 & accepted 1st written constitution in America (Fundamental Orders); given royal charter in 1662; governor Andros made unsuccessful attempt to seize state in 1687. |
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Hartford (inhabited place) (P) |
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Hartford (inhabited place) (P) |
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| inhabited place (preferred, C) |
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was Dutch trading post in 1633, settled in 1635 by English pioneers |
| city (C) |
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| state capital (C) |
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since January 9, 1788 |
| industrial center (C) |
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for machines & automobile parts |
| commercial center (C) |
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especially for insurance |
| manufacturing center (C) |
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for typewriters, precision instruments & electrical equipment |
| tourist center (C) |
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includes houses of Mark Twain & Harriet Beecher Stowe, nation's oldest free public art museum, colonial architecture & parks |
| educational center (C) |
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includes Trinity College, Hartford Seminary Foundation, Morse School of Business, Hartford State College & community college |
| cultural center (C) |
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includes nation's oldest newspaper, birthplace of writer John Fiske, educator Henry Barnard & financier JP Morgan |
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Connecticut .......... (state) |
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(World, North and Central America, United States) [7007159] |
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