Connecticut Orders Windham to Maintain Infrastructure
Title
Connecticut Orders Windham to Maintain Infrastructure
Description
In 1774, the Assembly orders Windham to build and maintain a bridge across the Shetucket upon a road lately laid out to New Hampshire, to accommodate the travel to the new college in Hanover. The selectmen of Windham are now required, "To provide suitable louses for the poor, and persons to take care of them, rates for the same to be paid in provisions."
Source
Ellen D. Larned, History of Windham County Connecticut 1600-1760 (Pomfret, CT; Swordsmith Production, 2000). First ed. 1874 [Google Books], pp. 43-45; 338-342; 420-423; 452 (map);
Date
1774
Contributor
freebairn_richard
Collection
Citation
“Connecticut Orders Windham to Maintain Infrastructure,” History Digitized, accessed October 24, 2024, https://easternct-digitalhistory.com/items/show/688.