Brooklyn Becomes Seat of Windham County

Title

Brooklyn Becomes Seat of Windham County

Description

After a committee from the Connecticut General Court reviews the towns of Windham county, they report to the Assembly that Windham county's courts should be transferred to Brooklyn. On May 27, 1819, the Assembly passes an act designating Brooklyn as the new seat of Windham County.

Source

Allen B. Lincoln, A Modern History of Windham County, Connecticut: A Windham County Treasure Book (Chicago: S. J. Clarke Publishing Company, 1920), 44. Ellen Douglas Larned, History of Windham County, Connecticut, Volume II: 1760-1880 (Worcester, MA: Charles Hamilton, 1880), 467-8.

Date

1817/1819-05-27

Contributor

hall_tyler

Mediator

horn_allen

Collection

Digital Windham

Citation

“Brooklyn Becomes Seat of Windham County,” History Digitized, accessed March 12, 2026, https://easternct-digitalhistory.com/items/show/705.