Norwich bulletin. [volume] (Norwich, Conn.) 1895-2011, 1919-02-07
SOUVENIR TAYLOR STARTS
CENTENNIAL SUGGESTION
Especial to The Bulletin.

Hartford, Feb. 6.-William Harrison
Taylor generally known as ''SouVe-
MR." the bureau of information and
accommodation at the state cap -tol
for thirty-five years at sessions of the
legislature, is responsible for the joint
resolution, passed in the senate and
house, for the appointment of a com
mittee of senators and representatives
to observe the centennial anniversary
of Connecticut legislatures, which oc-
ours May Z, 1919. In this connect on
Mr.. Taylor has been digging up inter-
esting data from the records, the fol-
lowing, just as it appears:
State officers, 1S19-His Exceuency
Oliver Wolcott, Esq, governor; His
Honor Jonathan Ingersoll, Esq, lieu
tenant governor: Thomas Day, Esq.,,
secretary; Isaac Spencer, ESQ. treas
urer: Elisha Colt, Esq. comptroller.
Senators-Hon. Jonathan Brace,
Esq; Hon. Frederick Wolcott, Esq;
Hon. Elisha Perkins, Esq, Hon. Will
liam Bristol, Esq, Hon. FL jah Board
man. Esq, Hon. Daniel TomlinsOn,
Esq, Hon. Sylvester, Esq, John S.
Peters. Esq. EnoCh Burrows, Esq, Pc
ter Webb, Esq David Hill, ESQ,
Joshua Stow, Esq.
David Plant, Esq, speaker house of
representatives, AnSel Sterling. Esq,
and Ralph l. Ingersoll, Esq, clerks.
Members legislature, New London
county: BOzTah, Gardner Avery; Col
chester, Henry Champion Samuel A
Peters; Franklin. A1yin Abel. Girls
void, Gilbert Billings; Groton. Elisha
Haley; Lebanon, Charles Abel, Joshua
Hall: Lisbon, Joseph JenetJ; Lyme
Lbenezer BrockWay, Moses Warren;
Montville Stephen G. Thatcher: New
London, Lyman Law, Jacob b. Cur
! ley: Norwich, Calvin Goddard. New
comb Kinney; North StOnngton, Ma
than Pcndleton. David Coats; Pres
| ton Henry Palmer, Elisha Brewster,
| Stonington, Gilbert r. Hallam, AS
| Fish; Salem, Henry Perkins Water.
ford, Comstock Chapel
Windham county; Stephen Knowl
! ten, Jedediah Watkins, Ashford: Roc.
err W, Williams BrOoklyn Dame
Frost, Jr, Asa Butts, Canterbury: 10.
seph Prentiss, Hampton; Luther War
| rem, David Chase, kiuingly; Erastu
lester, Vincent Hincllley, P}ainfield
| Joseph Scarborough, Lemuel Ingalls,
Pomfret: Dixon Hall, Sterling: join
Nichols, Jr.. John Jacobs. Jr.. Thomp
son; Sterry Kinney. FoluHtown: Ebe
nezer Skinner. John Mcclellan Wood
stock; Amos D. Allen. John Baldwin
Windham.
ToIiard county: Ichabod NJ. War
ner Bolton; Cephas Brigham, Jaspe
Fitch, Coventry John Hall. Elling
ton; Thomas Wells, Eleazer Sweet
land. Hebron; Edmund Freeman. A.
Jcmas Gurley Mansfield: Oliver Cha
lpin, I'd, Joseph Abbott. Somers: 10
| seph Hyde, Ephratm Dimock. Stat
1crd;, Phineas TalcotI TernQl,
Ing dsby W. Crawford, Nathan
Newell, Union; Jonathan Sibley, Jr
Daniel GlazieT, Wilmington.
Senators We're called Assistants
before the adoption Of the constitU
ton in 1918, and the regular OctoDe
session was dispensed with. The frs
session opened ut Hartford, on "ti
IlSt Wednesday Of May 1919, an
sessions were held alternately at Har;
ford and New Haven until May, IST
Since then all sess- -ons have been hel
, in Hartford Biennial sessions hay
been held in Hartford sine 1876, opr
ing on Wednesday following Ii
first Monday OF Binuary."
The following towns We're incorDol
ated since 1873: In New London eour
ty-East Lyme, 1899; Ledyard, 1885,
Old Lyme, 1865. Noluntown was cl
Off from Windham county in 1S8
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Eastford, 1847: Putnam, 1855: SEQ
land, 1857. Tolland county-Andove
1913: Columbia 1914.
Hartford, New Haven, New L,or
don and Fairfield counties were cor
stituted in 1856, Windham county
1925, Litchfeld county in 175l. MID
d!eseK county in 1885 and TO}ar
. | county III 17S5
|. Stonington is the Oldest borough
' the state, being Incorporated in $50
: or eleven years before Guilford. II
! next oldest, Stonineton under Il
Q name of Southerton, or o :. 49, belor,
D ed to Massachusetts and asSfoned i
a commission to Connect cut i'm zG4
: | This order was afterwards reyoll,
Y and the town re-annexed to Connect
e cut in 1862.
v Woodstock was Incorporated
= Massachusetts, 1890, and claimed
n Connecticut in 1749.
s Pequot was constituted a town
= 1649, and named New London in 7G=
Y The representatives in congress fro
= Connecticut in 1E19-21. the fifteen
- congress were: Henry w. Edward
Il Samuel A. Foote, Jonathan o. Mos
s ley, Elisha Phelps, john Russ. lam
stephens and G deon Tomlfnson. n
senators were Samuel W. Dana a.
3 James Lanman.
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