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(Encyclopedia) WillimanticWillimanticwĭləmănˈtĭk [key], former city in the town of Windham, Windham co., Conn., at confluence of Willimantic and Natchaug rivers, which there form the Shetucket River…Park, Rosemary
(Encyclopedia) Park, Rosemary, 1907–2004, American educator, b. Andover, Mass., grad. Radcliffe (B.A., 1928; M.A., 1929), Univ. of Cologne (Ph.D., 1934). She was instructor in German (1930–32) and…Saltonstall, Sir Richard
(Encyclopedia) Saltonstall, Sir RichardSaltonstall, Sir Richardsôlˈtənstôl [key], 1586–1658, early English colonist in Massachusetts. Of a prominent Yorkshire family (he was knighted in 1618),…Old Lyme
(Encyclopedia) Old LymeOld Lymelīm [key], residential and resort town (1990 pop. 6,535), New London co., SE Conn., on Long Island Sound, at the mouth of the Connecticut River; settled c.1655, inc.…Connecticut: Asian persons, percent, 2000
Source informationConnecticut: White persons, percent, 2000
Source informationNew Britain, city, United States
(Encyclopedia) New Britain, industrial city (1990 pop. 75,491), Hartford co., central Conn.; settled c.1686, inc. 1871. The tin shops and brassworks in the city were established in the 18th cent. New…Brattleboro
(Encyclopedia) Brattleboro Brattleboro brătˈəlbûrˌə [key], town (2020 pop. 12,184), Windham co., SE Vt., on the…Bunshaft, Gordon
(Encyclopedia) Bunshaft, Gordon, 1909–90, American architect, b. Buffalo, N.Y. As chief designer for the architectural firm of Skidmore, Owings and Merrill, Bunshaft was responsible for Lever House,…Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute
(Encyclopedia) Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, at Troy, N.Y.; coeducational; founded and opened 1824 as Rensselaer School; chartered 1826. It was called Rensselaer Institute from 1837 to 1861. The…Trending
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