Settlement Gallery

First settlers of Hartford, Connecticut, 1636

Thomas Hooker's congregation migrates from Massachusetts to settle Hartford, Connecticut, 1636.
Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th-century illustration

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Puritans founding New Haven, Connecticut

John Davenport leads Puritans in giving thanks for their arrival at New Haven, Connecticut, 1630s.
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Providence, Rhode Island, 1664

Map of Providence, Rhode Island, in 1664, showing property of original proprietors.
Hand-colored 19th-century woodcut reproduction of the document

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