In 1839 a committee was charged with examining the current Windham County Jail and making recommendations for improvement. We recently acquired a broadside that contains the committee’s report, which is very similar in intent to national efforts at prison reform in the early 19th century. Continue reading
A little Friday fun…
The War of 1812 was not too popular with New Englanders!
Petition, Whiting family papers, 1754-1819, Ms 19073. Connecticut Historical Society, Hartford, CT
“WHEREAS great pains have been taken to impress the public mind with the idea that the War in which we are engaged, with Great Britain, is extensively unpopular; and that it will not be supported by the People of New-England, the undersigned think proper to declare, that while they lament the necessity of a War, they are fixed in the determination to support it, till the attainment of an honorable peace.”
The petition is not dated. Above the printed text, “Windham, Connecticut” was hand written.
This piece, and the rest of the Whiting family papers, are available for research.
inside the CHS 