Hartford
Americannoun
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(George) Huntington, 2nd, 1911–2008, U.S. businessman and patron of the arts.
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a port in and the capital of Connecticut, in the central part, on the Connecticut River.
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Center of the insurance industry.
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A 28-year-old native of New Milford, Conn., Olson played five years of college baseball at Hartford and Stetson, batting .273 with 171 hits, 62 RBIs and five home runs in 183 games.
From Los Angeles Times • May 13, 2026
In the nation’s fastest-selling markets — St. Louis, Seattle and Hartford, Conn. — over a third of homes are being sold after just a week on the market.
From MarketWatch • May 13, 2026
He is a solitary, trudging in his galoshes through the snows of West Hartford, Conn., on his way to work.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 16, 2026
Mr. Fowler is a communications specialist at the Yankee Institute, based in Hartford, Conn.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 9, 2026
Surely in Hartford, or perhaps even here in Wethersfield, she would find willing buyers, even though she had not yet worked out a plan for approaching them.
From "The Witch of Blackbird Pond" by Elizabeth George Speare
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