A Proud Past Hartford Connecticut Author:Ellsworth & Marion Grant A capsule history of Hartford, CT, produced for the 150th anniversary of the Society For Savings bank. Done from the perspective of the bank's depositors, it focuses on the 19th century history of the bank and the city from 1819 on. This includes a list of the 41 original petitioners who started the bank in 1819, what they did, and where their p... more »lace of business was. Many pictures of local celebrities and life in Hartford, including pics of Colonel Samuel Colt (inventor of the famous revolver)« less