Editing Colchester, Connecticut (section)

=== The 1800s ===
On October 13, 1803, the town of [[Marlborough, Connecticut|Marlborough]], [[Hartford County, Connecticut|Hartford County]] was created from parts of the towns of Colchester, [[Glastonbury, Connecticut|Glastonbury]], [[Hartford County, Connecticut|Hartford County]], and [[Hebron, Connecticut|Hebron]], [[Tolland County, Connecticut|Tolland County]].<ref name=":0" /> In the 1807 election for governor of Connecticut, Colchester voted 105 for [[Jonathan Trumbull Jr.|Trumbull]] and 12 for Hart, a majority for [[Jonathan Trumbull Jr.|Trumbull]].<ref name=":7">{{Cite web |title=Hartford, Connecticut Breaking News, Sports & Entertainment - Hartford Courant |url=https://www.courant.com/ |access-date=May 10, 2022 |website=courant.com}}</ref> On May 27, 1807, heavy cattle losses were reported because of stray dogs biting them.<ref name=":7" /> The following year (1808), Colchester voted for [[Jonathan Trumbull Jr.|Trumbull]]’s re-election (135 to 24). In 1810 Colchester voted for the governor, 82 for [[John Treadwell|Treadwell]], 61 for [[Roger Griswold|Griswold]], and 16 for Spalding.<ref name=":7" /> On March 6, 1821, John Turner sold the southern green to [[Bacon Academy]] Trustees for $100 ($2,800 in 2018).<ref name=":7" /> A hatter came in 1828.<ref name=":6" /> In 1836, a town description was written in "Connecticut Historical Collections" stating that excellent quality iron ore was found. Colchester was hilly and stony in some parts of town. [[Hebron, Connecticut|Hebron]]’s furnaces later used the ore in 1899. In "Connecticut Historical Collections" the school for colored children is mentioned; considering this book was released in 1836, the school could not have been more than 43 years old. Unbeknownst to [[John Warner Barber|John Barber]] (the writer of this book), he got to see it only four years before its ending. On August 8, 1844, Special Park Committee meeting reported costs to acquire {{frac|3|1|2}} acres of land plus costs of posts and rails to line the perimeter for $398 (about $13,000).

In March 1850, The borough petitioned for a special meeting for land donation by [[Nathaniel Hayward]]. His proposal was a donation of land if the borough laid a tax of $1,000 to defray expenses of fences and grading land (about $32,000).<ref name=":7" /> The proposal was approved. In 1851 Work was completed for the new Town Park. The borough passes ordinances to ban cows from the park.<ref name=":7" /> Borough records showed the town immediately designated the park as a source of income. This included land rental for circus, shows, and sales of grasses and hay.<ref name=":7" />

==== Colchester Bank ====
The first known mention of the bank, was on June 19, 1856, when the [[United States Senate|Senate]] agreed to pass a bill incorporating the bank.<ref name=":7" /> On October 11, 1856, the bank's stockholders met and decided on a board of directors. They are as follows, Albert B. Isham, Stephen Brainard Day (Isaac's Buell's brother), William G. Buell, and Samuel F. Jones Jr. (who would later be the main accomplice in the Colchester bank scandal<ref>{{Cite web |title=1800s Colchester Bank Scandal {{!}} Colchester Historical Society |url=https://www.colchesterhistory.org/colchester-history/bank-scandal-1800s/ |access-date=May 10, 2022 |website=www.colchesterhistory.org}}</ref>).<ref name=":7" /> In the same meeting, Isaac Biglow Buell (the cousin of Harvey Post Buell, a successful druggist, and pharmacist in Colchester<ref>{{Cite book |last=Bacon |first=George F |url=https://archive.org/details/leadingbusinessm00geor |title=The leading business men of Willimantic and Colchester ... |date=1890 |publisher=Mercantile Publishing Company |location=Boston |language=English |oclc=1048219371}}</ref>) was chosen as president. The bank reportedly began the same day.<ref name=":7" />