Encyclopedia Britannica provides a biography of Anne Hutchinson (1591-1643), the woman expelled from the Massachusetts Bay Colony for "Traducing the ministers," of the Puritan Colony. She and other religious dissenters founded Rhode Island.

Learn more about estuaries when you visit this informative site. This resource provides locations of and weblinks to estuaries in the United States.

A map from 1872 of the city and harbor of New Haven, Connecticut on Long Island Sound, about seventy-five miles northeast from New York City, and thirty-four southwest from Hartford.

A map from 1891 of Connecticut showing the State capital of Hartford, major cities and towns, railroads, lakes and rivers, and the coastal features of the Long Island Sound.

A map from 1902 of Connecticut showing the State capital of Hartford, major cities and towns, railroads, lakes and rivers, and the coastal features of the Long Island Sound.

A map from 1906 of Connecticut showing the State capital of Hartford, major cities and towns, railroads, lakes and rivers, and the coastal features of the Long Island Sound.

A map from 1909 of Connecticut showing the State capital of Hartford, major cities and towns, railroads, lakes and rivers, and the coastal features of the Long Island Sound.

A map from 1922 of Connecticut showing the State capital of Hartford, major cities and towns, railroads, lakes and rivers, and the coastal features of the Long Island Sound.

A map from 1892 of Connecticut showing the State capital of Hartford, counties and county seats, major cities and towns, railroads, lakes and rivers, and the coastal features of the Long Island Sound.

A map from 1912 of Connecticut showing the State capital of Hartford, counties and county seats, major cities and towns, railroads, lakes and rivers, and the coastal features of the Long Island Sound. A grid reference in the margins of...

A road map of Bridgeport, Connecticut, from the 1920 Automobile Club of Rochester showing the Long Island Sound, the major roads, ferry routes, railroads and stations, parks, cemeteries, and major landmarks.

A road map of Bridgeport, Connecticut, from the Official Automobile Blue Book (1919), showing Bridgeport, Connecticut, showing the Long Island Sound, the major roads, ferry routes, railroads and stations, parks, cemeteries, and major...

A map from 1858 of the vicinity of Hartford on the Connecticut River. The map covers central Connecticut from Hartford south to New Haven, Litchfield to Bolton, and the Long Island Sound coastline from Fairfield to Saybrook.

A map of the Hudson River area from West Point to the Long Island Sound showing the Revolutionary War posts along the river, including West Point, Peekskill, Verplanck's Point, Stony Point, New York, Brooklyn, and the forts Montgomery,...

A facsimile of an early Dutch map of the Connecticut River, the eastern boundary claimed by New Netherlands in 1666. The map is oriented with north to the right, and shows the early settlements and native villages, shoreline, and water...

A map of the Hudson River area from Newburg to the Long Island Sound showing the Revolutionary War posts and towns along the river, including West Point, Peekskill, Verplanck's Point, King's Ferry, Stony Point, Haverstraw Bay, Tarrytown,...

Three mansions and grounds, including the 1838 Peter Augustus Jay House and Jay Property, Lounsberry and Whitby Castle, a private cemetery, and a nature preserve running from Boston Post Road down to the Long Island Sound, an area...

The Outer Banks are a chain of barrier islands that skirt the coast of North Carolina from the Virginia border to Cape Lookout through Currituck, Dare, Hyde, and Carteret Counties. More than 175 miles long, they are separated as much as...