“The attempt to describe the New Haven of to-day in a way to convey any just idea of its attractive and picturesque aspects must always result in dissatisfaction. One and another striking feature may be depicted with a certain success, perhaps; but the ensemble, the countenance, will inevitably appear distorted to those who are familiar with it. To be apprehended truly, it must be seen; to be known it must be long dwelt in. Probably it is never well known, especially in the subtle contour and color which human life lends to its natural charms, except by those fortunate beings who are inheritors in unbroken descent of the blood and the soil, the records and the traditions, the virtues, idiosyncrasies and foibles of its founders.”
-Excerpt courtesy of Archive.org, Allen County Public Library Genealogy Center, The New England magazine, “New Haven,” by Walter Allen, 1887. (top) “Hand watercolored engraving showing the ‘View of the City of New Haven’ in the distance over the harbor; farm property with cows and sheep appear in the fore. Appears to be a clipping from a journal or similar publication, backed with gauze.” Image courtesy of the New Haven Museum, Documentary Objects Collection, “View of the City of New Haven,” Engraving by unknown artist, 19th Century
Roger Sherman house 