Legal interest rate, 6; by contract, any rate.
| CONNECTICUT | Kon-net´e-kut. "Nutmeg State." |
Name of Indian origin, signifying Long River.
One of the thirteen original States; first permanent settlement made by English at Hartford, 1635.
Area, 4,990 square miles; average length, 86 miles; average breadth, 55 miles; seacoast, over 100 miles. Principal river valleys: Thames, Connecticut and Housatonic. Most important harbors: Bridgeport, New Haven, New London, Saybrook and Stonington. Number counties, 8.
Temperature at New Haven: winter, 27° to 40°; summer, 68° to 74°: rainfall, 44 inches.