Connecticut's Old State House

Sally Whipple talked about the historic events that happened inside Connecticut’s Old State House, including the 1814 Hartford Convention. The three-fifths compromise and Louisiana Purchase were addressed at the convention. Ms. Whipple also talked about the Amistad trial, which was held in the Old State house in 1839.

C-SPAN’s Local Content Vehicles (LCVs) made a stop in their “2015 LCV Cities Tour” in Hartford, Connecticut, from November 14-20 to feature the history and literary life of the community. Working with the Comcast Cable local affiliate, they visited literary and historic sites where local historians, authors, and civic leaders were interviewed. The history segments air on American History TV (AHTV) on C-SPAN3 and the literary events/non-fiction author segments air on Book TV on C-SPAN2. close