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Connecticut, the "Nutmeg State," is one of the thirteen original States. From east to west it extends about ninety-five miles, from north to south about sixty miles. It is bounded on the north by Massachusetts , on the east by Rhode Island , on the south by Long Island Sound, and on the west by New York .
Connecticut has had famous Inventors like: Charles Goodyear who discovered vulcanized rubber in 1839; Noah Webster who first published his dictionary in 1806, the modern Merriam-Webster dictionary in 1828, and was influential in establishing the Copyright Act of 1831; Elias Howe who in 1846 invented a lockstitch design sewing machine, and in 1851 an "Automatic, Continuous Clothing Closure" (zipper); Eli Whitney received a patent for the cotton gin in 1794.
Radiant Roots, Boricua Branches | Musings on My Tri-racial Black and Puerto Rican Ancestry.