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Official nickname. John Fiske claimed the Fundamental Orders of 1638/39 as the first written constitution in history.
Storrs, Connecticut
Storrs, Connecticut
He is a blacksmith in 20th century Connecticut who wakes up in medieval England at the court of King Arthur.
![]() The state bears the motto "Qui Transtulit Sustinet", "He who Transplanted Sustains Us".
Joined union in 1788, quarter released in 1999
Commissioned Sept. 1906 -- BB-18
This nickname came about because of the strict morals of the people of the state
Unofficial nickname. The origins of the nutmeg connection to Connecticut is unknown. It may have come from its sailors returning from voyages with nutmeg. It may have originated in the early machined sheet tin nutmeg grinders sold by early Connecticut peddlers. It is also facetiously said to come from peddlers from Connecticut who would sell small carved nobs of wood shaped to look like nutmeg to unsuspecting customers.
Scattered along 60 miles of the Long Island Sound coastline
January 9, 1788
January 9, 1788
Defeated Kentucky, 60-54
1949. Starring Bing Crosby and based on the Mark Twain novel. |
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