By 1641 New Haven had grown into a community of approximately 800. In accordance with old English custom, the central square, now the Green, was designated a public common. The town plan was based on a grid of nine squares. New Haven's founders not only hoped to create a Christian utopia, they also saw in New Haven's spacious harbor an opportunity to establish a commercial empire that would control Long Island Sound and possibly the coastline as far south as Delaware Bay.īy 1640 a complete government had been established and the settlement, originally called Quinnipiac, was renamed Newhaven. In return, the settlers pledged to protect the natives and to allow them the use of the lands on the east side of the harbor. It was for this reason that Momauguin, the sachem of the Quinnipiacks, and other tribe members agreed to sell the tribe's land to the Puritans. They soon discovered that the Quinnipiacks and other local tribes were much distressed by raiding bands of Pequots and Mohawks from surrounding areas. On April 24, 1638, a company of five-hundred English Puritans led by the Reverend John Davenport and Theophilus Eaton, a wealthy London merchant, sailed into the harbor. They harvested seafood, hunted with bow and arrow for food and furs and grew maize, the staple of their diet. Less than four centuries ago the area which is now New Haven was the home of a small tribe of Native Americans, the Quinnipiack, who built their villages around the harbor. Native Americans and the Puritan Settlement Freedom of Information Act: Records Request.In Massachusetts, Insa maintains headquarters in Chicopee and dispensaries in Easthampton, Avon, Salem and Springfield. “Insa has extensive experience in retail, cultivating, manufacturing and dispensing high quality medical and adult use cannabis products,” it wrote. In its application, Insa describes itself as a medical and adult use cannabis company licensed in several states. Photo by Cloe Poisson/Special to the Courant Massachusetts cannabis company INSA plans to build a retail and growing facility on two lots that were the sites of Restoration Lighting Gallery and the USS Chowder Pot IV restaurant on Brainard Road in Hartford, Conn., August 1, 2023. The company is leasing 10,800 square feet of the theater, and plans to use about 6,300 square feet for its dispensary. In an application filed with the city in June, the company said it would begin construction in September and would complete work in about a year. It is planning to remodel part of the main auditorium of the former Long Wharf Theatre on Sargent Drive as a cannabis dispensary. Photo by Cloe Poisson/Special to the CourantĪt the same time, Insa is also looking to get into the New Haven market. It said the stages of growing will be staggered to provide for sequenced blossoming, harvesting and processing. Insa told the city the systems are designed to “maintain a sterile and controlled environment to prevent pests and disease and promote plant health without disruption to the community.”
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