City (pop., 2000: 121,578), capital of Connecticut, U.S. Lying on the Connecticut River , it was settled by Dutch traders in the 1630s.
The Fundamental Orders of Connecticut, which later served as a model for the U.S. Charles Bulfinch . Institutions of higher learning include Trinity College . The birthplace of {{link=Morgan, John Pierpont">J.P. Morgan , Hartford was also the home of Harriet Beecher Stowe and Mark Twain , whose houses are preserved.