Rural independence

Nov 2

Mist upstream of the Bissell Bridge, over the Connecticut River between Windsor and South Windsor, Conn. — *Mist upstream of the* *Bissell Bridge, over the Connecticut River* *between* *Windsor* *and* *South Windsor, Conn.*

“Inhabitants of this {Connecticut River} valley ... are so remote from a market as to be perfectly free from that sense of inferiority customarily felt by the body of people who live in the neighborhood of large cities. Hence a superior spirit of personal independence is generated and cherished.’’

— Timothy Dwight (1752-1817), in Travels in New England and New York. Born in Northampton, Mass., he was president of Yale in 1795-1817 as well as a noted author and theologian.

View of the Connecticut River’s Oxbow, in Northampton, Mass., by Thomas Cole (1836) — *View of the Connecticut River’s Oxbow, in Northampton, Mass., by* *Thomas Cole* *(1836)*

Connecticut RiverNorthampton

RWhitcomb-editor

Rural independence

‘Fit our vision to the dark’

David Warsh: How some rebellious FBI agents pushed Comey into tipping 2016 election to Trump