Administered by State of Connecticut Office of Legislative Management Legislative Office Building, 210 Capitol Avenue Hartford Connecticut 06106
Located Connecticut State Capitol 210 Capitol Avenue Central tympanum Hartford Connecticut 06106
Date:
1878
Notes:
Save Outdoor Sculpture, Connecticut survey, 1993.
Index of American Sculpture, University of Delaware, 1985.
Image on file.
(Below relief:) Charter Oak
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Summary:
A relief depicting Connecticut's "charter" oak tree. The tree's trunk is cracked, where Captain Joseph Wadsworth hid the Colony's Royal Charter, a liberal document granting freedom to the Colonists, to avoid capture by British representatives.
