The200thAnniversaryoftheHartfordConvention
Legacy,HistoryandLessonsTaught
OnDecember15,1814,New
EnglandFederalistsopenedthe
three‐week‐longHartford
Convention.
Meetinginsecret,thedelegates
wereonthevergeofpromoting
thesecessionofNewEnglandfrom
theUnitedStates.
Stymiedbytheconclusionofthe
detestedWarof1812,the
Federalistsdisintegrated.
Butthedebatessurroundingthe
HartfordConventioncarriedon.
Joinusforthe200thAnniversaryfortheHartfordConvention
andforadiscussionofsecessionthenandnow.
Monday,December15,2014
3:30PMto5:30PM
DavisCourtroom,WilliamF.StarrHall
45ElizabethStreet,Hartford,CT06105
ReceptionimmediatelyfollowinginStarrReadingRoom Ifyourequirereasonableaccommodationsforadisability,
pleasecontacttheLawSchoolat860‐570‐5130orviaemailat
[email protected].