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Yes, this is great. I've tried to make maritime history one of my subspecialties. I'm also the historian for the US Coast Guard Auxiliarly. I"ve got 2 articles (see text articles) at http://www.history.auxpa.org -- on WWII.
RE: CT naval history. I may be getting the Amer Rev and War of 1812 mixed up, but the figure 2,000 privateers sticks in my mind and CT had a lot of them--I think it was the Amer Rev. Early on everyone was in shipping in some way in CT as all settlements were originaly along the CT River. At the end of the 18th cent. CT was a major exporter of onions, barrel staves, rum, etc. Also because of the bad farming people had to have more than 1 vocation. There were also high levels of education in the state, largely due to Thomas Hooker's Cambridge group. These combined to develop a highly skilled, inventive work force that still exists, e.g., Groton submarines, etc. By the end of hte 19th cent. CT had issued more patents than some nations, including for the steamboat (Fulton stole the design), the first submarine, Colt firearms (and generally the Whitney-North system of mass mfgd. interchangeable parts by 1820), the sewing machine, and later airplane parts.
RE: Foote. The spelling was always Foote and he and I are descended from Nathaniel and Elizabeth Deming Foote. A.H.'s ancestor was one of their sons. I'm a descendant of the eldest daughter Elizabeth who married Josiah Churchill. Eliz. Deming Foote's second husband was Thomas Welles, but I'm not sure it's Gideon Welles's ancestor as it appears there's more than 1 Thos. Welles. Harriet Beecher Stowe is also of this clan, as her mother was a Foote.
Kay