a city and river-port in the United States of North America, Middlesex county, Connecticut, on the right bank of the Connecticut River at the head of its ship navigation, and 24 miles N.E. from New Haven. It is pleasantly situated, partly on an acclivity commanding a fine prospect. The elevated portion contains many elegant mansions surrounded with spacious and highly ornamented ground. The rest of the town consists of broad parallel streets of usually well-built houses. The principal public buildings are the custom-house and court-house, both elegant edifices, and the latter adorned with a fine Grecian portico. The Wesleyan university here is a flourishing institution, having about 120 students. The wharves are commodious, and have 10 feet of water. The shipping of the port amounted on 30th June 1852 to 14,431 tons enrolled and licensed, of which 14,005 were employed in the coasting trade, and the remainder in the cod and mackerel fisheries. Pop. (1850) 4211.