Email Record: Connecticut River below Hartford, Conn. Letter from the Secretary of War. Transmitting a letter from the Chief of Engineers, United States Army, dated June 14, 1939, submitting a report, together with accompanying papers and an illustration, on a preliminary examination and survey of Connecticut River below Hartford, Conn., including North Cove in the town of Old Saybrook, authorized by the River and Harbor Act approved August 26, 1937.