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Jewett City, Conn, bird’s-eye map by Lucien R. Burleigh

Map – Bird’s-eye View of Jewett City, 1889

January 9, 2022 • The Industrial United States 1870-1900, Griswold

During the late 19th and early 20th centuries panoramic maps, also known as bird’s-eye views, were used to depict many of Connecticut’s town and cities.

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Blacksmith Isaac Glasko Challenges the State Constitution

April 16, 2021 • Constitution of 1818, Expansion and Reform 1801-1861, Business and Industry, Native Americans, Griswold, Slavery and Abolition, Work

Isaac Glasko was a blacksmith of mixed African American and Native American descent who challenged 19th-century voting rights in Connecticut.

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Detail of the W.A. Slater's Jewett City Cotton Mills in the foreground from Jewett City, Conn, bird’s-eye map by Lucien R. Burleigh

The Industrial Revolution Comes to Jewett City

January 13, 2020 • Expansion and Reform 1801-1861, Business and Industry, Griswold, Work

The site of earlier mills, Jewett City seemed well-suited to the Tibbets’ textile enterprise: the Jewett City Cotton Manufacturing Company.

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Pequot bowl, trade item, 17th century

Causes of the Pequot War

November 28, 2012 • Pre-Colonization and Settlement Up Through 1763, Native Americans, Pequot War, Griswold, Groton, War and Defense, Ledyard, North Stonington, Preston, Stonington

The outbreak of the Pequot War is best understood through an examination of the cultural, political, and economic changes after the arrival of the Dutch (1611) and English (early 1630s).

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