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Yale charter, October 9, 1701

When Old Saybrook Was a College Town

October 7, 2020 • Clinton, Education, Killingworth, New Haven, Old Saybrook

Yale University traces its origins back to the Connecticut Colony’s…

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A Civil War Soldier Engineers an Iconic Career

March 6, 2020 • Civil War and Reconstruction 1850-1877, Clinton, Civil War, Science

Horatio Wright was a Connecticut native who served with distinction…

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Detail of A New and Correct Map of the United States by Abel Buell

An Uncommonly Ingenious Mechanic: Abel Buell of Connecticut

January 12, 2020 • Revolution and the New Nation 1754-1820s, Clinton, Business and Industry, Killingworth, New Haven

This Yankee jack-of-all-trades created the first map of the new United States to be printed and published in America.

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Over Time: Clinton’s Historical Population

June 14, 2014 • Hide Featured Image, Clinton

Census data, from colonial times on up to the present, is a key resource for those who study the ways in which communities change with the passage of time.

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A Shipping and Railroad Magnate Remembers His Connecticut Roots

April 26, 2014 • Clinton, Business and Industry, Education, Killingworth, Transportation, Work

Charles Morgan was a shipping and railroad magnate who earned…

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Yale University from Colonial Times to the Present

January 19, 2014 • Clinton, Education, Killingworth, New Haven, Old Saybrook

Yale University has grown from the small “Collegiate School” founded in Saybrook in 1701 to one of the most prestigious universities in the world.

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