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Blacksmith Isaac Glasko Challenges the State Constitution

April 16, 2020 • Business and Industry, Canterbury, Constitution of 1818, Expansion and Reform, Griswold, Native Americans, 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 • Business and Industry, Expansion and Reform, Griswold, Work

With its abundant waterways, Connecticut, like the rest of New…

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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, 2017 • Griswold, The Industrial United States

During the late 19th and early 20th centuries panoramic or…

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Over Time: Griswold’s Historical Population

April 3, 2014 • Griswold, Hide Featured Image

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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Pequot bowl, trade item, 17th century

Causes of the Pequot War

November 28, 2012 • Colonization and Settlement, Griswold, Groton, Ledyard, Native Americans, North Stonington, Pequot War, Preston, Stonington, War and Defense

The outbreak of the Pequot War (1636-37) is best understood…

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