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American Revolution - Connecticut History | a CTHumanities Project
“Legalized Piracy”: Connecticut’s Revolutionary War Privateers
Writer
:
Bryna O’Sullivan
Town(s)
:
New Haven, New London, Norwich, Wethersfield
Zotero ID
:
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Jonathan Trumbull’s Lebanon War Office: The “Pentagon of the Revolution”
Writer
:
Emily Clark
Town(s)
:
Lebanon
Zotero ID
:
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Ridgefield’s Keeler Tavern
Zotero ID
:
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Connecticut’s Valley Forge: The Redding Encampment and Putnam Memorial State Park
Zotero ID
:
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The Orrin Freeman House and the
Spirit of ‘76
Writer
:
Alex Gerrish
Town(s)
:
Haddam
Zotero ID
:
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Abigail Hinman: Heroine of the American Revolution or Legend?
Zotero ID
:
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New London’s Tradition of Burning Benedict Arnold…in Effigy – Who Knew?
Black Loyalist Refugees: Toney Escapes During the Burning of Fairfield
Zotero ID
:
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Samuel Huntington, the first President of the United States, dies – Today in History: January 5
Lemuel Haynes: America’s First Black Ordained Minister
Writer
:
Alex Gerrish
Town(s)
:
Bloomingfield, Torrington, West Hartford
Zotero ID
:
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David Bushnell and his Revolutionary Submarine
Writer
:
Brenda Milkofsky
Town(s)
:
Old Saybrook, Westbrook
Zotero ID
:
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A Willington Visionary Preserves the Nation’s Colonial Past
Zotero ID
:
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The Ebenezer Avery House – Who Knew?
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Benedict Arnold Turns and Burns New London
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Roger Sherman Dies – Today in History: July 23
Wallingford Native Son Signed the Declaration of Independence
A Remarkable Signature – Who Knew?
Washington Didn’t Only Sleep Here: George Washington at Wethersfield’s Webb House
Zotero ID
:
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Soldier, Patriot, and Politician: The Life of Oliver Wolcott
Zotero ID
:
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Benedict Arnold: America’s Most Famous Traitor
Zotero ID
:
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Hannah Bunce Watson: One of America’s First Female Publishers
Zotero ID
:
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Uriah Tracy Authors the Rules for Impeachment
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:
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William Douglas: A Colonial Hero’s Sacrifice
Ethan Allen Born – Today in History: January 10
Zotero ID
:
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The White Pine Acts – Who Knew?
Zotero ID
:
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The Articles of Confederation: America’s First Constitution
Zotero ID
:
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Caleb Brewster: A Patriot Against Freedom
Zotero ID
:
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Map – Rochambeau’s Camp at Canterbury
Zotero ID
:
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Mariann Wolcott and Ralph Earl – Opposites Come Together and Make History
Zotero ID
:
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Nathan Hale Hanged in New York – Today in History: September 22
Zotero ID
:
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Prudence Punderson, Ordinary Woman, Extraordinary Artist: Needlework in Connecticut
Zotero ID
:
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David Humphreys, Soldier, Statesman, and Agricultural Innovator
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:
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Governor Jonathan Trumbull Dies – Today in History: August 17
Zotero ID
:
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Ralph Earl: Portrait of an Early American Artist
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:
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British Burn Fairfield – Today in History: July 7
Stamford’s Three-Gun Armada
Zotero ID
:
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Nathan Hale: The Man and the Legend
Zotero ID
:
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The Minute Man, Westport CT
Zotero ID
:
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Connecticut’s Loyal Subjects: Toryism and the American Revolution
Writer
:
Patrick J. Mahoney
Zotero ID
:
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Jeremiah Wadsworth, “foremost in every enterprise”
Zotero ID
:
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The Burning of Danbury
Zotero ID
:
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Litchfield’s Revolutionary War Soldiers’ Tree
Israel Putnam: A Youthful Trailblazer Turned Colonial Militiaman
Zotero ID
:
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Connecticut’s Black Governors
Zotero ID
:
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Jackson v. Bulloch and the End of Slavery in Connecticut
Zotero ID
:
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A Connecticut Slave in George Washington’s Army
Zotero ID
:
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The Beadle Family Murders – Today in History: December 11
USS Confederacy: The Life and Service of Connecticut’s Continental Frigate
Oliver Wolcott Dies – Today in History: December 1
Roger Sherman, Revolutionary and Dedicated Public Servant
Writer
:
Gregg Mangan
Town(s)
:
New Haven, New Milford
Zotero ID
:
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The Rise and Fall of Silas Deane, American Patriot
Zotero ID
:
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Thomas Knowlton: A Small Town’s National Hero
Zotero ID
:
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Fort Griswold Attacked – Today in History: September 6
Caleb Brewster and the Culper Spy Ring
Zotero ID
:
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East Haven’s Revolutionary Salt Works
Zotero ID
:
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The Hartford Wits
Zotero ID
:
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Hidden Nearby: Goshen’s Liberty Pole
Oliver Cromwell Launched – Today in History: June 13
Christopher Leffingwell Born – Today in History: June 11
Zotero ID
:
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Stealth Attack from Guilford Launched – Today in History: May 23
News From Lexington: Contemporary Views of the Opening Battles of the American Revolution
Zotero ID
:
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Changing Sentiments on Slavery in Colonial Hebron
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:
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An Orderly & Decent Government: A New State, A New Constitution, 1776-1818
New London’s Sound Defense
Zotero ID
:
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The Frost House Once Offered Travelers a Warm Welcome
George Washington Slept Here (Just Perhaps Not Well)
Zotero ID
:
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Early Anti-slavery Advocates in 18th-century Connecticut
Zotero ID
:
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Rochambeau Returns Over and Over to Andover
Zotero ID
:
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The Turtle Submarine – Today in History: September 6
Battle at Ridgefield – Today in History: April 27
Zotero ID
:
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The British Attack Danbury – Today in History: April 25
Zotero ID
:
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Benedict Arnold Demands the Key – Today in History: April 22
The Battle of Groton Heights at Fort Griswold
Town(s)
:
Groton
Zotero ID
:
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Map – Rochambeau’s Camp at Danbury
Writer
:
CTH Staff
Town(s)
:
Danbury
Zotero ID
:
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Map – Rochambeau’s Camp at East Hartford
Writer
:
CTH Staff
Town(s)
:
East Hartford
Zotero ID
:
D2NBDBET
Map – Rochambeau’s Camp at Voluntown
Writer
:
CTH Staff
Town(s)
:
Voluntown
Zotero ID
:
D2NBDBET
Map – Rochambeau’s Camp at Farmington
Writer
:
CTH Staff
Town(s)
:
Farmington
Zotero ID
:
D2NBDBET
Map – Rochambeau’s Camp at Windham
Writer
:
CTH Staff
Town(s)
:
Windham
Zotero ID
:
D2NBDBET
Site Lines: Silas Deane
Zotero ID
:
XG2TJUZN
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