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Students will discuss why Connecticut chose Nathan Hale as the state hero, considering important American values and how these contribute to our American identity.
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Lemuel Haynes was a bi-racial man from West Hartford who was raised as an indentured servant from early childhood until age 21. Haynes served briefly with a militia company in Massachusetts after the battles of Lexington and Concord.
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During the American Revolution, free and enslaved Black people fought for American independence. Although some fought as substitutions for their enslavers or enslaver’s family members, others fought as a way to gain their freedom, or the freedom of their family, through an act of agency.
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Correspondence, writings, memoranda, minutes, legal and financial papers and printed matter relating to Bull's career as an Egyptologist and to his social, philanthropic and financial activities.His professional papers concern his curatorship of the Egyptian collections at the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York City and at Yale University. As a resident of Litchfield, Connecticut, Bull was active in supporting various community institutions. These activities are documented by minutes and memoranda on the work of these institutions as well as financial statements on Bull's support. Also in the papers are documents on the history of the house known as "The Lindens" in Litchfield. The writings include a typescript of his Ph.D. thesis (1922) on religious texts of the Middle Kingdom and drafts for his book, The Rhind Mathematical Papyrus, published 1927-1929.
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The compiled military service records consist of a jacket-envelope for each soldier, labeled with his name, his rank, and the unit or organization in which he served. The jacket-envelope contains card abstracts of entries relating to the soldier as copied from original muster rolls; payrolls; rank rolls; inspection, provision, and clothing returns; receipts for pay and bounty; accounts for subsistence, pay, rations, clothing, and ordnance; abstracts of muster and pay rolls; and correspondence. The type of information recorded on the cards varies greatly depending on the availability of source documents. A typical compiled military service record may show the soldier's rank and military unit; dates of appointment or enlistment; term of enlistment; whether present or absent at time of muster; and date of discharge or separation by desertion, death, or dismissal.
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The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Print Collection, The New York Public Library. "The Wolcott monuments, Litchfield, Connecticut " The New York Public Library Digital Collections. 1848 - 1899.
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Written on verso: "Gould House - owned by Mrs. J Mason Hoppin Built in 1760 by Elisha Sheldon."
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address delivered at the bi-centennial celebration of the town of Litchfield, August 1, 1920
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This report presents Northeast Slavery Records Index (NESRI) records, focused on Litchfield, CT, to promote a more complete understanding of the history of enslavement and the lives of enslaved people.
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This report presents Northeast Slavery Records Index (NESRI) records, focused on Guilford, CT, to promote a more complete understanding of the history of enslavement and the lives of enslaved people.
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A curated collection of thought-provoking books about the American Revolution.
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A curated collection of thought-provoking books about the American Revolution.
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To the rebelling colonies, French assistance made the difference between looming defeat and eventual triumph. Even before the Declaration of Independence was issued, King Louis XVI and French foreign minister Vergennes were aiding the rebels. After the Declaration, that assistance broadened to include wages for our troops; guns, cannon, and ammunition; engineering expertise that enabled victories and prevented defeats; diplomatic recognition; safe havens for privateers; battlefield leadership by veteran officers; and the army and fleet that made possible the Franco-American victory at Yorktown.
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When the Continental Congress decreed that the Declaration of Independence be widely distributed, one person rose to the occasion and printed the document – boldly inserting her name at the bottom with a printing credit: Mary Katharine Goddard. Here is an important biography of a groundbreaking women who had the courage to write herself into the history she helped create
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In October 1781, American, French, and British forces converged on a small village named Yorktown – a place that the British would try to forget, and Americans would forever remember. In his riveting, balanced, and thoroughly researched account of the Revolutionary Way’s last pivotal conflict, author Tim Grove follows the true stories of American, French, and British players, whose lives intersected at Yorktown.
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Deborah Sampson longs to break free. To be much more than a girl is allowed to be. Caught up in her country’s fight for independence, 18-year-old Deborah declares her own independence. She soon enlists in George Washington’s Continental Army, signing on as Robert Shurtliff. A young lady can’t battle the British, but a man can! But being a soldier is hard, dangerous work. Can she keep her identity a secret?
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When the Continental Congress decreed that the Declaration of Independence be widely distributed, one person rose to the occasion and printed the document – boldly inserting her name at the bottom with a printing credit: Mary Katharine Goddard. Here is an important biography of a groundbreaking women who had the courage to write herself into the history she helped create
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In October 1781, American, French, and British forces converged on a small village named Yorktown – a place that the British would try to forget, and Americans would forever remember. In his riveting, balanced, and thoroughly researched account of the Revolutionary Way’s last pivotal conflict, author Tim Grove follows the true stories of American, French, and British players, whose lives intersected at Yorktown.