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Subject: Silas Deane

I am searching for a guide or format for what may be a work study group (Re: Silas Deane) at the Webb-Deane-Stevens Museum in Wethersfield for members of the public. 

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Ms. Kate Ohno:
Perhaps my initial inquiry can be better phrased: I am seeking to ascertain an appropriate FORMAT to present the life and times of SILAS DEANE to the general public at the Webb-Deane-Stevens Museum in Wethersfield.
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Would LOVE to attend, but we're away that week.
Maybe it'll be repeated!
Susan BarlowManchester, CT

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Hi Bryna - I'm not sure if I ever responded to you. Things have been chaotic here at our UCC conference archives (long story). My guess is that the reference to "Saybrook churches" is to those churches who adhered to the Saybrook Platform. They tended to be Old Light churches who were skeptical of the Great Awakening with its enthusiasm and lack of "discipline". They were the majority of churches. (Ironically our Saybrook church did not adhere to the Saybrook Platform, following instead the Cambridge Platform, which was more independent or congregational.) Our New Light churches might be part of 

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I think this went to the wrong email?

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Suffield has a nice little monograph written in the late 1800s titled "Suffield and the Lexington Alarm," but it is entirely about Suffield's militia. I think we have nothing that would help you in your quest. Good luck.

Lester Smith

> On August 25, 2019 at 4:25 PM Bryna O'Sullivan <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
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> Hi all,
> Is anyone familiar with sources, including memoirs and diaries, that might provide more information about Capt. Daniel Tilden's militia company of Lebanon? I'm trying to learn more about one of his privates and am hitting dead-ends everywhere I can think of, including town 

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You should look at Connecticut Historical Society. They have the Dime Savings Bank archive, if not others, if I remember correctly.

Barbara Austen
Conn. State Library

From: CTHISTORY-L: A Discussion Board for Connecticut History [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of Gorton, Gary
Sent: Monday, June 10, 2019 10:26 AM
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Subject: Bank Archives

Hello - - I am looking for bank archives, 1750-present, but particularly post 1930. In particular, I need Loan Record, usually a ledger listing borrowers, date of loan and when due. Any help would be greatly appreciated. 

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Sorry, Gary, I don't have any info on that.

Pat Schaefer

On Jun 10, 2019, at 10:25 AM, Gorton, Gary wrote:

> Hello - - I am looking for bank archives, 1750-present, but particularly post 1930. In particular, I need Loan Record, usually a ledger listing borrowers, date of loan and when due. Any help would be greatly appreciated.
>
> Gary Gorton
> Yale
> Gorton SSRN
> Google Scholar
> Slapped by the Invisible Hand
> Misunderstanding Financial Crises
> The Maze of Banking
> Fighting Financial Crises (w/ Ellis Tallman)
>

Hi Gary. Archives & Special Collections of the University of Connecticut Library has the records of the Hartford National Bank and Trust Company (https://archives.lib.uconn.edu/islandora/object/20002%3A860289303<https://nam01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Farchives.lib.uconn.edu%2Fislandora%2Fobject%2F20002%253A860289303&data=02%7C01%7C%7Cf43f205718b94934340c08d6ee6e1989%7C17f1a87e2a254eaab9df9d439034b080%7C0%7C0%7C636958553966521335&sdata=A6nZSZOi4tE82RQDl%2BRdB9MbOwt2WVcQBTK89mysjoI%3D&reserved=0>) and the Hartford National Corporation (https://archives.lib.uconn.edu/islandora/object/20002%3A199723465<https://nam01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Farchives.lib.uconn.edu%2Fislandora%2Fobject%2F20002%253A199723465&data=02%7C01%7C%7Cf43f205718b94934340c08d6ee6e1989%7C17f1a87e2a254eaab9df9d439034b080%7C0%7C0%7C636958553966521335&sdata=c2hVO5QcV1cm7r%2FdYT7ncvTBizHm5ToPkobFfGrCIRo%3D&reserved=0>). If you do a word search in each of the finding aids you will see there are many instances of loan records from many dates, including the 1930s. 

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Mr. Gorton may find old bank records scattered among various archival repositories.  Based on my research, I can report the following records for his time period:
- Hartford National Bank and Trust, Archives and Special Collections (Dodd Center) at UConn-Storrs
- Savings Bank of Manchester, Archives and Special Collections (Dodd Center) at UConn-Storrs
- Moodus Savings Bank, at East Haddam Historical Society
- First Bank of New Haven, Whitney Museum and Library, Whitney Avenue, New Haven
- Windsor Trust and Bank, Windsor Historical Society
- Tolland Bank, Connecticut State Library
These are just a few ideas, but perhaps they will 

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Dear Gary, at the Bridgeport Public Library I recall negotiating for older records of Peoples Savings Bank and the predecessor of Bank Mart. Contact the Library at 203-576-7400 for the Bridgeport History Collection (Historical Collections) for information.

David Palmquist

Former City of Bridgeport Historian

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Wells Fargo, maybe?
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Thanks Walt! HUGELY helpful! ________________________________________ From: CTHISTORY-L: A Discussion Board for Connecticut History <[log in to unmask]> on behalf of Walter Woodward <[log in to unmask]> Sent: Saturday, April 6, 2019 12:00 AM To: [log in to unmask] Subject: State Museums -Seasonal Hires We’re Hiring! The State of Connecticut Department of Economic and Community Development (DECD) is seeking museum guides to be stationed at one of these three museums, operated by the DECD: Eric Sloane Museum (Kent), Old New-Gate Prison & Copper Mine (East Granby), and the Prudence Crandall Museum (Canterbury). The museum guides will report to the staff person in charge of the site. This is a 37.5 

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To whom should letters of interest and resume's be directed.
Tim McNamara

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Subject: State Museums -Seasonal Hires

We’re Hiring!
The State of Connecticut Department of Economic and Community Development (DECD) is seeking museum guides to be stationed at one of these three museums, operated by the DECD: Eric Sloane Museum (Kent), Old New-Gate Prison & Copper Mine (East Granby), and the Prudence Crandall Museum (Canterbury). The museum guides will report to the staff person in 

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Hi all!
Please apply using this application link. If this doesn't work for you, visit the State if Connecticut jobs website run by the Department of Administrative Services.
Thank you.

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Warmest congratulations on this achievement!

Kate Mearns Ohno
The Papers of Benjamin Franklin
Yale University

From: CTHISTORY-L: A Discussion Board for Connecticut History [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of Ramsey, Allen
Sent: Thursday, January 17, 2019 4:20 PM
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Subject: Public Records of the State of Connecticut volume 22, 1823-1824, is now available

The Connecticut State Library, with funding from the Historic Documents Preservation Fund, announces the publication of the next volume in the Public Records of the State of Connecticut series. One copy of the volume is available for free to every Connecticut public library, publicly funded college or university 

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Bruce was an inspiration to fledgling local historians -- generous with his time and the Oral History how-to book. His enthusiasm spurred on many of us!

Susan Barlow, Manchester Historical Society
Manchester, CT

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Sent: Mon, Apr 2, 2018 5:55 pm
Subject: Remembering Bruce Stave

Later this month, a memorial service will be held for University of Connecticut Distinguished Professor Emeritus Bruce M. Stave, who died last December. Bruce, with his partner in everything Sondra Astor Stave, was a human dynamo - capable of everything, active in so much. Bruce’s guiding hand 

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Please disregard that last message from me!

From: "CTHISTORY-L: A Discussion Board for Connecticut History" <[log in to unmask]> on behalf of "Shapiro, Elizabeth" <[log in to unmask]>
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Subject: Curator Position at the Prudence Crandall Museum

Museum Curator/Site Superintendent
The Prudence Crandall Museum, Canterbury, CT 

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>
> Susan
>
> Good timing. I just posted (Jan 15th) a wonderful essay with comment by the ever-fascinating Carol Kammen about the Town Historians network in NY State - what’s working, what’s not - with a question about what we’ve got going on in CT.
>
> https://www.facebook.com/HousingOurHistory/ <https://www.facebook.com/HousingOurHistory/>
>
> Well worth a read.
>
> http://newyorkhistoryblog.org/2018/01/14/carol-kammen-ny-municipal-historians-report-lessons/?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+NewYorkHistory+%28New+York+History%29 <http://newyorkhistoryblog.org/2018/01/14/carol-kammen-ny-municipal-historians-report-lessons/?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=Feed:+NewYorkHistory+(New+York+History)>
>
>
> We need activism, energy and leadership on that front. I am not sure how committed CHS to nurturing a statewide network of town historians.
>
> The CT League of Historical Orgs - does an annual 

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To Bill or whomever is maintaining the list of Municipal Historians,

I retired as Milford's City Historian four years ago but I still seem to be on your list. The present Milford Historian is Arthur Stowe, email [log in to unmask]

I had attended several meetings of Historians back in the late 1990s until, for reasons that I still don't understand, the group voted to disband. I had thought that the group was a great idea. 

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Charles S Johnson wrote a report on Blacks in Hartford Ct 1921 for the Urban League. You probably can find it on-line - It was very helpful for background material of the time.

Dawn Hutchins Ingram

> On Dec 17, 2017, at 10:12 AM, Andrea Obaez <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
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> I'm writing a Connecticut noir, and thought it would be interesting to make it period appropriate.
>
> But I'm finding almost no data on what life was like for people of color during the late 20s to the mid 30s.
>
> Lots of timelines, but no first-hand accounts. 

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The periodical Connecticut Observed, formerly Hog River Journal, has published a number of articles about Connecticut Black history that might be useful. Good Luck.

Lester Smith

> On December 17, 2017 at 11:12 AM Andrea Obaez <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
>
> I'm writing a Connecticut noir, and thought it would be interesting to make it period appropriate.
>
> But I'm finding almost no data on what life was like for people of color during the late 20s to the mid 30s.
>
> Lots of timelines, but no first-hand accounts. Especially for Latinos.
>
> Can any of you point 

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Also check out essays in Elizabeth Normen et al., eds., African American Connecticut Explored (Wesleyan University Press, 2013), particularly Part V, "Between the Wars."
Donald Rogers

On Sunday, December 17, 2017 8:03 PM, Dawn Hutchins <[log in to unmask]> wrote:

Charles S Johnson wrote a report on Blacks in Hartford Ct 1921 for the Urban League.  You probably can find it on-line - It was very helpful for background material of the time.  

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Ruth Glasser, Aquí Me Quedo: Puerto Ricans in Connecticut (Middletown, Connecticut: Connecticut Humanities Council, 1997)

Full of oral history.

Leah Glaser
History Department
Coordinator, Public History Program
New Britain, CT 06050
860-832-2825
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Date: Sunday, December 17, 2017 at 8:08 PM
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Subject: Re: The Great Binge and People of Color 

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There’s a publication called _Our Neighbors_ (9 vols., 1933) in the Yale Medical Historical Library: call no. Hist H C83+ Oversize

You might also look at special collections of primary source materials, like the one linked here on Evelyn Jennings’ page—a collection of family letters of an elite Cuban family.

https://www.stlawu.edu/people/evelyn-jennings

Kate Mearns Ohno
Associate Editor
The Papers of Benjamin Franklin
Yale University 

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UConn’s Digital repository, beginning at http://archives.lib.uconn.edu/, has transcripts of oral histories done by the UConn Center for Oral History in their Peoples of Connecticut Project. The oral histories were done in the 1970s and 1980s of older people who were likely speaking about their lives in their youth, so they could touch on life in the 1920s and 1930s. 

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That was the book I was going to suggest! I just started to read some of
the essays and they are fantastic.

On Sun, Dec 17, 2017 at 8:09 PM, donald rogers <
[log in to unmask]> wrote:

> Also check out essays in Elizabeth Normen et al., eds., *African American
> Connecticut Explored* (Wesleyan University Press, 2013), particularly
> Part V, "Between the Wars."
>
> Donald Rogers
>
>
> On Sunday, December 17, 2017 8:03 PM, Dawn Hutchins <
> [log in to unmask]> wrote:
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>
> Charles S Johnson wrote a report on Blacks in Hartford Ct 1921 for the
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Thank you all for these great suggestions. I was struggling to find a
starting point, and this really, really helps.

Thanks again and Happy Holidays!

On Dec 18, 2017 8:14 PM, "Smith, Laura" <[log in to unmask]> wrote:

> UConn’s Digital repository, beginning at http://archives.lib.uconn.edu/,
> has transcripts of oral histories done by the UConn Center for Oral History
> in their Peoples of Connecticut Project. The oral histories were done in
> the 1970s and 1980s of older people who were likely speaking about their
> lives in their youth, so they could touch on life in the 1920s and 1930s.
>
 

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This is fascinating. Let us, however, begin with the history. Perry may have changed the course of the War of 1812, there is argument to be had there, but he certainly didn’t change the course of the Revolution. Surely a typo.

As for the question of private sale, you will certainly find buyers. A few years ago a private collector approached Middletown, CT and offered a substantial sum (I don’t remember the exact amount, but a quick newspaper search will reveal the number) to purchase 4 Civil War era cannons that surround one of the town’s monuments. As the War 

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Hello fellow Connecticut history enthusiasts!

We would like to provide an archaeological perspective on this issue. While we are certainly sensitive to the high cost of archaeological work, especially in regards to underwater resources, we hesitate to condone the commodification of the past.

The Society for American Archaeology’s Principles of Archaeological Ethics addresses the commercialization of artifacts. Principle No. 3 is focused on illicit excavation and sale of artifacts for personal profit. The 2001 UNESCO Convention on the Protection of the Underwater Cultural Heritage laid out the importance of protecting underwater resources and condemned the commercial exploitation of underwater sites. 

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If you google "regency era carriages," you'll get lots of blog posts aimed at the Jane Austen fan club, which will discuss the various forms of the era. The Austenites will focus more, I'm sure, on fashionable folks but probably some will include the more utilitarian and modest type transportation too.
Alden O'Brien
DAR Museum 

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Flynn & Doyle manufactured carriages and sleighs in Bantam, Connecticut.

The Bantam Historical Society has their ledges and catalogues.

> On Nov 13, 2017, at 8:18 AM, Walt Woodward <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
>
> Hello,
> Can you please assist with helping me find out what carriages were in use in the Fairfield, Connecticut area in the years 1801 to 1835?
>
> I am transcribing a merchant account book which spans that time period and also looking to for images.
>
> According to the "duties" section of Greens Almanack (page 37), it lists the following as types of carriages.
 

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5,000 tavern signs created.

https://connecticuthistory.org/tavern-signs-mark-changes-in-travel-innkeeping-and-artistic-practice/

From: CTHISTORY-L: A Discussion Board for Connecticut History [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of Woodward, Walter
Sent: Wednesday, November 08, 2017 3:06 PM
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Subject: Query: 18th Century Taverns - And Ones Still Standing in Connecticut

David Leff, writer, naturalist and historian recently posed a question to me I would very much appreciate some help in answering. He wanted to know how may taverns existed in Connecticut during the 1775 to 1789 period, and how many might still be around today, perhaps as residences or other uses. Any hints as to numbers, individual sites, and/or locations 

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Some towns might have lacked one, but not many. The bigger towns had several at any given time. My guess - there might be 60 buildings around that served that purpose. There is a book on the subject from the 30s but I don’t recall the exact title and don’t own - it - something like CT Taverns - plus this 

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Brigham Tavern in Coventry remains in great condition, though now as
residence rather than tavern.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brigham%27s_Tavern

On Wed, Nov 8, 2017 at 10:05 AM, Woodward, Walter <[log in to unmask]
> wrote:

> David Leff, writer, naturalist and historian recently posed a question to
> me I would very much appreciate some help in answering. He wanted to know
> how may taverns existed in Connecticut during the 1775 to 1789 period, and
> how many might still be around today, perhaps as residences or other uses.
> Any hints as to numbers, individual sites, and/or locations would be
> greatly appreciated.
>
 

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Did you check Susan Schoelwer's catalog/book on tavern signs, Lions, Eagles, and Bulls? I don't have the book at hand here at the Barnum, but I am thinking it may include information about extant taverns in CT. As I recall Susan and the research assistant were looking into the history of CT taverns, not just the signs, and I kinda-sorta think they had a list or table of some sort that identified them. 

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The CT Historical Society has a great collection of tavern signs and
published a book on the subject. Also see Chris Collier's The Literature of
Connecticut History and its references to Connecticut turnpikes for
additional rersources on inns and taverns in CT.
Peter J,. Malia
The Connecticut Press
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CHS did an exhibition on tavern signs and perhaps other commercial enterprises ca.2004/5. Some were undoubtedly from the 18C. You might check to see if they still have any material/information remaining from that show. I am not sure whether they generated a catalogue or not.

Peter Hinks

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From: Woodward, Walter <[log in to unmask]>
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Here’s the Rising Sun Tavern in North Haven:
https://northhavenhistoricalsociety.wordpress.com/historicproperties/rising-sun-tavern/

Kate Mearns Ohno
Associate Editor
The Papers of Benjamin Franklin
Yale University

From: CTHISTORY-L: A Discussion Board for Connecticut History [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of Woodward, Walter
Sent: Wednesday, November 08, 2017 3:06 PM
To: [log in to unmask]
Subject: Query: 18th Century Taverns - And Ones Still Standing in Connecticut

David Leff, writer, naturalist and historian recently posed a question to me I would very much appreciate some help in answering. He wanted to know how may taverns existed in Connecticut during the 1775 to 1789 period, and how many might still be around 

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That book is available at Homer Babbidge Library at UConn, Storrs. Walt, I’m sure you can order via intercampus express.

Laura

Laura Smith
Archivist
Archives & Special Collections at the Thomas J. Dodd Research Center
University of Connecticut Library
405 Babbidge Road, Unit 1205
Storrs, CT 06269-1205

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Phone: (860)486-2516
Website: http://lib.uconn.edu/libraries/asc
Digital Repository: http://archives.lib.uconn.edu/
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From: CTHISTORY-L: A Discussion Board for Connecticut History [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of Walt Woodward
Sent: Wednesday, November 08, 2017 4:05 PM
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1778
Turel Wittemore Tavern
114 South Main Street
Seymour, CT
Is now an ice cream parlor

1754
Curtis House Inn
506 Main Street South
Woodbury, CT
Is still in operation as a restaurant and inn.

Sue Gerchy
Naugatuck Valley Genealogy Club

From: CTHISTORY-L: A Discussion Board for Connecticut History [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of Woodward, Walter
Sent: Wednesday, November 08, 2017 3:06 PM
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1. Sheldon Tavern, Litchfield (still standing as a private residence)
http://historicbuildingsct.com/?p=859 <http://historicbuildingsct.com/?p=859>

2. Phelps Tavern, 1787 (United States Hotel), Litchfield (building is gone)
https://www.loc.gov/item/ct0164/ <https://www.loc.gov/item/ct0164/>

3. Captain Bull Tavern, Litchfield (moved to 202, now Toll Gate Hill Inn)
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Captain_William_Bull_Tavern <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Captain_William_Bull_Tavern>

Old Inns of Connecticut by Marian Dickenson Terry, published in 1937, might be of help. It focuses on buildings that were still standing when it was written.The Connecticut Historical Society has a copy, as I'm sure does the State Library and some other public libraries.

CHS also has (had?) a database created in conjunction with the tavern sign exhibition of taverns in central Connecticut that could be searched by tavernkeeper, town, etc. CHS also has tax records for 1797 and 1798 in which tavernkeepers were assessed for their income. The records are indexed, so it should be possible to determine 

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The house on Hollow Road in Woodbury across the street from the Glebe House - now a private residence - was a tavern. Also the former Hammit Antique Store on Main St - it still had the original bar at least when Wayne Pratt bought it - may still have it. 

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There are at least two extant in Newtown. Both were residences which ran taverns within the building. One is now a private residence, C18, but I'm not sure of the date; the other is the Matthew Curtiss House, maintained by the Newtown Historical Society. The building is ca 1750, but the tavern dates from slightly later than your parameters, in the 1790s. Neither building shows any signs of the tavern use, unfortunately, though our town historian did trace the Curtis license through the state archives. That is not a typo, this branch of the Curtis family used one "s", somehow 

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I was also looking for such a list while working on a project regarding the Culper Spy Ring, Caleb Brewster, and General Washington dragons, our country's first commissioned cavalry unit, “Sheldon’s Horse”.

I was trying to trace exactly where the letters went every time Brewster carried them across Long Island, and after the dragoons delivered them to Washington. I wanted the exact latitude/longitude coordinates to put into a GIS application for interactive queries. So was looking for existing buildings which were GW’s headquarters and likely taverns. I did find from the University of Pennsylvania, a list of all his headquarters 

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USGS Topographical maps? There are historical ones from the turn of the last century. They are available online and in print. UCONN is a US Depository Library. I am sure your gov docs librarian would be thrilled to help you!

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Tufts University

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Walt, I'm sure you've already thought of this, but there are a good number of maps in the Connecticut Digital Archive, particularly this one: http://collections.ctdigitalarchive.org/islandora/object/20002%3A860233482.

Are you looking for a particular time period (a historic map)?

The University of New Hampshire has a full set of USGS Maps of New England and New York online. You can find al of the Connecticut maps beginning here: http://docs.unh.edu/nhtopos/ConnecticutList.htm. I'm seeing, though, that the years are somewhat inconsistent among towns. Saybrook, for instance, is 1893, but Old Lyme is 1941 and 1951. 

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You might check in with Chris Dobbs at River Museum...also there's a Chinese painting-esque version of the entire river on a long scroll by Charles Chu in the Shane library at Connecticut College in New London that might be of interest. We displayed it at FGZ and it was very popular. Sounds like a great class... 

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Call Conn. River Watershed Association.

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Good morning.
Yu may want to use Page 18 from The Face of Connecticut: People, Geology and the Land. Michael Bell. Bulletin 110. State Geological and Natural History Survey, 1988.
I have used this as the template for some of my talks, whiting out information I didn't need and adding what I did.
I hope the helps.
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This doesn't answer your question directly because it doesn't involve a map, but you may find it of interest for your purpose.

A number of years ago, when we were more active than now, my wife and I decided to try to canoe the length of the Connecticut River.

We found that the Upper Valley Land Trust had a detailed description of the river, from its source to its mouth. It had information of interest to canoeists, such as where the dams, rapids, and portages were, various points of interest near the river, and the location of primitive campsites that 

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Yay! Good news!

Historian hikers may be interested in the free Land Trust hike at Highland Park in Manchester Sunday, December 16 at 1:00 p.m.:

Meet at the Land Trust boulder at the small parking lot on Spring Street near the bridge and waterfall, not far from the intersection of Spring Street and Glen Road, Manchester (GPS 670 Spring St., Manchester 06040). The Land Trust owns a few properties in the Case Mountain area, including this one-acre parcel. We'll start with commentary on the Case Brothers National Historic District and then visit the paper mill and mansion areas. Those who 

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The drink of most taverns was rum

Also, take a look at novelist Ann Petry's The Narrows, set in Connecticut. Though a novel, it gives great insight into Connecticut at mid-century (perhaps a later period that you're looking for).

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Rum, but surely also brandy, cider (the alcoholic kind obviously!), beer?

If you look in the catalog for the Ct Historical Society library you'll find some account books from some CT taverns of approximately the same time. There'll be purchases of rum and whatever else. I don't imagine there are huge differences between what was served at one or another location, or in the 1770s versus 1780s/90s and beyond, tho that could be looked into (tariffs? Changes in taste? Histories of taverns might tell you.) Here are a few possibilities: 

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I wanted to make an inquiry. I am trying to find out what drinks were
served in a tavern in Fairfield in 1772 in the Black Rock section near the
seaport. Can you assist.

Thank you.

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