All posts tagged "colchester"
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7.4K2ConnecticutThe Trumbull Store, Where George Washington Did His Shopping
When Gen. George Washington needed men, food, cannon or gunpowder for his army, he could usually get it at the Trumbull store...
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20.2K12Business and LaborHow the Polish Immigrants Came to New England
Before Polish immigrants arrived in New England they had already made it to the Jamestown colony in Virginia as craftsmen. Over the...
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17.4K7ConnecticutHow New England Got Its Place Names
New England has six towns called Warren, one in each state, but the reason for those place names is more complicated than...
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11.2K24ConnecticutHow the Great Colchester Molasses Shortage Nearly Ruined Thanksgiving
Molasses played such a starring role in the colonial New England Thanksgiving that a shortage of it in 1705 forced Colchester, Conn.,...
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