All posts tagged "New London Conn."
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7.2K1MassachusettsHow New England Invented Grandparents
If you wanted to know your grandparents or grandchildren back in the 17th and 18th centuries, your best bet was to live...
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3.5KConnecticutA Pants-Free Preacher Starts a Bonfire of the Vanities in New London
In 1743, religious enthusiasts ignited a bonfire of the vanities on the docks of New London, Conn. Their deranged leader, James Davenport,...
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6.4K4ConnecticutConnecticut Justice: When Murder Became Manslaughter
The evolution of New England laws from religious based findings toward secular Common Law was a gradual affair, and it took a...
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36.9K12ConnecticutThe Secret History of New England’s Sundown Towns
“Whites Only Within City Limits After Dark” reads the faded road sign, an artifact on display at the Tubman African American Museum...
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20.0K8ConnecticutWhen Cleveland Belonged to Connecticut
The City of Cleveland and nearly all of Northeastern Ohio once belonged to Connecticut. The land, 3.5 million acres of it, was...
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5.8KArts and Leisure6 Historic Boat Rides
Early American history is inextricably linked with maritime history, and there’s no better way to get a feel for it than to...
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67.4K4Business and LaborThe New England Teachers Who Invented New Math in 1788
By 1885 Americans were ready for new math. In 1773, the sixth edition of Thomas Dilworth’s classic Schoolmaster’s Assistant was the dominant...
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9.1K4ConnecticutIsaac Bissell, Connecticut’s Paul Revere
Isaac Bissell electrified the colonies of Massachusetts and Connecticut with the news of the Battle of Lexington in April 1775. He rode...
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3.2KBusiness and LaborFarmers New Year Begins on March 25
A real old farmer’s almanac would have started on March 25, sometimes called Farmers New Year. Many New England farmers kept to...
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52.3K26ConnecticutU-Boat Attacks Of World War II: 6 Months of Secret Terror in the Atlantic
On Jan. 13, 1942, German U-boat attacks officially started against merchant ships along the Eastern Seaboard of North America. From then until...
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