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Includes a transcription of the handwritten journals of Polly Linsley, a single woman who lived in North Branford, who writes of her life and happenings in North Branford from 1809-1827.

A brief biography of William Douglas, a Connecticut sailor and solider who led regiments from Connecticut during the American Revolutionary War. Based on the notes of a talk given at the Northford Historical Society, January 14, 1971.

Notes on a talk by Leonard W. Labaree on the founding of North Branford and Northford. Includes a timeline of the petitions to the General Assembly requesting to split from Branford and form a separate Society for "Northern Farmers."

This is a paper-bound pamphlet found in the Bienecke Library, Yale University, located in the University Library Card Catalogue by Mrs. Frederick A. Davis and examined by the undersigned on February 10, 1971. Includes a list of items published in a…

Includes some history of the Shoreline Electric Railway and the Great North Branford Trolley as well as accounts of the wreck that occurred in August 1917.

Includes a history of the North Branford Congregational Church, United Church of Christ.

Includes comments delivered by Carrie Doody on North Branford schools, at a Northford Historical Society Teachers' Tea, October 8, 1970, and a transcription of the article, "Quaint old stories woven in woof of Northford's history," by A. Lauretta…

Includes the story of a slave, Gad Asher, who lived in North Branford, served his master for thirty-five years, and fought in the Revolutionary War.

Included is the history of a mixed race family in North Branford in 1860.

Includes the history of four Black slaves of North Branford. There is a digitized copy and transcription of an indenture agreement promising freedom to a Negro slave named Dick Tull. Included also is an article entitled Our Black Revolutionary War…