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Schools of North Branford c.1900-1928
Includes the notes of a talk given by Carrie Doody on North Branford schools plus an article by A. Lauretta Plumley about Northford's history including the schools and more.
Remembering Gad Asher
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.
Isaac & Anna Freeman, 1812-1910
Included is the history of a mixed race family in North Branford in 1860.
Four Black Slaves in North Branford Named "Dick"
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…
Dick Negro and the Dick Lot
A history of the slave or former slave Dick Negro who saved local residents from the British invasion of North Haven in 1779 and was awarded his freedom and a plot of land.
Connecticut tercentenary celebration at North Branford July 27 and 28, 1935.
Program of events and historic glimpses of Connecticut and North Branford.
Preliminary program of the celebration of the three hundredth anniversary of the settlement of Connecticut 1635-1935.
Pamphlet publication of the Tercentenary Commission of the State of Connecticut.
Supplementary program No. 2 July 1-August 31; Three hundredth anniversary of the settlement of Connecticut 1635-1935.
Pamphlet publication of the Tercentenary Commission of the State of Connecticut.
Civil War Letter from Russell Clark to Alfred Wheaton, Cpl., Company A 10th Conn. Vol'n Infantry
A letter, written in September 1862, from a North Branford civilian, Russell Clark, to a Connecticut Union soldier, Albert Wheaton
The Journals of Polly Linsley, 1809-1827
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.