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A brief biography of William Douglas based on the notes of a talk given at the Northford Historical Society, January 14, 1971.

Notes on the talk by Leonard W. Labaree on the founding of North Branford and Northford

Included is a list of items published in a larger pamphlet entitled Price List of the Northford Manuf'g Company Northford, Conn.

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 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.

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…

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.