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A poster of the Grand Opening Celebration of the Atwater Memorial Library, Saturday, September 11, 2010.

A letter, written in September 1862, from a North Branford civilian, Russell Clark, to a Connecticut Union soldier, Albert Wheaton

Includes existing and proposed site plans, floor plans, building assessment, cost analysis, and more concerning possible building improvements and additions.

Pamphlet publication of the Tercentenary Commission of the State of Connecticut.

Pamphlet publication of the Tercentenary Commission of the State of Connecticut.

Program of events and historic glimpses of Connecticut and North Branford.

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.

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…

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

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.