Combining regional preferences and individual inventiveness, this Connecticut slant-front desk is an outstanding example of New London County furniture from the eighteenth century.

Details in its design and construction indicate not only the hand of celebrated Connecticut maker, Ebenezer Tracy, Sr. (1744-1803), but further suggest that it may be one of his earliest models …

Hale (1755-1776), who graduated from Yale in 1773, joined the Connecticut Militia and then the Continental Army, serving at the Boston seige and then was ordered to New York where he …

[PAINE, Thomas (1737-1809).] “The American Crisis. Number I. By the Author of Common Sense.” In The Connecticut Gazette; and the Universal Intelligencer. New-London: Timothy …

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"The Saybrook Platform, adopted at a synod meeting called by the Connecticut legislature and held at Saybrook in September 1708, modified the Cambridge Platform by emphasizing rule …

May 30, 2010 · Royal Academy of Arts, London. Royal Scottish Academy, Edinburgh. Canadian National Exhibition, Toronto. Knoedler Gallery, New York. Allan Lyman Art Museum, New …

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Appointing William C. Saunders as Postmaster of Waterford, CT. * STANSBURY, William R. Document signed as Clerk of the Supreme Court, Washington, 24 September 1885.

The mention of an art auction can conjure images of fast-talking auctioneers, adrenaline-fuelled bidding and eleventh-hour drama. And while we think that’s the fun part, it can also feel …