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Connecticut Yankee, an Autobiography

Excerpts of book regarding Mansfield

Tags: Biography, Wilbur L. Cross

The Wilbur L. Cross Centennial Celebration, 1862-1962

Tags: Biography, Wilbur L. Cross

A Lost Village

Section of Cross's autobiography

Tags: Biography, Wilbur L. Cross

The Life of William Wilberforce

Tags: Biography, England

Looking Back

Isabel B. Weigold was the former Town Historian of Willington, CT

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The Story of Joe Toth: A Personal Memoir

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Nine Dollars per Month and Board: Reminiscences of Lewis R. Peckham, 1882-1967

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Life of Edwin Whitney, Founder of the Soldiers' Orphan Home, Mansfield, Connecticut

Author was pastor of Congregational Church

Tags: Biography, Mansfield History

The Constant Years: The Life of Constant Southworth (1730-1813)

Tags: Biography, Colonial History to 1776, Women's History

Three Storrs Pioneers: Benjamin Franklin Koons, Edwina Maude Whitney, and George Safford Torrey

Tags: Biography, University of Connecticut

Nathaniel Hawthorne

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Captain Nathan Hale, American Patriot

Tags: American Revolution, Biography, Nathan Hale

Nathan Hale 1776: Biography and Memorials

Tags: Biography, Nathan Hale, Revolutionary War

George Freeman: Miniaturist, 1789-1868

Tags: Art, Biography

"Mr. Gentry": A Profile of Charles Burt Gentry, Professor of Education and Dean of the University, The University of Connecticut, 1920-1950

Tags: Biography, University of Connecticut

"Prof": A Profile of Irving Gilman Davis, Professor of Agricultural Economics Connecticut State College, 1915-1939

Tags: Biography, University of Connecticut

Wilbur L. Cross Remembered: Reflections on the Character and Career of a Connecticut Yankee

Wilbur L. Cross (1862-1948) was born in Mansfield. He taught at Yale before becoming Governor of Connecticut from 1931-1939. He was a major supporter of the Connecticut State College (UConn).

Tags: Biography, Connecticut History, University of Connecticut, Wilbur L. Cross, Yale University

An Hour with Charlotte Bronte: or, Flowers from a Yorkshire Moor

Biography of Charlotte Bronte. An electronic version can be found at https://archive.org/details/hourwithcharlott00bron

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"Mr. Beach": A Profile of Charles Lewis Beach, President of Connecticut Agricultural College, 1908-1928

Tags: Biography, University of Connecticut

Connecticut Historical Collections, Containing a General Collection of Interesting Facts, Traditions, Biographical Sketches, Anecdotes, &c. Relating to the History and Antiquities of Every Town in Connecticut with Geographical Descriptions

Tags: Biography, Connecticut Towns, Geography

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