Snippets from Norwich History

During the waning weeks of a New England winter in early March of 1860, Abraham Lincoln visited Norwich during his […]

Harry and Mattie Land’s second son Edwin was born on May 7, 1909 in Bridgeport, Connecticut. When Edwin was ten

Bela Lyon Pratt was born on December 11, 1876 in Norwich Connecticut. His parents were Sarah Whittlesey and George Pratt,

During the late summer of 1862 in the midst of the American Civil War, John Almy received a contract from

Decades of Great Britain’s mercantilist policies containing severe trade restrictions and onerous taxation had laid the groundwork for beginning of

Born in the Jail Hill section of Norwich in 1810, David Ruggles was raised in a neighborhood on Bean Hill

Benedict Arnold was born in Norwich, Ct on January 14, 1741. He and his sister Hannah were the only two

Before the arrival and settlement by European settlers, the area in Norwich now known as Jail Hill was the strategic

John Trumbull was born in 1756 in Lebanon, CT, the youngest of six children. His father was Jonathan Trumbull, an

Joseph Burnett was born in Southboro, Massachusetts on November 11, 1820. Upon his graduation from the Worcester College of Pharmacy