Snippets from Norwich History

Danny Murphy was born on August 11, 1876, in Philadelphia, PA. His family relocated to Fall River, Massachusetts, an industrial […]

Charlotte Perkins was born on July 3, 1860, in Hartford, CT. Her father Fredric Beecher Perkins, was a highly educated

Prudence Crandall was born on September 3, 1803, in Carpenter’s Mills, Rhode Island. When she was ten years old her

Daniel Coit Goodman was born on July 6, 1831. He was the fifth of nine children born to Eliza Coit

J. H. Cranston was born and educated in the local schools in the seaport town of Mystic, Connecticut. At a

Born in May of 1909, Edwin Land lived in Norwich, CT during the formative years of his youth. He was

Eugene Gladstone O’Neill was born in a hotel, the Barrett House, in New York City on October 16, 1888. His

Aaron Dwight Stevens was born on March 15, 1831 in Lisbon CT. He was raised by his parents in a

America experienced a period of intense religious revivalism in the early nineteenth century that historians have come to refer to

The establishment of a post office solely serving the community of Norwich arose during the years following the American Revolution