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Letter from Eli Whitney to Eli Whitney Blake - November 15, 1811

Tough Love Letters

You must write to me often. It will not be in my power to write you very frequently; but you must write to me as often as once a month...

Tough Love Letters

You must write to me often. It will not be in my power to write you very frequently; but you must write to me as often as once a month...

Evening Register - January 3, 1871

Read All About It

Itโ€™s the last remaining โ€œlegacyโ€ newspaper in the Elm City, the only one still published by pressing news ink to paper, then manually delivered to subscribers. Itโ€™s the New Haven...

Read All About It

Itโ€™s the last remaining โ€œlegacyโ€ newspaper in the Elm City, the only one still published by pressing news ink to paper, then manually delivered to subscribers. Itโ€™s the New Haven...

City Year Books archived at the NHFPL

Record Books

The beginning of a new school year has us thinking about old yearbooks. Turns out New Haven is the birthplace of the college yearbook in America. The still-going Yale Banner...

Record Books

The beginning of a new school year has us thinking about old yearbooks. Turns out New Haven is the birthplace of the college yearbook in America. The still-going Yale Banner...

Shia Labeouf and Harrison Ford in Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull

Starring: Elm City

Grab some popcorn for this decuple-feature, originally published on July 25, 2012. New Havenโ€™s had an impressive Hollywood career, as suggested by these ten movies spanning over half a century....

Starring: Elm City

Grab some popcorn for this decuple-feature, originally published on July 25, 2012. New Havenโ€™s had an impressive Hollywood career, as suggested by these ten movies spanning over half a century....

Inside Gillette Castle

Cracking the Castle

Easily overlooked East Haddam is nice to look at, and itโ€™s not that far away. The drive up I-91 North and over 66 East runs about 40 miles and under...

Cracking the Castle

Easily overlooked East Haddam is nice to look at, and itโ€™s not that far away. The drive up I-91 North and over 66 East runs about 40 miles and under...

James Hillhouse High School

City on a Hillhouse

โ€œJemmy,โ€ we hardly know ye. Though heโ€™s one of New Haven historyโ€™s most illustrious citizens, James Hillhouse (Oct. 20, 1754 โ€“ Dec. 29, 1832) is a bit of a mystery....

City on a Hillhouse

โ€œJemmy,โ€ we hardly know ye. Though heโ€™s one of New Haven historyโ€™s most illustrious citizens, James Hillhouse (Oct. 20, 1754 โ€“ Dec. 29, 1832) is a bit of a mystery....