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The Plot Thickens

The Plot Thickens

When we last departed New Havener Benedict Arnold in the spring of 1779, the twice-injured American war hero, then commanding the colonial capital Philadelphia, was under siege, and not by...

The Plot Thickens

When we last departed New Havener Benedict Arnold in the spring of 1779, the twice-injured American war hero, then commanding the colonial capital Philadelphia, was under siege, and not by...

Turning Points

Turning Points

The procession was attended with a numerous concourse of people, who after expressing their abhorrence of the treason and the traitor, committed him to the flames, and left both the...

Turning Points

The procession was attended with a numerous concourse of people, who after expressing their abhorrence of the treason and the traitor, committed him to the flames, and left both the...

Reasonable Doubts

Reasonable Doubts

When we last left New Havener Benedict Arnold, it was August 1775. Following clues contained within newspapers of the day, we got to know the unfamous, not the infamous, Arnold—the...

Reasonable Doubts

When we last left New Havener Benedict Arnold, it was August 1775. Following clues contained within newspapers of the day, we got to know the unfamous, not the infamous, Arnold—the...

Lots and Lots

Lots and Lots

Finding and claiming a piece of local history is like panning a river for gold, except, in the Information Age, you can do it from home while wearing your jammies....

Lots and Lots

Finding and claiming a piece of local history is like panning a river for gold, except, in the Information Age, you can do it from home while wearing your jammies....

Paper Trail

Paper Trail

On paper, New Havener Benedict Arnold is America’s most infamous traitor. In the papers, he was more. In the December 1, 1769, edition of the weekly four-pager The Connecticut Journal,...

Paper Trail

On paper, New Havener Benedict Arnold is America’s most infamous traitor. In the papers, he was more. In the December 1, 1769, edition of the weekly four-pager The Connecticut Journal,...

Hall Past

Hall Past

Rising over the New Haven Green with Victorian Gothic towers and windows, and surrounded by less vintage constructions, New Haven City Hall strikes an immortal pose. So it’s hard to...

Hall Past

Rising over the New Haven Green with Victorian Gothic towers and windows, and surrounded by less vintage constructions, New Haven City Hall strikes an immortal pose. So it’s hard to...