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William Howard Taft

Good Old Bill

Today we’re going back into the archives. Below is a slightly updated version of an article that appeared in one of Daily Nutmeg’s early editions, published on September 6, 2012....

Good Old Bill

Today we’re going back into the archives. Below is a slightly updated version of an article that appeared in one of Daily Nutmeg’s early editions, published on September 6, 2012....

Benedict Arnold

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...

two sides of Benedict Arnold

Reasonable Doubts

When we last left New Havener Benedict Arnold, it was August 1775, not long after the dawn of the Revolutionary War. Following clues contained within newspapers of the day, we...

Reasonable Doubts

When we last left New Havener Benedict Arnold, it was August 1775, not long after the dawn of the Revolutionary War. Following clues contained within newspapers of the day, we...

400 Blake Street house move

Safe Houses

People have been moving houses—literally moving them–for hundreds of years, which may seem foundationally silly in today’s world. But sometimes it’s the smartest move, and that was especially likely to...

Safe Houses

People have been moving houses—literally moving them–for hundreds of years, which may seem foundationally silly in today’s world. But sometimes it’s the smartest move, and that was especially likely to...

Benedict Arnold

Paper Trail

On paper, Benedict Arnold is America’s most infamous traitor. In the papers, he was so much more. In the December 1, 1769, edition of The Connecticut Journal, and New Haven...

Paper Trail

On paper, Benedict Arnold is America’s most infamous traitor. In the papers, he was so much more. In the December 1, 1769, edition of The Connecticut Journal, and New Haven...

Rob Greenberg at construction site

Danger Zone

Several small boats, heavy with passengers and household goods, moved slowly up the West Creek. The men looked curiously at the bank, and at the rude dwelling which the hardy...

Danger Zone

Several small boats, heavy with passengers and household goods, moved slowly up the West Creek. The men looked curiously at the bank, and at the rude dwelling which the hardy...