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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
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...

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...

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...

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...

Fully Furnished
Every Friday at 12:30 p.m., visitors gather in the Yale University Art Gallery lobby, only to be led back out the front door, up Chapel Street, left onto York, then...
Fully Furnished
Every Friday at 12:30 p.m., visitors gather in the Yale University Art Gallery lobby, only to be led back out the front door, up Chapel Street, left onto York, then...