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Historic Litchfield, Connecticut

Oliver Wolcott Home Several years ago, while I was working on a project for school, I took a trip to Litchfield, CT, and was pleasantly surprised to see several historic spots in addition to the home I had specifically gone to photograph. The home I specifically went to photograph was the Oliver Wolcott House. This home was owned by a signer of the Declaration of Independence whose family had a long history in Connecticut. Wolcott's father served as the Royal Governor of C

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Historic Litchfield, Connecticut

Oliver Wolcott Home Several years ago, while I was working on a project for school, I took a trip to Litchfield, CT, and was pleasantly surprised to see several historic spots in addition to the home I had specifically gone to photograph. The home I specifically went to photograph was the Oliver Wolcott House. This home was owned by a signer of the Declaration of Independence whose family had a long history in Connecticut. Wolcott's father served as the Royal Governor of C

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Abraham Clark, NJ Signer of the Declaration of Independence, had two sons, Aaron and Thomas, who were captured by the British. The British offered to release Clark’s sons if he would renounce the American cause, but he refused. He also didn’t inform Congress about their capture, and when Congress eventually found out, they stepped in to have him freed from the ship’s dungeons and returned to the general population. Unfortunately, they still weren’t released right away. Now th

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Depiction of John Harvey Arrest In 1635, Virginia Governor John Harvey was accused of treason and removed from office. In 1776, Soldiers from a Pennsylvania regiment were found firing their weapons and wasting ammunition, claiming ignorance of orders. Washington rejects this outright. He orders that the Articles of War be read weekly to every company so no one may “plead Ignorance.” In 1776, Washington responds to Nicholas Cooke, the governor of Rhode Island, who has pleaded

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"A final separation between the countries I consider as unavoidable.” Oliver Wolcott, CT Signer of the Declaration

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Zebulon Pike In 4977 B.C., the universe was created—at least according to the calculations of the famed astronomer and mathematician Johannes Kepler, who is better known for his theories explaining the motion of planets. In 1773, in London, the House of Commons passed the Tea Bill, designed to save the British East India Company by granting it a monopoly on the North American tea trade. In 1776, correspondence poured in and out of Washington’s headquarters on Broadway. He con

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“Well if they succeed, it is pretty evident what will be my fate. I have done much to prosecute the contest and one thing I have done which the British will never pardon – I have signed the Declaration of Independence. I shall be hung.” William Williams, CT Signer of the Declaration of Independence

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