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FIRST AND FOREMOST ; TOWN HAS BEAUTY, BRAINS, AND A LOT OF HISTORIC RELEVANCE CLOSE-UP ON LITCHFIELD,CONN.
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CLOSE-UP ON LITCHFIELD, CONN.
LITCHFIELD, CONN.
DISTANCE FROM BOSTON: 135 miles
POPULATION: 8,300
WEBSITES: www.townoflitchfield.org, www.litchfieldhills.com
ODD FACT: In 1776 the Sons of Liberty pulled down the statue of
King George III on Bowling Green in New York and shipped the pieces
to Litchfield, where women and children melted them into 42,000
bullets in the orchard behind Oliver Wolcott's home on South Street.
Litchfield is one of Connecticut's most picturesque, historic,
and conservation-conscious communities. Located in the rolling
Northwest Hills, it is home to some of the most ...
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Benjamin J. St Jacques Assisted as a prosecutor and was deputy chief
Newspaper article from: Concord Monitor
; FRANKLIN - Benjamin J. "Benny" St Jacques, 82, of Sanborn Street, died Sunday, Dec. 3, 2006, at...Hebert) St Jacques. A lifelong resident of Franklin, Benny graduated from Franklin High School. He worked at Scott and Williams...
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David Wagner, The Poorhouse: America's Forgotten Institution.(Book review)
Magazine article from: Journal of Sociology & Social Welfare
; ...155, note 20, a quotation attributed to Franklin Benjamin Sanborn, as quoted in Frank Bruno's Trends in Social Work (1957), is actually not Sanborn's words but Bruno's. Sanborn's paper, cited by Bruno several pages...
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The dangers of dabbling in a good cause
Newspaper article from: The Boston Globe
; ...Higginson, Theodore Parker, Samuel Gridley Howe, Franklin Benjamin Sanborn, George Luther Stearns, and Gerrit Smith, a wealthy...intellectual superiority. Exhibit A is the trip Howe and Sanborn made in 1856 to see what was going on in Bleeding...
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The dangers of dabbling in a good cause [Correction 10/29/09] ; John Brown's raid was bankrolled by Boston's first limousine liberals; all but one ran for cover
Newspaper article from: The Boston Globe
; ...Higginson, Theodore Parker, Samuel Gridley Howe, Franklin Benjamin Sanborn, George Luther Stearns, and Gerrit Smith, a wealthy...intellectual superiority. Exhibit A is the trip Howe and Sanborn made in 1856 to see what was going on in Bleeding...
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Thomas Wentworth Higginson; Radical leader of the antislavery movement.(LOCAL NEWS)
Newspaper article from: Telegram & Gazette (Worcester, MA)
; ...Dickinson's Letters," by Thomas Wentworth Higginson, The Atlantic Monthly, 1891; "The Life and Times of Franklin Benjamin Sanborn," an e-book by Tom Foran Clark, 2007; Sermon by TWH on June 4, 1854; Telegram & Gazette. ART...
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FASCINATING FACTS OF THE DAY.
News Wire article from: World Entertainment News Network
; Mar 19, 2009 (WENN via COMTEX) -- - Benjamin Franklin's autobiography was the best-seller of...England the year before, three years after Franklin's death. - Chase and Sanborn was the first coffee to be sold in sealed tin...
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COLLEGE NOTES
Newspaper article from: Portland Press Herald (Maine)
; ...of Cumberland; Benjamin Tyler Wood of Norway...Bonarrigo of Richmond. Franklin Pierce College...Carlisle, Pa.: Benjamin Tyler Wood of Norway...Russell, Holly Sanborn, Penny Scott...Patty Poirier, Benjamin Sanborn, Patricia Turpin...
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Colleges
Newspaper article from: Portland Press Herald (Maine)
; ...Robert Russell, Holly Sanborn, Sasha Shunk, Diane...Westbrook: Heather Benjamin, Melissa Bodlovick...King, Patty Poirier, Benjamin Sanborn, Patricia Turpin...Michael Blasingame, Franklin Krajewski; Durham...
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Honor roll
Newspaper article from: Concord Monitor
; ...Center Harbor; Amanda Dion of Franklin; Amanda Dunn, Jennifer Sanborn, Kristena Wagner and Christine...Ashley Nostrand of Bristol; Benjamin Dumais of Center Harbor; Joshua...Contoocook; Raymond King of Franklin; Sean Frost-Brown, Sally...
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BIRTHS
Newspaper article from: Portland Press Herald (Maine)
; ...LaPomarda, Cliff Island; Benjamin O'Reilly and Ellen Sanborn, Gorham; Rusty and Beverly...Bernardsville, N.J. Morse, Benjamin Michael, born June 18 to Michael...Dorothy Carlisle, Scarborough; Franklin Weeman, Portland. Turmel...
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