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The Enfield Historical Society, Inc.
1294 Enfield Street
P.O. Box 586
Enfield, CT 06083 USA
Phone (860) 745-1729
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Newsletter
The Enfield Historical Society publishes a newsletter four times per
year, usually in September, November, February, and May. Each
issue brings news and information about the Enfield Historical Society
and our activities to our members and friends. Every issue is
filled with historic photos of Enfield and interesting,
educational, and often entertaining stories from our town's past.
Copies of our newsletter are mailed to our members as part of their
membership benefits. Our newsletter is also mailed free
of charge to libraries, schools, historical societies, and other similar
agencies and organizations. For more information about joining
the Enfield Historical Society, please visit our
membership page. To have your
agency or organization added to our mailing list, please write us
at the address at the top of the page, or
e-mail us.
Recent issues of the Enfield Historical Society newsletter are now
available for viewing and downloading. Just click on the issue's
cover below. You will need
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computer.
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The September, 2009 issue has articles about
paint manufacturer The Hazard Lead Works, evangelist Rev. Thomas Needham, who visited
Thompsonville in 1908, Franklin Sheldon's 1926 description of the Old Town Hall,
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The June, 2009 issue has articles about
Bigelow Sanford's brief ownership of boat manufacturer Crestliner, 1868 real
estate prices, mystery photos from the Prickett family of Hazardville,
and more! |
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The February, 2009 issue has articles about
selling Thompsonville-made carpets, two very different Enfield inventions for safely
feeding livestock, an intriguing purchase of land in Chicopee by the Enfield Shakers,
and more! |
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The November, 2008 issue has articles about
coal- and wood-fired stoves and ranges, Lakin's patents for radiators
to heat the house using the exhaust from those stoves, the first
electric street lights in Thompsonville and the incredible celebration
that followed their installation, and more! |
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The September, 2008 issue has articles about
advertising calendars, pirate treasure buried in Scitico (and the ghost
who knew where the treasure could be found), Colonel
Augustus Hazard's run for Lieutenant Governor, and more! |
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The May, 2008 issue has articles about
trade cards featuring products for "the lady of the house," 1887 baseball box
scores, and more! |
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The February, 2008 issue has articles about
water power's impact on Enfield, Theodore Roosevelt, Junior (yes, son of United
States President Teddy Roosevelt) working at Thompsonville's carpet mills,
and more! |
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Contents Copyright © 2009 by The Enfield Historical Society,
Inc.
This page last updated 9/21/2009. Comments or questions about
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Historical Society.
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