Newgate Prison and copper mine collection, 1773-[ongoing].

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Newgate Prison and copper mine collection, 1773-[ongoing].

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Copies of overseer's reports to the Connecticut General Assembly from 1773, when Newgate in East Granby, Conn., became the first state prison in the U.S., until 1827 when it closed; articles (1790-[ongoing]) appearing in the Hartford Courant; magazine articles (1886-[ongoing]); information on Phoenix Mining Company and Connecticut Copper Co., active in East Granby from the 1830s-1850; diagrams, maps, photographs, and postcards; flyers advertising Newgate as a tourist attraction; lists of prisoners; and genealogical information on the miners who came to the U.S. to work at East Granby.

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East Granby Public Library

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Connecticut Copper Co.

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Phoenix Mining Company (East Granby, Conn.)

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Newgate Prison (East Granby, Conn.)

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Connecticut. General Assembly

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