Directory of Colonial Era Resources

Information on the traditions, people, lifestyle and culture during the time when Connecticut was one of the American Colonies.

Resources in This Category

Charter of Connecticut - 1662

http://avalon.law.yale.edu/17th_century/ct03.asp
Reprint of text, from the Avalon Project at Yale Law School.
Colonial Connecticut Records

http://www.colonialct.uconn.edu/
Includes resource site of digitized volumes of the Public Records of the Colony of Connecticut, 1636-1776.
Delegates to the Constitutional Convention: Connecticut

http://www.archives.gov/exhibits/charters/constitution_founding_fathers_connecticut.html
Biographical profiles of Oliver Ellsworth, William Samuel Johnson and Roger Sherman, who represented Connecticut during the drafting and/or signing of the U.S. Constitution.
Fundamental Orders of 1639

http://avalon.law.yale.edu/17th_century/order.asp
Reprint of text, from The Avalon Project at Yale Law School.
The Society of Colonial Wars in Connecticut

http://colonialwarsct.org/
Membership organization provides a timeline, bibliography and information on resources.

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