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• Burning by the British of Fairfield (Connecticut : 1779)

• The British invasion of New Haven, Connecticut, together with some account of their landing and burning the towns of Fairfield and Norwalk, July, 1779. (New Haven, Conn., 1879), by Charles Hervey Townshend (page images at HathiTrust)
• Centennial commemoration of the burning of Fairfield, Connecticut (A. S. Barnes & co., 1879), by Fairfield (Conn.), H. N. Powers, Samuel Osgood, James Kittredge Lombard, and Edward Erastus Rankin (page images at HathiTrust)

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• A country parish : ancient parsons and modern incidents. (The Pilgrim press, 1911), by Frank Samuel Child (page images at HathiTrust)
• The history of Fairfield, Fairfield County, Connecticut, from the settlement of the town in 1639 to 1818 (The author, 1889), by Elizabeth Hubbell Schenck (page images at HathiTrust)
• A country parish (The Pilgrim press, 1911), by Frank Samuel Child (page images at HathiTrust)
• The completion of two centuries (Standard office, 1839), by Lyman Hotchkiss Atwater (page images at HathiTrust)
• This is Fairfield, 1639-1940; pages from three hundred one years of the town's brilliant history. (Fairfield? Conn., 1960), by Elizabeth Banks MacRury (page images at HathiTrust)
• Records of the Dialegomenian Society, Greenfield Hill, Town of Fairfield, 1790-1791. (Connecticut State Library, 1932), by Dialegomenian Society (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)

• Prime Ancient Society of Fairfield, Connecticut, 1639-1889 : an historical paper (Standard Association, printers, 1890), by Frank Samuel Child (page images at HathiTrust)

• Births, marriages, and deaths returned from Hartford, Windsor, and Fairfield, and entered in the early land records of the colony of Connecticut : volumes I and II of land records and no. D of colonial deeds (Case, Lockwood & Brainard Co., 1898), by Edwin S. Welles (page images at HathiTrust)
• History and genealogy of the families of old Fairfield (Tuttle, Morehouse & Taylor], 1930), by Donald Lines Jacobus and Fairfield Connecticut Daughters of the American Revolution. Eunice Dennie Burr Chapter (page images at HathiTrust)
• Abstract of probate records at Fairfield, county of Fairfield, and state of Connecticut, 1704-1757 (s.n.], 1934), by Spencer P. Mead and Connecticut. Probate Court (Fairfield County) (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)

• Prime Ancient Society of Fairfield, Connecticut, 1639-1889 : an historical paper (Standard Association, printers, 1890), by Frank Samuel Child (page images at HathiTrust)

• Records of the Dialegomenian Society, Greenfield Hill, Town of Fairfield, 1790-1791. (Connecticut State Library, 1932), by Dialegomenian Society (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)

• History of Maritime Connecticut During the American Revolution, 1775-1783 (2 volumes; Salem, MA: The Essex institute, 1925), by Louis F. Middlebrook (page images at HathiTrust)
• The Rev. Samuel Peters' Ll.D General History of Connecticut: From its First Settlement Under George Fenwick to its Latest Period of Amity with Great Britain Prior to the Revolution (with additions by "a gentleman of the province" and by McCormick; New York: D. Appleton and Co., 1877), by Samuel Peters, ed. by Samuel Jarvis McCormick (page images at HathiTrust)
• The Tories of Chippeny Hill, Connecticut: A Brief Account of the Loyalists of Bristol, Plymouth and Harwinton, who Founded St. Matthew's Church in East Plymouth in 1791 (New York: The Grafton Press, 1909), by Edgar le Roy Pond (HTML at anglicanhistory.org)
• Life and letters of Samuel Holden Parsons, major-general in the continental army and chief judge of the Northwestern territory, 1737-1789 (Otseningo Pub. Co., 1905), by Charles S. Hall (page images at HathiTrust)
• Life of Jonathan Trumbull, sen., governor of Connecticut. (Crocker and Brewster, 1859), by I. W. Stuart (page images at HathiTrust)
• The Lebanon war office. (Press of the Case, Lockwood & Brainard company, 1891), by Sons of the American Revolution. Connecticut Society and Jonathan Trumbull (page images at HathiTrust)
• Autobiography of Thomas Painter, relating his experiences during the war of the Revolution. ([Washington, D.C.?, 1910), by Thomas Painter (page images at HathiTrust)
• The refugees of 1776 from Long Island to Connecticut (J. B. Lyon Company, printers, 1913), by Frederic Gregory Mather (page images at HathiTrust)
• Revolutionary characters of New Haven; the subject of addresses and papers delivered before the General David Humphreys branch, no. 1, Connecticut society, Sons of the American revolution; also list of men so far as they are known from the territory embraced in the town of New Haven, Connecticut, who served in the Continental army and militia and on Continental and state vessels and privateers, and those who rendered other patriotic services during the war of the revolution, and a record of known casualties [comp. by W.S. Wells]; together with the location of known graves in and about New Haven of patriots of 1775-1783. And catalogue of the officers and members of Gen. David Humphreys branch since its organization. (General David Humphreys branch, no. 1, Connecticut society, Sons of the American revolution, 1911), by Sons of the American Revolution. General David Humphreys Branch (page images at HathiTrust)
• A historical collection, from official records, files, &c., of the part sustained by Connecticut, during the war of the revolution. (Printed by E. Gleason, 1842), by R. R. Hinman (page images at HathiTrust)
• The loyalists of Connecticut. (Published for the Tercentenary Commission by the Yale University Press, 1934), by Epaphroditus Peck and Connecticut. Tercentenary Commission. Committee on Historical Publications (page images at HathiTrust)
• The revolutionary soldiers of Redding, Connecticut, and the record of their services; with mention of others who rendered service or suffered loss at the hands of the enemy during the struggle for independence, 1775-1783; together with some account of the loyalists of the town and vicinity; their organization, their efforts and sacrifices in behalf of the cause of their king, and their ultimate fate. (Hartford press: The Case, Lockwood & Brainard company, 1904), by William Edgar Grumman (page images at HathiTrust)
• A general history of Connecticut : from its first settlement under George Fenwick, to its latest period of amity with Great Britain prior to the revolution; including a description of the country, and many curious and interesting anecdotes...By a gentleman of the province. London 1781. To which is added a supplement, verifying many important statements made by the author. (D. Clark and co., 1829), by Samuel Peters (page images at HathiTrust)
• Chapter sketches, Connecticut Daughters of the American Revolution; patron saints (Connecticut Chapters, Daughters of the American Revolution, 1901), by Connecticut Daughters of the American Revolution and Mary Philotheta Root (page images at HathiTrust)
• Chapter sketches, Connecticut Daughters of the American revolution; patriots' daughters (Connecticut chapters, Daughters of the American revolution, 1904), by Connecticut Daughters of the American Revolution and Mary Philotheta Root (page images at HathiTrust)
• Guide to Putnam Memorial Camp : with a complete history of the encampment, incidents, organization of the brigades, itinerary, &c. (Byron S. Adams, 1890), by Commissioners of the Israel Putnam Memorial Camp Ground and Charles Burr Todd (page images at HathiTrust)
• The Lebanon war office. (Press of the Case, Lockwood & Brainard company, 1891), by Sons of the American Revolution. Connecticut Society and Jonathan Trumbull (page images at HathiTrust)
• A historical collection, from official records, files, &c., of the part sustained by Connecticut, during the war of the revolution. (Printed by E. Gleason, 1842), by Royal R Hinman (page images at HathiTrust)
• Chapter sketches, Connecticut Daughters of the American revolution; patron saints (Connecticut chapters, Daughters of the American revolution, 1901), by Daughters of the American revolution. Connecticut and Mary Philotheta Root (page images at HathiTrust)
• Captain, Reuben Marcy. (Hartford, Conn., 1900), by Thomas Knowlton Marcy (page images at HathiTrust)
• General history of Connecticut. (Literature House, 1970), by Samuel Peters (page images at HathiTrust)
• A general history of Connecticut, from its first settlement under General Fenwick, Esq., to its latest period of amity with Great Britain, including a description of the country, and many curious and interesting anecdotes. To which is added, an appendix wherein new and the true sources of the present rebellion in America are pointed out, together with the particular part taken by the people of Connecticut in its promotion (Printed for the author, and sold by J. Bew, 1781), by Samuel Peters (page images at HathiTrust)
• Life of Jonathan Trumbull, sen., governor of Connecticut. (Brown & Gross, 1878), by I. W. Stuart (page images at HathiTrust)
• The Rev. Samuel Peters' LL. D. General history of Connecticut : from its first settlement under George Fenwick to its latest period of amity with Great Britain prior to the revolution including a description of the country, and many curious and interesting anecdotes ; with an appendix, pointing out the causes of the rebellion in America; together with the particular part taken by the people of Connecticut in its promotion (D. Appleton and Company, 1877), by Samuel Peters and Samuel Jarvis McCormick (page images at HathiTrust)
• Groton centennial to be celebrated Sept. 6, 1881, under the patronage of the state of Connecticut and of the U.S. (Tuttle, 1881), by Connecticut. State Board of Education (page images at HathiTrust)
• Jonathan Trumbull. Address to the advanced scholars of the public schools at Hartford, December 3, 1897. (Press of The Case, Lockwood & Brainard Company, 1898), by Henry Cornelius Robinson (page images at HathiTrust)
• Life of Jonathan Trumbull, sen., governor of Connecticut. (Belknap & Warfield, 1859), by I. W. Stuart (page images at HathiTrust)
• General History of Connecticut, from Its First Settlement Under George Fenwick to its Latest Period of Amity with Great Britain, by Samuel Peters, contrib. by Samuel Jarvis McCormick (Gutenberg ebook)

• Orderly book and journals kept by Connecticut men while taking part in the American Revolution. 1775-1778. (The Society, 1899), by Connecticut Historical Society, Joseph Joslyn, Bayze Wells, Oliver Boardman, Benjamin Trumbull, Simeon Lyman, Nathaniel Morgan, Moses Fargo, and 1775. 4th Company Connecticut Infantry. 6th Regiment (page images at HathiTrust)

• A historical account of Connecticut currency, continental money, and the finances of the Revolution (Thomas J. Stafford, printer, 1865), by Henry Bronson (page images at HathiTrust)

• Spirit of 'seventy-six. 1776. 1876. (Executive Committee of the Women's Branch of the Centennial Association for Connecticut, 1875), by Centennial Association for Connecticut. Women's Branch (page images at HathiTrust)

• Newgate of Connecticut : its origin and early history : being a full description of the famous and wonderful Simsbury mines and caverns, and the prison build over them (American Pub. Co., 1876), by Richard H. Phelps (page images at HathiTrust)

• A complete roster of Colonel David Waterbury Jr.'s regiment of Connecticut volunteers : the first regiment of infantry responding to a call for volunteers for the defence of New York City against the British in the American Revolution (A.S. Clark, 1897), by A. H. Clark and Connecticut infantry. Waterbury's regiment (page images at HathiTrust)

• Decennial register of the Society of Sons of the Revolution in the State of Connecticut, 1893-1913. (The Society, 1913), by Sons of the Revolution. Connecticut Society (page images at HathiTrust)

• Connecticut's Naval office at New London during the war of the American revolution, including the mercantile letter book of Nathaniel Shaw, jr. (New London, Conn., 1933), by Ernest Elias Rogers and Nathaniel Shaw (page images at HathiTrust)
• The public records of the colony of Connecticut [1636-1776] ... (Press of the Case, 1850), by Connecticut, Charles J. Hoadly, J. Hammond Trumbull, Council of Safety (Conn.), United Colonies of New England. Commissioners, Connecticut. Council, and Connecticut. General Assembly (page images at HathiTrust)
• The public records of the State of Connecticut ... : with the journal of the Council of Safety ... and an appendix (Press of the Case, Lockwood & Brainard Company, 1894), by Connecticut, Forrest Morgan, Charles J. Hoadly, Boston (Mass.). Convention of Delegates from Several of the New England States (1780), Hartford (Conn.). Convention (1780), Philadelphia (Pa.). Convention (1780), Hartford (Conn.). Convention (1779), New Haven (Conn.). Convention (1778), Springfield (Mass.). Convention (1777), Providence (R.I.). Convention (1776-1777), Council of Safety (Conn.), and Connecticut. General Assembly (page images at HathiTrust)
• The public records of the colony of Connecticut 1636-1776 ... (Press of the Case, Lockwood & Brainard company [etc.], 1850), by Connecticut (Colony), Charles Jeremy Headly, James Hammond Trumbull, United Colonies of New England. Commissioners, and Connecticut (Colony) Council (page images at HathiTrust)
• Published Colonial records of the American Colonies (Brown & Parsons., 1850), by Connecticut, Charles J. Hoadly, J. Hammond Trumbull, Council of Safety (Conn.), and Connecticut. Council (page images at HathiTrust)
• The public records of the state of Connecticut, with the journal of the Council of safety and an appendix. (The Case, Lockwood & Brainard, 1894), by Connecticut, Charles J. Hoadly, Hartford (Conn.). Convention (1779), Philadelphia (Pa.). Convention (1780), New Haven (Conn.). Convention (1778), Springfield (Mass.). Convention (1777), Providence. Convention (1776-1777), Council of Safety (Conn.), and Connecticut. General Assembly (page images at HathiTrust)
• The public records of the colony of Connecticut [1636-1776] (Brown & Parson, 1968), by Connecticut, Charles J. Hoadly, J. Hammond Trumbull, Council of Safety (Conn.), United Colonies of New England. Commissioners, Connecticut. Council, and Connecticut. General Assembly (page images at HathiTrust)

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