388. Connecticut

March 05, 2025
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In early colonial America, the Connecticut River Colony was an English settlement in New England which later became the state of Connecticut. It was organized on March 3, 1636, as a settlement for a Puritan congregation of settlers from the Massachusetts Bay Colony led by Thomas Hooker.

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LibriVox: Great Epochs in American History, Volume II by Francis Whiting Halsey, The founding of Connecticut (1633-1636) by Alexander Johnston, read by Kyle Donelan.

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