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Brooklyn, Windham, Connecticut, USA
The town of Brooklyn, in Windham County, is located in the northeast, or Quiet Corner, of Connecticut. It is named for the Quinebaug River, or Brook Line, which forms its eastern boundary. Originally land of the Wabaquasset, Brooklyn incorporated as a town separate from Canterbury and Pomfret in May of 1786...
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Brooklyn hosts America's oldest continually operating agricultural fair.
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- 1786 - Originally land of the Wabaquasset, Brooklyn incorporated as a town separate from Canterbury and Pomfret in May of 1786.
connecticuthistory.org/ towns-page/ brooklyn/ - 1819 - Brooklyn
Brooklyn, a post town, is situated 45 miles east from Hartford, 80 miles northeast from New-Haven, and 30 miles west from Providence. It is bounded so...Read MORE... - 1833 - Brooklyn held the 1833 trial of Prudence Crandall, a schoolteacher charged with the crime of educating black students.
connecticuthistory.org/ towns-page/ brooklyn/ - 1849 - Brooklyn Fair
The Brooklyn Fair was established in 1849. - 1854 - Brooklyn
Brooklyn, a post-township and seat of justice of Windham county, Connecticut, 88 miles E. by N. from Hartford. It is intersected by Quinebaug and Blac...Read MORE... - 1859
BROOKLYN, a township, cap. of Windham co., in the state of Connecticut, U.S., 44 m. NE of Hartford. It is well-watered by Quinebaug river and Blackwel...Read MORE... - 1895 - Brooklyn
Brooklyn, a post-village and township, capital of Windham co., Conn., about 42 miles E. of Hartford, and 2 miles W. of the Quinebaug River, which is t...Read MORE... 
1903 - BAD WRECK ON N. H. ROAD.
TWO KILLED, SIXTEEN INJURED BY HEAD-ON COLLISION NEAR WATERBURY.
Waterbury, Conn., March 31. - Two people were killed and sixteen were injured in a...Read MORE...- 1916
Brooklyn, a banking post-village and township (town) of Windham co., Conn., about 42 miles E. of Hartford and 2 miles W. of the Quinebaug River. It ha...Read MORE... 
Old Trinity Church, 1771, Brooklyn, Conn.
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Israel Putnam Monument
"Revolutionary War hero Israel Putnam is honored with an equestrian monument at his burial site on Canterbury Road (Route 169) in Brooklyn, CT.
The monument was dedicated in 1888 to honor Putnam, a Massachusetts native... Read MORE...
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"Revolutionary War hero Israel Putnam is honored with an equestrian monument at his burial site on Canterbury Road (Route 169) in Brooklyn, CT.
The monument was dedicated in 1888 to honor Putnam, a Massachusetts native who served with distinction during the French and Indian War and who later abandoned his plow in the field to join the Continental Army when the American Revolution began..." ctmonuments.net)
Israel Putnam Monument
"Revolutionary War hero Israel Putnam is honored with an equestrian monument at his burial site on Canterbury Road (Route 169) in Brooklyn, CT.
The monument was dedicated in 1888 to honor Putnam, a Massachusetts native... Read MORE...
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1786 - Originally land of the Wabaquasset, Brooklyn incorporated as a town separate from Canterbury and Pomfret in May of 1786.
connecticuthistory.org/ towns-page/ brooklyn/
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1819 - Brooklyn
Brooklyn, a post town, is situated 45 miles east from Hartford, 80 miles northeast from New-Haven, and 30 miles west from Providence. It is bounded... Read MORE...
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1833 - Brooklyn held the 1833 trial of Prudence Crandall, a schoolteacher charged with the crime of educating black students.
connecticuthistory.org/ towns-page/ brooklyn/
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1849 - Brooklyn Fair
The Brooklyn Fair was established in 1849. -
1854 - Brooklyn
Brooklyn, a post-township and seat of justice of Windham county, Connecticut, 88 miles E. by N. from Hartford. It is intersected by Quinebaug and... Read MORE...
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1859
BROOKLYN, a township, cap. of Windham co., in the state of Connecticut, U.S., 44 m. NE of Hartford. It is well-watered by Quinebaug river and... Read MORE...
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1895 - Brooklyn
Brooklyn, a post-village and township, capital of Windham co., Conn., about 42 miles E. of Hartford, and 2 miles W. of the Quinebaug River, which is... Read MORE...
1903 - BAD WRECK ON N. H. ROAD.
TWO KILLED, SIXTEEN INJURED BY HEAD-ON COLLISION NEAR WATERBURY.
Waterbury, Conn., March 31. - Two people were killed and sixteen were injured in... Read MORE...
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1916
Brooklyn, a banking post-village and township (town) of Windham co., Conn., about 42 miles E. of Hartford and 2 miles W. of the Quinebaug River. It... Read MORE...
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