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Suffield, Hartford, Connecticut, USA
Originally known as Southfield—pronounced "Suffield", on May 20, 1674, the committee for the settling of the town petitioned:
"...that the name of the place may be Suffield, it being the southernmost town that either at present is, or like to be in that Countrey, and neere adjoining to the south border of our Patent in those parts."
The petition was granted by the Massachusetts Bay court on June 3, 1674. Suffield was incorporated as a town in March 1682.
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Originally known as Southfield—pronounced "Suffield", on May 20, 1674, the committee for the settling of the town petitioned:
"...that the name of the place may be Suffield, it being the southernmost town that either at present is, or like to be in that Countrey, and neere adjoining to the south border of our Patent in those parts."
The petition was granted by the Massachusetts Bay court on June 3, 1674. Suffield was incorporated as a town in March 1682.
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- 1670 - Originally called Southfield, Suffield, CT was settled as a township of Massachusetts in 1670.
connecticuthistory.org/ towns-page/ suffield/ - 1749 - After being found to lie within the boundaries of the Connecticut Charter, Suffield was subsequently annexed to CT in 1749.
connecticuthistory.org/ towns-page/ suffield/ - 1819 - Suffield
Suffield is a post town, delightfully situated upon the west side of Connecticut river, 17 miles north from Hartford, and 10 south from Springfield;...Read MORE... - By the 1830s, the Connecticut Valley Broadleaf tobacco plant had been developed and Suffield's factories began producing 14 million cigars annually.
connecticuthistory.org/ towns-page/ suffield/ - 1895 - Suffield
Always a conservative town was Suffield, and is now for that matter. So much so that its people actually bought the land it occupies of the Indians;...Read MORE... 
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Suffield Fire Department, 1905- 1906
Suffield, a banking post-village in Suffield township (town), Hartford co., Conn., on the New York, New Haven and Hartford R., 16 miles N. of...Read MORE... 
Looking North from Depot Street, 1908
Connecticut Literary Institute, 1909
Life is Just One Damned Thing After Another
Forget Your Troubles and Come to
The Suffield Fair for 1910
On Agricultural Park, Suffield, Conn.
Tuesday and Wednesday, Oct. 14th and 5th
Main Street and Suffield Centre, Suffield, Conn. (1913)
Calvary Episcopal Church
Second Baptist Church
High School
Barnett's Block, Suffield, Conn.
Main St. Looking Across the Park
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