Cover illustration from my recent book: "AROUND WOODBURY."
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Issued October, 2000; from Arcadia Publications.
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Following NEW HAVEN in 1993, and WATERBURY in 1995.
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FEATURES:
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CIVIL WAR STUFF
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SECRET WIRES
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CONNECTICUT In The CIVIL WAR
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YANKEES IN ETERNITY
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MAINE FORTS
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MILITARY ELECTRONIC STUFF
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OLD RADIO ITEMS
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RADIO FICTION
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ROXBURY FURNACE
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GENEALOGY
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THE ST. JAMES SCHOOL SAGA
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SOME SHORT FICTION
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And, finally....
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"JUST RAISING BULLFROGS..."
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CIVIL WAR TOPICS
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Andrew McClintock; My Civil War Ancestor.
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Colonel Chatfield's Share of "Glory."
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"SECRET WIRES:" The US Military Telegraph Corps
and Civil War Communications.
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One Day With the US Military Telegraph.
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Telegraphic Origins.
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New Connections.
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Fathers of the Military Telegraph.
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The USMT Cipher System Explained.
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Crisis of the Union.
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After Bull Run.
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An Unsolved Enciphered Telegram.
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Ohio Connections.
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Young Brass Pounders.
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McClellan's Star Rises.
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The Fremont Connection.
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Corps of Observation: Gen. Stone's Connections.
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The Fort Monroe Connection.
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"Office Intrigue by Cipher."
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"The Peninsula Campaign, Part One."
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The Crime of Silas Burns.
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"The Peninsula Campaign, Part Two."
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Confederate Connections.
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Gettysburg Connections.
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Signal Corps Connections.
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Fatal Connections.
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Plum Tree Connections.
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Atlanta to the Sea.
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Troubled Connections.
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Grounded Connections-Operators as POWs.
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Some Humorous Connections.
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"The Classic Cipher."
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Citizens' Ciphers.
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Well Tapped Wires.
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Grant and the Beckwith Connection.
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Some Lincoln Connections.
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Southern Connections.
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Petersburg-Richmond Connections.
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One April Night. Assassination Connections.
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After Appomattox.
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Epilogue: Lincoln, IF....
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VISIT MORE CIVIL WAR TELEGRAPH SOURCES AT: WWW.CIVILWARSIGNAL.ORG
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CONNECTICUT REGIMENTS AND THEIR GRAVES
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Our Martyrs at Andersonville.
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Waterbury's Civil War Dead.
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Graves of the 1st CT Regiment.
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Graves of the 6th CT Regiment.
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Graves of the 9th "Irish" CT Regiment.
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Graves of the 14th CT Regiment.
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Graves of the 29th "Colored" CT Regiment.
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Connecticut Graves at Arlington National Cemetery.
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Connecticut USMC and NAVY Graves.
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Spanish-American and Early 20th Century Wars.
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New England Soldiers' Graves in Connecticut
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OTHER CONNECTICUT REGIMENT GRAVES AVAILABLE ON REQUEST....
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"YANKEES IN ETERNITY:" GRAVESTONES, EPITAPHS, and "ZINKIES."
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David Avery's Baroque Brownstone monument in Poquonnock, near Groton,
Conn. A Fort Griswold Massacre Victim, he died Sept 6, 1781 at age 34.
His stone was photographed in April, 1941 by Charles R. Harte.
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Cemetery Terminology.
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Gravestone Carvers.
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Assorted Epitaphs.
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"Listing Lady"
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The Dawson Monument in Woodbury's North Cemetery illustrates zinc's
use in casting hollow mortuary statuary...but also the metal's aging problems as well.
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"Search for the 'Great White Bronze.'"
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Waterbury Graves.
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THE FORTS Of MAINE.
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MILITARY ELECTRONICS EQUIPMENT and MANUAL FILES.
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Sampler of Military, Naval and DOC Files.
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Signal Corps BC- (Basic Component) Files.
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Signal Corps SCR- (Complete Set) Files.
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VT-Vacuum Tube Equivalents.
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Sampler of AN- Aircraft Electronics.
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Nomenclature of AN- Electronic Systems.
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Airborne Radar Systems.
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The UPN-2, An early portable S-Band Radar Beacon.
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Radar Beacon Systems.
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Air-Carried Electronic Systems.
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Electronic Simulators & Training Systems.
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Utility Electronic Systems.
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Radar Jamming Systems.
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Antenna Components & Systems.
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ARCO vs. AN/ARC- Radio Sets.
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Meterological Equipment.
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Photographic Equipment.
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Plugs and Connectors.
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Homing Pigeon Equipment.
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Radio Insulators.
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Radio Crystals.
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Secret Communications Equipment.
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The AN/GRR-4: A Mystery Receiver Set.
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Electronic Equipment of B-29 "Enola Gay."
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DOCUMENTATION
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A-N DOCUMENT FILES.
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FM-11 Field Manuals.
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TM-11 Technical Manuals.
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NAVY ELECTRONICS EQUIPMENT and MANUAL FILES.
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Naval Manufacturers' Codes.
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Connecticut Naval Equipment Mfgrs.
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SE-Type Early Naval Communication Equipment
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ELECTRONIC EQUIPMENT MANUFACTURERS
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Western Electric/Bell Labs Equipment
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General Electric Equipment
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RCA Electronic Equipment
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Raytheon Electronic Equipment
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Westinghouse Electronic Equipment
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Naval Air Equipment Categories
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VISIT THE ANTIQUE WIRELESS ASSOCIATION OF AMERICA at...
WWW.ANTIQUEWIRELESS.ORG
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SOME RADIO HISTORY:
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Radio in the Late Roaring Twenties.
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Broadcast Stations of 1925
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Fifty Years with an ARB Receiver!
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A Unique French Wireless Detector
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ROBOTICS:An Automated Pavlovian Dog!
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Developed many years ago, this Robot Rover could simulate a variety
of Classical Pavlovian Responses, such as: CONDITIONING, EXTINCTION,
SPONTANEOUS RECOVERY, LEARNING CURVES and HIGHER-ORDER CONDITIONING.
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Stepping-relays comprised the main elements of the dog's memory.
A few transistors were used for "eye" and "ear" sensors, plus a "tail-wagging
power amplifier."
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RADIO FICTION:
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"Radars of the Lost ARC." A Radio Row Christmas
Story.
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MISCELLANEOUS MATTERS
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Roxbury Furnace: Built 1867, Abandoned 1872.
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Roxbury Furnace; A Monument to Connecticut's
Vanished Iron Industry
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COOK/E and CHESSON GENEALOGIES
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Cook/e Genealogy.
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"SAINT JAMES PLACE:" A unique Private School's Rise and
Fall.
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Camp Leo and St. James Origins.
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ST. JAMES STUDENTS wore English-style school uniforms, complete with
knee-socks and short pants the year-round. These seventh and eighth-graders
at a town-sponsored dance in early 1957 seem acutely self-conscious.
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St. James' Best Years.
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School is Out, Camp is Closed. End of the
Trail....
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A FACT and Some FICTIONS.
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THE GREAT TURTLE EXODUS.
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"A Case of Dino-Madness...."
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"The Case of the Curious Chutney...."
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"A Do-It-Yourself Holmesian Mystery Story...."
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"Night of the Yam Festival...."
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