Litchfield in the Revolution

The king's statue - 42,088 cartridges. Tier 1 - A deep well of the Revolution.

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[Verified] Signer Oliver Wolcott lived here; the toppled lead statue of George III was carted to his Litchfield home and melted into musket cartridges. - Descendants of the Signers

[Verified] Home to Benjamin Tallmadge, Washington's spymaster, and to Tapping Reeve's law school - widely called America's first. - ConnecticutHistory.org

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