Organizations

The Record of Lyme’s Common Field
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The Record of Lyme’s Common Field

ByLocal History Archives

In 1748/49 six proprietors (landowners) of Lyme, Connecticut petitioned the New London County Court for permission to create a “common field”,  based on  the laws and practice of the Colony, to allow townspeople to share in its benefits, in this case good meadowland  at the edge of the Connecticut River for salt hay and animal grazing.The documents…

Lyme Libraries in the 18th and 19th Centuries?
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Lyme Libraries in the 18th and 19th Centuries?

ByLocal History Archives

Long before a Lyme Public Library was established in 1914, town residents in the 18th and 19th centuries organized a number of ways to lend and borrow books. A surprise? Not really. Although there were  books in print, they were not generally  accessible or affordable to the general population.  It was the case then, just as now,…