Rick will speak about how he learned more about the Civil War through letters his great-grandparents exchanged while his great-grandmother remained working on the Filley Farm and his great-grandfather fought in the war. There was a chain of good fortune and serendipity that helped him to uncover important facts in Bloomfield and beyond. He spoke with a volunteer at the Wintonbury Historical Society and with Fred Hesketh, Bloomfield’s past Town Historian. Rick also corresponded at length with Caroline Filley Archer, author of Julia and Mr. Kwong: A story of Mutual Acceptance in the 19th Century.

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