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The Elm City is 382 today

By Mark Alden Branch ’86 | 7:56am April 14 2020

On this date in 1638, Puritan settlers came ashore on Quinnipiac lands and founded the colony of New Haven. Yale arrived in New Haven 78 years later, and town and gown have endured such crises as wars, epidemics, and depressions ever since. We’ll get through this one together.

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