Museum of Connecticut History

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This museum, housed in the Connecticut State Library on Capitol Hill and renowned for its impressive genealogy library, packs a punch for US history buffs. It also holds Connecticut's original royal charter of 1662, a prime collection of Colt firearms (which were manufactured in Hartford), coins, and the table at which Abraham Lincoln signed the Emancipation Proclamation.

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