https://todayincthistory.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/06/July-23-TodayinCTHist.mp3 Today in 1879, Abigail “Abby” Hadassah Smith, — who achieved instant national fame at age 76 because of the way she responded to the man who took her cows — passed away at her home in Glastonbury. Laurilla Smith, “The Smith Sisters Homestead,” watercolor prior to 1867 (Connecticut Historical Society) Born into a prominent activist Glastonbury family, Smith and …
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