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Yale College Site

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Near here was the first site of Yale College, founded in 1701 and then known as the Collegiate School, before it was removed in 1716. The heirs of Alfred F. Wolcott purchased and gave this site to the Town of Old Saybrook in April 1914 with the stipulation that this plot never be used for burials.
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Old Saybrook Center, Connecticut · United States
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