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			1524 Verrazano explores NE coast

1603 Martin Pring explores NE coast

			1607 Popham Colony planted in Maine

1608 Separatists go to Holland

			1614 Dutch explore the Connecticut River

1615 seasonal fishing settlements in NH and Maine

			1623 Permanent English settlements in New Hampshire

1624 Pemaquid (Maine) established

			1629 Plymouth colonists estabish a trading post at Cushnoc on the Kennebec River in Maine.

1630 Massachusetts Bay Colony

			1634 Massachusetts immigrants settle Wethersfield and Windsor, Connecticut

1635 Roger Williams founds Providence, RI

			1636 Thomas Hooker leads settlement at Hartford.

1638 New Haven founded

			1908 House of Seven Gables Settlement Association founded

1972 Harvard dedicates the so-called "Bradstreet Gate" between the Science Center and the Yard.

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