One of the most important Revolutionary War documents from the Waterbury area is a journal kept by Josiah Atkins during his time in the Continental Army. His journal is now part of the New Haven Museum collection. A scan and transcription of the journal is available on their website. A transcription of the journal was published by the Mattatuck Museum in 1954.
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The journal provides important insight into the Revolutionary War era, both in terms of his military experience and in terms of his thoughts on slavery and on the fact that many of the founding fathers who claimed to care about the rights of all mankind and claimed to support the principal of liberty kept people enslaved for their own profit.
