Yankee peddlers were salesmen that traveled by wagon in the 1800s carrying goods from one town to another. Legend has it that some peddlers sold customers wooden nutmegs instead of the real thing, helping to give Connecticut the nickname "The Nutmeg State."
eBooks:
It's My State!: Connecticut by Michael Burgan (page 33) (available through Destiny Discover)
N is for Nutmeg: A Connecticut Alphabet by Elissa D. Grodin (Letter N) (available through Epic!)
Websites:
Magazines:
Connecticut Studies Weekly: Week 11- Colonial Goods
Library Book:
Connecticut (Hello U.S.A.) by Amy Gelman (page 30)
N is for Nutmeg: A Connecticut Alphabet by Elissa D. Grodin (Letter N)