NEW
LONDON COUNTY, CONNECTICUT
ILLUSTRATED BOOKLET
w/ MAP
The early days of New
London County, CT, and its various towns and townships -- New London, Norwich,
Bozrah, Fitchville, Bozrahville, Colchester, Franklin, Griswold, Groton, Lebanon,
Ledyard, Lisbon, Lyme, Montville, N. Stonington, Preston, Poquetannuck, Salem,
Stonington and others --are recalled through a mixture of colorful tales
and factual data in this NEW 78 Page Booklet reprinted from the 1836 edition of John Warner Barber's "Connecticut
Historical Collections".
The spiral-bound booklet, sold exclusively on eBay, is printed one-sided
on 60# paper, with the print enlarged 20% for easier reading. A clear plastic
sheet has been added to protect the front cover.
INSERTED IN THE BOOKLET is a color copy of the
1936 Map of Connecticut
which accompanied the Barber book. The map is printed on a parchment-like
paper to simulate the original, and could easily be removed for framing.
Among the many fascinating topics in the booklet
are:
Early Settlers; How names were derived; Revolutionary War sufferings and
invasions; Connection with the Ohio Western Reserve; Rogerenes, a religious
sect; Newspaper extracts, tombstone inscriptions, early town records; Humorous
stories, religious disagreements, and natural disasters; Yellow Fever epidemic
in New London; Early incidents in Norwich; Yantic Falls, Black Rock Harbor
and other natural formations; Stories about the Chief Uncas and the Mohegans;
Remarkable defeat of the Pequot Indians near Groton by Capt. Mason; Groton
Monument and Fort Griswold; Sachem's Plain; Land disputes; the War of 1812;
and Bacon Academy.
Some of the names mentioned are Revolutionary
General Jedediah Huntington, Judge Jeremiah Brainard, John G. C. Brainard,
John Winthrop, John Bulkley; Col. Henry Champion; Gov. Jonathan Trumbull;
the Rev. James Fitch; John Ledyard, the distinquished traveler; Col. Ledyard,
Gov. Matthew Griswold, Deacon Renold Marvin, Sampson Occum, and the Rev. Joseph
Fish..
The booklet is illustrated with Barber's delightful
hand-drawn sketches, such as the one on the cover below. These Illustrations include a full page picture
of New London and Fort Trumbull, Ft. Trumbull from New London, Judge Brainard's
Monument, Bishop Seabury's Monument, Hempstead House, Norwich, factories at
Yantic Falls in Norwich, a full page picture of Norwich City, Fitchville,
Bacon Academy and the Congregational Church in Colchester, Jewett's City,
Portersville and Lower Mystic, Groton Monument and Ft. Griswold, Pequot Hill,
Porter's Rocks, Fort Hill, the Congregational Church in Lebanon, the War Office
and Gov. Trumbull's House in Lebanon, the tomb of the Trumbull family, Lyme,
Gov. Griswold House, Mohegan Chapel in Montville, Sampson Occum's House, Poquetannuck,
and Stonington.
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