. Picturesque New London and its environs : Grofton, Mystic, Montville, Waterford, at the commencement of the twentieth century. et. The Shaft is an Obelisk in Form. Us Apex, from which is to be Obtained a Charming View, is Reached by a Circular Stairway of 166 Steps. 147 [picturesque 1Rew Uoncton* discijiline, He was content to sutlerall, and to lose all, that his countrymight be. thereby, the gainer. Oneliundred yards to the southeast ofthe old fort is his grave. Over it is ahandsome monument erected from anappropriation by the State in 1854,as a tribute to his brave deeds andsacrifices. Ann
. Picturesque New London and its environs : Grofton, Mystic, Montville, Waterford, at the commencement of the twentieth century. et. The Shaft is an Obelisk in Form. Us Apex, from which is to be Obtained a Charming View, is Reached by a Circular Stairway of 166 Steps. 147 [picturesque 1Rew Uoncton* discijiline, He was content to sutlerall, and to lose all, that his countrymight be. thereby, the gainer. Oneliundred yards to the southeast ofthe old fort is his grave. Over it is ahandsome monument erected from anappropriation by the State in 1854,as a tribute to his brave deeds andsacrifices. Anna Warner Bailey (MotherBailej) was a heroic daughter ofGroton, who, at the time of the battle country. The garrison at the fortwas reinforced by a company of volun-teers from New London, who foundtheir supply of flannel for makingcartridges dangerously depleted. Theinhal>itants, fearful of a re-occurrenceof the horrors of 1781, had removedmany of their effects, and no flannelwas obtainable. Mother Bailey \\asappealed to by an American bhinkets she had disposed of, butshe unhesitatingly solved the VIEW OF THE LOWER RAMPARTS OF FORT GRISWOLD, Showing Some Antiquated Munitions of Warfare in the Foreground, and in the Background the New London Shore. With the Harbor in the IVIiddle Distance. of Groton Heights, rendered loxingservice and tender ministrations tothe wounded, and to her uncle,Edward Mills, in whose family shemade her home. Mr. Mills was oneof the defenders of the fort, and wasfatally wounded during the years later, when AdmiralDecatur was blockaded in New Lon-don Harbor, and a land attack wasanticipated, occurred the petticoatincident which made MotherBaileys name famous tliroughout the Deftly she removed her flannel petti-coat, and handed it to the oflicer witha patriotic expression of her iiope thatit would prove of service. She diedin 1851, at the ripe age of ninety-two j-ears. Groton has an estimated populationof from
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