. Picturesque New London and its environs : Grofton, Mystic, Montville, Waterford, at the commencement of the twentieth century. nyNew Londoners and their de-scendants. Indeed, the samemay be said of all the cities oftlie United States. In the old days there wasmucli that was quaint and curi-ous in tlie life of New ]> Bride Brook marriage, fa-mous in her history, was aninstance of the peculiarities oftlie laws governing the jurisdic-tion of officials of the differentcolonies. In the winter of 1640and 47 a young couple livingin Saybrook elected to becomemiitcd in the holy bonds of w
. Picturesque New London and its environs : Grofton, Mystic, Montville, Waterford, at the commencement of the twentieth century. nyNew Londoners and their de-scendants. Indeed, the samemay be said of all the cities oftlie United States. In the old days there wasmucli that was quaint and curi-ous in tlie life of New ]> Bride Brook marriage, fa-mous in her history, was aninstance of the peculiarities oftlie laws governing the jurisdic-tion of officials of the differentcolonies. In the winter of 1640and 47 a young couple livingin Saybrook elected to becomemiitcd in the holy bonds of wed-lock. Saybrook possessed noone capable of performing theceremony, so a magistrate fromone of the u[)per towns on theConnecticut was engaged toofficiate. Unfortunately, how-ever, there came at the timeappointed for the marriage, aprodigious fall of snow, whichmade it impossil)le for the magis-trate to reach Saybrook. Unlessabsolutely unavoidable the nup-tials must not be postponed,and Governor Winthrop wascalled upon to go to Saybrookanil perform tlie marriage Savbrook was bevond his 18 Ipicturesque 1Rew Uondon,. A SATURDAY MORNING SCENE ON STATE STREET. The Diversity of Interests Centering in New London Presents a Pleasant Phase in this PictureTal(en Near the Union Banl<. magisterial province, his autlioritybeing vested l)y tlie MassachusettsColony. The little stream, after-wards and by reason of this episode,called Bride Brook, marked, more orless certainly, the boundary betweenPequot (New London) and Saybrook,and it was Wintliroi^s suggestion thatif the pair would meet him at thisbrooklet, he would accommodate proposition was eagerly accepted,and on that winters day, beneath theblue vault of heaven and the swayingbranches of the trees, John Winthropperformed one of the most uniquemarriage ceremonies on record. We, of to-day, necessarily realizethat the customs of the early timesdiffered very materially from those invogue at present. In just what way th
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