Historic Groton : comprising historic and descriptive sketches pertaining to Groton Heights, Center Groton, Poquonnoc Bridge, Noank, Mystic, and Old Mystic, Conn. . ear, 1,200 names being inscribed on the visi-tors liook in two months. She was successfulin her good work and the (ieneral .\ssembly madeus custodians of the house, later granting threehundred dollars a year for care and repays. Right upon this, the chapter sent those num-erous petitions, 150 or i6o, to Congress, askingfor the consecrated soil which rightfully be-longed to Fort GriswokTs battle ground, lyingdirectly east, which was
Historic Groton : comprising historic and descriptive sketches pertaining to Groton Heights, Center Groton, Poquonnoc Bridge, Noank, Mystic, and Old Mystic, Conn. . ear, 1,200 names being inscribed on the visi-tors liook in two months. She was successfulin her good work and the (ieneral .\ssembly madeus custodians of the house, later granting threehundred dollars a year for care and repays. Right upon this, the chapter sent those num-erous petitions, 150 or i6o, to Congress, askingfor the consecrated soil which rightfully be-longed to Fort GriswokTs battle ground, lyingdirectly east, which was later incorporated intothe grounds of the old redoubt by the LniteilStates government. Tliesu ])rinted words canscarcely convey the amount of thought, work andtime needed to accomplish this purchase, but thesincere thanks of all patriotic people are giventhis chapter for preventing the buikling of houses,which was fast encroaching u])on this iiistoricground. Our meetings were generally held at the BillLibrary, but as the Fairie Masque, a charmingiilav, written bv Mrs. Slocomb and lield in the. .\ew London Theatre, by our society in , proved ,so successful, the proceeds, fourhundred dollars, were used to fit \\\> the littlestone monument liou>e. which had been votedby the Monument .\ssociatioii 1, ,r their use andgranted to us by the Stale, so that . >n the >ixthof Se|)tember, iSi;4. the ll,^lh .-mniversary of HISTORIC GKOrON the massaciSivcn over at Gi-dtun IlcislU1.) the Re,!;ent am tile keys werethe hmise was senthig ehureh. state, army, navy, art, hteratwealth and fashion, whd ah listened attentito a speech by Hon. C A. Russell, and a pwritten by our life poetess, Rose llawllnLathrop, was read by Mrs. Clara 11. W hid .\t sunset, Chinese_ monument and h i-ns Hashwhile h dyaril, where he ])aid tribute money of a Yorkllin^ to a tidy, little woman, living in thelie building, from whom he received the keythe monument, and so this house has been?u|)ied li\ di
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