Picturesque New London and its environs, Groton, Mystic, Montville, Waterford, at the commencement of the twentieth century; notable features of interest .. . from thetowns (111 till- Connecticut and underthe guidance ofthe Narragan-sctts and Mf)he-gans, enteredu])on a war ofs 111) j u g a t i o nagainst the Pe-(juots that practi-cally resulted ina war of exter-niiiiiition. The\ arrag a Moheganswelcomed withjiiy the opportun-ity atbinlcd l)ythe strained rela-tions between thewhites and the! e q 11 o t s , toI V e n g e them-selves upon acommon foe. Andwhile, from a hu-manitarian st
Picturesque New London and its environs, Groton, Mystic, Montville, Waterford, at the commencement of the twentieth century; notable features of interest .. . from thetowns (111 till- Connecticut and underthe guidance ofthe Narragan-sctts and Mf)he-gans, enteredu])on a war ofs 111) j u g a t i o nagainst the Pe-(juots that practi-cally resulted ina war of exter-niiiiiition. The\ arrag a Moheganswelcomed withjiiy the opportun-ity atbinlcd l)ythe strained rela-tions between thewhites and the! e q 11 o t s , toI V e n g e them-selves upon acommon foe. Andwhile, from a hu-manitarian stand-jiniiit. their re-venge may ap-pear to have Ijeenalmost too com-plete, theirfriendliness tothe palefaces remained unbroken ; andwith the reign of peace wliich lastedfor nearly 40 yeare, came a period ofsecuritj and comparative prosperity. The growth and occurrences in theplantation from the time of the Pequotwar and the days of Winthrop, to thebreaking out of the Revolution arematters of exhaustive history. Dur-ing the revolutionary period NewLondon was a depot of supplies, aplace from which to <li-aft men for the 20 « m ; o rDw HO M P r Ieg H. {picturesque 1Rew london. iinin- and navy, and, later on, tlie ol>-ject of attac k, and very nearly of com-plete destnution. The town did alland more tlianeould have l)een askedof it. Its sons went forth to Iiattle forliln-rty and independenee, and did theirduty well. Menediet Arnold, who hadbeen a resident of Norwich, and well aciiuainted in New London,liore the town a jj^riidLie wliieh he paidin full when he signalized his treacheryto his country by planning a descentupon Xew London and leading againsther the military forei-s of the story of that fell day of Septembernth, 1781, is known to eveiy NewLondoner and to all patriotic Ameri-cans, for the burning of the town wasas niark<-d an instauci; cf wanton bru-tality and cold-blooded cruelty as wasthe heroic defence of Fort Oris woldone of the most subli
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