Picturesque New London and its environs, Groton, Mystic, Montville, Waterford, at the commencement of the twentieth century; notable features of interest .. . n asletters of marque; that is to say, their cruises were prosecuted under the un-written laws which then governed theconduct of armed vessels of belligerentnations. Credit for brave deeds, foracts of heroism and loyalty are duethem more than censure for the so-called acts of piracy which they aresaid, by some, to have were no more pirateers thanwere the regularly commissionedives-sels of the navy. They were a neces-sit
Picturesque New London and its environs, Groton, Mystic, Montville, Waterford, at the commencement of the twentieth century; notable features of interest .. . n asletters of marque; that is to say, their cruises were prosecuted under the un-written laws which then governed theconduct of armed vessels of belligerentnations. Credit for brave deeds, foracts of heroism and loyalty are duethem more than censure for the so-called acts of piracy which they aresaid, by some, to have were no more pirateers thanwere the regularly commissionedives-sels of the navy. They were a neces-sity of the times. As the Britishmen-of-war depleted the merchant-marine of the colonists, some measurewas necessary for the effective re-straint of their depredations : so priv-ate ships, formerly peaceful merchant-men, were armed and manned, andunder letters of marque would swoopdown upon the British vessels man-oeuvering in the Sound, and, what-ever the odds against them, bring aprize into port. The risk was enor-mous, but supreme contempt of fear,begotten of entire ignorance of itsmeaning, nearly always residted invictorv. 23 (picturesque IRew MASONIC TEMPLE- GREEN STREET, CORNER STARR. Home of Brainard Lodge. Number 102. F. and A. M. Miiny were the stout ln-arts andstrong arms that enlisted in this free-for-all navy, whieli partook of thenature of a fraternity, and a ship thatstniek its colors while a sound manremained to tigiit, \\()idd have lieenout of fellowship. Hailing from NewLondon were many ships helonging tohoth the commissioned and privateerservice that won ghiry. honor, andtreasure in contliets with tiie these were the hrig Defence,fourteen guns. Captain Samuel Smed-lev, commander: the Oliver Cromwell,a ship of twenty guns, commanded hyCaptain William Coit; the hrig Resist-ance, ten guns. Captain Sanmel Chew;the Governor TrumhuU. twenty guns,Ca])tain Samuel Hillings: the Confed-eracy, thirty-two guns. Captain SctiiHarding: the Dean, twenty-n
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