Picturesque New London and its environs, Groton, Mystic, Montville, Waterford, at the commencement of the twentieth century; notable features of interest .. . e Foregroundthe Ferryboat. Colonel Ledyard. which Plies Between New London and Groton. 13 picturesque 1Hew 5LorKlon. Tlu town jMissessed Iliarat-tcrs in fiirly davs, anil of many anilvaried kinds they were, the Hogennes,for instance, who were eontinuaily introiihle with the constituted autlior-ities, an<l no sooner out of f)ne conflictwitii tiie courts tiian tiiey were in-volved in another. That sort of peo-ple, liowever, are ins
Picturesque New London and its environs, Groton, Mystic, Montville, Waterford, at the commencement of the twentieth century; notable features of interest .. . e Foregroundthe Ferryboat. Colonel Ledyard. which Plies Between New London and Groton. 13 picturesque 1Hew 5LorKlon. Tlu town jMissessed Iliarat-tcrs in fiirly davs, anil of many anilvaried kinds they were, the Hogennes,for instance, who were eontinuaily introiihle with the constituted autlior-ities, an<l no sooner out of f)ne conflictwitii tiie courts tiian tiiey were in-volved in another. That sort of peo-ple, liowever, are inseparaltle from aconmnmity in which strength andfirmness are necessities, and it wasfioni such fulk that sjnant, the uh-m liritisli Islands, who were not consid-ered foreigners in those days. Frenchnames particularly continue to tliisday. and will jjrohahly lie identiliedwith New I^ondon until the end oftime. The commerce of this city horeno small pioportion to that of NewEngland up to the Uginning of ourtroubles with the mother country, andit was not long after the struggle forliherty and independence had endedin luir faxor. that the restless spirit of. UNITED STATES CUSTOM HOUSE-BANK STREET. THE CUSTOM HOUSE WAS BUILT IN 1833. who dared resist oppression from theOld Country, and later furnished thepioneers who penetrated the greatWest and laid the foundations, liroadand deep, for the phenomenal growtiiand prosperity of that section of theUnited States. Tiie city prospered as time went natural advantages as a seaport at-tracted foreignei-s of condition, whocame here to engage in trade with thecountries of Europe, among them lieingmany French, Spanish and Portuguese:but a greater proportion were from the New London was again engaged inmaking a new connection with thejiorts of the world. There were, atone time, aliout the opening of thepresent century, a fleet of about 100brigs — jockeys they were calledfrom the nature of their trade — plyingbetween this port and those
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