Picturesque New London and its environs, Groton, Mystic, Montville, Waterford, at the commencement of the twentieth century; notable features of interest .. . A GROUP OF MEMBERS OF THE JIBBOOM CLUB AT ONE OF ITSANNUAL OUTINGS. The Jibboom Club was Organize!^ January 29th. 1891. It Has a Membership of Over Three Hundred. The Commodoreol the Club is William H. Allen : Captain. E. Holloway: First Officer. E. D. Moxley: Second Officer. Charles Gray:Pilot. J. Luther: Purser. C. H. Niles : Boatswain. D. W. Holloway : S. Q. N. H. Newburv : P. George T. The Club Meets the First and Third
Picturesque New London and its environs, Groton, Mystic, Montville, Waterford, at the commencement of the twentieth century; notable features of interest .. . A GROUP OF MEMBERS OF THE JIBBOOM CLUB AT ONE OF ITSANNUAL OUTINGS. The Jibboom Club was Organize!^ January 29th. 1891. It Has a Membership of Over Three Hundred. The Commodoreol the Club is William H. Allen : Captain. E. Holloway: First Officer. E. D. Moxley: Second Officer. Charles Gray:Pilot. J. Luther: Purser. C. H. Niles : Boatswain. D. W. Holloway : S. Q. N. H. Newburv : P. George T. The Club Meets the First and Third Saturdays in Each Month. October to April, at p. m.: April toOctober. First Saturday Only, at 8 oclock, p. at 88 Bank Street. Ipicturesque 1Rew !! THE CITY HALL-STATE AND UNION Mayors Office, the Office of the City Clerk, and the Council Chamber are Located in this Building. for the .sufferers from tlie con-fliigration to re-build, impoverished asthey were. Much of the irreguhiiityof the town is due to the haste inwhich it was then re-constructed; thisirregularit}-, liowever, is one ofthe chief charms of the city ofto-day. Tlie effects of tlie War of the Revo-lution were keenly felt by New Lon-don. Unlike other towns further in-land, she had not the unhazardous andhealthy resource of manufacturing towhich to turn her attention. Essen-tially a seaport, dependent upon thesea for her commerce, she must atthat perturbed period wrest from thesea the wherewithal necessary to herexistence. The navy was in embryo,and was powerfully augmented byprivateers. These privateers were notdeserving of the opprobrium which fre-(piently attached to them. Indeed,their occupation was as legitimate asthat of the ships of the lin
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