Picturesque New London and its environs, Groton, Mystic, Montville, Waterford, at the commencement of the twentieth century; notable features of interest .. . - viewsin which his locality al)Ounds. A cita-tion of his work is really more witliinthe province of a dissertation uponart than tliat of a mere untechiiicaldescription. However, in coiuiection with the vil-lage of Mys-tic, his nameand profes-sional attri-butes and•epute con-stitute morethan a simplem a t t e r o fr e 1 e \ a n c the[)a s t t o u ry ears M hasleen awarded^.ht medalsfor the excel-e n c e a n dartistic
Picturesque New London and its environs, Groton, Mystic, Montville, Waterford, at the commencement of the twentieth century; notable features of interest .. . - viewsin which his locality al)Ounds. A cita-tion of his work is really more witliinthe province of a dissertation uponart than tliat of a mere untechiiicaldescription. However, in coiuiection with the vil-lage of Mys-tic, his nameand profes-sional attri-butes and•epute con-stitute morethan a simplem a t t e r o fr e 1 e \ a n c the[)a s t t o u ry ears M hasleen awarded^.ht medalsfor the excel-e n c e a n dartistic meritof his pic-tures, by theP h ot ogra-phers Asso-elation ofAmerica, thePhot og ra-phe rs i\sso-elation ofNew Englandand by thePhotog ra-phers Asso-ciation of Ohio. He has also frequentlyreceived honorable mention and va-rious diplomas. The history of Mystic, like that ofmany similarly located villages, pos-sesses peculiar fascination. On tliesummit of the hill west of the riverCaptain John Mason, in June, IG^T,with less than one hundred men underhis command, waged a fierce and. 174 Ipicturesque 1Rew Uondon, victorious ])attle against the PequotIndians. Near the spot where thebattle raged has l)een erected to CaptainMason a monument conniiemoiatingthe sanguinarj-occurrence and his Imiv-erv. The towns earliest inhabitantswere men of pioneer spirit anddetermination. And into subsecjuentgenerations these qualities were in-fused. Inthe Revo-1 u t i on,Mysticssons tookactivepart. T othe Warof 1812,and to theCivil Waralso, wentbrave menfrom with-in its con-fines, anda goodEC countthey gaveof them-selves. InAugust,18 14,when theBritishfleet madean attackuponStoning-ton, vol-unteersfrom Mys-tic aidedi n t h e towns defence. Mystii- is in NewLondon county, on the Mystic River,nearly equally distant from New Yorkand Roston. It is east by northeast inits direction from New London, withwhich it has direct communication byboth trains and steameis. The villageis within easy accessibility
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