Picturesque New London and its environs, Groton, Mystic, Montville, Waterford, at the commencement of the twentieth century; notable features of interest .. . Has Been in Possession of the Family and Descendants for Two Generations. It is Still Owned b> One of the Family. migration to this country, occupiedthe pastorate in Chepstow, Monmouth-shire, England, was the spiritual andtemporal head of the pioneers. Therule in early colonial days was obedi-ence to ecclesiastical authority, and itwas cheerfully rendered as a matter ofright in all things. The settlers came prepared forliardships and
Picturesque New London and its environs, Groton, Mystic, Montville, Waterford, at the commencement of the twentieth century; notable features of interest .. . Has Been in Possession of the Family and Descendants for Two Generations. It is Still Owned b> One of the Family. migration to this country, occupiedthe pastorate in Chepstow, Monmouth-shire, England, was the spiritual andtemporal head of the pioneers. Therule in early colonial days was obedi-ence to ecclesiastical authority, and itwas cheerfully rendered as a matter ofright in all things. The settlers came prepared forliardships and privations. They to the rigors of the NewEngland cliuuite. and thev knew bv ders of the State of Connecticut. Theearly settler, however, was not a manto be dismayed by olistacles. Thepioneers of that day were made ofsterner stuff than that which gives ineasily, and with a fixed jiurpose andan unalterable determination, they setabout their work, aud in compara-tively few years great headway hadbeen made. In li5(, within the first(juarter of a century of the life of thesettlement, the home iroverninent was 11 (picturesque 1Rew VIEW OF THE TOWNES ANTIENTEST BURIALL GROUND. In the Left Background of the Picture is the Slight Elevation Formed by the Tomb of Jonathan Brooks. On September 6th. 1781. Benedict Arnold, the Traitor. From This Spot. Watched and Directed the Destruction of the Town and the Homes of His Friends. pttitioneil tonuikf New Lmuloii a jiortof entn-, Imt for some reason tlie peti-tion was never [^ranted, nor were snl)-setjtietit ones to the same end deemedwortliy of consideration by the rulersover the sea, who seemed early to hiivelaid aside all consideration for the col-onists, and planted the seed that abouta century later grew to rel)ellion andsuccessful revolution. New Londonpersevered and began to build andemploy small vessels for coasting tonear-by ports, and soon the field ofoperations was extended, and Boston,Newport and New York
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