History of New London county, Connecticut : with biographical sketches of many of its pioneers and prominent men, Part 52

Author: Hurd, D. Hamilton (Duane Hamilton)
Publication date: 1882
Publisher: Philadelphia : J.W. Lewis & Co.
Number of Pages: 1317

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The ferry is now operated by the Thames Ferry Company, which was organized in 1875. Its present officers are : President, Julius T. Shepard ; Secretary, Charles W. Butler ; Treasurer, Frederick H. Harris ; Directors, Julius T. Shepard, Edwin A. Delano, George W. Goddard, Leonard Smith, Frank H. Chap- pell.

1 The present tonnage employed in the whale and seal-fishing in New London is 1673.56. Thirteen vessels are engaged in the business.

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New London in 1800 .- At that time but few com- paratively of the present streets were opened. Main Street (then the " town street") extended from Mill Brook on the north, along the west margin of Win- throp's Cove, down to State Street; Water Street (or the beach). from near the present site of Chappell's upper wharf down to the Parade. These were the principal business streets of the town. Bank Street continued along the river-bank south to the Shaw mansion, and was connected with Hempstead Street, one of the earliest laid out streets in the town. These, with some others of lesser note, comprised the entire populated portion of the place. The whole of the rocky ridge extending from the old burial-ground on the north to the present site of the residence of the late Hon. H. P. Haven was entirely unoccupied and called Meeting-house Hill. The Congregational church stood alone on its extreme northern limits. West of this ridge very few, if any, dwelling-houses had been erected, and that portion, now a pleasant and important part of the city, was a wild, unculti- vated waste. The old fort, the Episcopal church, and two or three other buildings of note occupied the " Parade." The custom-house and residence of the collector were located on Main Street near the "Cove." The almshouse was situated on an open lot near what is now the corner of Truman and Blin- man Streets, while the family residences were mostly located at the lower part of the town.

Free and Accepted Masons.1-The antiquity of Freemasonry is, in its principles, coeval with the creation, but in its organization as a peculiar institu- tion (such as it now exists) we dare not trace back farther than the building of King Solomon's temple.

The existence of the order in Tyre at the time of the building of the temple is universally admitted.

The first notice we have of Freemasonry in the United States is in 1729. In the year 1733, "St. John's Grand Lodge" was opened in Boston, having been granted a charter by Lord Viscount Montacutt, Grand Master of England.

Tradition informs us that a Masonic lodge existed in New London many years previous to the Revolu- tionary war, working sometimes in New London and sometimes in Colchester, but there is no recorded proof of the existence of such a lodge, except the following in the history of St. John's Grand Lodge at Boston, Mass., held under date of Jan. 12, 1753, to wit .: "The petition of several brethren residing at New London, in the colony of Connecticut, for dispensation to erect a lodge there, was granted." This dispensation was granted by the Right Worshipful Thos. Oxnard, then Provincial Grand Master of New England. There is no further record either of the forming or workings of this lodge, neither is mention made in the proceed- ings of the Grand Lodge of the State of Connecticut of there being a subordinate lodge in New London

until the October session of the Grand Lodge in 1795, when we find the name of Elias Perkins as a mem- ber from Union Lodge, New London.

The original charter of Union Lodge, No. 31, F. and A. M., bears the date of May 20, A.D. 1795, and of Masonry, 5795, being granted upon the application of Amasa Learned, Elijah Bingham, Elias Perkins, Lyman Law, Moses Warren, William Richards, Rich- ard Law, Jr., Lemuel Lee, and bore the names of John Mix, Secretary, William Judd, Grand Master.

The Worshipful Masters have been as follows : 1795, William Richards; 1796-98, Elias Perkins ; 1799, Ebenezer Perkins ; 1800-4, Lyman Law ; 1805-6, Thos. H. Rawson ; 1807-10, James Baxter ; 1811-14, Hubbell Brooks; 1815-17, John French (2); 1818- 21, Lyman Law; 1822, Thos. H. Cushing; 1823, Samuel Green; 1824, John French (2) ; 1825-26, Dyer T. Brainard ; 1827, Ephraim H. Babcock ; 1828, Dyer T. Brainard ; 1829-30, Lyman Law ; 1831, Wm. F. Brainard ; 1832, Hezekiah Goddard; 1833, John French (2) ; 1834-36, Joshua Hamilton ; 1837-39, Na- than S. Perkins ; 1840-41, Dyer T. Brainard ; 1842-44, Elisha Douglas ; 1845, Samuel Barry ; 1846-48, Eli- sha Douglas ; 1849, Joshua Hamilton ; 1850-51, Edw. Clark ; 1852, George W. Goddard; 1853, Aaron E. Stone; 1854, Edward Clark ; 1855-56, Seth Smith ; 1857, James M. Latham ; 1858, John Gordon ; 1859, Wm. W. Stark; 1860-61, Fred. L. Allen ; 1862-63, David Sprague ; 1866, E. B. Rowe ; 1867, Philo B. Ho- vey ; 1868, Joseph F. Vodwarka; 1869-70, Alden W. Hewitt ; 1871, Wm. B. Tubbs ; 1872-75, Joseph F. . Vodwarka ; 1876-77, Owen C. Williams; 1878-79, Dudley B. Chapman.

The officers for 1880 were as follows: Edward E. Winslow, W. M .; Henry G. Woodworth, S. W .; Philip Dewire, J. W .; C. J. Shepard, Treas. ; C. C. Jeffery, Sec .; James E. Comstock, S. D .; A. F. Anderson, J. D .; Charles Bentley, Marshal ; Anthony Jerome, Tyler.

BRAINARD LODGE, No. 102 .- The charter of above lodge was granted June 1st, in the year of our Lord 1867, and of Masonry 5867, upon the petition of Brothers Edward B. Rowe, John H. Heath, George W. Bentley, Charles M. Wilcox, Christopher Culver, Samuel W. Caulkins, Benjamin P. Watrous.

The Past Masters have been Edward B. Rowe, 1867-73; Samuel W. Caulkins, 1873-74 ; George W. Potter, 1874-77 ; James McMoran, Jr., 1877-78; John Miller, 1878-79; William E. Greene, 1879-80.

The officers for 1880 were Edward Prentis, Jr., M. ; Benjamin H. Lee, S. W .; John G. Crump, J. W .; Charles W. Strickland, Jr., Treas. ; Philip C. Dun- ford, Sec .; L. S. Olmstead, S. D .; Horace H. Daboll, J. D .; W. A. Gaillard, S. S .; A. Wagner, J. S .; Gætz Bachert, Marshal ; John H. Brown, Tyler ; I. W. Dow, L. S. Olmstead, D. D. Latham, trustees.

UNION CHAPTER, No. 7, R. A. M .- The charter of Union Chapter, No. 7, was granted to Elepham Bulkley as High Priest; James Baxter, Scribe; Allen

1 By C. H. Ware.

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King, King, Sept. 1, 1801, A.L. 5801; but there is no further record of the forming or working of this chapter until 1805, when Union Chapter was repre- sented at a convocation of the Grand Royal Arch Chapter of the State of Connecticut, holden at the city of Hartford, Oct. 9, A.D. 1805.

The proceedings of the Grand Chapter from its or- ganization up to 1855 having never been printed, and as the manuscripts are the only records in the office of the Grand Secretary, it is impossible to trace the connecting links from the time the charter was granted until that year.

The officers for 1881 are as follows: Companions D. B. Chapman, H. P .; P. B. Hovey, K .; J. Griffin Ely, Scribe; Edward Winslow, C. H .; Orlo Atwood, P. S .; Alfred Fenwick, Sec .; Alexander Merrill, Treas .; John Miller, R. A. C .; John Salter, M. 3d V .; C. W. Churchill, M. 2d V. ; T. P. Bindlass, M. 3d V .; Anthony Jerome, Tyler.

CUSHING COUNCIL, No. 4, R. and S. M .- The council takes its name from Thos. H. Cushing, Wor- shipful Grand Master of Union Lodge in 1822, who did much to advance Cryptic Masonry among New London brethren, and through whose teachings was the formation of above council from a charter granted May 10, A.D. 1855, A.L. 2855, Royal and Select Masters, dating from the year in which King Solomon's temple was completed. Royal Arch Masons commence their era with the year in which the second temple was com- menced, which was five hundred years before Christ.

The officers for 1881 are Alfred Fenwick, T. I. M .; John Miller, Rt. I. D. M .; E. Winslow, I. P. C .; John Salter, C. G .; Alex. Merrill, Comp. Treas .; Chas. B. Ware, Comp. Rec .; Orlo Atwood, Comp. Cond .; F. P. Kenyon, Comp. Steward; Anthony Jerome, Comp. Sen.

PALESTINE COMMANDERY, No. 4, K. T .- The char- ter of Palestine Commandery bears date of May 10, A.D. 1855, A.0. 1123, being granted by the Grand Com- mandery, but bears only the signature of the Right Eminent Grand Commander.

The officers for 1881 are Sir Knight Philo B. Hovey, E. C .; Sir Knight Wm. H. Tubbs, C. G .; Sir Knight Wm. H. Bentley, Gen .; Sir Knight Chas. B. Ware, S. W .; Sir Knight C. W. Strickland, J. W .; Sir Knight F. W. Smith, Prelate; Sir Knight Alfred Fenwick, Sentinel.

Knights Templar were the most celebrated and powerful of the medieval military orders of Christen- dom. Their origin dates from the early ages of the Christian Church, when a holy veneration for the scenes which had been consecrated by the Founder of our religion led thousands of pious pilgrims to visit Jerusalem, for the purpose of offering up their devo- tions at the sepulchre of the Lord. But when Pales- tine was conquered by the Arabs the dangers attend- ing the pilgrimage were eminentiy increased, and to protect the pious pilgrims (in 1064 not less than seven thousand pilgrims assembled around the tomb

of Christ) thus exposed to plunder and death, a band of noble knights, who had distinguished them- selves at the siege of Jerusalem, united in a brother- hood and bound themselves to protect the pilgrims through the passes and defiles of the mountains to the Holy City. The order as it now exists in the United States is a lineal descendant of the ancient order.

There are several Odd-Fellow and other lodges in the city, but we have been unable to secure a history of them.

Incorporation of New London .- New London was incorporated as a city in January, 1784, and the first meeting for the election of officers was held on the 8th of the following March, with Winthrop Sal- tonstall as moderator. The following officers were chosen : Mayor, Richard Law; Treasurer, Guy Rich- ards; Clerk, John Owen; Aldermen, John Deshon, David Mumford, Winthrop Saltonstall, and Thomas Shaw; City Sheriff, Col. Wm. Richards. The city seal is a full-rigged ship with spread sails and the motto Mare Liberum. Richard Law, the first mayor, continued in office twenty-two years, and Jeremiah G. Brainard, his successor, twenty-three years. The fol- lowing is a list of their successors: Elias Perkins, Coddington Billings, Noyes Billings, Jirah Isham, Francis Allyn, George C. Wilson, Caleb J. Allen, Andrew M. Frink, J. P. C. Mather, Andrew C. Lip- pitt, Henry P. Haven, Jonathan N. Harris, Hiram Willey, Frederick L. Allen, Augustus Brandegee, Thomas M. Waller, and Robert Coit, the present incumbent.

Schools .- The first mention in the old town-book concerning schools is under date of Dec. 14, 1698, when it was " Vouted that the Town Grants one halfe peny in mony upon the List of Estate to be raised for the use of a free schoole that shall teach Children to Reade, Write, and Cypher, and ye Latin Tongue, which School shall be kept two-thirds of the yeare on the west side and one third part of the yeare on the East side of the river. By Reading is intended such Children as are in their psalters."

In 1713 a school-house was built, twenty feet by sixteen, and seven feet between joints, expense de- frayed by a town rate. This building, the first school- house in town of which we have any account, stood on what is now the southwest corner of Hempstead and Broad Streets. This spot was then the northeast corner of an ecclesiastical reservation ; the street run- ning west had not been opened beyond this point, and the school-house stood at the head of it. When the lot was sold in 1738, the deed expressly mentions that it took in the site of the old school-house. To this school it is understood that girls were not admit- ted promiscuously with boys, but attended by them- selves on certain days of the week, an hour at a time, at the close of the boys' school, for the purpose of learning to write.

" Oct. 1, 1716. Voted that Mr. Jeremiah Miller is well accepted and approved as our School-master."

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Mr. Miller graduated at Yale College in 1709. He was engaged as principal of the grammar school in New London in 1714, and continued in that situa- tion for twelve or fifteen years. After this we find the following masters mentioned before 1750: Mr. Cole, in 1733 ; Allan Mullins, 1734; Nicholas Hal- lam, 1735; Jeremiah Chapman, 1738; Thaddeus Betts, 1740; Jonathan Copp, 1747.

As early as 1763, Mr. Robert Bartlet, a gentleman of handsome property but no family, bequeathed his entire estate to the town for educational purposes. For several years this estate remained in the hands of trustees. In 1678 the General Assembly passed a law requiring the maintenance of a school to teach chil- dren to read and write by every town of thirty fam- ilies in the colony. In 1698 the town voted a tax for a free school to teach children reading, writing, arithmetic, and the Latin language, and in 1701 a grammar school was established, and the revenue of the Bartlet estate was directed to be used for the benefit of the poor who attended the school. In 1713 the first school-house of which there is any account was built near the present site of the house of the late Hon. H. P. Haven, and the school taught there was denominated the " New London Grammar School," which in after-years was changed to the " Bartlet School," or " Bartlet Grammar School."

The designation " Bartlet School" was not used until a very recent period. During the whole of the eighteenth century it had no name but " New Lon- don Grammar School."

The Free Grammar School, located first on Hemp- stead Street, was afterwards removed and placed in the highway for the convenience of the pupils. Probably not an individual now remains who at- tended Master Owen's school in that low, one-story, quaint frame structure. In 1795 this was abandoned, and a large and more commodious brick building erected in the highway south of the court-house. This remained nearly forty years, and was superseded by another and more eligible edifice on Union Street. The two most noted teachers in this school were Master John Owen and Dr. Ulysses Dow, each of whom occupied the position about forty years. Some of our present citizens will recollect the many eccen- tricities of Dr. Dow, and his peculiar mode of admin- istering his various prescriptions to his pupils.

The Union School, established in 1774, was in- tended to furnish facilities for a thorough English education and a classical preparation for college. A building was erected for this purpose on State, near Union Street,1 the latter of which was not then opened. Its first preceptor, the lamented Nathan Hale, before alluded to, occupied it in 1775.2 After his voluntary enlistment and appointment in the American army, his successors were Seth Williston, a graduate of Dartmouth College, who afterwards

attained celebrity in the ministry ; Jacob Gurley, afterwards a lawyer of note in New London; Eben- ezer Learned, a graduate of Yale College, then but nineteen years of age; afterwards, Knight, of the Medical College of New Haven ; Olmstead, of Yale; Mitchell, of the University of North Carolina, and others who have since been men of note in the com- munity.

The building was afterwards removed, the land on which it stood was sold, a new charter obtained, and a reorganization took place. A brick building was erected on Huntington Street, and the school flour- ished for a few years, but in 1850 it was discontinued and the building sold.3

In 1799 a female academy was incorporated by the Legislature, and a building erected by the proprietors on Green Street. This was continued about thirty years. In 1834 a new and commodious building was erected on Broad Street, and placed under charge of Rev. Daniel Huntington, and was sustained several years under Mr. H. P. Farnsworth, who succeeded him. The school has since been consolidated with all the other district schools of the place, and is sus- tained by the town, and, under the title of the Young Ladies' High School, maintains an excellent repu- tation for the intelligence and proficiency of its pupils.

In 1849, Leonard Bulkeley left with trustees a large portion of his estate for the purpose of founding a free school for boys, and this fund, increased by the Bartlet, with some subsequent appropriations and other additions, has given the city the fine building and excellent educational institution now occupying the old Town Square. In addition to this, the appro- priations of the city for our well-conducted and flourishing district schools amount to eighteen thou- sand dollars annually.

The Yellow Fever .- That terrible and fatal epi- demic, the yellow fever, that swept through many of our most populous cities with such fatal malignity in the autumn of 1798, fell upon New London also. Its ravages were not general throughout the town, but more particularly confined to a district about two hundred rods in extent from north to south, taking the market as a centre. The northern portion of Bank Street suf- fered the most severely. From the market to Golden Street, a distance of about one hundred rods, Mr. Holt, the editor of the Bee newspaper, printed at that time, states that, except the few persons that fled at the first alarm, but two persons over twelve years of age of the regular inhabitants escaped the infection. The first case of the disease occurred in August. By the middle of October it began to abate, and by the end of the month entirely disappeared. Nearly four hundred cases occurred, more than ninety of which proved fatal.

The ravage of the pestilence was at last arrested

1 The present site of the Crocker House.

2 Still standing.

3 This is now occupied as the Bethel Church.

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by the flight of the inhabitants. The place was almost depopulated, and the adjoining towns were thrown into a state of alarm and consternation lest the fugitives that found shelter under their roofs should spread the infection through their families. For a few weeks silence and solitude reigned in the deserted streets. Shops were closed, the hum of in- dustry ceased, vessels hovered far away from the harbor, countrymen avoided the place. Even the "mourners ceased to go about the streets," and the funeral rites were performed only by the sexton and his assistants. To those who remained in their houses taking care of the sick it was a sad spectacle to see the frequent hearse bearing away its burden from the door.

Yet there were cheering circumstances in the midst of this general dismay. Humanity was active, charity was open-hearted, benevolence was untiring and self- forgetful. The noble members of the health com- mittee never shrank from their duties, but spent their whole time in going from house to house to relieve and assist the sick and necessitous. Dr. S. H. P. Lee, the principal physician of the city, visited and sup- plied with medicine from thirty to fifty patients daily, and only omitted these services when he had himself a severe but short struggle with the disease, when the gratuitous aid of one or two country physicians in part supplied his place. It was a dreadful scourge for the city, almost entirely suspending its business during the remainder of the year. Since that period, with the exception of a few cases in 1803, this epi- demic has been unknown in the place.

The Old Militia .- The following is a list of the members of the first company of infantry of the Third Regiment Connecticut State Militia in 1842. For this list we are indebted to the New London Tele- gram :

"NEW LONDON, Sept. 9, 1842.

"SIR,-You are hereby directed to give legal warning to all the mem- bers of the First Company of Infantry, Third Regiment Connecticut State Militia, to appear armed and equipped, as the law directs, at the store of Anson Chase, in Golden Street, on Saturday, the 24th day of Sep- tember, A.D. 1842, at ten o'clock P.M. precisely, for inspection and drill, preparatory to regimental review, and make due return of this order on or before the 20th day of September.

"Also, in pursuance of an order from the colonel of the Third Regiment (Orrin F. Smith), you are commanded to give legal warning to all the members of said company to appear armed and equipped, as the law di- rects, near the Presbyterian meeting-house in the town of Lyme, on Thursday, the 6th day of October, A.D. 1842, at seven o'clock A.M., for regimental inspection, review, and exercise, and make due return of this order on or before the 3d day of October.

" Also, to notify all persons residing in the town of New London be- twcen the ages of sixteen and eighteen of their enrollment in the First Company of Infantry, Third Regiment, and make due return of this order on or before the 3d day of October.

"CHARLES E. HOLT,

" Captain First Company of Infantry, to " W. M. SMITH, " O. S. of said Company."

"NEW LONDON, Sept. 20, 1842.

"SIR,-In consequence of an order from you, I gave legal warning to the following persons named to appear as per militia order. " (Attest) " WM. M. SMITH,

"O. S. First Camp., Third Regt., Third Brigade, Conn. State Militia,

" To CHARLES E. HOLT,

" Capt. First Comp., Third Regt., Third Brigade, Conn. State Militia.

" Sergeants, Franklin Potter, Henry Bishop, Wm. B. Kirby, Wm. Briggs, Samuel Barry, John McKeeler, John Frink, Daniel B. Hempstead, John Young; Corporals, Julius T. Shepard, Nathaniel Richards, David Lyscom, Ephraim Cordner; Drum, Lucius Sperry ; Fife. John C. Daniels, John Mattoon ; Privates, Thomas Riley, John Mc Moran, Leonard McMoran, James Mc Moran, John T. Nichols, David Cornald, James Willis, Joseph Anderson, Andrew Lawrence, Wm. Bishop, Abram Anderson, Joseph Richards, Charles Bolles, Wn. W. Green, James Austin, Isaac Champlin, James Fenner, Heury Manning, George Rathbone, Lyman Wade, Joseph Bailey, Samnel Loyd, Franklin Cornell, Jared Smith, Christopher Prince, George T. Shep- ard, Win. Starr, Daniel Starr, Henry Hagan, T. D. Ruddock, Moses Darrow, George P. Rogers, Wm. B. McEwen, James B. Hubbard, Wm. North, Charles Ames, Luther P. Fisher, Sabin P. Smith, Stephen Babcock, Henry Bill, George Darrow, Albert A. Gillott, Lathrop Boyington, James Greenfield, John Brandegee, Stephen Buddington, Perry Green Turner, Allen Pendleton, Wm. Boyington, Adam F. Prentiss, Daniel Ayres, James Crocker, Mr. Claflyn, Elias Perkins (2), John Ames, John Douglass, Calvin Colvert, Franklin Skinner, Alexander Skinner, James Sweet, Franklin Beebe, Edwin Lamphere, Joseph Bishop, Franklin Greson, Gad Smith, Jacob A. Geer, David Walker, Charles Dennis, Ebenezer Payne, Nemiah Smith, Joseph Crumb, Mr. Swain, John Fennel, John Warren, John Lewis, Charles Pollard, Nelson Baldwin, Gurdon Smith, Ezra Vergason, James Mil- ler, Wm. B. Tate, Wm. E. Peckham, Martin K. Cady, Ansyl Cady, Washington Smith, C. L. Daboll, John Brownell, Franklin Preston, Mr. Holdridge, Joseph Beebe, Goodley E. Godfrey, Charles Hemp- stead, Leander R. Williams, Thomas Prentis, George Holmes, Paul A. C. Rogers, Joshua Wheeler, William Chaplain, Matthew Sanuders, Wm. Bolton, Jr., Jared Chappel, Franklin Rogers, Mr. Leeds, Wm. S. Wiley, Edward Gardner, William Maloney (2), Elisha Forsyth, Joseplı Chapman, Albert Whipple, Jason Beckwith, David Maynard, Mr. Osborn, James Lawson, Miroch Beckwith, Marvin Ames, Richard Fengar, William Clark, Ebenezer Allen, John L. Crocker, Hamilton Daniels, Henry Smith, Walter French, Matthew Stillman, President M. Rogers, Joseph Rogers, Mr. Tucker, Thomas M. Ginley, Asa Davis, Chauncey Beech, Nathan Becle, Shaw Perkins, Syral Hughes, Lewis Wilson. James Nichols, Franklin Moore, Charles Armstrong, Joseph Howard, Henry Barker, Samuel Hurlbnt, Jr., Ephraim H. Goff, John Crystal, Joseph Gray, John Dearborn, Francis Fox, Acore Smith, John Shelley, Ebenezer H. Watrous, Stephen Brown, Samuel Lepard, George Learned, George Cobb, Raymond Penhallow, Luke Flynn, James Gromley, John Crocker, Jonathan Douglass, Peter Mason, Leonard Simmons, Daniel Penhallow, Jr., Charles Squires, Levi Teft, Orlando Rogers, James Rogers, Erastus Ifuntley, William Rogers. Mr. Treat, Mr. Strong, Richard Cross, Jolin Bulkely, David Hutchinson, Oliver W. Armstrong, John Maynard, Caleb Kenyon, Caleb Burrows, William Wilson, William H. Clark, William Berry, George Stillman, Charles Darrow, James Hall, Oliver Sisson, Benja- min Adams, Gordon Jeffrey, Daniel W. Whipple."

"STATE OF CONNECTICUT, "County of New London. "Be it known, That on the 20th day of September and 3d day of Oc- tober, 1842, personally appeared William M. Smith, and made oath in due form of law that the persons above named were duly warned by him as directed, by leaving a true and attested copy of the original order at their usual place of abode.

"Sworn and subscribed, the day and year mentioned, before me.

" (Attest) " CHARLES E. HOLT, " Capt. First Camp., Third Regt. Conn. State Militia."

City Hall .- The hall of records, completed in 1856, under the supervision of a judicious committee ap- pointed by the town, is a neat and substantial struc- ture, fifty-two by fifty-four feet in size, built of polished freestone, and occupies a very eligible po- sition on the corner of State and Union Streets. The basement affords ample accommodations for the post- office in all its departments. The first story, ap- proached by an easy flight of freestone steps, is occu- pied for the Probate and Police Courts, the office of the water commissioners, and the recorder's office. The other apartments are the very convenient and

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History of New London county, Connecticut : with biographical sketches of many of its pioneers and prominent men, Part 52

Author: Hurd, D. Hamilton (Duane Hamilton) Publication date: 1882 Publisher: Philadelphia : J.W. Lewis & Co. Number of Pages: 1317

Author: Hurd, D. Hamilton (Duane Hamilton)
Publication date: 1882
Publisher: Philadelphia : J.W. Lewis & Co.
Number of Pages: 1317