History of New London county, Connecticut : with biographical sketches of many of its pioneers and prominent men, Part 77

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

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nold. Evan Burdich superintended the work. Gil- bert L. Congdon executed the wood-work, and Joseph H. Smith the masonry. The furniture was made to order by N. S. Gilbert & Son. In building and fur- niture the edifice will compare favorably with any public building in the country. Its entire cost was about three hundred and fifty thousand dollars.

The Eliza Huntington Memorial Home for Re- spectable and Indigent Aged and Infirm Females was founded through the liberality of the late Jede- diah Huntington, in furtherance of the desire of his deceased wife, Eliza, to render a public benefit to the community in which she lived. He bequeathed his dwelling-house, estimated to be worth twenty-five thousand dollars, and an additional sum of thirty-five thousand dollars. He placed the management of the home in the hands of his excentors, John T. Wait, James A. Hovey, and Jedediah Huntington, and the rectors of Christ and Trinity Churches.

JEDEDIAH HUNTINGTON was born in Norwich, Sept. 13, 1791.

From the carly part of this century until the close of the second war with England he resided in Troy, N. Y., with his brother-in-law, Guilford Young. He then returned to Norwich and embarked in busi- ness in the stores that occupied the site of the present freight depot of the Norwich and Worcester Railroad, and remained there alone or in company with his nephew, the late John G. Huntington, until he en- tirely retired from business, in 1836. In all his busi- ness enterprises he was eminently successful ; and this success may well be attributed not only to his energy, enterprise, and constant devotion to his business pur- suits, but to the enviable reputation that he enjoyed for his unbending integrity.

Jedediah Huntington, son of the late John G. Huntington, and John A. Morgan are now conduct- ing the business which was established more than sixty years ago by the subject of this sketch, and in every way maintain the same reputation for honor and integrity in all their business relations which was enjoyed by the founder of the house.

In June, 1819, Mr. Huntington married Eliza, youngest daughter of the late Judge Marvin Wait, of New London. She was a lady with a warm heart and open hand, and the poor and the afflicted were ever drawn towards her by her deep and tender sympathy for them. Mr. and Mrs. Huntington lived together for more than fifty years. They celebrated their golden wedding in June, 1869.

The confidence that the public placed in Mr. Huntington is exhibited in the relations that he sus- tained to the moneyed and other corporations of this city. He was for nearly half a century a director of the Norwich Bank. He was a trustee and director of the Society for Savings from its organization, and one of the projectors and managers of the Norwich Water- Power Company. He took an active part in building the railroad from Norwich to Worcester, and when

the company, of which he was a director, was near sinking under pecuniary embarrassment, he united with a few others in lending his personal credit to sustain that of the corporation, and in that way se- cured the success of the enterprise.

The Sheltering Arms Home for the Sick and the Rock Nook Children's Home are two praiseworthy institutions both located in Norwich Town.

The Otis Library.1-This institution received its name from its founder, Deacon Joseph Otis, a son of Norwich, but for many years a merchant in New York. The last fifteen years of his life he spent in his native city. His first purpose was to endow a library by a bequest, but upon the earnest recom- mendation of his pastor and friend, Rev. Alvan Bond, D.D., he decided to begin the work before his death. The building was accordingly erected and delivered to trustees designated by the donor in January, 1850. The original board of trustees were Rev. Alvan Bond, D.D., Worthington Hooker, M.D., J. G. W. Trumbull, George Perkins, William A. Buckingham, Robert Johnson, and Charles Johnson, the board being by charter self-perpetuating.

At the completion of the building Deacon Otis ad- vanced two thousand dollars for the purchase of books, and the work of the library began in July, 1850.

"A very general interest was taken in the institu- tion," says Dr. Bond, " and a large number of readers applied for tickets, which were furnished at that time for one dollar a year. Constant additions were made to the books upon its shelves, chiefly through the con- tinned liberality of its founder, who in his lifetime gave in all over ten thousand dollars, and at his death bequeathed seven thousand dollars more as a perma- nent fund."

In 1868, Mr. Charles Boswell, of West Hartford, a native of Norwich, added one thousand dollars to the permanent fund of the institution, and from time to time generous contributions have been made by nu- merous citizens towards the current expenses, and to enable the trustees to make larger purchases of books than the income of funds would warsant. Various public entertainments have been given to promote the same objects.

It has been the constant intention of the trustees to provide a large variety of literature, but rigidly to exclude everything that can be in any way hurtful in its influence. For ten or fifteen years past magazines and quarterlies, both American and foreign, have been furnished the patrons of the library. At present more than thirty different standard periodicals are regularly received, and year by year bound volumes of them are multiplying npon the shelves.

In 1867 a very complete catalogue of the books then owned was issued in a bound volume, and within the past three years, by the exceeding gener- osity of Mr. William Abbot, one of the trustees till

1 Contributed by Rev. Wm. S. Palmer.

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he transferred his residence to Hartford, a card catalogue has been made, according to the plan adop- ted by many of the first libraries of the country.

Within the past year the institution has been en- riched by the munificent bequests of the late Dr. Daniel Tyler Coit, for many years a prominent physi- cian of Boston, Mass., but the last five years of his life a resident of Norwich. His bequests amount to nearly thirteen thousand dollars. The present trus- tees are Messrs. John T. Adams, William Aiken, E. N. Gibbs, Gardner Greene, William Hutchison, Wil- liam S. Palmer, and Jonathan Trumbull.

The Norwich Horse Railroad was projected in 1869, and Sept. 12, 1870, the first cars passed over it from Bean Hill to Greeneville. The line extends from the city to Greeneville, to the falls, and Norwich Town, and has proven itself a great convenience.

Bridges .- One of the earliest bridges was over the Shetucket at the falls. It was built in 1717, and in February, 1727, this with three others were swept away by a freshet. The bridge was rebuilt in 1828, and at its raising a portion of it fell, killing two per- sons and seriously wounding several others. The Lathrop bridge has been rebuilt several times.

In 1750, or near that period, the following bridges were maintained by the town :

Over Bradford's or Susquetomscot Brook, on the road to Lebanon.

Great Pond Brook, on the road to Colchester.

Pease's Brook. These were the three branches of the Yantic.

At Bean Hill. Quarter bridge. The Court-House bridge. No-man's Acre bridge. These four crossed the Yantic.

Beaver's Brook, in West Farms Society.

Trading Cove Brook, on the road to New London. Elderkin's bridge, on the road to Windham.

" Wood's bridge over Showtuckett, north of Petti- paug." This was afterwards Lord's bridge, uniting Franklin with Lisbon.

Lovett's bridge. Lathrop's bridge.

The last four were over the Shetucket.

Johnson's bridge over the Quinnebaug, on the road to Plainfield.

Pachaug bridge, east of the Quinnebaug.

The first bridge uniting " The Landing" (Norwich City) with Lisbon was built in 1737, and in 1751 was superseded by a bridge which cost £4000, old tenor. This was swept away in 1762, and was rebuilt in 1764. This was replaced by another structure in 1784, and still another in 1797. It is not strange that we find the town records alluding to the "enormous expenses" incurred for bridges.

The Norwich and Preston Bridge Company was in- corporated in 1816, and in the following year a toll- bridge was erected about a mile above the mouth of the river. It was carried away in 1823, but rebuilt on the same foundation at an expense of five thousand dollars. In 1858 this bridge was purchased by the

towns of Norwich and Preston. This was replaced by the present iron bridge, which was built in 1870.

Giddings' bridge, which spanned the Shetucket about a mile from its mouth, was built in 1757.

Laurel Hill bridge was built in 1853, through the instrumentality of Hon. Henry Bill, John W. Sted- man, Thomas Robinson, John A. Rockwell, Amos Davis, and others. It has since been repaired, and in 1860 its charter was relinquished, and since then it has belonged to the town.

The bridge over the Shetucket at Greeneville was built in 1854, damaged by floods and reconstructed in 1858, destroyed by fire in 1862, and rebuilt in 1863. The wharf bridge was built in 1771.

Laurel Hill.1-That portion of the city of Norwich on the east, where the Shetucket joins the Thames, from the heights of which the eye sweeps over the entire field of the city and its river-front, the old town, and the whole range of country as far south- ward as the highlands of Montville,-a natural pano- rama not surpassed in beauty in Connecticut,-was as rude and uncultured as when Mason's party first sailed up the Thames down to the year 1850. At that time it was known as Pepper's Hill, from one Michael Pepper, who formerly owned a portion of it and lived near it. This district was originally a part of the East or Long Society of Norwich, but in 1786 was set off to Preston with the rest of the society, and re- mained part of the town of Preston for seventy years.

In the fall of 1850 something over one hundred acres of this district were purchased by John A. Rockwell, Thomas Robinson, and Henry Bill, and its name changed to the more appropriate title of Laurel Hill. Soon after its purchase Mr. Bill acquired the entire interest of his partners, and whatever of suc- cess attended the enterprise from the beginning is to be attributed to him. Streets and building-lots were laid out; an ample tract of land was reserved in the centre, which was subsequently deeded to the city for a public park, and afterwards given to the city by Mr. Bill; a reservoir was built on an adjoining hill, and an aqueduct of pure spring-water carried to every part of the district, and a settlement at once commenced, which has grown to be one of the most beautiful por- tions of the city of Norwich. Here Mr. Bill erected an elegant residence for himself in 1852.

In 1853 an act of incorporation was granted to a company composed of John W. Stedman, Thomas Robinson, John A. Rockwell, Henry Bill, Amos Davis, and others, who at once proceeded to build a substantial wooden bridge by private subscription, at an expense of four thousand dollars, connecting the city of Norwich with Laurel Hill, on the precise spot now occupied by a heavy iron bridge, and where no less than five bridges had been built since the first settlement of the town.

In 1857 the Laurel Hill district was reannexed to

1 By J. W. Stedman.

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the city of Norwich by an act of the Legislature, and in 1867, the bridge charter of 1853 having been aban- doned and the maintenance of the bridge left to the town of Norwich, the present iron bridge was built at an expense of twenty-five thousand dollars.

Laurel Hill district, so recently, as we have seen, a barren and wholly neglected locality, is now a most charming suburb of the city of Norwich.

Masonic .- The first lodge of Free and Accepted Masons instituted in Norwich was chartered by "St. John's Grand Lodge" of Massachusetts in the year 1767, as appears in the records of said Grand Lodge, now in possession of the Grand Lodge of Massachu- setts.

COLUMBIA LODGE, F. and A. M., was chartered by " Massachusetts Grand Lodge," Joseph Webb, Grand Master, on the 23d day of July, 1785. The petitioners were Philip Turner, Bela Turner, John Richards, Samuel Mott, and Jeremiah Harris.

SOMERSET LODGE, No. 34, F. and A. M., was char- tered by the Grand Lodge of Connecticut, May 25, 1795, with the following members: Elijah Clark, P. Coit, Stephen Culver, Cushing Eells, Jeremiah Harris, Giles L'Hommedien, Ebenezer Huntington, Samuel Huntington, Daniel Lathrop, Gordon Lathrop, Simeon Lathrop, David Nevins, Robert Niles, John Richards, Benjamin Snow, Asa Spaulding, Elisha Tracy, John Trumbull, John Turner, and Philip Turner.

The first Master was Asa Spaulding, a prominent lawyer. Ebenezer Huntington was first senior warden, and Benjamin Snow junior warden.

This charter was revoked by the Grand Lodge May 9, 1838, and restored May 14, 1845.

The lodge is said to have been named in honor of Lord Somerset, of England. The first communica- tion on record was held June 8, 1795. The second was held July 2d, same year. The officers were Asa Spaulding, W. M .; Benjamin Snow, J. W .; Daniel Lathrop, Treas .; Simeon Huntington, Sec .; David Nevins, S. D .; John Trumbull, J. D. ; Gordon La- throp, S. S. ; John Turner, J. S. ; John Richards, Ty- ler. At this communication the by-laws were adopted, and Joseph Huntington was placed on the minutes as a candidate for initiation. Peter Lamman was the first initiate in the lodge.

The lodge first met in a room owned by Cyrus Bra- man, Esq., and soon after a room owned by Mrs. Peal was occupied. In 1798 the lodge held its communi- cations at the house of Dr. Joshua Lathrop. In 1801 the brick "store chamber" of Capt. Nathaniel Pea- body was fitted up for a lodge, and was used for that purpose until June 5, 1850, when the lodge-room of the I. O. O. F. was secured, and held as the lodge- room of Somerset Lodge till June 19, '1865, when Uncas Hall was dedicated to the genius of Masonry.

The following is a list of Masters of the lodge from its organization to present time : Asa Spaulding, 1795 ; Ebenezer Huntington, 1796; Benjamin Snow, 1797-

98, 1801-8; Joseph Huntington, 1799-1800; Con- sider Sterry, 1807-9, 1815-16; Judah Hart, 1810-11; Joseph Kinney, 1812; Samuel Badey, 1813-14 ; James Cushman, 1817-18; Elisha Tracy, 1819 ; John Nichols, 1819-20; Wm. Belcher, 1821; Wm. P. Eaton, 1822- 24, 1830-31; Asa Childs, 1825-29, 1832; Chauncey Burgess, 1845; Edward W. Eells, 1846; Wm. H. Copp, 1847-51, 1852-54; Charles Ball, 1848; Wm. L. Brewer, 1849-50 ; II. Hobart Roaths, 1855; Wm. Bond, 1856; Wm. H. Tingley, 1857-58; Martin R. Kenyon, 1859 ; P. St. M. Andrews, 1860-62; Lemuel H. Chester, 1863; Amos E. Cobb, 1864; Rufus M. Ladd, 1865-66; Austin Brewster, 1867; J. J. Wait, 1868-69; J. L. Devotion, 1870-71; J. W. Stedman, 1872; Chas. W. Carter, 1873; J. B. Mershon, 1874; B. H. Rogers, 1875; Robert A. France, 1876-78 ; E. S. Bishop, 1877 ; Arthur H. Brewer, 1879; Wm. L. Potter, 1880-81.1

FRANKLIN CHAPTER, No. 4, R. A. M., was organ- ized the year succeeding the organization of Somer- set Lodge. It was constituted under a charter granted by "a Washington Chapter" of New York, March 15, A.D. 1796. The following were the petitioners : Joseph Huntington, Jacob Smith, Luther Spalding, Consider Sterry, Elisha Tracy, John Warner.

The following is a list of M. E. High Priests from 1796 to 1882:

1796, Elisha Tracy ; 1797-1800, John Tyler; 1800- 18, Consider Sterry ; 1818-21, James Cushman ; 1821 -23, William Belcher; 1823-25, Thomas T. Wells ; 1825-28, Asa Child; 1828, Lucius Tyler ; 1829, Asa Child; 1830, Lucius Tyler ; 1831, Alpheus Kingsley ; 1832, Asa Child (no record from this time to restora- tion of. charter in 1846); 1846, Appleton Meech ; 1847-56, William H. Copp; 1856-58, Martin R. Ken- yon ; 1858-62, Benjamin B. Whittemore; 1862, Cal- vin G. Child ; 1863-66, William H. Tingley ; 1866-68, William W. Avery; 1868-70, John L. Devotion ; 1870-72, Jacob B. Mershon; 1872-74, Increase W. Carpenter; 1874-76, Lloyd M. Cobb; 1876, Arthur H. Brewer, present H. P.

FRANKLIN COUNCIL, No. 3, R. and S. M., was first constituted under a warrant of dispensation on Feb. 28, A.D. 1818. Jeremy L. Cross, clothed with author- ity for that purpose, appointed Companions James Cushman, G. M., David Tracy, D. G. M., and Elijah Ames, P. C.

At the organization of the Grand Council of the State of Connecticut, May 18, A.D. 1819, Franklin Council was represented by Companions James Cushi- man, Samuel Bailey, and Amos Williams, the first named being elected the first G. P. C. of the work.

The warrant of dispensation under which the coun- cil was constituted having been surrendered to the Grand Council and its authority recognized, that body at its annual assembly in May, 1821, granted a charter, which remained in force until the assembly

1 For history of St. James' Lodge see Supplement.

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of the Grand Council, May 9, 1839, when it was de- clared null and void, the companions having for a number of years neglected the duty of sending repre- sentatives and making returns to the Grand Council, as required by its by-laws.

At the annual assembly of the Grand Council, May 14, 1846, III. Companion C. Burgess, in behalf of the members of the late Franklin Council, No. 3, asked the Grand Council to restore the charter ; whereupon, on motion of Ill. Companion H. Goodwin (2), it was

" Resolved, That the charter of Frauklin Council, No. 3, be restored to the companions residing at Norwich and vicinity, and that Companion Chauncey Burgess be authorized to convene the members and lead them to a choice of officers, and make report to the Grand Council."

Agreeably to this vote, a meeting was holden May 7, 1847, and the council reorganized with Companion Burgess as G. M.

The degrees of Royal Master and Select Master were the only degrees conferred in the council until Dec. 1, 1864, when that of Superior Excellent Master was introduced.

The original by-laws, adopted Oct. 30, 1820, with various amendments, remained in force until Sept. 28, 1866, when a new code was adopted, which, with a few amendments, principally in regard to dues, are those now in use.

The following is a list of T. Ill. Masters from 1818 to 1882 :

1818-19, James Cushman ; 1820-23, William Bel- cher ; 1824-25, Nathan Johnson ; 1826-30, William P. Eaton ;. 1847-49, Chauncey Burgess ; 1850-52, John Nichols; 1853-54, John H. Cutler ; 1855-56, William L. Brewer; 1857-58, William H. Tingley ; 1859, William H. Copp; 1860, H. Hobart Roath ; 1861, John W. Stedman ; 1862-68, H. Hobart Roath ; 1869-71, I. W. Carpenter ; 1872-73, Costello Lippitt; 1874-81, James Kirker.

COLUMBIAN COMMANDERY, No. 24, K. T .- Co- lumbian Encampment was instituted on the 9th of November, 1853, and the following officers duly in- stalled : William H. Copp, C .; Appleton Meech, Gen .; Isaac Williams, Capt .- Gen. ; William L. Brewer, Prel .; John W. Steadman, S. W .; John H. Cutler, J. W .; Calvin G. Rawson, Treas .; John Backus, Rec .; John H. Gale, Sw .- Bearer; William H. Hyde, St. B .; Isaac H. Roath, W.

The following Sir Knights have held the office of Eminent Commander since the institution of the commandery : William H. Copp, November, 1853-56 ; William L. Brewer, 1856-57 ; William H. Tingley, 1857 -58; William H. Copp, 1858-60; Benjamin B. Whit- temore, 1860-64; Pierre St. M. Andrews, 1864-66 ; John W. Stedman, 1866-69; Charles W. Carter, 1869-71; Henry L. Parker, 1871-73; Jacob B. Mer- shon, 1873-75; Joseph J. Wait, 1875-77 ; Allen Ten- ney, 1877-79; Robert A. France, 1879-81; N. D. Levin, 1881.

ANCIENT AND ACCEPTED SCOTTISH RITE .- The

following history of the Scottish Rite. in Norwich is taken from an excellent address which was delivered by Charles W. Carter 339, June 24, 1874: "On the 28th of September, 1863, in company with eight Sir Knights of Hartford, one of your number1 visited Providence, R. I., for the purpose of receiving the degrees of the Ancient and Accepted Scottish Rite. Arriving there at high twelve, they were conducted to the City Hotel, and from thence to the Masonic Hall, in What Cheer Building, where they were initiated into the sublime and superior degrees and orders of Inef- fable Masonry, Rev. and Ill. Bro. Charles H. Titus 32º, presiding in the Lodge of Perfection and Council of Princes of Jerusalem. Ill. Bro. N. H. Gould 33º, member of the Supreme Council of Sov. Grand In- spectors-General, and Deputy for the State of Rhode Island, was present and elevated them to the high grade of Sublime Princes of the Royal Secret 32º. Early the next spring several Sir Knights, members of Columbian Commandery, No. 4, K. T., Norwich, Conn., solicited the aid of a Scottish Rite brother in arranging for them to receive the sublime and superior degrees. A preliminary meeting was held in Bro. W. W. Avery's room at the American House, and it was tliere agreed that application for the degrees should be made to Worcester Grand Lodge of Perfection, Worcester, Mass. In due time arrangements were perfected, and on the 14th of April, 1864, the com- pany, consisting of Bros. W. W. Avery, Hiram Cook, H. L. Parker, John G. Brady, John Backus, and George A. Harris, proceeded to Worcester, Mass. Arriving at seven o'clock P.M., they were conducted by Bro. Benjamin Lewis 32º to the Masonic Hall, where the degrees from the 4th to the 14th were con- ferred by Ill. Bro. Alfred F. Chapman 32º, T. P. Gr. Master of Boston Gr. Lodge of Perfection. By invi- tation of John W. Dadman 32º, T. P. Gr. Master of Worcester Gr. Lodge of Perfection, Ill. Bro. W. S. Gardner 33º, Ins .- Gen. and Deputy of the Supreme Council for Massachusetts, then proceeded to advance the Norwich brethren to the high grade of S. P. of the R. S. 329. No further business appearing, the meeting closed, and the brethren proceeded to the Bay State House, and there petitioned the Ill. Deputy for a dispensation to open and hold a Grand Lodge of Perfection in the city of Norwich, Conn., under the title of King Solomon Grand Lodge of Perfection. Ill. Bro. Gardner, having previous instruction from the Sov. Gr. Commander of the Supreme Council, K. H. Van Rensselaer 339, then and there granted said petition, the officers to take rank in the order in which their names appeared upon the dispensation.

"On their return to Norwich they made application to Somerset Lodge, No. 34, F. and A. M., for permission to hold meetings in their hall (which was at that time located on the fourth floor of the Uncas Hall building, in Water Street). Said petition was granted,

1 Charles W. Carter (editor).

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and Monday evenings assigned for their nse. At the annual session of the Supreme Council 339, held in the city of Boston, Mass., May 18, 19, 20, and 21, 1864, the new Lodge of Perfection was represented in Sov. Gr. Consistory by the first and third officers. Agreeable to request, the newly-acquired territory was annexed to the Masonic district of Rhode Island, and Ill. Bro. N. H. Gould 339, appointed deputy for the united jurisdiction.

" The first meeting for work was held on the 26th of May, 1864, at which time the brethren were honored by the presence of Ill. Bros. K. H. Van Rensselaer 339, Sov. Gr. Commander of the Supreme Council Northern Jurisdiction, U. S. A .; also, Ill. Bros. T. W. Wellington 329, of Worcester, Mass .; M. J. Drummond 329, of New York ; Rev. Junius M. Wiley 32º, of Bridgeport, Conn., and John Shepley 32º, of Providence, R. I. K. II. Van Rensselaer 339, pre- sided and conferred the degrees from the 4th to the 14th upon Sir Kts. John W. Stedman, Wm. H. Tingley, and Geo. H. Lovegrove, after which the ceremonies concluded with a banquet.

"On the following day, May 27th, the members of King Solomon Grand Lodge of Perfection assembled at the Wanregan House, and in room No. 33 made application to the Sov. Gr. Commander for the re- maining bodies of the rite, and also requested the Grand Commander to elevate to the high grade of S. P. of the R. S. 32º, III. Bros. John W. Stedman and Wm. H. Tingley, which was accordingly done, and the dispensations granted under the following titles : Van Rensselaer Council of Princes of Jerusa- lem, Norwich Chapter of Rose Croix D-H, and Con- necticut Sov. Consistory of S. P. of the R. S. 329.

" In the hands of these few brethren began the ex- istence of the bodies of the Ancient and Accepted Scottish Rite in Norwich, Conn. As all new enter- prises are more or less surrounded by difficulties which require earnest efforts on the part of the organizers to overcome, so with this. The little band of brothers, in order to succeed, were compelled to contribute largely from their private resources, and to employ every leisure moment in perfecting themselves in the ritual and other duties, the extent of which few can appreciate but those who have been called to perform labor of a like character. At the annual session of the Supreme Council 339, held in Boston, May 17, 18, and 19, 1865, the bodies were fully represented in the Sov. Gr. Consistory, and the prog- ress which they had made was complimented by ad- vancing two of their number to honorary membership in the Supreme Council, and upon the resignation of III. Bro. N. H. Gould 339, as deputy for Connecticut, an active member was created from the honorary list of this State, and appointed deputy. Thursday, fol- lowing the return of the delegation from the Supreme Council, they were again honored by a visit from the Gr. Commander, K. H. Van Rensselaer 339, who wit- nessed an exemplification of the work in King Solo-

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History of New London county, Connecticut : with biographical sketches of many of its pioneers and prominent men, Part 77

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