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Towns created from New London edit

New London originally had a larger extent when it was first established as a town. Several towns have since been created from New London as indicated below.

  • Groton in 1705
    • Ledyard (originally North Groton) created from a part of Groton in 1836
  • Montville in 1786
    • Salem created from parts of Montville, Colchester and Lyme in 1819
  • Waterford in 1801
    • East Lyme created from parts of Waterford and Lyme in 1839

Prominent features edit

 
Lyman Allyn Art Museum
 
View of New London from its harbor

New London hosts Connecticut College, Mitchell College, and the United States Coast Guard Academy, as well as the small private secondary school The Williams School. The Connecticut College Arboretum is a fine, 750 acre (3 km²) arboretum and botanical garden. The Lyman Allyn Art Museum is located on the Connecticut College Campus. Housed in a handsome Neo-Classical building designed by Charles A. Platt, the permanent collection of over 15,000 objects includes paintings, sculpture, drawings, prints, furniture, decorative arts, and American art from the 18th through 20th centuries.

Ye Antientist Burial Ground, circa 1652, is one of the earliest colonial graveyards in New England. Here is a significant repository not only of the first generation of settlers, but an open air museum of the early stonecutter's art as well. Of all Connecticut burying grounds, this in New London may hold the greatest variety of different carving schools. The Olde Town Mill, built by the residents of New London in 1650 for the Winthrop family, is a picturesque retreat (located beneath the Gold Star Bridge). There is also a historical site in the remains of Fort Griswold (located across the Thames River in Groton, CT), dedicated to Americans that fell in the Battle of Groton Heights defending the fort and the city against British invaders. New London is also home to Fort Trumbull.

Notable residents edit

 
  • Captain James Avery (American colonist) politician, and a military commander.
  • Fitz-John Winthrop (1638-1707; son of John Winthrop, the Younger), soldier, statesman. Governor of Connecticut (1698-1707). In 1694 argued before William and Mary in defense of the colony against covetous Massachusetts and New York, and won royal reaffirmation of the Charter of 1662. [2]
  • Gurdon Saltonstall (1666-1724), clergyman. Governor of Connecticut (1708-1724). Proponent of the controversial Saybrook Platform. [3]
  • Sarah Kemble Knight (1666-1727), teacher, businesswoman, diarist. Author (1704) of The Journal of Madame Knight. (ISBN 1-55709-115-3). [4]
  • Eliphalet Adams (1677-1753), clergyman. An eminent Hebraist, he learned the language of the Nehantics and Pequots, and established schools for those tribes. His congregation elected not to adopt the Saybrook Platform. A renowned preacher and sought-after speaker, many of his sermons were contemporaneously printed. [5]
  • Joshua Hempstead (1678-1758), farmer, surveyor, carpenter, gravestone carver, trader, petty attorney, public official, and diarist. Author of Diary of Joshua Hempstead of New London, Connecticut, 1711-1758. (ISBN 0-9607744-1-6). [6]
 
Detail of reverse of a 1776 Connecticut 1s. note
  • Timothy Green (1679-1757), printer. Second in the succession of Connecticut printers. Moved from Boston to New London in 1714 to replace Thomas Short, the first printer in Connecticut, who had died in 1712. Eponymous sire to later New London printers Timothy Green (1703-1763) and Timothy Green (1737-1796). [7]
  • Thomas Short (1682-1712), printer. Moved from Massachusetts Bay Colony to New London in 1709 to be the first printer in Connecticut. Printed in 1710 the Saybrook Platform and the election sermon of Eliphalet Adams -- one or the other being "the first book printed in Connecticut", depending on the source.
  • Dudley Saltonstall (1738-1796), naval officer, nephew of Governor Gurdon Saltonstall. First commander of Continental Navy's first flagship, the Alfred.
  • Nathaniel Shaw, Jr. (1735-1782), merchant, financier. Continental Naval Agent for Connecticut during the Revolutionary War.
 
Nathan Hale appeared on US postage stamps issued in 1925 and 1929. Likeness is from statue by Bela Lyon Pratt.
 
Issued Oct. 16, 1967 at New London CT

A reporter for The New London Telegraph before meeting success as a playwright, his autobiographical Ah, Wilderness! (O'Neill's only comedy) and Long Day's Journey Into Night are set at Monte Cristo Cottage, the family's home in New London. The Monte Cristo Cottage is preserved by the Eugene O'Neill Theater Center and is open to the public.

Among the living, New London is the birthplace of

Among the living, New London is the home of

Also, see list of Connecticut College people.

Culture edit

Literature edit

  • Hempstead, Joshua (1998) [1901]. Diary of Joshua Hempstead: a record of life in colonial New London, Connecticut, 1711-1758. New London: New London County Historical Society. pp. 750 pages. ISBN 0-9607744-3-2.
  • Stone, Clifford (1976). The Great Sunflower: A Novel. Seattle: Vanguard Press. ISBN 0-8149-0775-X.
  • Gerba, Janet Burnett (1995). With no little regrett [sic]: an historical novel based on The journal of Madam Knight. Rutland, Vt: Colonial American Press. pp. 275 pages. ISBN 0-9647752-0-4.
  • King, Matthew (2003). The New London State of Mind. New London: WhaleheadKing.com.
  • King, Matthew (2005). Why Not New London?. New London: WhaleheadKing.com.
  • King, Matthew (2006). New London Eel Stew. New London: WhaleheadKing.com.

Local music edit

It is also home to one of the larger Music Festivals on the East Coast, I AM FESTIVAL. I AM FESTIVAL is an annual culmination of the town's music scene along with bigger acts to accompany them as a headlining band. This festival is booked and promoted by Sean Murray. The Hygenic Rock Fix is also an annual musical showcase that is more for the city of New London that books usually only the local bands of the city. The Rock Fix coincides with the Hygenic Art Festival. New London has been home to an active and vital original music scene since the 70s.

Ecelectic and diverse, many musicians call New London home. Some of the better known include:

Resident Artists edit

See also edit

References edit

  1. ^ Records and Papers of the New London County Historical Society. New London, Ct: The Society. 1890 [1890]. pp. 110 pages.

Further reading edit

  • Caulkins, Frances Manwaring (1985) [1852]. History of New London Connecticut from the first survey of the coast in 1612 to 1852. New London: New London County Historical Society. ISBN 0-8328-0008-2.
  • Starr, William Holt (1876). A Centennial Historical Sketch of the Town of New London. New London: G.E. Starr. OCLC 5956004.
  • Stone, Gregory N. (June 2000). The Day Paper. The Story of One of America's Last Independent Newspapers. New London: The Day Publishing Company. ISBN 0-9672028-0-9.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: date and year (link)
  • Powell, Walter L. (December 2000). Murder or Mayhem?: Benedict Arnold's New London, Connecticut Raid, 1781. Thomas Publications. ISBN 1-57747-059-1.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: date and year (link)
  • Richter, Robert A. (2001). "Touring Eugene O'Neill's New London". eOneill.com. Connecticut College. Retrieved 2006-10-19. Due to urban renewal in the 1960s, Bradley Street no longer exists, but during O'Neill's day it hummed with activity. At the turn of the last century traveling salesmen reported that New London had 'the liveliest, most wide-open red-light district between New York and Boston.' Bradley Street was the district's hub, even though the New London Police Headquarters was located here.

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