Sermon on the Wreck of the Steamer Atlantic

Publication

Groton Public Library

Name/Title

Entry/Object ID

2026.040.098

Description

Softcover booklet, sermon delivered by Reverend T.J. Greenwood of the First Universalist Church in New London and a narrative of the wreck provided by one of the survivors, Capt. George Washington Cullum (1809-1892).

Context

The paddlewheel steamship ATLANTIC was owned by the Norwich and New London Steamboat Co. when it wrecked on Fisher's Island on the day after Thanksgiving, on November 27, 1846. The wreck was one of the worst maritime disasters to occur in local waters.

Collection

Carol Kimball Collection

Acquisition

Accession

2026.040

Source or Donor

Carol Kimball

Acquisition Method

Transfer

Lexicon

Nomenclature 4.0

Nomenclature Secondary Object Term

Sermon

Nomenclature Primary Object Term

Speech

Nomenclature Sub-Class

Literary Works

Nomenclature Class

Documentary Objects

Nomenclature Category

Category 08: Communication Objects

Publication Details

Author

Greenwood, T. J. (Rev.), Cullum, George W. (Capt.)

Publisher

Published by Bolles and Williams

Place Published

Location

New London, Conn.

Date Published

1847

Provenance

Notes

Part of a collection of records collected by Carol Kimball during her tenure as the Town of Groton Historian; given to the Groton Historical Society following her death; stored for several years at the Avery Copp Museum; donated to the Groton Public Library 2026