The Battle of Groton Heights

Archive

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Groton Public Library

The Battle of Groton Heights - 1914 edition
The Battle of Groton Heights - 1914 edition

Name/Title

The Battle of Groton Heights

Entry/Object ID

2015.1.0153

Scope and Content

Paper - The Battle of Groton Heights -Green/Gray Cover with black and white engravings and text -forty-seven pages and twenty-seven pages with black and white engravings of historic homes and monuments and four pages of Ads. Front cover engraving of Groton Monumnet Back cover with small black and white engraving. Published in1914 Cover Page :The Battle of Groton Heights - A Story of the Storming of Fort Griswold. Containing also "The Narrative of Rufus Avery" from the original manuscript and other Interesting Matter. Title Page: The Battle of Groton Heights: A sotry of the Storming of fort Griswold, and the Burnning of New London, on the sixth of September, 1781. By Rev. N. H. Burnham. Containing also The Narrative of Rufus Aver, (from the original manuscript) and Statement of Avery Downer, M.D. together with Biographical Sketches of Col. William Ledyard and Mother Bailey, Including A Poem by Leonard Woolsey Bacon, Delivered on the Centenial Anniversary of the Battle of Groton Heights, September 6,1881.

Collection

James L. Streeter Collection

Acquisition

Accession

2015.1

Source or Donor

Mr. James L. Streeter

Acquisition Method

Donation

Lexicon

Nomenclature 4.0

Nomenclature Primary Object Term

History

Nomenclature Sub-Class

Literary Works

Nomenclature Class

Documentary Objects

Nomenclature Category

Category 08: Communication Objects

Search Terms

Battle of Groton Heights, Cemeteries, Historic Sites, Military, Tourists & Tourism, Bailey, Anna Warner, Bank Square, Battle of Groton Heights, Bill Memorial Library, Fort Griswold, Fort Trumbull, Groton Bank, Groton Cemetery Association, Groton Heights, Ledyard, William Col., Odd Fellows Home, Fort Trumbull (New London, Conn.), Fort--Griswold (Groton, Conn.)

Archive Details

Creator

Burnham, H. E. Rev.

Date(s) of Creation

1914

Restrictions

Access: Brittle Creases/Wrinkles: Discolouration/Fading: Holes: where rusty staples were removed Stains: Tears/Rips: Wear: Other: plastic coated paper clip

Primary Language

English

Archive Notes

Date(s) Created: Earlier Publications: 1870 see Obj ID 20155.1.0144; Publication1891 see Obj. ID 2015.l.0111; see later Publications: Publication 1907 - Obj ID 2015.1.0108; This Publication 1914 - Obj ID 2015.1.0153; Publication 1926 - Obj ID 2015.1.0076

General Notes

Note

Status: Poor Status By: Joan Cohn Status Date: 2017-05-23