The Battle of Groton Heights - A Story of the Storming of Fort Griswold and the Burning of New London on the Sixth of September, 1781
Entry/Object ID
2015.1.0108
Scope and Content
Paper - Beige Cover with black and white engravings and text - sixty-five pages - forty printed pages and twenty-three pages with black and white engravings of historic homes and monuments and two pages of Ads.
Back cover with small black and white engraving. Published in1907
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
Archive Details
Creator
Rufus Avery, Avery Downer, M.D. Leonard Woolsey Bacon, Burnham, H. E. Rev.
Date(s) of Creation
1907
Restrictions
Access: Discolouration/Fading:
Wear: Top and Bottom edges of binding
Other: Few pages have folded edges bottom right corner
Primary Language
English
Archive Notes
Date(s) Created: Earlier Publications: 1870 see Obj ID 2105.1.0144; Publication1891 Obj ID 2015.1.0111; Later Publication: This Publication 1907 - Obj ID 2015.1.0108; Publication 1914 - Obj ID 2015.1.0153; Publication is 1926 - Obj ID 2015.1.0076
General Notes
Note
Status: Fair
Status By: Maureen A. McClellan
Status Date: 2016-04-11
