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ScrapbookEntry/Object ID
2016.161.4Scope and Content
Scrapbook containing news clippings c. 1859-1889 (from The Day and the Mystic Pioneer?) relating to Stonington history kept by Richard A. Wheeler. Topics include Richard A. Wheeler's birthday party at Watch Hill, poetry by Dr. Rev. Palmer, poetry of Miss Mary F. Kirby, the first bridge over the Pawcatuck River, nominations for Sherriff and Judge Richard A. Wheeler, Shaw's Ordinary (hotel), the first mill at Wequetequock, the old post road, the War of 1812, the Haley family, sloops FOX, HERO and VICTORY, the Gallup family, Fort Rachel, Capt. John Mason, Elm Grove Cemetery, the Stanton Family, Frederick Denison, the Noyes family, the Road Church, the Miner family, King Phillip's War, Welles Quarries, General William Williams, marriage statistics of Stonington, the Phelps family, the Palmer family, Capt. George Denison, the Soldier's Monument (Mystic) and the Pequots.
Numerous articles are focused on local battles and skirmishes during the War of 1812.Collection
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