The Whitfield Elm, Stoningtton CT

Archive

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Historic Stonington

Name/Title

The Whitfield Elm, Stoningtton CT

Entry/Object ID

2002.0613.359

Scope and Content

The Whitfield Elm, Stonington CT (note on slide indicates Pequot Trail) In July of 1747, Reverend George Whitfield, the great Revivalist, preached a sermon beneath this tree. The Stonington Chronology mentions it was across from Center Church, and as of 1949, the tree was still standing in front of the home of Dr. Roy W. Miner. Copy on slide 69-4 taken by Ingrid Fedderson, 1991 Index card done by Jack Fix

Collection

Dorothea Hewitt Gould Collection