History of New London, Connecticut, USA

Journey back in time to New London, Connecticut, USA

• 1646 - New London was founded May 6, 1646, by John Winthrop, Jr.
  When Winthrop received a charter from the general court of Bosotn, this village on the Mohegan river was called Nameug.
  
  However, in 1658, the gener...Read MORE...
  
  
  
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  The Hempstead House, Built 1678
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• 1781 - War Battle
  One major Revolutionary War battle was fought in Connecticut. This was at New London. On September 6, 1781, British forces under Benedict Arnold lande...Read MORE...
  
  
  
• 1784 - Earliest Connecticut cities incorporated - Hartford, Middletown, New Haven, New London and Norwich.
  New London was incorporated as a city by the legislature, in January, 1784, being one of five towns in the state on which city privileges were conferr...Read MORE...
  
  
  
• 1792 - First turnpike road company, New London to Norwich, incorporated.
  After the American Revolution, Connecticut granted franchises for the building of ‘toll’ roads or turnpikes, and in 1792 the first turnpike in Connect...Read MORE...
  
  
  
• In 1792, Union Bank New London was established with capital of $500,000.
  The Edinburgh Encyclopaedia, Volume 3
  Author Sir David Brewster
  Publisher J. & E. Parker, 1832
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  Timeline of Connecticut History
  
  
• 1819 - New London
  New-London, the semi-seat of justice of the county, and a considerable maritime post town, is situated up on the west bank of the Thames, bordering up...Read MORE...
  
  
  
• 1840s-50s - Peak of whaling from Connecticut ports and especially from New London.
  New London owed much of its early prosperity to the success of its whaling fleet: it was once the third-largest whaling port in the world—ranking only...Read MORE...
  
  
  
• 1854 - New London
  New London, a city, port of entry, and semicapital of New London county, Connecticut, is situated on the right bank of the Thames river, 3 miles from ...Read MORE...
  
  
  
•  1872 - ANOTHER STEAMBOAT EXPLOSION. FEARFUL DISASTER AT NEW LONDON, CONN.
  A GOVERNMENT LIGHTER BLOWN UP.
  
  THREE MEN KILLED AND THE OFFICERS ALL INJURED.
  
  New London, Conn., June 24, 1872.
  A fearful catastrophe occurred ...Read MORE...
  
  
  
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  New London and Norwich
  Picturesque America... Oliver Bell Bunce, William Cullen Bryant
  New York: D. Appleton & Co., 1872-1874.
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• 1895 - New London
  New London, a city, port of entry, and semi-capital of New London co, Conn., is situated on the right or W. bank of the Thames River, 3 miles from its...Read MORE...
  
  
  
• 1898 - November 27 - 27 inches of snow fell at New London CT
  
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  Embroidery Lessons with Colored Studies for 1899
  The Brainerd & Armstrong Co.
  No. 6 Union Street, New London, Conn.
  
  The Ladies' Home Journal
  September 1898
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  City Water Front. View from Fort Trumbull, New London, Conn.
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  County Court House, Built 1784, New London, Conn.
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  Nathan Hale School
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  Riverside Park
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  Union Station
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  State Street, New London, Conn.
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  Elks Clubhouse, New London, Conn.
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  Connecticut College, New London, Conn.
  
  "Connecticut College... is a private liberal arts college located in New London, Connecticut. Founded in 1911, Connecticut College is a primarily residential, four-year undergraduate institution, with nearly ... Read MORE...
  
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  Upper State Street, New London, Conn.
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  Ocean Beach, 1907
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•  1908 - PEQUOT HOUSE BURNS. FAMOUS OLD HOTEL AT NEW LONDON COMPLETELY DESTROYED.
  Special to The New York Times.
  
  New London, May 7. - At an early hour this morning the famous Pequot House, which crowned the headland at the wester...Read MORE...
  
  
  
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  Casino, 1908
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• 1910 - U.S. Coast Guard Academy moves to New London.
  The Coast Guard Academy was a shipboard operation until 1890 when the first land-based campus was established in Curtis Bay, Maryland. In 1910, the Ac...Read MORE...
  
  
  
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  Fort Trumbull, West Side
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  Smith Memorial Home for Aged Ladies, Masonic St.
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• 1911 - Connecticut College for Women founded at New London.
  The College was founded following a decision by Wesleyan University to stop admitting women. Elizabeth Wright, a Wesleyan alumna, rose to the challeng...Read MORE...
  
  
  
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  Bank Street from State Street
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  New London Historical Society, Washington's Headquarters
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  Memorial Hospital
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•  1922 - Fight On Rum Was Hot 80 Years Ago
  New London, Conn., Was the Center of Liquor Fight Back in 1842.
  
  New London, Conn., April 10. - King Alcohol was vigorously assaulted eighty years a...Read MORE...
  
  
  
•  1923 - OLD YALE BREWERY DESTROYED BY FIRE; Loss is $100,000
  New London, Jan. 12 - Fire tonight swept through the Old Yale Brewery now used as a storage building destroying the entire structure and its contents...Read MORE...
  
  
  
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  Pequot Avenue, 1924
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  Hamilton Hall. Coast Guard Academy
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  Miniature Railroad & Carousel, Ocean Beach Park
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  New London Junior College
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  Southwest Ledge Light
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• 1938 - The Great New England Hurricane of 1938
  CAT 3 - September 21, 1938
  The Great New England Hurricane of 1938 was one of the most destructive and powerful storms ever to strike Southern New En...Read MORE...
  
  
  
• 1954 - Hurricane Carol - HURRICANE ROARS ACROSS LONG ISLAND. FIVE KILLED BY STORM IN NEW ENGLAND.
  ...Emergency Delcared.
  A state emergency was declared at New London, Conn., where power lines were blown down and residents were warned to remain ind...Read MORE...