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Title
Groton
Monument
,
Fort
Griswold
,
Groton
.
Creator
Cyler, W. Kenneth.
Place
Groton (Conn.)
Topic
Monuments
Groton Heights, Battle of, Conn., 1781
Topic-Organization, Vessel
Blossom (Schooner)
Theme
Infrastructure
Lifestyle
Description
View
of the
Groton
Monument
, at
Fort
Griswold
,
Groton
. The
roofs
of
two
buildings
,
probably
Groton
Heights
School
and
Monument
House
, are
visible
on
either
side
of the
obelisk
.
Notes
Title
supplied
by
cataloger
.
Caption
typed
in
blue
ink
below
reads
: "This
is
a
picture
of a
monument
at
Fort
Gris-/
wold
, in
honor
of a
group
of
farmers
who
were/
killed
by a
detachment
of
British
soldiers/
during
the
American
Revolution
.
It
was
erect-/ed
in
1833
[sic]
.
Is
made
of
gray
granite.There/
is
a
circular
stair
way
to the
top
where
you/
see
the
window./
The
window
is
135
feet
from/
the
ground
.
It
seems
that a
group
of
Americans
were
forced
to
surrender
to the
British./
When
the
American
commander
surrendered
his/
sword
to the
British
commander
, he
(the
Brit-/ish
Com.)
ran
the
Americans
[sic]
sword
thru
him/
and then
massacred
the
rest
.
Only
one
or/
two
got
away
.
I
went
to the
top
to
take
some/
pictures
.
You
pay
10
cents
to
go
up
. This
is
for the
benefit
of the
D.A.R
.
I
had a
nick-/el
and a
$5
bill
which
she
couldn't
break
so/
I
got
up
for a
nickel.
"
Groton
Monument
was
erected
in
1830
to
commemorate
the
massacre
at
Fort
Griswold
in
1781
. In
schoolbook
writing
pad
converted
to
photo
album
described
as "The
beginning
of the
good
ship/
BLOSSOM
-
Adventure/
Photos
made
by
W
.
Kenneth
Cyler/
about
1923.
"
Album
apparently
documents
period
of the
conversion
of the
Lucy
R
. to the
Blossom
with
photographs
taken
in
New
London
,
based
on
identification
of
related
images
.
Blossom
was also
known
as
Lucy
R
. and
Three
Brothers
. She was a
commercial
packet
schooner
formerly
the
Lucy
R
. of
Nova
Scotia
. She was
purchased
by the
Cleveland
Museum
of
Natural
History
with
funds
from a
Mrs
.
Blossom
and
made
a
voyage
to the
Indian
Ocean
to
gather
ornithological
specimens
.
Blossom
was
fitted
out
in
New
London
and
sailed
out
of that
port
circa
1923
.
Good
condition
,
yellow
from
glue
.
Date created
1923
.
Physical format
1
photograph
:
silver
print
;
4
x
6
in.
Digital format
image/jpeg
Identifier
Accession
number
:
1998.97.2.25
File
name
:
IMG0074-4768.PCD
Source
Mystic
Seaport
Rights
Copyright
restrictions
applying
to
use
or
reproduction
of this
image
are
available
from
Mystic
Seaport
.
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