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General Putnam's quarters at Reading.
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Title
General
Putnam's
quarters
at
Reading
.
Creator
Barber, John Warner, 1798-1885.
Place
Redding (Conn.)
United States -- History -- Revolution, 1775-1783
Topic
Fences
Dwellings
Headquarters, Military
Wells
Walnut
Topic-Person
Putnam, Israel, 1718-1790
Theme
Infrastructure
Lifestyle
Description
Salt
box
house
with
outbuildings
behind
it
. A
well
with a
prominent
sweep
is
at the
right
. The
house
is
labeled
"
Shingled
house
" a "
walnut
"
tree
is
in
front
. A
field
in the
foreground
,
behind
a "
Virginia
"
rail
fence
,
is
labeled
"
mowing.
" This
house
served
as
General
Israel
Putnam's
headquarters
in the
winter
of
1779
,
during
the
Revolutionary
War
.
It
is
situated
in
Reading
, on the
road
between
Norwalk
and
Danbury
.<br>
Notes
Preliminary
drawing
for
Connecticut
Historical
Collections
,
John
Warner
Barber
,
New
Haven
,
1836
. <br>
Date created
1835
Physical format
1
drawing
;
16
x
21
cm
.<br>
Digital format
image/jpeg
Identifier
Accession
number
1953.5.229
<br>
File
name
2825
img0010.pcd
<br>
Source
The
Connecticut
Historical
Society
.
Collection
John
Warner
Barber
Collection
.<br>
Rights
Reproduction
and
copyright
information
regarding
this
image
is
available
from The
Graphics
Collection
, The
Connecticut
Historical
Society
,
Hartford
.
Sub-collection
Drawings
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