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NEW See also:LONDON , a See also:city, See also:port of entry, and one of the See also:county-seats of New London county, See also:Connecticut, U.S.A., coextensive with the township of New London, in the S.E. See also:part of the See also:state, on the See also:Thames See also:river, about 3 M. from its entrance into See also:Long See also:Island See also:Sound. Pop. (189o) 13,757; (1900) 17,548, of whom 3743 were See also:foreign-See also:born; (1910 See also:census) 19,659. It is served by the New See also:York, New Haven & See also:Hartford, and the New London See also:Northern (leased by the Central See also:Vermont) See also:railways, by electric railway to See also:Norwich, See also:Westerly, Groton, See also:Stonington and See also:East Lyme, by a daily See also:line of passenger steamboats to New York City, and by two lines of See also:freight steamers, and in the summer months by daily steamboats to Sag Harbor and Greenport, Long Island, and See also:Watch See also:- HILL
- HILL (0. Eng. hyll; cf. Low Ger. hull, Mid. Dutch hul, allied to Lat. celsus, high, collis, hill, &c.)
- HILL, A
- HILL, AARON (1685-175o)
- HILL, AMBROSE POWELL
- HILL, DANIEL HARVEY (1821-1889)
- HILL, DAVID BENNETT (1843–1910)
- HILL, GEORGE BIRKBECK NORMAN (1835-1903)
- HILL, JAMES J
- HILL, JOHN (c. 1716-1775)
- HILL, MATTHEW DAVENPORT (1792-1872)
- HILL, OCTAVIA (1838– )
- HILL, ROWLAND (1744–1833)
- HILL, SIR ROWLAND (1795-1879)
Hill and See also:Block Island, Rhode Island. New London's See also:harbour is the best on the Sound. The city is the headquarters of a See also:United States See also:artillery See also:district, embracing Fort H. G. See also:Wright on See also:Fisher's Island, New York, Fort Michie on See also:Gull Island, New York, Fort See also:Terry on See also:Plum Island, New York, and Fort See also:Mansfield on Napatree Point, Rhode Island—fortifications which command the eastern entrance to Long Island Sound; and it is the See also:head-quarters of the Third District of the U.S. See also:Engineers and of the Third District of the Lighthouse See also:Department. The harbour was formerly defended by two forts, both now obsolete—Fort See also:Trumbull on the right See also:bank of the Thames, and Fort See also:Griswold on the See also:left bank, in the township of Groton (pop. 1900, 5962). The city is built on a declivity facing the See also:south-east; from the higher points there are excellent views of Long Island Sound and the surrounding See also:country. New London is a summer resort, and is a station of the New York Yacht See also:Club; the See also:boat races between Harvard and Yale See also:universities are annually rowed on the river near the city. Among the places of See also:interest are the See also:Town See also:- MILL
- MILL (O. Eng. mylen, later myln, or miln, adapted from the late Lat. molina, cf. Fr. moulin, from Lat. mola, a mill, molere, to grind; from the same root, mol, is derived " meal;" the word appears in other Teutonic languages, cf. Du. molen, Ger. muhle)
- MILL, JAMES (1773-1836)
- MILL, JOHN (c. 1645–1707)
- MILL, JOHN STUART (1806-1873)
Mill, built in 165o by See also:John See also:Winthrop, Jr., in co-operation with the town; the Hempstead See also:Mansion, built by John See also:Hemp-See also:stead about 1678; the old See also:cemetery, See also:north-east of the city, laid out in 1653; a school See also:house in which Nathan See also:Hale taught; and a See also:court house built in 1785. There is a public library (about 30,000 volumes), and the New London County See also:Historical Society (incorporated 187o) has an historical library. There are two endowed high See also:schools, the Bulkeley School for boys and the See also:Williams Memorial See also:Institute (1891) for girls, and an endowed See also:Manual Training and See also:Industrial School (1872), all offering See also:free instruction. In the 18th See also:century New London had a large See also:trade in See also:lumber, See also:flour and See also:food supplies with the See also:West Indies, See also:Gibraltar
and the See also:Barbary States; but this trade declined after the See also:War of x812, and the whaling and sealing See also:industries, once very lucrative, have also declined in value. The imports in 1906 were valued at $54,873 and the exports at $60,522; in 1909 their respective values were $ro,87o and $10,295. Manufacturing is the See also:principal See also:industry; among the products are See also:silk goods, See also:cotton gins, See also:printing presses and foundry and See also:machine See also:shop products. The See also:total value of factory products was $4,709,628 in 1905, an increase of 11.6% since 1900.
New London was founded in 1646 by John Winthrop, the younger. It was known by its See also:Indian name " Nameaug " until 1658, when the See also:General Court of Connecticut approved the wish of the settlers to adopt its See also:present name from London, See also:England, the river Monhegin at the same See also:- TIME (0. Eng. Lima, cf. Icel. timi, Swed. timme, hour, Dan. time; from the root also seen in " tide," properly the time of between the flow and ebb of the sea, cf. O. Eng. getidan, to happen, " even-tide," &c.; it is not directly related to Lat. tempus)
- TIME, MEASUREMENT OF
- TIME, STANDARD
time becoming the Thames. During the War of See also:Independence it was a See also:rendezvous for See also:American privateers. In 1776 the first See also:naval expedition authorized by See also:Congress was organized in its harbour, and there in the next three years twenty privateers were fitted out. On the 6th of See also:September 1781, 80o See also:British troops and See also:Loyalists under General See also:Benedict See also:Arnold (who was born in New London county) raided New London, destroyed much private See also:property, and at Fort Griswold killed 84 American soldiers, many of them after their surrender. The See also:massacre is commemorated by an See also:obelisk, 134 ft. high, on Groton Heights. The city was incorporated in 1784. In 1798 there was an epidemic of yellow See also:fever. From the 7th of See also:November 1812 until the See also:close of the second war with See also:Great See also:Britain the harbour was blockaded by a British See also:fleet.
See F. M. Caulkins's See also:History of New London (new ed., New London, 190o) ; and the publications of the New London County Historical Society (New London).
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