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1876 antique NEWGATE ct HISTORY Wethersfield Prison Mines Settlers Indian Tories
This listing is for the original cloth over board hard-covered book shown. Newgate of Connecticut; its Origin and Early History...also, an illustrated description of the State Prison at Wethersfield. By Richard H. Phelps. Hartford, Conn.: American Publishing Company, 1876. 117 pages. Measures approx 8.75"x5.75".
CONTENTS:
NEWGATE OF CONNECTICUT.
Origin of its Title Our Puritan Ancestors The Mines of Simsbury Granby and Copper Hill 13
MINING.
Discovery of Copper The First Company Organized Three Clergymen Appointed Smelters Their Unsuccessful Efforts The Proprietors are disgusted An Act passed to regulate the Mines King George's right to a Royalty Acknowledged The Work Abandoned. 14
GRANBY COPPERS
Coins made from Granby Metal Mr Higleys's Operations The Sledgehammer and the Crown Colonial Bills of Credit Provision Pay Prompt Payment of the Colonial Bills 19
RECENT MINING.
The Old Mines Re-opened The Phoenix Mining Co. The Connecticut Copper Company Depreciated Continental Currency Curious letter a Century Old Analysis of the Copper Ore Silliman's Survey of the Mines 23
IMPRISONMENT OF THE TORIES.
The Mine transformed into a Dungeon Prison Discipline Whipping the Prisoners The Tories Incarcerated Troubles of the Revolutionary War The Committee of Safety The Reward of Loyalty Opinions of a Century Ago 26
THE FIRST KEEPER OP NEWGATE.
Captain John Viets - His Little Bill for a Year Conspiracy of the Prisoners Locking in the Janitor Flight and Pursuit Strengthening the Jail 32
ANOTHER ESCAPE.
Burning the Block-house Suffocated in Prison Carelessness of the Officers 35
A SCENE OP CONFLICT AND BLOOD.
The Multitude of Guards Appointed The Tories become Desperate They Conspire to Escape They overpower the Guard, and all Escape Recapture of the Fugitives The Gazetteer of 1773 A Contemporary Story The Prison buildings Destroyed 36
A TORY CLERGYMAN IN NEWGATE
He Preaches a Fiery Sermon Addresses Gen. "Washington Denounces the Whigs Suggests the Assassination of Washington find the M. C's 41
THE GOSPEL FURNISHED BY THE STATE.
Primitive Services Nail-shop Preaching Brother Jonathan Appealed To Gen. Washington sends some "Atrocious Villains" to the Mines Tory Misdemeanors ... 52
OLD NEWGATE PRISON.
The "Stone Jug" Buildings Above-Ground Appearance of the Caverns Story of a Visitor Daily Routine More Escapes and Insurrections Interesting Anecdotes 58
CONNECTICUT STATE PRISON.
The Building at Wethersfield Management and Discipline Condition of the Convicts Notorious Instances Facts and Statistics 88
HISTORICAL SKETCHES OF EAST GRANBY
Settlements on Farmington River Lands purchased from the Indians Trouble experienced by the Settlers Captivity of Daniel Hayes His Story The Red-Men Revolutionary Incidents The War of 1812 The Way to reach Copper Hill 116
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