Stonington by the Sea

Originally published in 1913, this is a condensed and at times personalized history of the exceptional little town of Stonington, Connecticut, from the warring Native American tribes in the 1630s, to the arrival of the first Europeans in 1649, until the date of its publication, written by a member of the Palmer family, one of the pre-eminent and long-time families of the town.  For such a small town, Stonington has a number of remarkable achievements to its credit, including siring arguably the greatest sailor who ever lived—Nathaniel Brown Palmer, who discovered the continent of Antarctica—and being the only town in America to successfully fight off an attack by the British in both the Revolutionary War and the War of 1812.

The editor of the eBook is friends with yet another Palmer who hails from Stonington, Douglas—related by descent to the author and Nathaniel—and it was Douglas who piqued his interest in Stonington and its unique history.

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