Newgate of Connecticut : 1927 Edition [ Prison , Simsbury Mines and Caverns ]
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Copy of the scarce 1927 re-issue of Newgate of Connecticut , a history of the state’s Revolutionary war prison and copper mines , published by the property’s then-new owner, Clarence W Seymour .
Phelps, Richard. Newgate of Connecticut ; Its Origin And Early History. Being A Full Description Of The Famous And Wonderful Simsbury Mines and Caverns And The Prison Built Over Them To Which Is Added A Relation Of All The Incidents, Insurrections, And Massacres Connected With Their Use As A Prison For The Tories During The Revolution, And Otherwise; With Interesting Sketches Of Their Surroundings, In (Now) East Granby. Also, An Illustrated Description of The State Prison At Wethersfield. Clarence W. Seymour : Hartford, Connecticut. 1927. Later edition.
This reprint of Richard Phelps’ Newgate of Connecticut , details the history of the East Granby Revolutionary War prison and copper mining labor camp established in the state for the imprisonment of local loyalists. First published in Hartford in 1876, this reissue marks the purchase of the Old Newgate Prison site and its ruins by local political hopeful Clarence W Seymour who inherited the original plates for Phelps publication, along with his purchase of the Newgate property, from Phelps’ son.
One copy of this edition found in OCLC as of February 2022.
8vo, 117pp, red cloth boards with title gilt to front, minor spots of rubbing to faces. Top fore corners bumped. Spine ends rubbed. Illustrated with occasional inline engravings. Very good condition.
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