Stonington

Stonington
– Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division

The town of Stonington shares its eastern border with Westerly, Rhode Island, and is located in the southeast corner of New London County. The town includes the eastern halves of the villages of Mystic and Old Mystic, the borough of Stonington, and the villages of Lords Point, Wequetequok, and Pawcatuck.  Settled in 1649 and named Stonington in 1666, the town grew as its shipbuilding and whaling industries thrived. Even today, the state’s last commercial fishing fleet is based in Stonington. The town, and especially the village of Mystic, is also a popular tourist destination, with a lively historic district, museums, and retail shops.

Featured

The Stonington Battle Flag

The Stonington Battle Flag

On August 10, 1814, during a lull in the attack by the British on Stonington, citizens nailed a large US flag–a banner of defiance–to a pole above the battery. …[more]

Learn More

“Mystic Seaport.” http://www.mysticseaport.org/ (November 2, 2011).
“Stonington Collection.” https://ctdigitalarchive.org/islandora/search/mods_titleInfo_title_mt%253A%2528Stonington%2529%20OR%20mods_subject_geographic_mt%253A%2528Stonington%2529?islandora_solr_search_navigation=0&f%255B0%255D=-mods_subject_geographic_ms%253A%2522California%255C%20%255C%2528state%255C%2529%2522&f%255B1%255D=-mods_subject_geographic_ms%253A%2522Rhode%255C%20Island%255C%20%255C%2528state%255C%2529%2522.
Calabretta, Fred. 2013. “‘They Came Here as Fishermen….’” 11(4). https://ctexplored.org/they-came-here-as-fishermen/ (April 13, 2017).
“The Denison Homestead.” 2017. http://denisonhomestead.org/ (January 27, 2016).
“Map: South Part of New London Co. Connecticut - Page 188 and 189 of Town and City Atlas of the State of Connecticut.” 1893. https://flic.kr/p/bJxnaK (February 21, 2017).
Copp, John B. 1795. “Map of Connecticut: Shows the Counties and Towns of the State.” http://hdl.handle.net/11134/240002:1.
The Story of the Twenty-First Regiment, Connecticut Volunteer Infantry, During the Civil War. 1861-1865. 1900. Middletown, CT: Stewart Printing Co. https://archive.org/stream/00544322.3071.emory.edu/00544322_3071#page/n5/mode/2up.
“The Indian & Colonial Research Center.” 2016. http://indianandcolonial.org/.
“Palmer House.” 2016. The Stonington Historical Society. http://stoningtonhistory.org/index.php?id=2.
“Mystic River Historical Society.” 2016. http://www.mystichistory.org/.
“Mystic Museum of Art.” 2016. http://mysticarts.org/.
“Stonington Harbor Lighthouse.” 1976. National Register of Historic Places. http://focus.nps.gov/nrhp/AssetDetail?assetID=52e879c9-9816-464a-884c-a95028e391ae (January 25, 2016).
O.H. Bailey & Company. 1879. “View of Stonington. 1879.” http://hdl.handle.net/11134/40002:10010 (March 8, 2012).
“Stonington - WPA Architectural Survey.” 2014. Connecticut State Library Digital Collections. http://cslib.cdmhost.com/cdm/search/collection/p4005coll7/searchterm/Stonington!North/field/towns!towns/mode/exact!none/conn/and!and/order/title (June 3, 2014).
“Stanton-Davis Homestead Museum.” 2008. http://stantonsociety.org/tshmuseum.html.
McCain, Diana. 2009. Connecticut Coast: A Town-by-Town Illustrated History. Guilford,  CT: Globe Pequot Press.
Marshall, Benjamin Tinkham, ed. 1922. 1 A Modern History of New London County, Connecticut. New York, NY: Lewis Historical Publishing Company. http://www.archive.org/stream/modernhistoryofn01mars#page/n5/mode/2up.
“R.W. Woolworth Library and Research Center.” 2012. The Stonington Historical Society. http://stoningtonhistory.org/index.php?id=9.
“Old Lighthouse Museum.” 2012. The Stonington Historical Society. http://stoningtonhistory.org/index.php?id=7.
Minor, Thomas, Sidney H. Miner, and George D. Stanton. 1899. The Diary of Thomas Minor, Stonington, Connecticut, 1653-1684. New London, CT: Day Publishing Company. http://archive.org/stream/cu31924028843245#page/n5/mode/2up.
Mystic Seaport Museum, and Carl Cutler. 1980. Mystic: The Story of a Small New England Seaport. Mystic,  CT: Mystic Seaport Museum.
Stonington Historical Society. 2008. An Hour’s Walk Through the Borough of Stonington, Connecticut: With a Guide to Points of Interest, Historical Sites, Scenic Views, Stories of War and Peace, Industry, Commerce, and the Arts. Stonington,  CT: Stonington Historical Society.
Wheeler, Richard. 1977. History of the Town of Stonington, County of New London, Connecticut, from Its First Settlement in 1649 to 1900: With a Genealogical Register of Stonington Families. Baltimore, MD: Genealogical Publishing Company.
“Charles W. Morgan Whaling Vessel.” 2012. Connecticut Freedom Trail. http://www.ctfreedomtrail.org/trail/concept-of-freedom/sites/#!/charles-w-morgan-whaling-vessel (July 20, 2012).
“Aero View of Mystic, Connecticut 1912.” 1912. http://www.cthistoryonline.org/cdm/ref/collection/cho/id/15034.
“Wooden Ship’s Figureheads Are Featured at the Mystic Seaport Maritime Museum in Mystic, Connecticut.” http://www.loc.gov/pictures/item/2011631132/ (August 22, 2012).
“Mystic Aquarium.” 2011. http://www.mysticaquarium.org/ (November 2, 2011).
Mystic River Historical Society. 2004. Mystic. Portsmouth,  NH: Arcadia.