The Defence of Stonington (Connecticut) Against a British Squadron, August 9th to 12th, 1814Trumbull, J. Hammond (James Hammond)
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The Defence of Stonington (Connecticut) Against a British Squadron, August 9th to 12th, 1814
Trumbull, J. Hammond (James Hammond)
Stonington (Conn.) -- History -- Bombardment, 1814
Too much praise can hardly be awarded to the volunteer firemen, who,
during the whole of the engagement, continued to patrol the streets,
watching the fall of every rocket and shell, and extinguishing fires as
soon as lighted. Two of this band may be named without injustice to
others, as having rendered efficient and constant service,--Capt.
CHARLES H. SMITH and FRANCIS AMY, Esq., both serjeants in Capt. Potter's
company. Capt. THOMAS SWAN was not less active or persevering. He
remained in the Borough, (except for an hour's visit to his family,
placed in safety at a farm house, a mile distant,) from the beginning of
the attack till the departure of the ships; serving, as necessity
required, with the volunteer firemen, and with the guard stationed on
the east side of the Point to prevent a landing of the enemy from their
boats.
NOTE 17, page 32.
See Capt. Palmer's letter to the Secretary of War, next following.
NOTE 18, page 36.
The anchor left by the _Dispatch_ brig, at Stonington, when she 'cut and
run,' has been got up and brought to New London. It weighs upwards of 20
_cwt._--_Niles's Weekly Register, Sept. 10, 1814._
"Mr. Chalmers, late master of the _Terror_, bomb-vessel, employed in the
attack on Stonington, has been captured in a British barge and sent to
Providence. He says 170 bombs were discharged from that ship in the
attack on Stonington, which were found to weigh 80 lb. each; the charge
of powder for the mortar was 9 lbs.; adding to this the wadding, that
vessel must have disgorged eight tons weight."--_Ibid._
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"The following appears in a New York paper, in the shape of an
advertisement:
_English Manufacture, and Memento of the "Magnanimity" of Commodore
Hardy._
Just received, and offered for sale, about
THREE TONS OF ROUND SHOT,
consisting of 6, 9, 12, 18, 24, and 32 lbs., very handsome, being a
_small_ proportion of those which were fired from his Britannic
Majesty's ships, on the unoffending inhabitants of Stonington, in the
recent _brilliant_ attack on that place.
LIKEWISE, a few _Carcasses_, in good order, weighing about 200 lbs.
each.
Apply to S. TRUMBULL, 41 _Peck-slip_.
N. B. The purchaser of the above can be supplied with about _two tons
more_, if required.
New York, November 19th, [1814.]"
_Niles's Weekly Register, Dec. 3d, 1815._
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