The Old Chimney Stacks of East Haddam, Middlesex County, Connecticut. E-book. Formato PDF - 9780243758050

This little book is largely a compilation and re vision of serial chapters commenced by the author in the East Haddam Azz'wfiz'ser, in 1871, under the same title. It makes no pretensions to literary merit, and therefore has no claim upon the world at large. It is a brief record of the early history of East Haddam, and describes the prominent char acters who figured therein, their toils, their perse verance, their homes — so many of which are repre sented by the old chimney piles dotted here and there all over the town. These numerous ruins of former homes suggested the work to the writer while taking the census of 1870. The information wasgathered in fragments and this explains the fragmentary character of the work. It gives the genealogies of such old families as I have been able to obtain. That it may interest not only the present residents 'of the good old town, but the thousands who have wandered away and still claim.