NEWGATE OF CONNECTICUT Its Origin and Early History - Couverture rigide

In this Centennial Year 1876 it is useful to review the incidents relating to our early history which illustrate the manners, and the civil, religious, and criminal policy of former times. The records of deeds and events, apparently of slight moment at the time of their occurrence, increase in importance as ages roll awa-, and are the indices by which we estimate the truth of history. There is an exciting fascination in the eventful history of Newgate of CoNNEC xrcu Tto all who have been familiar with it, especially to those who, like tlie writer, have resided in its vicinity and witnessed many of its scenes ;and to jiidgc h the numbers who come from afar to explore its caverns and the ruins which now cover its grounds, it will long continue to be an object of interest and examination. The aged residents in its vicinity are nearly all gone ;but this prison-lbrtress will doubtless long remain and continue to be a )lace of classic interest. The traveller will inquire, Who built these towers? Wh these iron grates, these trenches, and these walls? How came these huge caverns to be dug out of solid rock? Surely the echo of the caverns cannot answer, nor the people who lived cotemporaneously with tlicir use. The facts herein presented have been gathered from a varictjof sources. Besides what came within the knowledge of the writer, he has availed himself of the statistics afforded by ancient colonial and state records ;of the A erbal statements kindly fui- nished by the few aged persons still living; and of other facts preserved from the recorded relations of witnesses long since passed away. The first edition, in pamphlet form, printed thirty-two j-cars ago, and the larger work published in 18G0 have been revised, and additional matter of interest herein incorporated. Also appended is a historical sketch of East Granby (the present location of the old prison), an
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