The West Indies Trade Years: In 1650, a mere four years after New London’s initial founding, a Welsh ship-builder known as “good Master [John] Coit” arrived at the fledgling town. (Missed Part 1 about New London’s founding? Find it here!) A master carpenter, Coit had left his native Wales […]
A Short History of New London (Part 1)
New London’s Beginnings When a pair of young journalists paid a flying visit to New London, Connecticut in 1881, relics from the town’s whaling past were still much in evidence. Abandoned shipping office buildings. Antiquated warehouses. Musty ships’ logs. Hulks of once-proud whaling ships still tied to their piers: spars broken, paint […]