Saybrook Fort Monument
PublisherPublished by the
James Pharmacy
American, 1917 - 1967
Datemid 20th century
MediumPhotomechanical prints; printer's ink on postcard
DimensionsPrimary Dimensions (image height x width): 5 1/2 x 3 1/2in. (14 x 8.9cm)
Sheet (height x width): 5 1/2 x 3 1/2in. (14 x 8.9cm)
Sheet (height x width): 5 1/2 x 3 1/2in. (14 x 8.9cm)
ClassificationsGraphics
Credit LineConnecticut Museum of Culture and History collection
DescriptionA granite monument is in a grassy area, surrounded by a low stone base. What appears to be a marsh, a sandy spit, and the water of the lower Connecticut River or Long Island Sound are in the background. The inscription incised in the stone reads: "SAY BROOKE FORT / COMMANDED BY / COLONEL GEORGE FENWICK / AT THE MOUTH OF THE GREAT RIVER / NEAR THIS PLACE, STOOD THE FIRST / ENGLISH FORT IN THE COLONY OF / CONNECTICUT, BUILT IN 1635. / IT WAS DESTROYED BY FIRE IN / 1647. BEYOND IT, ON THE BANK / OF THE RIVER, STOOD THE SECOND / FORT, BUILT IN 1648. ITS EARTH- / WORKS WERE DEMOLISHED IN 1870. / THIS MEMORIAL IS ERECTED BY / THE CONNECTICUT SOCIETY OF THE COLONIAL DAMES OF AMERICAN / IN 1913."
Object number2012.209.8
InscribedOn recto, lower right, in white, "At Old Saybrook, Conn."NotesConstituent Note: From 1917 to 1967, the James Pharmacy (or Drug Store) was run by Anna Louise James, the first female African-American pharmacist in the state of Connecticut. (Finlay 3/7/2013)Subject Terms
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