Title:
Heroic statue of Lion Gardiner, who built fort in Saybrook Colony, to be unveiled with ceremony tomorrow.
Subjects:
Gardiners Island (N.Y.)--History
Object ID:
scr-023-109a
Object Name:
Scrapbook
Category:
8: Communication Artifact
Subcategory:
Documentary Artifact
Pubication Date:
[1931]
Collection:
Indian and Colonial Scrapbook
Summary:
Newspaper clipping from c. 1930 describes the ceremonies accompanying the unveiling of a statue of Lion Gardiner, who engineered the fort at Saybrook, and later purchased a nearby island from the Indians (for "10 coats of trading cloth") which the family initially named the Isle of Wight, but later came to be known as Gardiners Island. Mention is made of Captain Kidd burying treasure on the island. Gardiner's son David paid "a large sum to governor Dougan" for a patent under which the island was considered to be a lordship, and the King was to receive one ewe on the first of May each year as tribute. The brass statue was the last produced by sculptor William Ordway Partridge.
People:
Gardiner, Lion, 1599-1663
Partridge, William Ordway, 1861-1930
Partridge, William Ordway, 1861-1930