Title:
When Spanish gunboats were built in Mystic River
Author:
Carol W. Kimball
Subjects:
Spanish Gunboats and the Mystic River
Object ID:
Kim04-082
Object Name:
Scrapbook
Category:
8: Communication Artifact
Subcategory:
Documentary Artifact
Publisher:
The Day
Publication Place:
New London, CT
Pubication Date:
11/19/1992
Collection:
Carol W. Kimball
Summary:
In the fall of 1869 the maritime village of Mystic focused on 15 wooden gunboats under construction along the Mystic River for the Spanish navy. Spain need the boats to put down a cuban uprising. But to preserve neutrality the U.S. ordered a blockade on the ships.
People:
de Aragon, Raphael (Capt.)
Ericsson, John
Mallory, Charles H.
Grant, U. (President)
Delameter, C. H.
Ericsson, John
Mallory, Charles H.
Grant, U. (President)
Delameter, C. H.
Search Terms:
Spanish gunboats
Mystic River
Monitor
Cuban uprising
Gep
Greemam & Co.
Hill & Grinnell
Mallory shipyard
government neutrality
Mystic River
Monitor
Cuban uprising
Gep
Greemam & Co.
Hill & Grinnell
Mallory shipyard
government neutrality