Connecticut as a colony and as a state; or, One of the original thirteen; (1904) (14782538815)

Identifier: connecticutascol04morg (find matches)
Title: Connecticut as a colony and as a state; or, One of the original thirteen;
Year: 1904 (1900s)
Authors: Morgan, Forrest, 1852- ed Hart, Samuel, 1845-1917 Trumbull, Jonathan, 1844-1919 Holmes, Frank R Bartlett, Ellen Strong
Subjects: Connecticut -- History
Publisher: Hartford, The Publishing Society of Connecticut
Contributing Library: New York Public Library
Digitizing Sponsor: MSN



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d by the wholeNorth. Footes old temperance ship, the Cumberland, wentdown with colors flying, on that historic morning when theMerrimac sallied forth to destroy our fleet at HamptonRoads, and had not yet met the Monitor. The name of Ericsson had not rung round the world then;but It was known in engineering circles as that of an inventorof genius. In the Princeton, a naval vessel designed by himm 1844, the warning note of the Monitor had been sounded;for its engines were below the water-line, and it used a screwmstead of paddle-wheels for propulsive force. But the unfor-tunate bursting of a gun, for which Stockton, not Ericsson,was responsible, causing the death of two Cabinet memberswhile on a party of pleasure, with President Tyler on board,resulted in the unjust refusal to pay Ericsson for his services.He at last declared that he would never set foot in Wash-ington again. The plan of the Monitor had been made for some years,and in 1854 he had a letter of thanks from Napoleon III. 90
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