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1788

New London, CT Fishers Island Drowning 1788

Posted October 7th, 2007 by Linda Horton

July 2d, 1788, Capt. John Chapman and nine other persons, chiefly emigrants from Ireland, were drowned within twenty rods of the shore of Fisher's Island. read more »

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