Front:
SAY BROOKE FORT
COMMANDED BY
COLONEL GEORGE FENWICK
AT THE MOUTH OF THE GREAT RIVER
NEAR THIS PLACE, STOOD THE EIRST
ENGLISH FURT IN THE COLONY OF
CONNECTICUT. BUILT IN 163S,
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.
CHO
THIS MEMORIAL IS ERECTED BY
THE CONNECTICUT SOCIETY OF THE
COLONIAL CAMES OF AMERICA
IN 1913
AF Old Saybropk, Conn
Back:
Printed for James Pharmacy, Old Saybrook, Conn, Printed in Saxony.
