[18 page document re Roxbury, Connecticut

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18 pages manuscript. 315 x 200 mm. Good quality paper. "A little more than two centuries ago the territory comprising the present twon of Roxbury had been unexplored by white ["men" was penciled at soe point]. Early in the spring of 1673 a party of 15persons under the ["head" is crossed out] guidance of Capt John Minor, a surveyor and interpreter of the Indian language started from Stratford on a tour of exploration. The proceeded up the Pootatuck or Housatorice River as far as the mouth of Shepaug. . . In the war with Mexico Roxbury true to her former patriotism furnished soldiers. . . [A list of clergymen, graduates rom Roxbury, U.S. Senators that camel from Roxbury, physicians residing in Roxbuy, etc., are listed. Roxbury, whose Indian name is "Shepaug", a Mohegan name signifying "rocky water", was settled in 1713. Originally a part of Woodbury, the Town was incorporated in October 1796.Mine Hill and its minerals have been associated with Roxbury since the middle of the 18th Century. A silver mine was opened here and was later found to contain spathic iron, specially adapted to steel making and a small smelting furnace was built. The abundance of granite found in many of Mine Hill's quarries provided the building material for the ore roaster and blast furnace, as well as for such world wonders as the Brooklyn Bridge and Grand Central Terminal in New York City. The Town Green holds the town?s smallest cemetery and granite memorial to Revolutionary War hero and Roxbury native, Seth Warner. Warner was Captain of the local regiment of the "Green Mountain Boys", formed to resist New York authority over Vermont. He was a hero often overshadowed by his more flamboyant Roxbury-born cousins and Green Mountain comrades-in-arms, Ethan Allen and Remember Baker. N° de ref. del artículo 016641

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