City of New London
Connecticut
Founded
May 6, 1646
John Winthrop, the younger
6th Governor of Cennecticut
Incorporated
January 8, 1784
Act of the General Assembly
meeting in New Haven
“Meeting House Green”Public meetings were held at the Congregational Church near this site between the city’s founding and incorporation. New London and New Haven were incorporated as Connecticut’s first cities. In 1784 Richard Law was chosen as first mayor and served twenty-two years.
Bicentennial Celebration
January 8, 1984
Donated by Frank Loomis Palmer Fund
Marker is at the intersection of Hempstead Street and Bulkeley Place, on the right when traveling north on Hempstead Street.
Courtesy hmdb.org
