Connecticut Water Trails Association
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Connecticut Water Trails Program Connecticut Coastal Paddling New Haven County Branford Cut In Two Island
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Basic Information: Type: Island Water Type: Saltwater Season:
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Longitude 72.444696ºW
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Site History:
The 19th-century ties to the Thimble Islands are legendary. "General" Tom Thumb's courtship of the diminutive "Emily" on Cut-in-Two Island was discouraged by the powerful P.T. Barnum. Barnum had been arranging Stratton's alliance with the highly educated and entertaining Lavinia Warren, a far more appropriate European ambassador for the Greatest Show on Earth. The cottage was once wallpapered with circus posters which, a century later, were said to be worth more than the cottage itself.
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