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I'm a bit confused about the history of Mystic. [1] seems to imply that it was part of the Massachusetts Bay Colony. I see that Stonington, Connecticut changed affiliation from Massachusetts Bay to Connecticut; I assume this is was a separate settlement, though? Did Mystic also change affiliation? When was it first settled? I'm trying to fill in some blanks for the timeline on Massachusetts Bay Colony. Also, how and when and why did Mystic get split up between two municipalities, Stonington and Groton, Connecticut? -- Beland 10:23, 29 November 2006 (UTC)[reply]

I was fortuate enough to grow up in Mystic during the late and mid 1950's, during that period I spent many summer days at the Mystic Seaport. In those days, admission into the Seaport was free if you entered by boat therefore, I and my friends were able to spend many summer days in the Seaport. Your article indicates that the Charles Morgan was added to the Seaport in 1966. I believe you will find that the Morgan was added a number of years before that, since I spent many hours exploring the various nooks acrannies aboard the ship long before the date shown. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 75.22.160.152 (talk) 15:02, 23 June 2008 (UTC)[reply]

The 1966 date for the Charles W. Morgan is the date when it was added to the National Register of Historic Places. The Charles W. Morgan arrived in Mystic in November, 1941. 216.80.110.88 (talk) 06:38, 22 October 2008 (UTC)[reply]

That section needs some work. The National Historic Landmarks (four vessels in the collection of Mystic Seaport) should probably be listed separately from places and areas in the Historic Register since the latteer category is much less exclusive. Also the Joseph Conrad is on neither list (presumably because it was built in Denmark), and the date given for that vessel is the date it was added to the museum collection (1947) which is not consistent with the other dates. Perhaps the historic vessels should be listed with dates of arrival at Mystic Seaport and dates when declared NHLs.24.148.57.193 (talk) 01:45, 28 August 2011 (UTC)[reply]

The long circumstantial account of the Pequot War and the Mystic massacre, largely lifted, in part verbatim, from Fought 2007, should be reduced to brief synopses, anddeleted material added to the relevant main articles.--Wetman (talk) 19:53, 18 October 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Initial Contact section deleted

The "Initial Contact" section has been deleted for numerous reasons. 1) It cited no sources. 2) It was over-burdened with factual errors, including: A) it was historically inaccurate, as the epidemics occurred in New England BEFORE the Mayflower arrived; B) the Narragansetts most assuredly did NOT live "a considerable distance from the coast"; C) death tolls in the epidemics were far below "95 percent of coastal people" 3) The bits and pieces that WERE accurate were also redundant with the preceding and subsequent sections. Dilidor (talk) 15:56, 16 August 2016 (UTC)[reply]

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CDP?

I'm confused about the situation of Mystic: It is said to be a CDP and being located within two towns. But as far as I know, towns and cities are kinds of census-designated places of their own, and as such there would be no sense to include a CDP within any town. 85.76.107.124 (talk) 01:55, 10 April 2018 (UTC)[reply]