A Local Solution for A Local Problem ......

     

     The colonial towns of Lyme and New-London, Connecticut, once held conflicting claims to the same piece of land. Its value, at that time, was regarded as a trifling amount - certainly not enough to warrant the appointment of representatives from the two towns to present their cases before the colonial legislature. Instead, the towns agreed on a local solution. Champions were selected - Griswold and Ely for Lyme, and Rickett and Latimer for New-London - and on the appointed day these four met on a designated field and slugged it out with their fists. Griswold and Ely beat up Rickett and Latimer, and Lyme took Possession of the disputed tract.

So Now You Know......