Two Centuries of New Milford Connecticut: An Account of the Bi-Centennial Celebration of the Founding of the Town Held June 15, 16, 17, and 18, 1907, With a Number of Historical Articles and ReminiscencesVarious
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Two Centuries of New Milford Connecticut: An Account of the Bi-Centennial Celebration of the Founding of the Town Held June 15, 16, 17, and 18, 1907, With a Number of Historical Articles and Reminiscences
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New Milford (Conn. : Town) -- History
114. Calabash, very old. Used for carrying water. (Wicker work encloses
a gourd.) This calabash and the Chinese chest were presents received in
1852 from China by the Holmans, missionaries to the Sandwich Islands.
(See Nos. 49 & 50.)
Chas. N. Hall:
115. _New England Courant_, 1723. Published by Benjamin Franklin.
Elsie Cummings:
116. Basket, used in Miss Cummings’ family 125 years ago.
Mrs. Eli Clark:
117. Ink stand and sand well. Has been in my family for 125 years.
Mrs. P. E. Clark:
118. Hair brush, made by my grandmother, Lucinda Young, when a girl 12
years old, 96 years ago.
119. A history, 108 years old, previously owned by Dr. Silas Castle of
Roxbury, Conn., my great-grandfather.
120. Iron mortar and pestle.
121. Wooden water bottle.
Elsie Cummings:
122. Foot stove.
Mrs. P. E. Clark:
123. Barrel.
Mrs. Eli Clark:
124. Warming pan.
Mrs. Carlos Merwin:
125. Plate, Spanish bull fight, 1795.
126. Brittania tea pot, 75 years old, “Muskmelon” pattern.
Fred C. Merwin:
127. Constitution of Union Library, New Milford, 1796, the first in
town. Sec. Elisha Bostwick, ancestor of owner.
Mrs. Carlos Merwin:
128. Bead bag, 72 years old, hand made.
129. Sampler, 76 years old.
130. Knapsack.
131. Bell that rang the “Minute Men” in, used by David Merwin in
Merryall.
132. Musket.
133. Plate, 75 years old.
Mrs. A. G. Barnes:
134. Sugar-bowl, 200 years old.
135. Cup and saucer, 150 years old.
136. Cup and saucer, 75 years old.
Mrs. C. T. Staples:
137. Seal of Wm. Penn, founder of Pennsylvania, public and private seal.
138. _London Post_, (1738).
139. Play bills.
140. Doll, 50 years old.
F. E. Baldwin:
141. Punch tumbler, from Isaac Stone Tavern, Park Lane.
142. Ancient lantern.
143. Powder horn, taken by Hezekiah Baldwin from body of Indian shot by
him near Lake George in French and Indian War, about 1756.
144. Pitch pipe, used by Jeremiah Baldwin in giving the key to choir of
Congregational Church, New Milford.
F. E. Baldwin:
145. Grain fan, fanning-mill of “Ye Olden Time.”
146. Foot stove.
147. Warming pan.
148. Candle mould.
Frank H. Beach:
149. _Crêpe_ cloth flowers (framed).
Mrs. Wm. E. Stone:
150. Masonic apron.
Flora G. Stillson:
151. “New England Primer,” 150 years old.
Henry Harmon Noble:
152. Two discourses delivered at New Milford, December 14, 1800, by Rev.
Stanley Griswold, it being the Sabbath next after the decease of Rev.
Nathaniel Taylor.
Homer Wanzer:
153. Receipts (from 1796 to 1800).
Mary Bostwick Kelly:
154. Silver sugar tongs and six tablespoons. Sixteen teaspoons which
belonged to Elisha and Betty Bostwick; over 100 years old.
Mrs. W. D. Black:
155. Portrait, Sally Northrop. Born June, 1776; died December, 1876.
Miss J. L. Gaylord:
156. Hand-made counterpane.
Mary Bostwick Kelly:
157. Portrait, Col. Elisha Bostwick, born Dec. 17, 1748.
158. Portrait, Betty Ferris Bostwick, born in 1768.
159. Portrait, Jared Bostwick, born May 24, 1787.
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