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
Mrs. C. N. Hall:
229. Picture, old Canfield Homestead, 150 years.
Mrs. Mary D. Bostwick:
230. Bible, Thomas Wells, 100 years.
Mrs. H. R. Treadwell:
231. Box made of a fragment of the old ship “Constitution.”
232. Sampler worked by Ruth Taylor, afterwards Mrs. Elijah Downes.
Loaned by her granddaughter.
233. Autograph of John Hancock.
234. Cut from a bill of fare of a banquet given to Henry Clay, printed
on satin. His autograph added.
235. Seal of completion of Erie Canal, 1825.
Mrs. H. R. Treadwell:
236. Portrait of Roger Sherman.
Charles B. Camp:
237. Silver pipe, smoked during Revolutionary War. Over 100 years old.
238. Bible, published in 1639.
Mrs. Chas. B. Camp:
239. Patch box, from estate of Alex. Rosseguie, a Huguenot of France.
Loaned by his great-great-granddaughter. (See No. 287.)
240. Towel, 200 years old. From estate of Alex. Rosseguie.
241. Candle-stick, from estate of Alex. Rosseguie.
Charles B. Camp:
242. Fife, used in Revolutionary War by John Camp. Loaned by his
grandson.
Jay Cogshall:
243. Silver spoon, 1787.
244. Spoon mould and spoon, 200 years old.
The Misses Wells:
245. Samplers worked by Mary G. Sherman, afterwards Mrs. Stephen Wells.
L. N. Jennings:
246. Piece of gun picked up on battlefield of Antietam a few days after
the battle.
Mrs. Eli S. Roberts:
247. Cup and saucer formerly owned by Mrs. Eunice Clark Morris. Over 100
years old.
248. Mrs. Cornelia Morris Young’s baby shoes, 86 years old.
Mr. E. P. Hill:
249. Basin, platter, and plate, used by Capt. James Buck, who was
married to Roger Sherman’s sister.
250. Documents: Raising recruits for Continental Army. fax List, 1781.
Elizabeth H. Noble:
251. “Old London Penny Postman.” Accurate portrait brought from England
by Mrs. Henrietta Burritt about 1800. Loaned by her great-granddaughter.
252. “Wife of Old London Penny Postman.” Portrait.
Mrs. Helen B. Carr:
253. Portrait. Mrs. Susan Masters Blackman, granddaughter of Rev.
Nathaniel Taylor.
254. Picture, “Old Masters House.”
Mrs. T. E. Stewart:
255. Trousers. Dr. Geo. Taylor’s, worn when he was two years of age, and
first calico brought to New Milford (1804). The man who wore the hat
(No. 111) wore the trousers twenty-one years earlier.
256. Baby’s dress. Embroidered by Mrs. Nathaniel Taylor for her son, Dr.
Geo. Taylor, in 1802.
257. Slippers, worn by Dr. Geo. Taylor.
258. Collar, made by Harriet Allen (afterward Mrs. Geo. Taylor) while
attending the Moravian School.
Mrs. H. S. Mygatt:
259. Portrait, Colonel Samuel Canfield, of the Revolutionary Army.
260. Wood from Roger Sherman’s house.
261. Old English pewter cup.
262. Whale oil lamps, from Stonington, Conn. Over 100 years old.
263. Fluid lamp.
264. Silver tea set, belonged to Tamar Boardman Taylor, daughter of Rev.
Daniel Boardman, and wife of Rev. Nathaniel Taylor.
265. Silver spoons, used by Noadiah and Clarissa Mygatt.
266. Silver spoon, marked T. M. (T. Mygatt).
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