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
267. Pewter dish, French pewter, dated 1777.
268. Old pewter lamp.
D. K. Crofut:
269. Quilt, warming pan, and ancient hoe.
270. Flint lock musket.
May G. Brown:
271. “Tapa” cloth, made from bark by natives of the Sandwich Islands.
Mrs. H. S. Mygatt:
272. Cane. Belonged to Philo Canfield, son of Col. Samuel Canfield.
Roger Sherman Chapter, D. A. R.:
273. Warming pan.
274. Foot stove, used in the Congregational Church, New Milford, 1812.
Mrs. G. W. Wright:
275. Picture of New Milford.
A. E. Taylor:
276. Piano, age unknown.
Lehman T. Peet:
277. Indian work basket, made by Rachel Mauwehu, a squaw of the
Schaghticoke tribe, about 1847.
278. Thread stand, about 125 years old.
Congregational Church:
279. Chair, belonging to Rev. Nathaniel Taylor, second pastor of the
Congregational Church, from 1748 to 1800.
Mrs. B. F. Humeston:
280. Fireplace cooker. Used in 1775.
281. Cuff buttons, made in 1797 from ore found in Roxbury.
Mrs. S. E. Bristol:
282. Pitcher, Staffordshire, 175 years old.
Mrs. S. E. Bristol:
283. Silhouette, 90 years old. William Bristol, father of Isaac B.
Bristol.
284. Miniature, 80 years old, Heman Crane.
285. Cake basket, 100 years old.
Mrs. H. R. Treadwell:
286. _Massachusetts Gazette_ and _Boston News Letter_ of 1775.
287. Patch box, as used by fashionable ladies of the 17th and 18th
centuries, to contain black patches, cut in various shapes and sizes, to
stick on the face, supposedly to heighten the brilliancy of the
complexion by contrast.
Bessie Kennedy:
288. Shears, hand wrought, date unknown.
Annie Kennedy:
289. Ink well, hollowed out of a solid piece of soapstone.
E. Kennedy:
290. Skillet.
Jeannette L. Gaylord:
291. Old Honiton and point lace.
292. Old embroideries.
293. Portraits, Mr. and Mrs. Ebenezer Gaylord, about 1798.
294. Shell cameo. Portrait of owner’s uncle, W. L. Jewitt, 1840.
295. Old rum bottles and liquor jug, the latter being used in olden
times to carry to the hayfields.
296. Indian needle-case and horn spoons.
W. F. Gaylord:
297. Three Indian implements.
Mrs. Theodore Carlson:
298. Swedish bracelet. Wood and iron watch chain, Swedish.
Jeannette L. Gaylord:
299. Lace evening cloak. 1850.
Mrs. Henry Hine:
300. Articles from Martinique: Lava; tile from old cathedral; goblets
which went through fire; pictures of Martinique after the eruption.
301. Pottery vase from Equador, between 400 and 500 years old.
302. Asphalt, from Asphalt Lake, La Brea, Trinidad.
303. Pottery from Fort de France, Martinique.
304. Tea pot from Cuba.
305. Chocolate bean and picture, Trinidad.
306. Two photos, Kingston, Jamaica.
Mrs. Charles Taylor:
307. Miniature of Mrs. Margaret Craft. Painted just before her marriage
in 1832. She is now 97 years old.
308. Miniature of Mr. James Craft in 1832.
Harriet A. Taylor Lee:
309. Badge of Israel Putnam in a Greek Society at Yale College, 1776.
Given by him to Wm. Taylor.
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