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
395. Iron tea-kettle, over 100 years old.
Mrs. Henry Ives:
396. Silver spoon, made from silver coin earned by spinning (1799), by
the grandmother of Deacon Henry Ives.
H. C. Ives:
397. Silver tea-pot, about 100 years old. Owned by the grandfather of H.
C. Ives.
Mrs. H. C. Ives:
398. Sugar-tongs, made from silver dollars in 1825, at the silversmith
establishment of Stanley Sanford Baldwin, for his bride, Harriet
Stevens. Grandparents of Mrs. H. C. Ives.
399. Brass candle-sticks, over 100 years old.
F. J. Turrill:
400. Deed, from Daniel Boardman, 1729.
401. Plow, used by John Turrill, a Revolutionary soldier.
William B. Pell:
402. Collection of Continental currency.
403. Pewter mug, part of the camp outfit of the 24th regiment of
Napoleon’s _cuirassiers_. From the room which the Duke of Wellington
occupied after the battle, and known to have been used by him.
404. Club, made from a part of the ram “Merrimac” of the Confederate
Navy. Sunk at the engagement at Hampton Roads, Va., by U. S. S.
“Monitor.”
W. F. Gaylord:
405. Gun, used in three old wars. Carried by Zephaniah Briggs, when 24
years old, in French and Indian War; in the Revolutionary War by the
same man at 46 years of age; and in the War of 1812 by the same man at
78. He lived to be 103.
Mrs. S. E. Bristol:
406. Old China, 100 and 150 years old.
Mrs. H. C. Ives:
407. Collection of old china, 97 pieces, all very old.
Mrs. P. L. Anderson:
408. Roman mosaic jewelry, 60 or 70 years old.
Mrs. Henry R. Treadwell:
409. Autograph letter of Gen. Washington.
Mrs. W. H. Percy:
410. Silhouettes, Stanley Sanford Baldwin and wife, 1825. Mexican medal,
presented by State of Louisiana to Zachary Taylor, Major General.
Miss M. E. Hine:
411. Sampler, worked by Alta Eliza Gaylord, 1829.
Mrs. G. W. Wright:
412. The idol of the royal family of the Sandwich Islands. Presented to
a missionary by Kamehameha I.
413. Taper for reading, age unknown.
414. Spoon, formerly the property of Daniel Boardman, who was ordained
the first pastor of the Congregational Church, then called the “Church
of Christ,” Nov. 21, 1716. The spoon is marked:
B
D I
B is for Boardman, D is for Daniel, I is for Jerusha, his wife.
415. Latin Psalter, 1509.
416. Prayer Book. Changed from the English ritual to American P. E.
ritual in handwriting of Bishop Provost. It lay on the altar of Trinity
Church, New York, for many years previous to the Revolution. When the
church burned down during the occupancy of New York by the British, the
cinders from the burning roof left their marks on the cover.
Boardman Wright and Rev. F. A. Wright:
417. Pictorial German Bible, 1692. Formerly property of Rev. J.
Friedrich Schröder, minister in the German Lutheran Church, in
Mecklenburg.
Mrs. Boardman Wright:
418. Silver chatelaine.
419. Scarf.
420. Scarf.
421. Sandalwood fan.
422. Hand-painted fan, sticks, mother-of-pearl, gold inlaid.
423. Fan, sticks, mother-of-pearl, silver inlaid.
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