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Photo: Mrs. Kate Kearney Henry and Patriot Daughter Friends
All of the women in this photograph, except the one holding flag, are daughters of men who fought in 1812. The flag is a replica of the...
Melissa Davenport Berry
Mar 2, 20232 min read
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Recalling Thomas Jefferson Trist with Obituary and Family History
Thomas Jefferson Trist (1828-1890) by John Carlin Courtesy of the Philadelphia Museum of Art Thomas son of Nicholas Philip Trist and...
Melissa Davenport Berry
Feb 26, 20231 min read
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PDF Book: "The Continental Army" Robert K. Wright Center of Military History
Thomas Mifflin is just one of of many portraits featured in the book. Also find Revolutionary War documents, maps, and payroll lists. PDF...
Melissa Davenport Berry
Feb 26, 20231 min read
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Photo: Henry Lee Valentine Richmond Virginia
Henry Lee Valentine (1867-1931) son of Mann Scatterwhite Valentine and Ann Maria Gray with friend (unidentified) Creator: Homiere & Clark...
Melissa Davenport Berry
Feb 23, 20231 min read
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American Colonial Furniture at the MET File
The Wentworth House, Portsmouth, NH. The original owner of the house was John Wentworth (1671–1730), a merchant, sea captain, and...
Melissa Davenport Berry
Feb 20, 20231 min read
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Registers of the First & Second Cavalry New York Civil War
The 2nd Regiment Cavalry, recruited and organized at Scarsdale, mustered into service for three years between August 9 and October 8,...
Melissa Davenport Berry
Feb 20, 20231 min read
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Photo: HOWARD B. FRENCH, MARCELIUS BALDERSTON, EDWARD W. WOOLMAN, and JAMES H. ATKINSON
HOWARD B. FRENCH, MARCELIUS BALDERSTON, EDWARD W. WOOLMAN, and JAMES H. ATKINSON. The four surviving original members of Friends'...
Melissa Davenport Berry
Feb 13, 20231 min read
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Stephen Hopkins Plymouth Colony Sources
Video "Eastham Historical Society: Stephen Hopkins is My Name is Stephen Hopkins." Hear the tale of Mayflower traveler Stephen Hopkins as...
Melissa Davenport Berry
Feb 11, 20231 min read
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Mayflower Ancestors and Plymouth Colony The Pilgrim Republic John Abbot Goodwin
PDF Book "The Pilgrim Republic: An Historical Review of the Colony of New Plymouth, with Sketches of the Rise of Other New England...
Melissa Davenport Berry
Feb 9, 20231 min read
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Pocahontas in Bronze at Jamestown
PDF Article by John Dickinson Sherman Courtesy of Chronicling America Library of Congress The Kevin courier, July 26, 1922.
Melissa Davenport Berry
Feb 8, 20231 min read
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The 375th anniversary of the signing of the Mayflower Compact 1995 Archives
A photo taken during the re-enacting of the Mayflower Compact signing in 1995 PDF Provincetown History Project Archives.
Melissa Davenport Berry
Feb 8, 20231 min read
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Archives Southern Women and Their Families in the 19th Century: Papers and Diaries
Julia Gardiner Tyler (1820-1899) born on Gardiner's Island New York to David Gardiner, a lawyer and state senator and Juliana McLachlan....
Melissa Davenport Berry
Feb 4, 20231 min read
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Civil War Brig General Charles Page
Charles Page (1829-1906) born in Virginia to Washington Craig Page and Elizabeth Ann Claggett. {Courtesy of ArmyChap eBay item number:...
Melissa Davenport Berry
Feb 4, 20231 min read
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Leaves From An Old Washington Diary 1854-1863 Elizabeth Lindsay Lomax
PDF Diary Edited by Lindsay Lomax Wood
Melissa Davenport Berry
Jan 31, 20231 min read
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Quaker John Greenleaf Whittier and Friends Meeting House Amesbury and Sketch on the Society
PDF FILE for article Friends Meeting House Amesbury
Melissa Davenport Berry
Jan 29, 20231 min read
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The Early Families of Salisbury and Amesbury Massachusetts
Historical Marker Database www.HMdb.org. From the Macy Colby House website Amesbury, MA PDF on Colby and family by Sara. L Redford at the...
Melissa Davenport Berry
Jan 29, 20231 min read
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Video: George Dudley Seymour Prophet of Place 1859-1948
George Dudley Seymour (1859-1941) was a Progressive Era visionary whose advocacy and affection for the Connecticut’s cultural and...
Melissa Davenport Berry
Jan 26, 20231 min read
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John Greenleaf Whittier Ballard The King's Missive and Commentary
John Greenleaf Whittier (1807-1892) Courtesy of Wikipedia UNDER the great hill sloping bare To cove and meadow and Common lot, In his...
Melissa Davenport Berry
Jan 26, 20234 min read
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Some History on the Pipe Creek Friends Meeting House Maryland
Pipe Creek Friends Meetinghouse is a historic Friends meeting house located at Union Bridge, Carroll County, Maryland, United States....
Melissa Davenport Berry
Jan 24, 20231 min read
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The Landing of the Pilgrims 350th Anniversary
Providence History Project---A booklet designed for the 350th Anniversary of the landing of the Mayflower and Pilgrims. November 1970 PDF...
Melissa Davenport Berry
Jan 21, 20231 min read
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