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American Sampler Project a Collaboration with Winterthur Museum
This Family Register, stitched by Eliza Ann Johnson in 1826 at age 16, is one of several nearly identical samplers by girls attending...
Melissa Davenport Berry
May 2, 20221 min read
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Scrapbook with Civil War Vet Photos and Obituaries New York
Above image John Cawthra (1839-1917) Civil War Veteran who died Saturday (1917) This picture was used as a full page cover for the design...
Melissa Davenport Berry
Apr 30, 20221 min read
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Seeking Information on Franklin Edison Harrison and family
Looking for info on Franklin Edison Harrison (1883-1939) son of William Henry Harrison and Harriet Rhodes. He married Nina Pearl Kear....
Melissa Davenport Berry
Apr 30, 20222 min read
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Tintype Samuel Woods Luitwieler Civil War Soldier
Samuel Woods Luitwieler (1847-1931) son of Jacob Gerard Luitwieler and Matilda Sarah Woods. He married Sophia Charlotte Maurer. Image...
Melissa Davenport Berry
Apr 30, 20224 min read
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Mayflower II Sails for America 1957
GV. Plymouth promenade with crowds waiting to watch the Mayflower II, replica of the famous boat of the Pilgrim fathers, depart for...
Melissa Davenport Berry
Apr 14, 20222 min read
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Mayflower Descendants Celebrate Ancestors 1934
An article by John Dickinson Sherman published in the Calera News 1924 The Mayflower lines make up many varieties who come together each...
Melissa Davenport Berry
Apr 10, 20221 min read
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Photo and Archives Chicopee MA Civil War Soldier Charles H. Tracy Congressional Medal of Honor
“Citation: At the risk of his own life, at Spotsylvania, 12 May 1864, assisted in carrying to a place of safety a wounded and helpless ...
Melissa Davenport Berry
Apr 8, 20221 min read
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Mayflower Society Dr. Rev. Robert Merrill Bartlett
Rev. Bartlett was 10th in descent from Mayflower passenger Robert Bartlett, who married Mary Warren, daughter of Mayflower passenger...
Melissa Davenport Berry
Apr 8, 20221 min read
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The Endless Fascination with the Salem Witch Trials: An Expert Panel Discussion March 2022
I loved this presentation! A panel of recognized experts on the Salem witch trials to discuss the current state of scholarship on the...
Melissa Davenport Berry
Mar 8, 20222 min read
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Video Famous Descendants of the Infamous 1692 Salem Witchcraft Trials Danvers Historical Society
Giovanni Alabiso tells us some fascinating facts about some current and past people who are descendants of the 1692 Salem Witchcraft...
Melissa Davenport Berry
Mar 7, 20221 min read
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Peabody Essex Museum Witch Trials and Salem Then and Now
Peabody Essex Museum presents a panel of experts for a conversation surrounding the history of the Salem witch trials and its impact on...
Melissa Davenport Berry
Mar 7, 20221 min read
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1936 George W. Wright Last Survivor of Civil War Regiment Still Farms at 91 in Martinez California
George H Wright of Martinez, California Civil War Vet 1936 member of the Oakland Post No. 8 of the Grand Army Republic. A retired...
Melissa Davenport Berry
Mar 7, 20225 min read
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Photo Daughters of the American Revolution Nebraska 1919 at Fort Calhoun Centennial
Omaha Chapter DAR 1919 From the Nebraska Historical Society Collection Code--RG4347 Notes on 1919 Event Re-dedication of the Fort Calhoun...
Melissa Davenport Berry
Mar 7, 20221 min read
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Camden New Jersey Marriage Certificates of Quakers Richard Cooper 1796 and Evan Evans 1771
1796--Richard Cooper son of William and Abigail Cooper married Mary Cooper daughter of Samuel and Prudence Cooper of Cooper's Pond....
Melissa Davenport Berry
Mar 7, 20221 min read
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Richardson Pratt Eaton and Greenwood Families of Dublin New Hampshire
Robert Levi Berry, my father had this in his photo collection titled the Five Old People Dublin, NH--L to R Malachi Richardson, Tamisin ...
Melissa Davenport Berry
Feb 26, 20222 min read
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Uncovering the Identity of a Northern Shenandoah Valley Cabinetmaking
Figure 77. Tall Case Clock. Winchester, Virginia, c. 1812-1815. Signed by G. Chandlee, Winchester. Walnut, secondary wood unknown. H 96...
Melissa Davenport Berry
Feb 13, 20221 min read
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Photo Civil War: 102 Volunteer Infantry Ohio
From newspaper archives News Journal Mansfield Ohio. Standing L to R: Levi KRAMER, William KALSTON, John SCOTT, Alfred LEWIS, John DAHL,...
Melissa Davenport Berry
Feb 7, 20221 min read
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Mayflower Tablet Unveiled Charles E Gross Speaker 1921 at Capital by Connecticut Mayflower Society
Some other mentions besides Charles E Gross---Colonel Charles E Thompson, Dr. John Coleman Adams, Alfred N Hitchcock, Calvin Coolidge,...
Melissa Davenport Berry
Feb 7, 20221 min read
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Melissa Davenport Berry
Feb 6, 20220 min read
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Storm of the Century the Blizzard of '49 Wyoming
This program tells the story of the worst series of storms in Wyoming's history. But for all the tragedy and loss, suffering and death,...
Melissa Davenport Berry
Feb 3, 20221 min read
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