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The Great Daniel Webster Images and Art
Daniel Webster (1782–1852) This ca. 1849 Mathew Brady daguerreotype actually lived in New York City, (Photographic History Collection,...
Melissa Davenport Berry
Nov 4, 20211 min read


VIDEO Nine Lives The History of the Cape Cod Cat Boat
Wonderful Video Robert McNeil narrates the story of one of America's most colorful and historic sailboats. From Cape Ann Massachusetts to...
Melissa Davenport Berry
Nov 4, 20211 min read


Historical Register of Officers of the Continental Army During the War of the Revolution R. I.
“Commander In Chief, Staff Officer, Colonel and Private. First Continental Rhode Island Infantry–1782-1796.” From The United States Army...
Melissa Davenport Berry
Oct 30, 20211 min read


Digital Historic Photographs An Online Collection Metropolitan Water Works of the Massachusetts
Relocation Central Massachusetts Railroad, Heirs of Jonas Pollard's house and barn, looking northerly, from Clamshell Road, Clinton,...
Melissa Davenport Berry
Oct 28, 20211 min read


Video Vintage Footage Providence, Rhode Island in the 1910s and Early 1920s
Compilation created by Russell Searles from film shot by the Providence studios Eastern Film Corporation and Coronet Film Corporation....
Melissa Davenport Berry
Oct 28, 20211 min read


Research Opportunities for murder of Captain Joseph White Salem Massachusetts
Michael Widener at Yale University has provided resources and link to research the murder of Captain Joseph White of Salem,...
Melissa Davenport Berry
Oct 28, 20211 min read


Edward Rawson Descendant Susannah Crossley, Celebrates 100th Birthday
Photo: Susannah Belcher Crossley (1802-1903), from “American Monthly Magazine,” Volume 17, 1900. Credit: National Society Daughters of...
Melissa Davenport Berry
Oct 28, 20211 min read


HISTORY OF EARLY QUAKERS IN THE ATLANTIC PROVINCES
A PDF File By Doris Calder, Daphne Davey, Maida Follini and Dorothy Milne August 2015 Surnames mentioned COFFIN, CLARK, TOWNSEND,...
Melissa Davenport Berry
Oct 28, 20211 min read


Some Quaker Portraits from the Archives of Friends Historical Association PDF File
A Portrait of William Penn WILLIAM DILLWYN, JAMES NAYLER, WILLEM SEWEL, GEORGE FOX, WILLIAM PENN. This paper is substantially the address...
Melissa Davenport Berry
Sep 23, 20211 min read


Arward Starbuck: Cotton Mather's Relation to Salem Witchcraft
Written in 1922 by Arward Starbuck University of Chicago The Salem Witchcraft Trials 1692 Salem, Massachusetts. Also Mentions Quaker...
Melissa Davenport Berry
Sep 23, 20211 min read


125 Veterans of 1861 at 65TH Gather at Faneuil Hall Boston Encampment Memorial Grand Army Republic
William R. Dempsey, Charles Robinson, James A. Wright Boston Paper 1931 From Library of Congress https://www.loc.gov/ Edwin J. Foster,...
Melissa Davenport Berry
Sep 16, 20211 min read


Photo Image of Revolutionary War Soldier Nathaniel Aiken painted by Joseph Chandler
N.E. Loquist, photographer (American, active Peoria, Illinois 1860s - 1900s), [Portrait of Nathaniel Aiken painted by Joseph Chandler, c....
Melissa Davenport Berry
Sep 13, 20211 min read


17th Century Silver Porringer made by Jeremiah Dummer for Gardner Turner Bowditch Family
Recently I covered a series on the GARDINER, INGERSOLL, TURNER, BOWDITCH, HATHORNE/HAWTHORNE, WALCOTT, BERRY, GERRISH, PUTNAM, LINDALL,...
Melissa Davenport Berry
Sep 13, 20211 min read


Photo: Moore House Yorktown, Virginia 1862 Union Troop Inspection after Siege of Yorktown
Moore House, Yorktown, Virginia 1862 View of a group of Union soldiers surveying the damage to Moore House following the Siege of...
Melissa Davenport Berry
Sep 11, 20211 min read


Photo: Providence Rhode Island Post Office 1870
American, about 1870, Albumen silver print, J Paul Getty Museum
Melissa Davenport Berry
Sep 11, 20211 min read


Photo: Ayer Residence Lowell Massachusetts
Frederick Fanning Ayer Residence, Pawtucket Street Lowell, MA, built in 1876. In 1908 purchased by the OMI and became the...
Melissa Davenport Berry
Sep 11, 20211 min read


Legal Name Changes 1803 Massachusetts
Some Surnames JEWETT, LYMAN, BARNEY, SOWLE, JOHNSON, SAVAGE, PAINE, POPE, CHILD, BOND,
Melissa Davenport Berry
Sep 10, 20211 min read


John Farmer First American Journey 1711-1714 Journal
The opening pages of the Journal of John Farmer dated December 1714. Essex Record Office Cat D/NF 3 addl. A13685 Box 51 From Courtesy of...
Melissa Davenport Berry
Sep 10, 20211 min read


QUAKER RECORDS PROJECT Origin of the Society of Friends and Its Spread in America PDF
The Society of Friends or Quakers PDF written and compiled by Willard C. Heiss Indiana Historical Project
Melissa Davenport Berry
Sep 6, 20211 min read


VIDEO: AMERICA AROUND 1800 EDUCATIONAL FILM ABOUT
This color educational film is about "Had You Lived Then ... America Around 1800". It presents an authentic reenactment of the daily life...
Melissa Davenport Berry
Sep 6, 20212 min read
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