Vertical Files OC2

400th Anniversary

Articles about the preparation for the 400th anniversary of Plymouth in 2020, Kingston's involvement, and Kingston's own 400th anniversary; article about Bradford Cup returning to Pilgrim Hall Museum and its extension because of 400th anniversary;

Abram's Hill

lecture; manuscript notes by Emily Drew; poem; manuscript Abram Pearse's House: a soliloquy (information on early land layout in Kingston).

Accidents

Adams Center - Clippings

Adams Center - Other

Adams family - genealogy notes

Correspondence, photocopies and handwritten notes about various family connections.

Adams family - general

written composition by Brad Adams re: trip to Boston in 1800s; correspondence from George Adams to his sisters; lists of cloth sold to John Adams from Elizabeth Faunce; October 1816 and Hannah Faunce November 1817; Promissory note John Adams to Isaac Bartlett 1816; demand against estate of Joseph Adams by Samuel Stetson; receipt for flour Joseph Adams to Russell Thomas; Deed John Adams gave to son Joseph house and fulling mill and shop; 1805; copy of inventory of personal estate of Joseph Adams 1815; copy of inventory of estate of Peleg Bartlett deceased to estate of Joseph Adams deceased; November 1811 to 1814; Contract from Southern Massachusetts Telephone Co. to install phone for Horatio Adams; 1907; correspondence from Edgar Reed to Russell Adams re old clock 1928; correspondence from Russell Adams to Edgar Reed in reply 1928; Deed George Adams to Mary; Lucy and Christiany Adams re a lot of land on the road leading to Pembroke 1821; Promissory note from George Adams to be paid to Henry Simmons 1877; correspondence from Horatio Adams to his parents 1845; to George Adams

3/19/2019 1 Vertical Files OC2 1845; to his parents 1845; to George from Eveline telling Horatio is sick 1845; reporting of Horatio's death 1845; poems To Eva by Hannah Adams 1847; The Dead by unknown; correspondence from George Adams to Joseph Adams 1860; correspondence to George Adams from Cyrus Bosworth - collector of taxes 1878; correspondence to Rendall Adams from Georginia Adams inquiring about family crest 1911; correspondence from George Adams to Joseph Adams requesting generalized information 1858; ist of debts owed the estate of Joseph Adams 1816; page from memo book of George Adams that contains a list of thoughts and health of the family 1851; page from memo book of George Adams containing thoughts on Daniel Webster 1840s; page from memo book of George Adams contains information on damage from a terrible storm - bridge on road to Duxbury covered 1851; two obituaries - George Winnie Adams and Horatio Adams 1845; correspondence to Miss Adams from F. Cobb and Smith Kendall asking for payment of debt 1820; correspondence to Charles Adams from James Adams re condition of corn crop 1831; correspondence to cousin Horatio from N. A. Walcott re search for gineo 1896; list of items sold to Jedidiah Holmes by Seth Drew 1800; list of cloth sold to Joseph Adams by Ebenezer Covel 1811; correspondence to Russell Adams from Edgar Reed 1928 - and reply to letter; copy of paper owned by Miss Hattie Adams re land laid out for William Bradford; copy of note re naming of Wapping Road; two copies of article in Silver Lake News - 1959 with picture of Horatio Adams house at 87 Summer Street; essay on naming of streets; program Mr. and Mrs. Horatio Adams request the pleasure of your company at an operatic victor concert to be given in their casino 1906.

Adams family - receipts

Adams Free Lectures

broadsides advertising Adams Free Lectures 1903 - 1921.

Adams, Abigail

correspondence including patterns for shawls and for braiding; survey of lot of Russell Fitzgerald by John Gray 1856; financial records.

Adams, Frederic C.

map for cemetery plot; lecture to be read about Adams at JRVC by Helen Adair Hammond; wife of Adams; history of Adams typed

3/19/2019 2 Vertical Files OC2

Adams, Horatio

certificate of Justice of the Peace appointment 1885 and 1904; Correspondence inc. correspondence of appreciation for work rendered to Atlantic and Pacific RR 1873; Adams letter to family from Gardiner ME and letter from wife Eveline re his sickness and death 1845; War Department to Adams re persons serving Army in 1700s; bill of sale C.W. Cook to Mrs. Adams for sofa repair 1880; correspondence to Adams from Edward Shawn; consulting engineer re stone bridge (Great Bridge?) over Jones River 1895; lists and notes of mirror purchases by Lydia Adams; notes about Eveline and her second marriage to Frederic and death of child 1845; list of total votes for President Lincoln 1860

O/S material in LHR O/S 15

Agriculture

Pilgrim corn planting; manuscript The Flaxing Place; pamphlet Agricultural Extension School Meetings; newspaper article Rated Oxen Above Horses; newspaper article This family is farmtastic 2006.

Farmers' Market

Ah-De-Nah

historical vignette presented to JRVHC on 2/8/1969; brochure for land.

Allerton

postcard letter on genealogy from Lucia Holmes to Emily Drew.

American Legion Post 108

list of members in 1919-1920; minutes of meetings; 1919-1920.

American Revolution Bicentennial Committee

copy of report from 1977 town Annual Report.

3/19/2019 3 Vertical Files OC2

Animals

Notice to dog owners to have them licensed 1860; Articles about bad dogs; article remembering Raymond Russo, founder of Kingston Animal Hospital; articles about Boneyard Dog Park.

Aqueduct

use requests; story of the Kingston Water System by Charles H. Drew; 2/13/1925; newspaper story - Ford buys old water pipe from Town of Plymouth; outline of Kingston Water System; minutes of meeting 8/7/1804; receipts for water 1805.

Archeology

newspaper stories - Dig unearths early Pilgrim life 7/1/1998; Dig uncovers village 2/4/1999; Massachusetts Archaeological Society Bulletin on the Hathaway Site; Rocky Nook (inc. map); report from the Bulletin of the Massachusetts Archaeological Society The Hathaway Site, Rocky Nook, Kingston, Massachusetts a small late archaic site near the coast by Bernard Otto; newspaper article Dig in Kingston yields archeological treasures by Doris Melville; newspaper article Artifacts found in Kingston by Elaine Allegrini; bibliography developed by the Public Archaeology Laboratory as part of a community wide survey; The Hathaway Site, section 6 and 5, Rocky Nook, Kingston, Massachusettsa small late woodland and late archaic lithic work site, and a small late archaic shell midden by Bernard Otto; A rare copper ax from the Powers shell heap Kingston Mass site M041082 by Charles F. Sherman; A preliminary report of the Powers shell heap in Kingston Mass by Charles F. Sherman; The Powell-Heckman Trust Site a salvage excavation by the Massasoit Chapter near the mouth of the Jones River, Kingston, Massachusetts by Bernard Otto; The Margaret Angell Site, Kingston, Massachusetts by Bernard Otto; A Kingston Pot by Donald J. Viera; newspaper article Digging up the Pilgrim Past by Jeff Wylie 1972; An Archaeological Overlook of the Smelt Brook Valley in Kingston by Russell E. Holmes.

Architecture

newspaper article Kingston's rare oxen bow arch, newspaper article The Log cabin Myth by Dennis Randall.

Artists

Information on Grace Waterman; William Martin; Alison Vu; Annie Maddox McClary; George L. Brown; Josh Napolitano

3/19/2019 4 Vertical Files OC2

SEE ALSO artists listed separately

Artists: Avery, Ted

Photos and biographical information including Kingston Arts Festival portrait and bio; newspaper article

Artists: Brewster, Ada

Photos and biographical information including Kingston Arts Festival portrait and bio; finding aid for Brewster Family papers at Yale; newspaper article

Artists: Drew, Clement

Kingston Arts Festival and other biographical information newspaper article Drew Recorded Boston Sea History 1957 re artists paintings.

Artists: Foster, Helen

Photos and biographical information including Kingston Arts Festival portrait and bio

Artists: Hamilton, Edward Wilbur Dean

Photos and biographical information including Kingston Arts Festival portrait and bio; newspaper articles, including one on Poor House; copy of brochure "Jones River School of Art;" photos of paintings; rememberance by student May Balch.

Artists: Joyce, Marshall

Photos and biographical information including Kingston Arts Festival portrait and bio; flyer and order form for giclee prints of Delano's Wharf painting

Artists: Ormond, John

Sketchbook

Artists: Peck, Henry Jarvis

Photos and biographical information including Kingston Arts Festival portrait and bio; newspaper article; copies of correspondence.

3/19/2019 5 Vertical Files OC2 Copy of "Zenas Drew House 1708-1948" (probably presented to JRVC in 1948 by Henry Peck; see p. 10 "Altho Mrs. Peck and myself are rooted in Warren, R.I")

Atwood Family

eulogy of Benjamin Savery Atwood (booklet); personal military history; booklet of volunteers in Carver 1861 - 1865; copy of certificate of enlistment for Ebenezer Atwood, September 1862; copy of Samuel Atwood and Ebenezer C. Atwood's picture early 1900s.

Autographs

autographs and signatures.

Avery, Winifred

manuscripts Street Remembrances; The Silver Lake Grove; Around the Jones River.

Back Roads of the South Shore

newspaper story on symposium 4/16/2004

Bailey Family

"The journey through life of William and Melvin Bailey and family" notes on general Bailey genealogy. articles

Bailey Playground

correspondence and plans about Playground Commission's use of land (driveway to Reed Building) gived to the Town by Betsey Beal and Lillie Marshall (both in 1918) for Library use

articles about the playground

memorial booklet about Captain Fred L. Bailey

Bailey, Helen M.

"My early voyages with my father 1853 - 1863 and My early voyages with my husband 1880 - 1890" (2 typescripts)

3/19/2019 6 Vertical Files OC2 notes for lecture at JRVHS tls from Horace Weston re: gift to the Library of nautical chart and pamphlet version of "My early voyages..."

Bailey, Sarah Y.

manuscripts of lectures of early Kingston; notes on Bailey's life; JRVC memorial.

Baker

correspondence from Mary Alden to Emily Drew re Baker family genealogy 8/17/1924.

Barker Family

booklet on Barker family; genealogy; obituaries; news clippings about estate 3/15/1928.

Bartlett Family

information about life of Cornelius Bartlett; obituary of Lois Spear 5/1857; obituary of Uriah Bartlett; 1789 - 1883; genealogy.

Bates Family

copy of deed from Caleb Bates to inhabitants of Kingston, April 2, 1888; copy of photographs of Main Street houses Bates genealogy.

Bay Farm

1924 letter to summer customers Brochure from Duxbury Conservation Commission Material on Osterberg family (Acc2007-731)

Bay Path Trail

newspaper article on hiking trail, with map

Beal, David

3/19/2019 7 Vertical Files OC2

biographical information.

Beal, Joseph

biographical information.

Bearse

genealogy; original notebook in MC-16 Collection.

Blackwater Swamp

description of area and information of residents of the Blackwater Swamp land; originals in MC-16.

Board of Health

newspaper clippings regarding Kingston Board of Health and cases that come before the Board.

Bog Hollow Farm

newspaper articles on Christmas Tree farm 2004.

Bog Iron

newspaper story about area bog furnaces written in 1998; newspaper article Bog Iron by Dennis Randall 2006.

Bonney Family

booklet Field of Blessings by Isabella Calkin written about growing up in Kingston in the 1900s; booklet Bonney Blessings 1895; booklet The Handsome Wart Hog 1995; newspaper article on Isabella Taylor Bonney Calkins cartoons, newspaper article Lifelong Kingstonian recalls early days by Linda Veracka 1984.

Boston Post Canes

story and photograph of Esther Buttner receiving Boston Cane award in 2002; list of cane awardees 1909 - 2002; newspaper story of Walter Faunce receiving the cane in 1930, photocopies of some of the past recipients obituaries, newspaper article and photographs of Mary Igo receiving the cane in 2006.

3/19/2019 8 Vertical Files OC2

Bradford Deeds

copies of deeds and maps; originals are in MC-16.

Bradford Family

correspondence; deeds; genealogies; and folder on Bradford - Fitch family.

Bradford Homestead

Bradford Memorial Stone

Plans of land on Bradford Lane owned by the Massachusetts Society of Mayflower Descendants, site of the Bradford Memorial Stone.

Bradford, Gov. William

manuscripts on his personal traits, site of home and land; genealogies; estate listing of land with maps.

Bradford, Hezekiah

manuscript about Hezekiah Bradford and his dugout - a sled like device used for transportation of goods

Bradford, Samuel

biographical information.

Bradford, Stephen

biographical information re his life and Bradford pottery.

Brewster Book

description of The Brewster Book written by George Ernest Bowman, copied by Emily Drew.

3/19/2019 9 Vertical Files OC2 Brewster Family

manuscript Anecdotes of Brewster Family by Flo Stevens; extracts from diary of Hannah Brewster Adams copied by Mary Drew in 1921; family chart of Reuben Hall of Warren, ME (inc. Brewster lines); notes from correspondence of Roland Bailey regarding first rocking chair made in America; Emily Drew's notes regarding the Brewster estate; Helen Adam's notes on the Brewster family; notes from Martha Mayo of UMASS Lowell regarding the Brewster family; manuscript Thomas Brewster and the Tory Tea; manuscript Thomas Brewster - Tory; manuscript Brewster Line; biographical information on Mary Bearce Hall (mother of Hannah Brewster Adams) by Ethel Shiverick; pamphlet Bradford's Memoir of Elder Brewster from Bradford's History of Plymouth Plantation by Old South Leaflets; newspaper article Bing Crosby was Pilgrim descendant by George Hanlon.

Brewster House "Woodside"

description of rooms and furnishings; anecdotes of Brewster family; copies of deeds from Jack Burey as far back as he could got (Acc2015-1)

Bryant

correspondence re genealogy; book Pilgrim homes and how they were built by Carrolla Bryant. Mabel Bryant autograph book, 1882-1883 Acc. 2013-16

Bug Light

newspaper stories; photographs; poster.

Burgess, Charles

certificate of membership to Mayflower Lodge no. 54; genealogy; poem.

Burgess, Gelett

biographical information about humorist Burgess; information on his works including the Purple Cow rhyme.

Businesses - articles

3/19/2019 10 Vertical Files OC2 Articles about businesses; Kingston Business Association Waterfront Festival; Kingston Drive-In Theater (articles from 1984 about closure);

Businesses - ephemera

collection of Kingston business letterhead, receipts, and advertisements;

cards and bill heads for Hotel Kingston; Sawtells Pizza; Kingston Animal Hospital; F.W. Maglathlin Co. (shoe; tacks; and nail card); Kingston Block; Warner Electric; James A. Robare and Son Plumbing; Primo Garuti; carpenter.

"Second Annual Business Directory...1957. Compliments of Kingston Lions Club" Acc. 2013-22

Blotter "Hartford Insurance Company...Thomas W. Bailey, Agent, Kingston, Mass."

By-laws

Town bylaws: "By-Laws, Regulations on Coastal Fisheries, Traffic Rules and Orders, 1943"

"By-Laws, Rules and Regulations, January 1956" [includes zoning, subdivisions, board of appeals, coastal fisheries, traffic]

"Classification and Compensation Plan and Personnel By-Law (Amended, 1970)"

"By-Laws, Rules and Regulations, Revised to June 21, 1971" (2 copies) [includes signs and billboards, board of appeals, building code, fisheries, earth removal, gas code, general government, health regulations, plumbing, subdivisions, traffic, wireing and zoning]

"By-Laws, Rules and Regulations, Revised to April 2, 1988" [includes zoning, subdivisions, traffic]

"General By-Laws, codified April 2, 1994, revised through May 3, 1997"

"Wage and Personnel By-Law, Effective July 1, 2001"

"Wage and Personnel By-Law, Effective July 1, 2007"

"Wage and Personnel By-Law, Effective July 1, 2010"

"General By-Laws, Codified April 2, 1994, Revised Thru April 1, 2006"

"General By-Laws, Codified April 2, 1994, Revised Thru June 2014"

newspaper articles copies of certificates of votes regarding various by-laws.

C. Drew and Company

3/19/2019 11 Vertical Files OC2 newspaper article Famed Cat's Paw tool firm reorganizes 1970; copies of photographs from C. Drew fire; article A Satisfied Customer is the Best Advertisement C. Drew and Companies Calking Irons by Ray Larsen; article Generations of Augermakers in Kingston Massachusetts by Peter Welcker, Merriel Welcker and Anne Welcker (available as a pdf); article An Old Auger Shop Becomes History - The Story of C. Drew and Company by Bill Cavallini; article excerpt from History of Massachusetts by Orra L. Stone on the history of C. Drew; C. Drew catalog; mss. A Century of C. Drew and Company by Emily Drew, 1937.

Cadenhead report

Kingston the Way We were and Bradford Deed compiled by Harley Cadenhead, circa 1992 & 1997.

History of Kingston, with excerpts from annotated Town records and deeds; transcription of 1927-04-26 legal opinion on Bradford's deed for meeting house (11 pages); "Kingston Trust" detailing bequests and trust funds given to Town (9 pages); "Town Lands, list of lots and acreage" including Camp Nekon, Town Forest (7 pages); 1967 typescript update of Bartlett's Houses on the Bridgewater Road; "Water Studies & Reports" 1884~1994, (8 pages) 1997 memo re ownership of land given by Bradford's 1717 deed.

Calista Property

Copies of deed cards from the Assessors Office and 1894 plan of the estate of Samuel P. Cole from the Plymouth Registry of Deeds.

This property (Map 57, Lot 74)off Elder Avenuewas purchased by the Town of Kingston with Community Preservation funds in 2010.

Camp Nekon

archivist note that in 1975 Town Meeting purchased Camp Nekon for $250,000.00 articles compiled by

Canoe Creek / Ferry Road

written description (looks like EFD).

Cape Cod Canal

The First Cape Cod Canal Built as a Herring Run, taken from the Boston Transcript of January 10, 1933.

3/19/2019 12 Vertical Files OC2 Carpenter, Abbie

correspondence between Abbie Carpenter of Portland ME and Susan Smith of North Pembroke re genealogy of the Josselynes, the Barkers 1901.

Cemetery - Evergreen

key to map of Evergreen Cemetery; list of soldiers and sailors from Revolutionary War buried in Cemetery; article on Cemetery by Isabelle Freeman; blank lot title from mid 1800s; layout of Cemetery; by-laws adopted in 1853; copy of original seal; change of name from Kingston Cemetery Association to Evergreen Cemetery

ALSO KNOWN AS Kingston Cemetery Association

Cemetery - Old Burying Ground

manuscripts written on history of, on history of land, on types of epitaphs alphabetical listing of all buried there T. B. Drew 1905; plot layout; newspaper photographs of site; manuscript Ebenezer Cobb and the graveyard walls; Emily Drew's notes for a docent giving a tour of the Burying Ground;

Cemetery - Patuxet Hill

correspondence from George Bailey to Sarah Bailey and to Emily Drew regarding Patuxet Hill and Common Land; notes written by Burgess "Graveyard at Patuxet House"

Cemetery, epitaphs and symbols

listing of symbols and their significance; epitaphs and markings (esp. specific to Kingston cemeteries); pamphlet Epitaphs from Burial Hill, Plymouth, Massachusetts from 1657 - 1892 with biographical and historical notes by Bradford Kingman Handbook of Old Burial Hill Plymouth by Frank H. Perkins (1996 reprint of 1947 edition)

Census 1786

Town of Kingston census ("List of the Number of Families") from 1786; also includes Second Census of Kingston, 1796

Census 1790

3/19/2019 13 Vertical Files OC2 first census in Kingston, listing only main heads of households.

Census 1796

second census in Kingston, conducted by Rev. Zephaniah Willis, listing names and ages of families and persons.

Census 1855

Massachusetts census abstract containing information on Kingston.

Census 1965

Town of Kingston Census of 1965

Census 1990

census of Kingston compiled in 1990.

Centennial Anchor

written description of and history of anchor; copy of photograph from Civic Progress.

Chandler Family

EFD mss. "For Blanche Steidel" Chandler genealogy TLS 1920 probably EFD to "My dear Mr. Bowman" re Ephraim Chandler Notes on Edward Chandler by H.F. (Holmes) Drew [EFD's mother Harriet]

Chandler, Joseph E.

biographical information; correspondence re his works.

Chase, Sally Dawes

manuscript Across the fields to Scrooby article on Hercules figurehead manuscript Joanes His River

3/19/2019 14 Vertical Files OC2 information on lot where Baptist Church now stands notes written by Chase on variety of local subjects.

Christmas Tree Memorial

history of Memorial Christmas tree near entrance to Reed Community Building and playground.

Church - Baptist

information on choir; information on Henry R. Glover; newspaper clippings; 2010 analysis of "Ezra Kendall vs. the Inhabitants of Kingston" 1809 court case

Church - Restoration Community

Articles about the Restoration Community Chruch, launched November 2016 out of the building that had previously been the place of worship for the Kingston Baptist Church (213 Main St.)

Church - First Parish Congregational Unitarian

The Early History of Kingston with Emphasis on the First Parish Church by Edith Cobb; sermons; broadsides; two-hundredth anniversary pamphlet; two hundredth and fiftieth anniversary pamphlet; notebook - a copy of various documents that are of interest to our Parish which was found among the papers left by Joseph A. Holmes 1914; manuscript Church Yarns the rival singers by Annie Fuller; broadside announcing Parish Market 1921, newspaper articles relating to the Church and Church activities; unpublished essay describing interior of Church; newspaper article Present Church of First Parish Constructed in 1851 for $4,040, 1967. Also information on Beal House and Womens Alliance; articles by Tom Vendetti (some co-authored by Craig Dalton) about early ministers of the First Parish Church who are buried in the Old Burying Ground cemetery; articles by Tom Vendetti about women of First Parish and the First and Second Meetinghouses;

Church - Saint Joseph's

newspaper articles re charges against priests; newspaper articles re building and opening of new Parish Center. “Mass and Blessing of St. Joseph Parish Hall” program, 2006. Acc 2013-22

3/19/2019 15 Vertical Files OC2

Church - Saint Mark of Ephesus Orthodox

photograph from newspaper of building.

Church - Second Congregational

history of the Mayflower Congregational Church; programs; newspaper articles and photographs.

Mayflower Woman's Club Cookbook - A Measure of Love

Church - Vineyard

Fliers and programs sponsored by Vineyard Community Church

Civil War

vignette pulled from information found in Civic Progress; telegram from 1867; obituary of Rev. Frederick V. Napp; Ledger of names of soldiers and sailors from Kingston serving in War (in O/S 8)

email about 3 men listed on the monument plaque who were actually from Kingston NH

Clark Family

genealogy of from lines of Richard Warren Clark and Thomas Clark.

Co-operative Store

photocopies of photographs; newspaper articles; and documents pertaining to sale of store.

Coats of Arms

broadsides of Mayflower families' different coats of arms including Alden, Brewster, Bradford, and Fuller.

Cobb and Drew

company catalogs and newspaper articles.

3/19/2019 16 Vertical Files OC2

Cobb Family

correspondence; genealogies; and manuscripts on Cobb family with emphasis on Ebenezer Cobb. Also contains information from Archivists correspondence with researcher Harold Cobb.

Cobb School

copy of publication (by students) The Parade 1932 (see also PC-12).

Cobb, Edith

copy of funeral program obituary copy of funeral program Cobb wrote for friend Evelyn Critchley notebook of newspaper articles (of local human interest pieces) written by Cobb for the Silver Lake News and the Old Colony Memorial (during the mid-1950s) newspaper article One life in Kingston on publication of book Along the way.

Cole Family

genealogy with emphasis on Rosa Cole.

Cole, Roscoe (Rocky)

eulogy and newspaper articles on his passing and civic contributions to Kingston.

Community Organizations

Article about South Shore Community Action Council fuel assistance program;

Community Preservation Act

Confederate Money

copies on cancelled Confederate money.

Conservation

3/19/2019 17 Vertical Files OC2 Newspaper articles related to conservation; solar and water power; Mary O'Donnell's Greenway projects; stormwater regulations; renweable energy;

newspaper article about Northeast Wilderness Trust purchase of 305 acres land from Sisters of Divine Providence 2018;

Cook (Cooke) Family

notes. photocopied mss. "The Faunce and Cook Families of Kingston" by Walter Faunce, read by his niece Sarah Faunce at the JRVC 1910-04-02 "this copy presented to the Club by Miss Emily F. Drew in January 1933" plus another version of the same paper.

Notes on genealogy

Cook Books

Kingston cookbook - Recipe Neighbors; pamphlet on better wartime (WWII) meals; Kingston Bi-Centennial Cookbook; recipe for 17th-century cheesecake; recipe for succotash; recipe for hulled corn; recipes of Elisha Cooke (medicinal recipes); The First Thanksgiving (article on Thanksgiving menu).

Cook, Captain Benjamin

Correspondence to him from Joseph Holmes (copy) Genealogical information (copies from MC22) Report of restoration work on portrait.

Cook, Hannah

1754 deed to transfer power of attorney to John Faunce.

Cooke, Elisha

Articles in 11 installments and photocopied book on "The Family of Elisha Cooke" by Florence Cooke Newberry. Book donated by Neil Bradford Olson 1996-09-24

Cooke, Francis

copy of will and inventory [original in MC16 3.10]

3/19/2019 18 Vertical Files OC2 copy of correspondence regarding Cook's (or Cooke's) Hollow [see MC16 3.9 & 3.10] information on Faunce and Cook families.

Cordage Park (Plymouth Cordage Company)

Newspaper articles; The Story of the United States Cordage Industry; view of Cordage in 1874 (drawing). 2 copies "The Story of Rope," 1916; "Rope and Its Uses," 1931; "The Romance of Rope," 1932; "Plymouth Ropemakers," 1984; 2 articles 11/13/99 about redevelopment [transferred from Pamphlets File, Nov. 07]; "Rope and the American Industrial Revolution" report by Nora Cahill, 2016.

Council on Aging

newspaper articles newsletters program pamphlets audio tapes of humanities course with Kingston Seniors on "depression years" and the American family in Literature and History - focusing on genealogy program "Presentation of the Kingston Quilt" May 26, 1985 Needlers group (knitting donations) Director of Elder Affairs driscrimination complaint and lawsuit

Council on Aging - The Anchor (newsletter)

Cranberries

newspaper articles; pamphlets on cranberry industry (from 1960s); newspaper photograph of Keith and Adams bog; notes on local bogs. Brochures and technical communication added from Pamphlet files Nov. 2007. "Beaton's" label Acc. 2013-10

Crime - Andrews

Booklet of Samuel M Andrews for murder of Cornelius Holmes; 5/26/1868; reward poster; newspaper stories (1990); Case of the Disappearing Footsteps; by Curt Norris.

Crime - Caseau

3/19/2019 19 Vertical Files OC2 trial of Brian Caseau

Crime - Cretinon

trial of Richard Cretinon

Crime - Eisen

Karl G. Eisen murdered his wife Margot and eldest daughter Gabrielle November 4, 1966. He absconded to Connecticut with his other three children, but was apprehended, tried and convicted. Articles copied from MC 44 Chief Goonan's papers.

Crime - Entwistle

murder of Rachel (Souza) Entwistle and daughter by husband Neil Entwistle, 2006 - 2008; "A look back on the heartbreak" 2016.

Crime - Garuti

murder of Shirley Garuti by husband Joseph Garuti in 2004

Crime - General

2005 arson in Rocky Nook; 2002 bank robbery; 1909 looting of Post Office and store; trial of Joseph Casna; Susan Cram 2006; Edmund King; Monica Knight; Antoine Vicks, indictment for intent to murder and other charges; Murder of Tracy Gilpin in October 1986 and arrest, and subsequent indictment, of suspect Michael Hand in 2018;

Crime - Meinholz (Benoit)

disappearance and murder of Melissa Benoit and the trial of Henry Meinholz, 1990

Crime - Rum Runner Murder

3/19/2019 20 Vertical Files OC2 Articles from the Old Colony Memorial and the New York Times about the Dec. 9, 1921 murder of Edward Cardinal aka Elmer Gardner or Howard Gardner in the garage of the Kingston Inn by John Rowland, proprietor of the Inn, alias Herman Alheit; James Wickham of Duxbury; and John Harnish of Methuen.

Crime - Ryan

Articles about Monsignor Frederick J. Ryan of St. Joseph's Parish and sexual abuse crimes

Crime - Sampson (Rizzo)

murder of Jonathan Rizzo by Gary Sampson; Jonathan Rizzo Foundation.

Cushman Family

genealogy; emphasis on Robert, on James, and on Eleazer; newspaper article on Daniel; information on site of Elder Cushmans House; mss. "The Cushman Family in Kingston" by Mrs. Georgianna M. Trow. (copy and entire OCM issue January 6, 1912)

Cushman, John T.

1928 correspondence "Open letter to the voters of Kingston" from Cushman who was a candidate for re-election as a Selectman.

Cushman, Thomas

biographical and genealogical information on Cushman; information on site of Elder Cushmans House.

Customs of Early Days

information on tin peddler; manuscript on manners and customs of early days.

Dawes, Captain James

copy of photograph.

Decoys

3/19/2019 21 Vertical Files OC2 Decoy Magazine Nov./Dec. 2013. Article about Kingston carvers, Clinton Keith, Lothrop Holmes, and Clarence and Fred Bailey.

Delano Family

receipts; shipping papers (ships mentioned not yet listed); correspondence to Benjamin Delano primarily regarding ship building and shipping industry; ship plans (sketch) other legal documents (probate, shipping); copy of Star-Spangled Banner.

Copies of deeds for 85 Main Street.

Delano, Joshua

probate records; copies of correspondence; copy of account book; genealogical and biographical information. [photocopies of EFD notes]

DELETED FOLDERS

Elliott, Carrie -- to MC22 Clippings (by year) Hall, James L. -- to MC29 per donation correspondence included in file.

Drew Family

biographical and genealogical information on the Drew family including Cornelius Drew; descendants of John Drew; Reverend William Allen Drew; and the Drew family tree from Sir Edward Drew (knight of Queen Elizabeth).

Drew, Betsey Foster

correspondence between Drew and husband George Russell, cousin Debby Drew, friend Mary Bryant, friend Mary Crocker Sampson; biographical information (originals in MC-23/ folder 35).

Drew, Charles Herbert

biographical information; obituary; postcard to Charles Drew 1933.

Drew, Francis W.

diary of a country farmer 1835-1842 (day to day account of life in Kingston).

3/19/2019 22 Vertical Files OC2 Drew, Seth

biographical information on Drew, including numerous written accounts of his life copies of correspondence (including letter written to sister accounting of time at Camp Roxbury in 1776) family records of Seth Drew and Hannah Drew; copy of address delivered by Drew at the request of the Kingston Lyceum 1831; unpublished manuscript "To the descendants of Major Seth Drew"

Drug Store

manuscript written by Francis Vincent Tura in 1957 Eighty years of Pharmacy in Kingston (1877 - 1957).

Drugs

Articles about an anti-drug coalition; community efforts to combat use and addiction; concerns about local drug use

Duxbury

hand drawn maps of Duxbury; brochures

Duxbury Churches

pamphlet History of the First Parish Church of Duxbury; postcard of St. John's.

Eaton Family

information on Benjamin (Wapping Road) and Ebenezer (Indian Pond Road) deeds.

Economy & Budget

Elder Spring

notes by Emily Drew on location of spring; notes on history of Spring area.

Eldridge, Jessie Cannon

newspaper article on local poet Jessie Eldridge who also started the Kingston Answering Service

3/19/2019 23 Vertical Files OC2 obit 7/14/1984 Brockton Enterprise To a Dream Aspiring by Jessie Cannon Eldridge, copyright 1946 (added to OCLN catalog 2/21/2013)

Eldridge, Richard

newspaper article on Eldridge and his service to the community as a baseball coach and CCD leader.

Elections

Elliott, Carrie

newspaper articles on Library Archivist and programs / works done by Local History Room (see also MC-22).

Ellis, Wylie

biographical information on schoolteacher, Kingston school superintendent, and founder and owner of Ellis Boy's Academy.

Elm Street Bridge

aka Factory Hill Bridge

Notice of public hearing, June 2010; clippings

Research memo in U:\KingstonFacts\ElmStreetBridge\ElmStreetBridgeRev.doc

Elm Street Dam

Everson Family

information on John (West Street) and Richard's deeds.

Faunce Family

mss. The Faunce and Cook Families of Kingston (photocopy) genealogical information (photocopy obituary (Bertha Faunce);

3/19/2019 24 Vertical Files OC2 deed from Thaddeus Faunce to Abraham Whitten re land in Plymouth and Kingston 1798; ALS to Mr. Faunce from Margherita Hale re Faunce genealogy 1926.

Faunce School

historical sketch of school; program from 1974 re-dedication; correspondence re reuse and renovation of building in 1973 (See also PC-12).

Faunce, Eliza (house)

information on Eliza Faunce House on Wapping Road and her offer to sell it to the Jones River Village Club.

Fire Department

newspaper articles on the Department, its events, the 100th anniversary in 1986; articles about former Fire Chief Robert Heath and trial;

Fire Department - Hose Houses

newspaper articles and information on the Surprize Hose House, plus a little bit about other hose houses

Fires

newspaper articles

Fish

newspaper article Resourceful group meets at Nook by Charles Mathewson 1990; story of Town Meeting and herring issue.

SEE ALSO Shellfish

Fish, H.A.

correspondence between H. Fish and Emily Drew regarding places and genealogy of and related to Duxbury;

3/19/2019 25 Vertical Files OC2 hand drawn maps of Duxbury, booklet Duxbury Massachusetts Ancient and Modern by Henry A. Fish [note that the map, once pasted onto the back cover, is missing] EFD typescript [photocopy] "Extracts from the papers of Mr. H.A. Fish, South Duxbury, Mass. 1925 Early Habitations"

Folger, Herbert

memoriam written by the Society of Mayflower Descendants 1922.

Forefathers National Monument

newspaper article from Old Colony Memorial written in 1889 on monument; pamphlet The Pilgrims and the Book by Robert W. Rogers 1971.

Forestry

conservation issues surrounding mainly Monks Hill and Pratts Pond areas.

Forge District

notes on area and mills found in area by Helen Woods and H. A. Fish; manuscript The Iron Manors of the North by R. A. Boehringer 1933; accounts from various forges and furnaces 1739, 1767 and 1802; c opy of deed for Kingston Cooperative Foundry 1878; copy of deed for Jones River Manufacturing Company 1817.

Forty-second parallel

information on the forty-second parallel that runs through Kingston and the marker off Bay Road.

Foster, Samuel

story of ride and tie; manuscript Captain Foster and the King's Proclamation; estate information on land and house; Foster Family history downloaded from eBay.

Freeman, Edmund

biographical notes.

3/19/2019 26 Vertical Files OC2

French & Indian War

manuscript The French and Indian War and the French Neutrals in Kingston by Emily Drew; manuscript The French and Indian War a sketch of the Acadians or French Neutrals of 1755; note on Acadians who came to Kingston

Fuller Family

birthday notice Truman Fuller, one of the two oldest men in Kingston in 1929 cd "Genealogy of the Fuller Family" scanned by Bruce Corwin (Acc. 2009-21)

Obituary, for William Henry Fuller

See also biography of William Fuller BIO FUL (shelf 26)

Fuller, Annie

deed dated 1758 (of note as it is signed by a woman); excerpts from records of Annie A. Fuller of anecdotal history of eighteenth-century Kingston.

Fuller, Captain Ezra

biographical information; shipping contracts (primarily re Schooner Eveline); financial records; correspondence regarding shipping industry; play The Class-mates.

Fuller, Dan

The Hermit

biographical information; anecdotal sketches of Fuller.

Fuller, Josiah

biographical information; correspondence to family 1918 regarding genealogy.

Fuller, Samuel

biographical information; copy of will; information regarding marker placed on site of Fuller's home at Smelt Brook.

3/19/2019 27 Vertical Files OC2 Genealogy

newspaper series Queries and Answers (focused on providing "helpful information to those starting to trace family or old- time house records; points of interest; etc.")

Glover family

Helen Foster piece about Henry R. Glover 1893 obituary of Henry R. Glover

Gold Rush

manuscript letters from two "Forty-niners" N.F. Faunce and N. P. Burgess to Seth Drew of Kingston, Mass 1850 (original correspondence),

magazine article All that glittered by Richard Reinhart from American Heritage 1998.

Grand Army of the Republic

MATERIAL moved to PC28 and/or exhibit folder

National Encampment 1904 handbook Acc. 2010-11 Printout from Acton Memorial Library Civil War database on Amasa E. Lincoln. Article on LHR exhibit 2006-11-10

Grange

broadside for the Kingston Grange announcing lecture list of officers at founding in 1913 and first minute book (Acc. 2008-19)

Gray Family

information on his land in Rocky Nook; Edward Gray house

Gray's Beach

newspaper articles regarding renovation of beach in 2002-2003; 1956 newspaper article Twenty Years of Development of Gray's Beach in Kingston Provides Popular Area; newspaper article More signs of improvement at Gray's Beach Park.

3/19/2019 28 Vertical Files OC2 Great Bridge

newspaper article Great Bridge spans the test of time; correspondence regarding 1895 inspection of bridge.

Green Harbor

pamphlet Restore Green Harbor, Marshfield, MA. - how to do it - history of the harbor 1896; History of Green Harbor by Frank Maglathlin; "Green's Harbor Path" by Lamont (Monty) Healy.

Gurnet

manuscript The Gurnet by Herbert R. Boardman (covers Boardman family history and history of the Gurnet Inn). Article

Habitat for Humanity

newspaper articles regarding projects in Kingston.

Hall Family

notice of holding of Carrie Hall's 1868 birth certificate (Town of Abington 1938); manuscript The Halls and Their Name; genealogical notes.

Hall Property

Newspaper articles

Hall, James L.

certificate of enlistment in service; guards and picket passes from Fort Ethan Allen, VA in 1863; correspondence home to father telling of being wounded near City Point, VA June 24, 1864; honorable discharge from wounds received in action; correspondence re discharge from service; correspondence authenticating marriage in 1863 to Susan A. Gurney; correspondence re donation of material (listed).

Harlow, Dr. Courtland

newspaper article Kingston doctor makes house calls worldwide.

3/19/2019 29 Vertical Files OC2

Hathaway Preserve

newspaper article The Hathaway Preserve.

Hilltop Athletic Association

50th and 75th anniversary brochures, which include a history of the Association; patches.

Historic District

Registration form for National Register of Historic Places and cover letter from MHC, Aug. 2002. newspaper article "Kingston Center makes the list," Sep. 6, 2002 Kingston Mariner. List of included structures/areas from KHC exhibit Apr 2004

Holmes Family

genealogical notes; obituary of Joseph Alexander Holmes; newspaper article The man who named the State of Maine (John Holmes); obituary of George B. Holmes; finding aid for the Joseph Holmes Collection held by Mystic Seaport; photocopied manuscript Joseph Holmes and Mrs. Lucas; photocopied typed story about Holmes Fish Yard; fishing spots (good places to fish in Kingston) by C.C. Holmes, 1918; sketches by Charles Holmes ALS to Joseph Holme from Liverpool, 1852 (Acc. 2013-11); autograph album of Mahala Holmes with signatures and poems of local residents, 1842~1858 [boxed; shelf 86]; article by Tom Vendetti and Craig Dalton about Joseph Holmes, buried in Old Buying Ground;

Holmes Shipyard

manuscript A Brief Account of the Holmes Ship Yard in Kingston by Emily Holmes Marvin; manuscript The Last Kingston Schooner by Emily Holmes Marvin; plan of Holmes building yard at the Landing; notes by Emily Drew on Joseph Holmes the shipbuilder and the Holmes shipyard; manuscript on Joseph Holmes and his yards on the Jones River and at Titicut (see also V/F Landing).

Holmes wallpaper

mss. "The Story of the 'Missing Wallpaper' in the Joseph Holmes House (Kingston, Mass.)" n.d.

3/19/2019 30 Vertical Files OC2 Holmes, Ezekel

newspaper article (The Home Farm newspaper 1884) regarding the memorials, journals and correspondence of Holmes.

Holmes, Rebecca

correspondence from husband George Russell during 1810-1819

Holmes, Susan

manuscript The Arcadian Exile; Holmes notes on Kinston including information on house and place histories, plus anecdotal information on events and people.

Home on the Rolling Deep

newspaper articles published in 1938-1939 by Ellen Bradford Stebbins from her journals, letters, and "mists of memory" on her voyages abroad in her youth.

Hope Floats Healing & Wellness Center

Articles about Hope Floats, founded by Denise and Ken Brack

Housing

newspaper articles on proposed 40B affordable housing and other housing developments and issues in Kingston.

Howard, Eleanor

manuscript Rocky Nook (1982, revised 1995, additional information added in 1996) - provides description of Rocky Nook and cottage life in 1930s-1940s.

Howland, John

notes on his will supplement to The Howland Quarterly "The Howlands at Rocky Nook; an archaeological and historical study" by James Deetz (1960).

Howlands Lane

3/19/2019 31 Vertical Files OC2

newspaper article Neighbors oppose replacing span. Howlands Lane Bridge.

Hunt, Peter

information on property deeds of Hunt (a clothier).

Hurd's Factory

Photocopy and transcription of deed/agreement for the factory and land off Elm Street, 1895;

Hutchinson, Samuel

will of Hutchinson.

Hyde, Dolly Bryant Bates

biographical information; Helen Adams notes on Hyde; newspaper article Dolly Hyde by Eugene Wright; manuscript Kingston's Dolly Hyde by Ruth Chandler.

Independence Park

dedication program and newspaper article on 1999 dedication of park at Town Landing.

Industrial Exhibit of 1910

listing of items in 1910 Industrial Exhibit held at Town Hall. program for Industrial Exhibit 1910

Industries (3 folders)

Including information on iron industry; forges; and mills. Manuscript Forges by Lee Lawrence; article Early Iron Mill Helped Forge a Nation from Plymouth County Business Review; Concise History of the Iron Manufacture of the American Colonies up to the Revolution and of Pennsylvania until the present time by John B. Pearse; British Regulation of the Colonial Iron Industry by Arthur Bining; booklet American charcoal making in the era of the cold-blast furnace; manuscript The Eighteenth Century Iron- Age in Kingston, Massachusetts by Neil Bradford Olson; 3/19/2019 32 Vertical Files OC2 manuscript The Mills on Jones River and its tributaries being a study of the early mills and the privileges on which they were erected, and for many years maintained, and which, in this year 1925, have almost entirely ceased to exist, as mills run by water-power, thereby ceasing to make use of a natural force or energy which in the past has been one of the chief sources of wealth to the Town of Kingston, Massachusetts; manuscript History of the Mill Privileges in the Town of Kingston; manuscript The Mills on Jones River Kingston, Mass and its tributaries by Emily Drew; newspaper article Iron Works of Plymouth County (1930); newspaper article The Civic Progress of Kingston and History of Her Industries; article Bog Iron Southeastern Massachusetts Early Entry into the Industrial Age by Michael DeCicco; chapter "The Period of Inflation" from William Weedend's Economic and Social History of New England 1620 - 1789; notes on Bryant's or Iron Works Pond; notes made at meeting of furnace owners 1768; manuscript Mills on the tributaries of Jones River by Helen T. Woods; notes by Cat Lee comparing location of mills found in Bailey's Jones River to mills found in Civic Progress; newspaper article Cannon balls for Washington's army once rolled from Kingston iron mills by Edith Cobb (2).

Irish in Kingston

manuscript (2 copies) written by Katherine S. Cahalane The Early Irish in Kingston; copy of the deed to 27 Main Street by the Devine family.

Island Creek

Italians in Kingston

newspaper article Club Hears Story of Early Kingston Italian Residents.

Jenney, John

Emily Drew's notes on Jenney and grant at Rocky Nook.

Jones Family

genealogical information.

Jones River

USE PC23 Jones River Collection for information on Jones River Watershed Association, Jones River Marine Ecology Center, formation of the Jones River Parish, and miscellaneous articles on the river, dams and other related topics.

3/19/2019 33 Vertical Files OC2 Jones River Park

information on establishment of Park; Jones River Park dedication (1976) speech by Daniel C. Walker.

Jones River Village Historical Society

Clippings

Jones, Captain Christopher

newspaper article Plaque honors Captain Jones Maligned Mayflower Skipper; newspaper article Chris Jones Brought 'Em Here.

Jones, Dr. Henry Newell

biographical information on Jones by Mrs. Arthur B. Holmes.

Keene, Francis and Edgar

account book of dairy farm showing delivered manure.

Kingston Anti-Slavery Society

informational notes.

Kingston Arts Festival

2007 & 2008 Kingston Art festival programs and articles; artist bios and portraits for "Kingston's Past Masters" the LHR exhibit at the Faunce School during the 2008 KAF (note: there is no photo of Clement Drew); Acc2018-13 Kingston Arts Festival programs, 2007 (2 copies), 2008, 2010;

Kingston Collection Mall

newspaper articles on the Mall's development, stores in the Mall, change of names

Kingston Democratic Town Committee

3/19/2019 34 Vertical Files OC2

article and flyer from Town Hall Meeting event featuring Attorney General Maura Healey, 2018;

Kingston Drama Club

By-laws and constitution of the Kingston Drama Club signed by founding members, tickets for On the Stroke of Midnight, 1942.

Kingston Ferry

Notes (possibly copied from Plymouth Colony records)

Kingston Garden Club

Meeting minutes; by-laws; membership lists.

Flyers for plant sales

Kingston Glaciers

Helen Adam's notes on glaciers (punch bowls) in Kingston.

Kingston History

Excerpt from History of Plymouth County, Massachusetts, with biographical sketches of many of its pioneers and prominent men; excerpt from History of Plymouth, Norfolk and Barnstable Counties Massachusetts; excerpt from A Gazetteer of the State of Massachusetts by Rev. Elias Nason; manuscript Kingston, Massachusetts by Ethel Hobart; Emily Drew's notes on dramatic events in Kingston history; notes on old Kingston traditions; notes on records relating to the separation of the North Precinct from Plymouth town; notes on conditions which led to the separation from Plymouth; newspaper article The King's town; draft of the Massachusetts Historical Commissions Reconnaissance Survey Report; excerpt from The Plymouth County Directory and the Historical Register of the Old Colony (1867); a historical sketch by Thomas Bradford Drew; newspaper article Kingston - a small town in which life can be eventful; newspaper article Kingston colorful kingdom by the sea; newspaper article Kingston satisfied with slow growth; Emily Drew's notes on the early residents of the Colony (Kingston); newspaper article Life and Death in Kingston by Dennis Randall 2007; newspaper article Three Hundred years ago; pamphlet Your Town…Kingston Massachusetts compiled by the Good Neighbors Committee. Book review of Major Bradford's Town.

3/19/2019 35 Vertical Files OC2 Brochure "Historic Village Walking Tour, Kingston, Massachusetts" [Kingston Historical Commission, no date]; "Kingston, 200 Years Old, Will Show Town's History in Pageant this Week," Boston Sunday Globe, August 15, 1926.

Kingston Inn

postcards; reservation cards; room rate card; book "Knock, Knock, Let us in and give us the key" by Lillian Hayes (3 copies)

Kingston Open Space

history of open space preservation effort; memoriam to Bob Mulliken "Open Space and recreational Properties" map 2009. Series of articles on Kingston conservation land (Bay Farm, Hathaway Preserve, Cranberry Watershed, Silver Lake Sanctuary, Bay Circuit Trail)

Kingston Playground

history of Kingston playground located off of Summer Street behind the Reed Community building; photograph of town fair; copies of program of The Town Fair held for the benefit of Kingston Playground 1923, 1924,1925; (3) sport patches from Kingston playground; newspaper photograph of "The Old Timers Day at Kingston Playground" taken in 1946.

Kingston Public Library

Kingston Public Library Foundation

501 (c) 3 organization founded in 2012 to support the Kingston Public Library by raising funds and awareness in the community.

Ephemera, articles, 2017 Gala

Kingston Reads Together Program

newspaper articles on community program Kingston Reads Together.

3/19/2019 36 Vertical Files OC2

Kingston Senior Citizens Club

listing of charter members in 1973 newspaper articles on Club events programs for Club events.

Kingston statistics and general information

1956 (revised in 1959) pamphlet written by the Massachusetts Department of Commerce containing general information, population, municipal financing, public education, economic, transportation, and industrial development statistics; Reconnaissance Survey Report compiled by the Massachusetts Historical Commission in early 1980s.

Kingston Temperance Society

Order of exercises for the simultaneous temperance meeting in Kingston Tuesday February 28, 1837; broadside Celebration Hymns on the introduction of the Cochituate water in Boston October 25, 1848; 2 booklets Constitution of the Kingston Temperance Society with a list of officers and members for 1835; Order of exercises for the simultaneous temperance meeting in Kingston February 26, 1839; broadside announcing Annual Temperance Rally 1908.

(formed January 1, 1830)

Kingston Town Funds

1987 minutes, correspondence re: Educational Trust funds

Kingston Town Quilt

newspaper article on creation of Town Quilt. program "Presentation of the Kingston Quilt" May 26, 1985

Kingston Town Seal

information on development of Town Seal; sketches of drafts of Town Seal by Helen Foster.

Kingston Trivia / Timelines

trivia questions and timelines compiled by the Local History Room.

3/19/2019 37 Vertical Files OC2

Kingston Voters

list of voters by precincts 1982 and 1984; newspaper article As Kingston votes, so votes Massachusetts.

Kingston Yacht Club

pamphlet Kingston Yacht Club Open Regatta starting off Rocky Nook Wharf Thursday afternoon August 27, 1896; application for certificate of incorporation (MC27 14.14) copy of by-laws (MC23 #75) sailing regulations and list of members of the Kingston Yacht Club incorporated 1895.

Kingston's Past

Columns on local history by Karen Proctor in the Kingston Mariner (2002-2006, no date)

Kyng's Town Sweetes

newspaper article from 1910 How two enterprising women built up a business making homemade candies in an old colonial house; letterhead.

also known as King's Towne Sweets

L. Knife & Son

newspaper clippings regarding L. Knife &Son's plans for expansion, history, etc.

Land Divisions

Articles by Lamont Healy published in the Duxbury Clipper, along with notes and other writing, about Plymouth Colony land owners along the coast of Kingston, Duxbury and Plymouth. Land owners in what would become Kingston include William Bradford, Joseph Rogers, John Howland, Stephen Tracey, Joseph and Samuel Wadsworth Kingston "neighborhoods" include Stony Brook, Ah-De-Nah, and Adams Nook.

Photocopy from Plymouth Colony Records: Bradford Ground 1637 deed from Clement Briggs to John Browne (now 51 Landing Road).

Land Owners

manuscript Some of the Early Land Owners in Kingston, Mass.; manuscript A Pilgrimage to early site in Kingston, Mass taken August 14, 1923 with Mr. Walter Faunce of Kingston then almost 91 years old; by Emily Drew; Emily Drew's notes on early land divisions; 3/19/2019 38 Vertical Files OC2 unpublished manuscript Early residents and houses in Kingston; notes on division of one-acre grants 1624

Landing

newspaper article Jones River Landing Shipbuilding Landmark in Kingston; Emily Drew's notes The way to ye Landing Place (that part now called Linden Street, Joseph Holmes, the shipbuilder; The Landing - Fosters Wharf (see also V/F Holmes Shipyard); Emily Drew's notes listing the owners of the old wharf at the Landing; newspaper article Big boats built in old Kingston by Willard deLue XXI 1953; photocopies of photographs of MacKenzie Boat Shop boats newspaper article MacKenzie, Stott Add New Chapter to Kingston shipbuilding history by Crary Trimble 1954.

Lions Club

newspaper articles regarding the Lions Club in Kingston.

Little Family

genealogical notes on Little family; epitaphs for Lucy Little and the sons of Captain George Little and Captain Luther Little.

Lobster boats

newspaper article Old Kingston lobster boat now at historical museum by Cynthia Keith Walker 1962 newspaper article Restores old Kingston boats newspaper article Only one left 19th century Kingston lobster boat restored by Bruce Smith; magazine article A Kingston lobsterboat for the 21st century by Reuben Smith 2005. Article from National Fisherman 1/76 added from Pamphlet files Dec. 2007.

Style developed by Edward Ransom

Local authors

Newspaper articles, publicity, and other materials on Kingston authors; newspaper article about Ken Brack's Especially For You; Mary Shields's Barnicle and Husk chapter book;

Local Place Names

3/19/2019 39 Vertical Files OC2 Three copies of Local Place Names by Emily Drew; copy of index to Local Place Names; Emily Drew's notes and notebook on local place names; manuscript The Flaxing Place; newspaper article series What's in a name.

Loring Family

genealogical information; obituary of Fred W. Loring; Caleb Loring III person of the year.

Loring Library

newspaper articles on renovation of Loring Library in North Plymouth.

Luminaries

Brochures, newspaper articles about this annual holiday event

Marshfield, MA

manuscript The Battle of Marshfield; manuscript Manufacturing in Old Marshfield.

Marvin, Emily Burt Holmes

newspaper article Emily Marvin of Kingston, 97; listing of Marvin's Main Street homes; manuscript Edward Willis Soap House; manuscript written in 1970 on being a charter member of the Jones River Village Club.

Mayflower Grove

manuscript Reminiscences and facts on Mayflower Grove, Bryantville in the Town of Pembroke, Mass 1901-1940.

Mayflower Lodge

pamphlet containing the constitution; by-laws and rules of May Flower Lodge, No. 54, 1844.

Mayhew, Jonathan

manuscript Jonathan Mayhew - Patriot and Preacher.

3/19/2019 40 Vertical Files OC2

McGrath Family

correspondence re stoves; correspondence from Maggie to father and brother 1898; Kingston High School report card; receipt from Burges and Co. 1895; Kingston High School graduation program 1917, 1924, 1946; graduation essay written by Patrick McGrath and delivered at Kingston Academy in 1879 (in French); newspaper Silver Lake News June 25, 1959; newspaper Kingston Independent December 30, 1980 (about C. Drew and Co fire); newspaper The Kingston Voice December 31, 1980

McLauthlen / Maglathlin Family

biographical information on Captain Henry B. Maglathlin; genealogical information on Philemon Maglathlin; genealogical information on Maglathlin family; notes from the manuscript Genealogy of the McLauthlens by George W. McLauthlen 1881; Maglathlin homes; program Maglathlin - McLauthlin Reunion 1895; manuscript Christmas 1778 (George W. McLauthlen surviving the Magee storm); unpublished essay Making Shoe Tacks by Robert Maglathlin 1942; bio of Philemon W. Maglathlin and photocopy of image of his boat;

Memorial Day Exercises

newspaper articles documenting Memorial Day activities including Town parades; program for Decoration Day 1879; program for Memorial Day Services 1923; program for Memorial Day Services 1926; program for Memorial Day Services 1927; program of Observance of Lincoln Day 1909.

Ministers

biographical information on Kingston ministers including Rev. Courtland Yardly DeNormandie; Rev. Jonathan Cole; Rev. Zephaniah Willis; Rev. William Rand; Rev. Charles J. Bowen; Rev. Joseph Phipps; Rev. Augustus Russell Pope; Rev. James Richardson Jr.; Rev. John Davis Sweet; Rev. Sidney Swaim Robins; Rev. Thaddeus Maccarty; and Rev. Joseph Stacey.

Mitchell Family

biographical and genealogical information on Ezra and Harvey Mitchell of Kingston; manuscript Poems and Letters by Cousin Benja; Emily Drew's presentation of the book Poems and Letters by Cousin Benjy; Poems of Cousin Benja (Benjamin Mitchell).

3/19/2019 41 Vertical Files OC2

Monks Hill

see PC-12 Monks Hill.

Monuments

Sections of Annual Reports 1926 and 1927, dedications, and email with facts about Civil War Monument and World War [I] Monument

Mulliken's Landing

newspaper article Mulliken's Landing in danger of disappearing from disuse, 2006.

Music

notes from Hannah Brewster Adams diary on music in Kingston between 1816 and 1858; Helen Adams notes on music taken from Hannah Brewster Adams diary; copy of program Olde Folkes Concerte by the Kingston Musical Association 1879; program for a Festival Concert by the Kingston Choral Union 1902; notes by Susan B Holmes Robinson on music in the church; lyrics about Kingston by Catherine Drew Russell; copy of newspaper article Mellie Dunham picks aged Kingstonian old time fiddle champion; copy of program for Kingston High School Minsteral Show and pageant scene Robinhood 1923; notes on production of the Music Man 1976; original hymn written by Catherine Drew Russell 1882; program for a great singing meeting 1897; score Triphammer March by John H. Densmore 1926; program Take Warning: a great singing meeting at the hall of ye Towne 1897; broadside for The Deestrick Skule presentation 1903; copy of Dedication Ode, written and sung for dedication of Soldiers Monument in Kingston 1883.

Myrick Family

newspaper article on local auction - contains photograph of Captain William Myrick's portrait.

Native Americans

Emily Drew's notes on Native American in the region including the burying ground on Patuxet Hill, Blackwater swamp, and Indian trails; manuscript The Good White Father of the Nauset Indians by Lucy E. Treat; manuscript Indians; newspaper article Wampanoags gather to revive tribal heritage; sketches of Native Americans;

3/19/2019 42 Vertical Files OC2 manuscript Indian Knowledge of Medicinal Plants; newspaper article Old camp sites of Indians near Boston yield interesting treasures; newspaper article Legends and myths rise from the murk; Indian names of local places; article from web sites on local Native Americans 2006.

New Art Forum

program announcement.

New England Chronicle

pamphlets written by H. Leavitt Horton between 1950 - 1957 covering South Shore history.

News from Kingston

Clippings from the Kingston Reporter features "A Century of Coverage" and "As Time Goes By," which both republished the Old Colony Memorial. By date (weekly), "A Century of Coverage" January 1901 to September 1906. "As Time Goes By" November 1906 to July 1907

Nichols, Dr. Paul Louis

manuscript Dr. Paul Louis Nichols by Alice Nichols Burrage. photocopied materials from Nichols family papers Acc.2014-17 transcription of OCM 6/8/1908 wedding of Alice Nichols [donor's grandmother], two biographies of Paul L. Nichols by Alice Nichols Burrage, 1948 & n.d. clipping "Statistics of Kingston for the year ending June 1.1855" receipt 1851 and deed 1852 for pew assessment of land 1833 ALS Zephaniah Willis, Kingston to Eleazar James, Hingham 11/3/1780 invitation to ordination of Augustus Pope 1843 "Order of Services at the Consecration of the Kingston Evergreen Cemetery" 1854 cover of "Two Discourses..." with history of Cohasset, 1822, inscribed to Rev'd Willis.

Nick's Rock

newspaper article Historic rock may have slid into gravel pit;

O'Donnell Sand and Gravel

newspaper articles on O'Donnell Sand and Gravel.

3/19/2019 43 Vertical Files OC2 Old Home Days

Old Home Day programs 1903, 1905, 1908, 1935, 1936, 1938; newspaper article Community spirit guides Kingston fete; newspaper article Parade in Kingston Quaint Old Colony Town Keeps Old Home Week, excerpt from book Clambake a history and celebration of an American Tradition regarding clambakes and Old Home Days.

Old South Leaflets

pamphlets published by The Old South Association on topics relating to Pilgrims.

Olson, Neil Bradford

booklets The Swedish Dream Poets and Sun and Sea the black cap poems by Neil Bradford Olson.

Order of Odd Fellows

pamphlet containing constitution, by-laws, and list of members of Adams Lodge No. 189 Independent Order of Odd Fellows; notebook with constitution; member roll call; notes on beginning of Adams Lodge; dance card for second annual masquerade 1888.

Ormond, Michael

biographical information; administrator's bond.

Packard Family

book Proceedings of the Packard Memorial Association 1888. Empty a/o 4/2/9 sea

Parris, Martin and family

2005 correspondence between Jan Guidoboni and Ethel Shiverick regarding the theft of the Parris portraits in 1974; manuscript The Old Brewster House by Ada Brewster; manuscript Martin Parris the School Master by Emily Drew; manuscript Rev. Martin Parris by Sally Dawes Chase; manuscript The Reverend Martin Parris 1766 - 1839 an eminent Kingstonian by Madella M. Jenney; family chart of the Parris family of Pembroke; biographical notes on Martin Parris;

3/19/2019 44 Vertical Files OC2 Helen Adam's notes on Martin Parris; Emily Drew's notes Martin Parris miscellaneous notes; copies of Kingston Aqueduct shares; Mr. Parris' Prayer; copies of correspondence to Martin Parris from numerous people during the late 1820s; copies of correspondence between Martin Parris and his family; copies of family account information; copy of indenture of William Sturtevant; copy of deposit record of Martin Parris to the District of Massachusetts the book the Remains of Samuel Bartlett Parris, MD comprising miscellaneous poems and prayers selected from his manuscripts with a biographical sketch of the author; Samuel Parris spelling certificate from Kingston Grammar School, 1813 (Acc2017-14);

Parting Ways

newspaper articles on history and development of site notes and correspondence regarding history of site map of land division.

Pearse, Abram

see V/F Abram's Hill.

Peckham, Reverend Joseph

biographical information.

Petitions of Town of Kingston

copy of original 1717 petition; notes on process of 1717 petition; reports concerning 1857 petition for portion of Duxbury to be annexed to Kingston.

Pilgrim Nuclear Plant

Newspaper articles on Pilgrim Nuclear Plant in Plymouth. Pamphlet file contents added Nov. 2007

Pilgrim Society News

newsletters from the Pilgrim Society 1950s - 1980s containing articles relevant to Plymouth and Kingston history; copy of The Proceedings at the Celebration by the Pilgrim Society, at Plymouth December 21, 1895 of the 275th

3/19/2019 45 Vertical Files OC2 Anniversary of the Landing of the Pilgrims; newspaper article The Bradford manuscript from OCM 1884; The Pilgrims and Early Plymouth, an address by Henry Royal 1947.

Pilgrim Spirit Tercentenary Pageant

The Pilgrim Father's tercentenary march song; flyer advertising the Pilgrim Spirit; Pilgrim Tercentenary Souvenir Book; Pilgrim Tercentenary Pageant Program 1921; pamphlet The Pilgrim Psalms; pamphlet Service of Commemoration and Communion upon the Three Hundredth Anniversary of the Coming of the Pilgrims at the First Church in Plymouth 1920; pamphlet Pilgrim Tercentenary; amphlet Hymns for Sunset Service on Burial Hill 1921; pamphlet Order of Exercises at the 300th Anniversary of the Landing of the Pilgrims 1920; pamphlet The Tercentenary of the Church of the Pilgrims 1906; broadside Plymouth Day 1921; pamphlet The Words of Calvin Coolidge Vice President Elect of the United States spoken at Plymouth ion the occasion of the three-hundredth anniversary of the landing of the Pilgrims 1920; broadside Tercentenary Pageant rehearsals for the week of July 25th; pamphlet Pilgrim Tercentenary Meeting of the Internal Congress of Free Christians and other Religious Liberals 1920; pamphlet Pilgrim Tercentenary being excerpts from William Bradford's History of Plymouth Plantation.

Pilgrims

list of passengers in the Mayflower, the Fortune, and the Ann who had lands in Kingston early; manuscript Across the Fields to Scrooby by Sally Dawes; portion of manuscript - starts as "chapter XXX" re John Billington; manuscript John Billington; newspaper article Tomb of a Pilgrim 1902; magazine article Austerfield Manor by G. Bernard Wood in Yorkshire Life Illustrated 1954; magazine article The Dutch Door by Nina Ascoly and Bart Plantenga in America Heritage 1999; newspaper photograph of Plymouth Rock as it appeared in 1867; pamphlet The Story of the Pilgrim Fathers by A. V. Lally 1920; information on the Mayflower and her passengers; instructional sheet for teachers who wish to teach about the signing of the Mayflower Compact on Compact Day; manuscript The Return of the Mayflower April 15, 1621 by Harry B. Sherman; newspaper article Interesting laws of the Pilgrims 1937; A Record of the Names of the Passengers on the Good ship Mayflower in December 1620 by Herbert Folger; copy of the Plymouth Journal Antiquarian Record 1930; notes by N.B. Shurtliff on the Mayflower; newspaper articles re recreation of shallop sailing up the Jones River 1989 - 1990; Pilgrims of the Mayflower, the Words of Calvin Coolidge 1920; article about New England Historic Genealogical Society partnership with General Society of Mayflower Descendants to make genealogical resources available digitally; Pilgrim Progress event;

Planning Board

3/19/2019 46 Vertical Files OC2 articles about the Town Planner in his role as the Acting Energy Manager and electrical aggregation bill;

Plays

manuscript Pilgrims of Destiny book and music by Gena Branscombe circa 1929.

Plimpton, Eben

biographical information real estate notice for his Silver Lake home.

Plymouth Directory 1846

reproduction from The Plymouth Almanac, Directory, and Business Advertiser for 1846 published by Timothy Berry - directory lists residents, street, and trade.

Plymouth, MA

pamphlet Plymouth Colony Beachhead by Rear Admiral S. E. Morison 1954; 350th Anniversary parade supplement; poster for 350th; pamphlets advertising 350th Anniversary; Plymouth 350th Anniversary Committee program and calendar of events; Thanksgiving week program 1969; Thanksgiving proclamation 1929; copy of pamphlet The Pilgrim Festival held on Forefathers' Day Plymouth December 1845.

Plympton, MA

notes on Plympton's old burying places from 1706 or earlier. Brochure: "Self Guided Walking Tour of the Plympton Village Historic District" "Tales of Old Plympton" by Eugene A Wright (cardboard bound scrapbook of articles with typed foreward.)

Police Department

newspaper articles on Kingston Police Department activities and cases; Police Station Building Committee; article about Old Colony Police & Fire hockey team playing to support K9 First Responders, Inc.; article about Kingston Business Association honoring former Police Chief Joseph Robello;

Post Offices

newspaper article on location of Kingston Post Office.

3/19/2019 47 Vertical Files OC2

Pottle Fields and Opachinski Athletic Complex

newspaper articles regarding construction and controversy over Pottle Fields / Opachinski Athletic Complex

Powder House

newspaper articles on the move of the Powder House from Evergreen Cemetery to location near Town Highway Department barn.

Copy from MC-27 14.7 "Report of a committee chosen 1846 to clean up & ornament the Burying Ground"

Finch and Rose Historic Structure Report 2016-12-01, with b&w pages. (color pages in OC2 VF Box 1 OS)

Prince Family

genealogical information; manuscript The Prince Family of Kingston by George C. Burgess; pamphlet Elder John Prince of Hull, Mass. - a memorial, biographical and genealogical by George Prince.

Programs, fliers, invitations after 1950

Programs, fliers, invitations before 1950

program for appreciation dinner and dance honoring William "Eddie" Cadwell 1976; program for A Great Singing Meeting at the Hall of ye Towne 1897; program for Leap Year part at Fuller's Hall 1876; dance card in shape of mans tuxedo; Invitation to fourth annual clambake at the Fishing Rocks by Fred Woodward 1883; Boston Programs program for St. Andrew's R. A. Chapter of Masons Social Reunion and reception 1880; regular Republican ticket for Tewksbury; Republican ticket for Massachusetts elections; pamphlet Christ Church; Greyfriars dedication of the Centenary Memorial 1934; program for Ye Olde Folkes' Syngynge Meetynge, 1903; program for Baby Show, Tom Thumb Wedding and The Old Maid's Convention 1905 broadside for Kingston Boys Club announcing entertainment and dance; broadside for Kingston's Patriotic Society announcing meetings 1919; broadside advertising free open air movies under direction of Kingston's Patriotic Society 1918; program notes of the meetings of the Whittier Club; broadside announcing baby show at the Town Hall 1905; broadside announcing opening night for the Community Playhouse 1933; program for "Grand Musical Extravaganza: The Fair Bridal Given by Miss Jessie Merrill at the Town Hall, Tuesday, January 10th, 1882"

Pulpit Rock

3/19/2019 48 Vertical Files OC2

newspaper article Does anybody know anything about Kingston's Pulpit Rock? by Colin Stewart in 1977.

Radio; CB

CB cards.

Railroad

Jan Guidoboni's notes; Emily Drew's lantern slide notes on The Old Railroad Station and Keith's Store; ms. - of anecdotes found in Cornelius Bartlett's diary on the railroad; ms. - One Hundred Years with the Old Colony Railroad by Emily Drew; ms. - The Old Colony Railroad by Warren Jacobs; ms. - Old Colony Railroad by Fred Jacobs; copy of 1845 speech in response to a toast to Colonel Sever, President of the Old Colony Railroad; ms. - Kingston and Hanover Railroad; ledger pages from Old Colony and Newport Railway Co. to Alexander Holmes, Director for the years from 1850 to 1866; article Kingston Club hears Railroad history 1945; article New restaurant pulling into old railroad station by Kathryn Koch 2002; article Old Colony line began as horse-drawn railroad by Karen Proctor 1997; photograph of T 2002; photograph Right on track 2005; article Moving on down the line by Doris Johnson 2005; article Kingston 'most dangerous' T stop by Robert Slager 2003; article The Railroad changed the history of Kingston by Elizabeth Thompson 1985; article Railroad depot renovated 2001; article Businesses sprout this spring season by David Wolcott 1995; article Building's a rail delight by Lisa Connell 1995; article Town's sweet spot by Lisa Connell; photograph Construction on track 1996; article Old Colony train makes practice Plymouth run by Linda Shepherd 1997; article Many see economic opportunity arriving by Dean Lunt 1997; information on locomotive named Kingston; map of the Old Colony Railroad and connections in 1880; correspondence to Mr. Holmes regarding investigation of OCRR misdoings; article The Tracks of Her Years by Maggie Mills 1997. article. "[The] Old and the New" re: passenger station, circa 1890 “The New Old Colony Railroad” brochure, n.d. Acc. 2013-22

Rand, Reverend

notes Mr. Rand and the cider and Mr. Rand and the doughnuts

SEE ALSO Ministers

Randall, Martha

3/19/2019 49 Vertical Files OC2 scrapbook that contains information on Kingston and Duxbury events and people spanning primarily the year 1937.

Recreation Department

program flyers; newspaper articles regarding offer to oversee Pottle Fields; pamphlet of Kingston recreation and conservation areas

Reed Community Building

newspaper articles on Reed Community Building; broadside announcing community party to celebrate opening 1927

Reed Family

Biographical and genealogical information on Jesse Reed, Edwin Reed and others Includes a packet of materials compiled by Alden Reed of Worcester re: Reed House at 202 Pembroke Street and family members (MHC property form, photocopied maps and photos, correspondence.

Revolutionary War

list of soldiers and sailors from Kingston who served in War; manuscript History of Kingston, Massachusetts in the Revolutionary Period 1763 - 1789 by Lawrence Hunt; manuscript The Tory Trial; manuscript A Brief Paper of the Revolutionary Men of Kingston Mass; manuscript Kingston in 1728; manuscript Kingston During the American Revolution in 1775 and 1776; manuscript Kingston and the Revolutionary War by Gerald Barclay; three different orations to commemorate the anniversary of American independence (from 1817; 1820; and 1822); notes on Kingston and the Revolutionary War.

Rich Family

Photocopied pages from Kinfolk, the Rich Family Association newsletter, about Warren Rich.

Rich Families, Deacon John, Vol. 1 Compiled by Warren Atwood Rich.

Both acc2014-26

Ripley Family

correspondence from George Fairchild to Emily Drew 1928 regarding Ripley family genealogy.

3/19/2019 50 Vertical Files OC2

Robinson Family

genealogical information and correspondence on the family of John Robinson, possibly from the Island Creek area (correspondence regarding search for documentation to prove that John Robinson was the boy who discovered the tea chest from the Boston Tea Party).

Rocky Nook

The Nook Trail Map and Guide by The Wildlands Trust by-laws of Rocky Nook-Brewster Park Community Association newspaper article The Extension of Water to Rocky Nook Park by O.H. Kelley 1910 newspaper article More than a summer retreat by Mary Salters 2002 Howland's Lane down memory lane by Carolyn McSherry 2003 Rocky Nook by Eleanor Fuller Howard, 1982 (typed memoir) map from 1936 Town Annual Report of plan of Rocky Nook newspaper article Board lifts Rocky Nook moratorium by Jim Woodworth 1993; article about Rocky Nook Brewester Park Association's Luminary and Clydesdale Extravaganza holiday celebration.

Rocky Nook Deeds

Deeds as copied by Emily Drew.

Rogers, John

The John Rogers Families in Plymouth and Vicinity by Josiah H. Drummond 1895.

Rushton, Mary

newspaper article Rushton's memory loves on philanthropist remembered by Rich Harbert 2004; Rushton obituary, listing of life's accomplishments; newspaper article Nurse honored by former colleagues at Jordan Hospital by Rich Harbert 2003; newspaper article A Century of Loving Life Mary Rushton celebrates 100 years by Colleen J. Joyce 2003.

Russell, Amelia

Russell, Catherine Drew

biographical information; manuscript Reminiscences of musical life and education advantages in Kingston by Catherine Drew Russell; copy of verse written for Russell's 21st birthday;

3/19/2019 51 Vertical Files OC2 copy of songs writt en by Russell

Russell, Thomas

Russells Pond

maps of Russells Pond area during the 18th & 19th centuries (copies; originals in LHR OS 15) newspaper article Dam concerns 2005; newspaper article Dam nuisance 2005.

Ryder, Rebecca

booklet The Ryder Home of Plymouth; Massachusetts 1891- 1945 by Maude M. Douglas 1945.

Sacred Heart

newspaper article Born on the Fourth of July by Kathryn Koch 2002; newspaper photographs Seasonal songs 2003.

Sampson Family

genealogical information.

Sampson Memorial Park and Forest

newspaper article Riverwalk This Saturday, step into Sampson Park and step back in history by Doris Johnson 1986 (includes maps); map drawn by the Town of Kingston Conservation Commission of the Elizabeth B. Sampson Memorial Forest; newspaper article Sampson Park and Faunce Memorial Forest exploring Kingston with water dogs and good boots by Sally Redmond; newspaper articles on Sampson fund projects; newspaper articles about Elizabeth B. Sampson, donor of park land

Sampson, Benjamin

correspondence to Benjamin Sampson from Thaddeaus Maccarty 1748 re the death of Benjamin's daughter Rebecca.

Sampson, Deborah

3/19/2019 52 Vertical Files OC2 manuscript A Massachusetts heroine Deborah Sampson who fought under Layette and saw the Yorktown surrender by Emil Gube 1978; newspaper article Still fanatically factual author, 100, says he set the Samson record straight by Ken Brack; newspaper article First female soldier was born in Plympton by Samuel Wescott 1975.

Sampson, Henry

advertisement for Sampson's newspaper and magazine subscription agency est. 1886 catalogue for 1901.

Sampson, Joseph

probate records for Joseph Sampson copied by Emily Drew.

Sampson, Josiah

letter to his mother July 10, 1796.

Sampson, Simeon Captain

biographical information, newspaper article Simeon Samson Kingston hero by Dennis Randall.

Scale balance and weights

Email correspondence about the Town's scale balance and weights, and supporting research materials.

Information related to scale provided to Massachusetts towns by the Howard and Davis Scale Company unter the Massachusetts Acts and Resolves on 1848.

Schools

For clippings and ephemera related to Schools, see PC12 Schools

Scouting

brief history of Kingston scouting; newspaper article An Eagle earns his wings by Alice Elwell 1999; newspaper article Two Eagle Scouts are honored for service to town by Ken Brack 1997; newspaper article Scouts spiff up town property by Kendra Johnson 1998; newspaper article Scouting a town's history by Michael Marotta 2001; newspaper article Scout dedicates park by Elaine Allegrini; information on scouting (and Kingston High School) in Louise Randall scrapbook covering 1919-1921;

3/19/2019 53 Vertical Files OC2 newspaper article Eagles land at Grays Beach 2006 newspaper articles and Eagle Ceremony booklet relating to David Hanson 2007; newspaper article renovation of Camp Norse 2018; Kingston's First Patriots: 22 local veterans of the American Revolution at rest in the Old Burying Ground. Spiral-bound hardcopy. Acc2018-32

Selectmen

newspaper articles on a variety of topics that involve the Kingston Board of Selectmen; notebook containing copied minutes of Selectmen meetings 1716-1768; newspaper article Let the truth prevail Warren Nickerson defends his position as highway surveyor 1928; article about Open Meeting Law complaints for 35 different boards, committees, and commissions, issue raised during public discussions at Selectmen's meetings; articles about William C. Gould Way and disputes with Plymouth about keeping it open for public access after paving without permission;

Selectmen's Notes

Senior Center

newspaper articles regarding effort to build a senior center in Kingston manuscript "Old Age Assistance in the Old Colony with special reference to Duxbury and Kingston 1620 - 1954" (also speaks of poor house). Vernal Pool Fact Sheet articles on construction of the building, 2010

September 11, 2001

newspaper articles about the events of September 11th and their effect on Kingston families, including the Hunt family who lost their son William; program for mass in honor of William Christopher Hunt.

Sever Family

manuscripts containing biographical notes on George Sever; manuscript A True Patriot (about Jane Sever);

pamphlet Catalogue of Silver owned by Nicholas Sever in 1728 now owned by his descendants and exhibited at the Fogg Art Museum of Harvard University 1931 by Richard Walden Hale;

genealogical information on Nicholas Sever; information on timber lot owned by Nicholas Sever; Sever deeds (mainly dealing with William Sever);

general genealogical information on the Sever family; 3/19/2019 54 Vertical Files OC2

"Memories of a Summer in Kingston 1889 of Abby Parsin McDuffy (summer resident of Sever lineage); manuscript "Col. Sever's Air-tight stove" correspondence to Catherine Sever, 1841.

Sever Family: genealogy correspondence

Correspondence among Neil Bradford Olson, B. Joyce Miller and Noel Sever O' Reilly, 1998-1999 about Sever documents and family memories of Kingston

Sever Family: letters to William Drew

Five letters to William Drew, 1776~1787, from an unknown female ("my dear husband joins me"), likely a close acquaintence of Drew's.

Sever House, 2 Linden Street

information on Sever House at 2 Linden Street including 1923 blueprints

2018-11-09 letter and draft form from Betsy Friedberg, MHC's National Register Director to KPL, re: nomination to NRHP.

Sever, James

correspondence to James Sever 1832; plan of timber land near Jones River Cotton Factory belonging to the estate of James Sever taken 1846;

Sever, Nicholas

"The Dilemma of Nicholas Sever: A Kingston Mystery" compiled and written by Neil Bradford Olson 2002.

Sever, William

Photocopied letter from John Adams, 1775

Two promissory notes1773 (Joseph Waterman and Abel Stetson) and 1781 (Benjamin Parris and Hezekiah Stetson)

3/19/2019 55 Vertical Files OC2

Acc2019-2 1721 bill of sale for "a Negro manservant Adam"

Sewerage & Sewer Commission

articles from local papers on move of town to hook up to town sewerage. "Wastewater Facilities Project" brochure, 2001. Acc. 2013-22

Shellfish

newspaper article Determined clam digger helps reopen Kingston, Mass area flats; newspaper article Clamming comes back to Kingston by Mike Crimmins 2002; copies of permits for the taking of shellfish, eels, and sea worms (permits from the 1930s-1980s).

Aquaculture

Sherman Family

photocopied pages from diary (pages found in Rocky Nook home), diary covers 1877 and is typed [transcribed, it appears]

Ship Angeline

agreement between captain and crew for voyage 1837.

Ship Bangor

biographical information on the paddle-wheel steamer Bangor (1834-1888); manuscript Paddle-wheels to Bangor a true and detailed account by Ethel J. Shiverick.

Ship Canning

correspondence and account of sales 1831 - 1832.

Ship Cypereir

document in Spanish (written in Cuba) 1831.

Ship Elder Brewster

3/19/2019 56 Vertical Files OC2

landing / sailing orders 1828.

Ship Emma

newspaper article In search of a ship's identity by Christopher Roberson 2005.

Ship Emma Beal

bill of sale of bark Emma Beal from Thomas Newcomb to George T. Adams 1878.

Ship Finback

bill of sale 1813.

Ship Herculean

informational notes on the figurehead Hercules; biographical information the Ship Herculean; address to the Jones River Club by Helen Adams on the Ship Herculean; manuscript Concerning Hercules by Emily Drew; newspaper article Hercules is found safe at New York State Home 1953.

Ship Independence

informational notes on the Independence; newspaper article Brig Independence saga of the ship on the seal by Dennis Randall 2002; newspaper article Third town now claims Navy birth Kingston enters lists and quotes its historians 1926; newspaper article Old Ironsides thrills, even in tow by David Arnold 1997 (included in VF because of ships similarities). correspondence about the "new" USS Independence commissioning Printout of pp 38 & 39 from transcription of Ships of Kingston.

Ship Jennie Cushman

bill of sale of the brig Jennie Cushman from Lionel Churchill to George T. Adams 1866.

Ship Kingston

manuscript The fate of the brig Kingston by an old-timer (story same as that of ship Topaz, though possibly less accurate).

3/19/2019 57 Vertical Files OC2

Ship Lexington

bill of sale 1828.

Ship Main

correspondence to James Sever from Billings 1832.

Ship Mary Baker

informational notes on the schooner Mary Barker (last vessel owned in Kingston).

Ship Mayflower II

arrival day flyer; pamphlet The Mayflower Sails Again. article re: VP Nixon's visit, 1957

Ship Sophia and Eliza

manuscript The Spanish Grandee (story of the Spanish portrait).

Ship Topaz

manuscript The fate of the good Ship Topaz; manuscript Cruise of the Topaz copy of an article in the Boston Globe 1900 (pirate stories).

Ship Turbo

account book of transactions commenced onboard the bark Turbo 1830-1840s.

Ship Welcome

bill of sale 1770.

3/19/2019 58 Vertical Files OC2

Ship Winslow

correspondence to James Sever regarding the passages of the Winslow during 1833-1834.

Ship Zamor

correspondences; invoices and receipts from the passages of the Zamor during the late 1820s.

Shipbuilding

noted on history of ship building in Kingston; manuscript The rival shipbuilders (Winsor family); newspaper article Jones River Landing Shipbuilding Landmark in Kingston by C. Donald Jr. 1970; manuscript Early Yachting in Kingston by Albert Holmes 1954 (plus transcription)

Ships / Shipping Industry in Kingston

copy of sketch by Rev. Willis regarding shipping in Kingston 1815; correspondence to Delano and Sever from Newman re accounts 1832; correspondence regarding sale of lumber to James Sever 1852; description of bark Egypt and list of owners; correspondence to Henry M. Jones from Mercer Tillson describing the sinking of the brig August 1911; notes regarding a model of the ship Vigilent 1864; description of battles of Tyrannicide; notes on the Memorial 1856 (account of ships off coast of Salvador fighting a hurricane); Emily Drew's notes on Barnabas, a sea tragedy; copy of marine list of Kingston arrivals in Plymouth port 1822; copy of bill of sale for the Speedwell 1731; copy of list of ships, captains and owners 1776-1779; copy of list of ships owned by Delano and Company 1803- 1870; list of ships built by Holmes 1811-1874; Emily Drew's note on Kingston in ship building days; book review from the Kingston Reporter on The Wreck of the General Arnold 1995; newspaper articles from the Boston Evening Transcript 1903-1904 on ships, descriptions, and sea tales; article on the rigging on American sailing vessels; receipt for shipping in Rio de Janeiro by Maxwell Wright 1831; list of wages Captain James Leven to David Bartlett 1843; notes and questions regarding Captain Adam's packet and more; newspaper article Sands cover Sparrow Hawk by Edward Rowe Snow; copy of list of boats and their builders; list of customers and goods sold 1807; correspondence to James Sever from Barnard Adams regarding insurance on cargo to and from Puerto Rico 1832; notes by Harriet Drew on ships that sailed from Plymouth. ALS 1826-04-27 to Alexander Holmes from Liverpool agent about ship Edward (Acc2016-25); death of Jeffrey Mathias aboard El Faro during Hurricane Joaquin 2015.

3/19/2019 59 Vertical Files OC2

Shiverick Boatyard

manuscript (section of) Early Yachting in Kingston by Albion Holmes; manuscript The Shiverick Boatyard 1895 - 1940 by Ethel Jenny Shiverick, 1985; notes by Major Sever; newspaper article Veteran Kingston boat builder retires after 52 years at trade; genealogical notes; journal article from The Catboat Association Restored Shiverick Cat; photocopies of correspondence between George Shiverick and Carl Denner regarding building of boats for Danner 1936 (note "photocopies only; originals not donated 8/4 CAE"); copy of book They Built Clipper Ships in Their Back Yard by Admont G. Clark; newspaper article Shiverick yachts legends in world sailing circles 1975; photocopies of correspondence between Kingston Public Library and shipwright Joseph Chetwynd regarding Shiverick boats 1999 (with Joyce Miller transcription); newspaper photographs The way we were showing Shiverick catboats; article "Kingston man built over 300 boats in 43 years as boat-builder on river" 1938; photocopies from "Duxbury Bay" by Frank Benson Lawson and Margaret Farnsworth Lawson, published by Duxbury Rural and Historical Society.

Shiverick, Ethel

biographical information on the paddle-wheel steamer Bangor (1834 -1888); manuscript Paddle-wheels to Bangor a true and detailed account by Ethel J. Shiverick; newspaper article On the north side of the way, near the river by Ethel Shiverick; newspaper article Triphammer to the…bridge by Ethel Shiverick; photocopy of photo in Plymouth Savings Bank calendar of Shiverick Pond in Falmouth; 2004 Christmas card from Ethel Shiverick to Kingston Public Library containing photograph of herself on her 86th birthday 2004.

Silver Lake

manuscript The Silver Lake Area by Francis Pickett; newspaper article Hard to believe today, but Silver Lake was big amusement area years ago by Helen Harriman 1955; newspaper articles re taking of water by Brockton from Silver Lake in the early 1980s. newspaper article Nostalgia Kingston memories by Dennis Randall 2002, Notes on the Water Management Act. Alexandra Dawson, Letter to John Corbett from Lilias Cingolani, 1987, re: Brockton water issue; manuscript "The Silver Lake Area," a talk based upon the Silver Lake Grove Program by Francis Pickett; Notes on Emerson property and Silver Lake, circa 1988 mss. "The Silver Lake Area" by Frances Pickett

Silver Lake: the Lady of the Lake and the Silver Lake Grove

mention of Lady of the Lake explosion on Thomas Edison web site; copy of flyer for Silver Lake (inc. advertisement for Lady of the Lake); photocopies of Silver Lake Grove and Lady of the Lake tickets; map of Silver Lake Grove as an amusement; notes by Howard Randall on history of Silver Lake and the Lady of the Lake; newspaper article 86th anniversary of steamship explosion on Silver Lake which killed four persons observed on Friday;

3/19/2019 60 Vertical Files OC2 newspaper article Steamboat disaster 1877; newspaper article A terrible explosion, the boiler of an excursion steamer explodes at Silver Lake 1877; newspaper article Blown up, a steamer explodes at Silver Lake Grove 1877 newspaper article The explosion at Silver Lake 1877; newspaper article Lady of the Lake remains found; newspaper article Silver Lake's famous Lady raised, nostalgia in her wake by Tony Chamberlain; newspaper article The true story of The Lady of the Lake by Doris Wyman; newspaper article The Lady of the Lake 1877 tragedy recalled 1972; newspaper article Have Pembroke students yielded Lady; newspaper article From Silver Lake…to disaster 100 years ago by Doris M. Johnson 1978

Singing Schools

Four copies of the manuscript Reminiscences of Musical Life and Educational Advantages in Kingston in the Early Days by Catherine D. Russell.

Slavery

manuscript Parting Ways Cemetery by Philip S. Barnes Jr. 1965 (focus on copy of bill of sale of the Negro Cato from Lydia Loring to Thomas Loring of Plympton, Plymouth, Mass. 1768); newspaper article Prominent local citizens were slaveholders by Pattie Hainer 1996, copy of a handwritten notice declaring a "negro found in the woods" 1744.

Smith Family

genealogical information; correspondence to Susie Smith regarding Smith family genealogy 1890s - 1900s.

Sports

Articles and ephemera related to sports and physical recreation not affiliated with Kingston schools or town departments; article about local equestrian Logan DeCourcey, world champion at the Western Dressage World Championship Show 2017.

Stair Family

Wake service card for Julia Stair; booklet Time Enough for Love by Julia Stair; copy of Index to William P. Quinn's Shipwrecks Around Cape Cod by Julia Stair; pamphlet The Alphabet Mural by Gobin Stair; newspaper article Library mural's images spell out development of alphabet, literacy by Ken Brack 1995; newspaper article Over-55 business people with honors by Sue Scheible 1995; newspaper article Esteemed artist brings home senior award by David Wolcott 1995;

3/19/2019 61 Vertical Files OC2 newspaper article Stair master by Lisa Connell 1995; newspaper article Expression of faith by Ken Brack 1996; newspaper article A poet remembered - Julia Stair honored by Kathryn Koch 2002. Pamphlets and fliers re: Gobin Stairs from Pamphlet Files added Nov. 2007. obituary Gobin Stair, 2008

Stereographs

Yankee Magazine article Why it's like you're right there by Paul J. Reale on the history of stereographs and their connection to the Kilburn family of Littleton, NH.

Stetson Family

biographical and genealogical information on the Stetson family of Kingston; correspondence regarding history of the Stetson House (5 Summer Street); discharge papers of Wesley Stetson as private in Massachusetts volunteer militia 1876; bio of Thomas Drew Stetson from Stetson Kindred booklet (1914)

Stetson, Captain Charles

letter to cousin from Dora Miller to H. F. Drew 1924 regarding genealogy of family; manuscript Notes from letter to Elizabeth Stetson of Kingston - sailed with husband Captain Charles on whaling voyage 1860 - 1865 (notes discuss what was happening in Kingston during this time period).

Stewart Family

Excerpts from Sia Stewart's father's notes about his life (Reed Francis Stewart, youngest son of Oswald Wellington Stewart and Gertrude Haslam Stewart), written between 2005 and 2017. He lived on Elm St.

Stony Brook

Emily Drew's notes on Stony Brook lands; Emily Drew's notebook on A history of Stony Brook and its people; manuscript Stony Brook Neighborhood; handbill "To the voters of Kingston" regarding the widening and rebuilding of Summer Street (through the Stony Brook neighborhood) by Jane McLauthlen and Mary Drew 1927; manuscript Down Town Section of Stony Brook Neighborhood North Side of Sumer Street and North of Old Colony RR by Albert Holmes 1958

Streets and Roads

3/19/2019 62 Vertical Files OC2 Sturtevant, Joseph

biographical information.

Taverns and stagecoach lines

Emily Drew's notes on taverns in Kingston; manuscript Kingston Taverns by Albert Holmes 1958; manuscript Stagecoach and Tavern Days by Annie Ames Fuller 1925; information on Sever Houses (including information on Little's Tavern; Sampson's Tavern; Brewster's tavern; Washburn Tavern; the Bartlett Public House; and the Patuxet House)

Then and Now

see binder Then and Now.

Thomas, Captain Charles Frederick

photocopy of will of Thomas; correspondence from Thomas to cousin 1861; copy of Speech of Captain Charles F. Thomas of Massachusetts Superintendent of Construction of the Dome of the Capitol of the United States, at Washington D.C. delivered by him standing on the apex of the statue of freedom December 2, 1863; photocopies of images of Thomas;

reference query work by Kingston Public Library on connection between Thomas and Thomas Russell.

Superintendent of construction of the dome of the capitol of the United States

Thomas, Colonel John

newspaper article Kingston boy, 10, witness to Revolutionary War 'miracle' by Bob Cubie 1999; copy of portrait of Colonel John Thomas.

Thomas, Major General John

Emily Drew's copy of a letter written by Major General John Thomas to his wife; newspaper article He stood with General Washington by Bob Cubie 1976; pamphlet General John Thomas - physician, patriot hero of Dorchester Heights by Anna G. Morris for the South Boston Historical Society; copy of pages from Southeastern Massachusetts on Thomas; copies of pages from History of Plymouth County on Thomas; copy of photograph of Thomas portrait; copy of photograph of Thomas house; article by Tom Vendetti and Craig Dalton about General John Thomas (buried in Old Buying Ground).

3/19/2019 63 Vertical Files OC2

Thompson, Solomon

genealogical information. Stonecutter

Tories

manuscript The Tory Trial by Emily Drew.

Town Administrator

Articles about Town Administrator, search for a candidate, job description, Acting TA., problems with the Town Administrator

Town boundaries Kingston-Duxbury

"Kingston - Duxbury Town Bounds with special reference to the land and homestead lot of Hezekiah Bradford youngest son of Major William Bradford and grandson of Governor William Bradford" by Emily Drew. (photocopied from MC16)

Town Clerk

Articles on Town Clerk and the Town website

Town Hall

newspaper articles regarding development, building, and dedication of the Town Hall; article summarizing changes in department heads throughout 2017.

Town Meeting

manuscript The Moderator at an Early Town Meeting 1940 warrant newspaper articles with reports on various town meetings and their outcomes 1816 republican nomination for Governor and Lt. Governor newspaper articles on 2007 Town override; newspaper articles about voters rejecting plans to prohibit marijuana establishments, 2018; Pamphlet and flier from Town Meeting about the Stephen Drew Heritage House, May 5, 2018;

3/19/2019 64 Vertical Files OC2

Town programs and events

Combined with Programs, fliers, invitations May 2013.

Transportation

manuscript Transportation; manuscript Kiah Bradford and his 'dug-out', pamphlet Transportation Bulletin Brockton and Plymouth Street Railway 1959. article on Plymouth and Brockton buses

Trash and recycling

Tribble, Hiram

manuscript Hiram Tribble his work and his workshop by Emily Drew.

gravestone carver and painter

Triphammer

manuscript Trip-hammer by Alexander Holmes; manuscript The Triphammer Privilege; Emily Drew's notes on Triphammer related lanternslides; notes on Triphammer.

Trolleys

photocopy from book of early trolley car; correspondence regarding the Brockton and Plymouth Street Railway Company 1896-1904; newspaper Then and Now article on Kingston trolley; pamphlet Transportation Bulletin Brockton and Plymouth Street Railway, by O.R. Cummings, 1959 [nice map of entire trolley route] pamphlet Plymouth, Kingston, Pembroke, Hanson and Whitman vs. Brockton and Plymouth St. Railway outline of present situation submitted by General Committee representing the Five Towns interested, and delegated to investigate the subject 1918; ms. - Plymouth and Kingston St Railroad; article A ride down memory lane by Charles Mathewson 1993;

3/19/2019 65 Vertical Files OC2 article End of the line 1993; image from 1992 Edison calendar of Plymouth & Kingston St. Railway Co. car, circa 1895; articles about trolley accident 1921 that killed four children;

USGS maps

1988 USGS quadrangles that cover Kingston: Duxbury, Hanover, Plymouth, Plympton.

Veterans

mss. Vignette March 11, 1967 (on return of our Soldiers from WWI and WWII); newspaper article Kingston remembers Vietnam War hero (William C. Gould) by Kimberley Keyes; newspaper article Selective Service in Serial Nos. District 124; copy of WWI Memorial Dedication in Town Report; broadside announcing town celebration to welcome home WWI veterans October 18, 1919; newspaper articles on the return of WWI soldiers; images of Kingston war memorials; listing of soldiers and sailors from Kingston who served in the Revolutionary War; Victory Loan booklet (contains Kingston Honor Roll) for WWII; newspaper article "Remembering the Battle of Hue" (Vietnam);

Wadsworth Family

genealogical information; copy of the will of Joseph Wadsworth of Duxbury 1689; will of John Wadsworth 1700; Emily Drew's notes on Elisha Wadsworth; copy of section from the Wadsworth Family in America by Horace A. Wadsworth 1883; newspaper article Peleg Wadsworth Remembered by Dennis Randall, 2006.

Washburn Family

booklet The Washburn Family, descendents of John of Plymouth, Mass and William of Stratford Conn and Hempstead L. I. by W. C. Sharpe 1892; correspondence from Evelyn Rich 1900 regarding Washburn genealogy; notes on Elisha Washburn (1704 - 1880) House; Emily Drew's notes on the Ebenezer Washburn House; biographical information on John Washburn; notes on The Washburn Twins; Ichabod and Charles; manuscript The Origin of the Ichabod Washburn Fund; memorial poem for the 68th anniversary of Ichabod and Charles Washburn; manuscript The Washburn Twins - Charles and Ichabod by Emily Drew; excerpt from JRVHS house tour 2002 on the Bildad Washburn tavern; Emily Drew's notes and correspondence regarding Seth Washburn; National Republican ticket for the election of Abraham Lincoln for President - Cephas Washburn for Representative of District No. 5; Last Will and testament of Ichabod Washburn

3/19/2019 66 Vertical Files OC2

Water Department

pamphlet Town of Kingston Water Department Rules and Regulations 1976; pamphlet Report on the Reservoir 1927; manuscript Problems of the Water Department by C. B. Hudson; newspaper article The drip stops here, water department will shut off water to unpaid accounts by Mike Delano 2004; newspaper article Water main work underway 2005; newspaper article Forced to pay up by Genevieve Wheeler 2005. Water Commission reports and related information 1884-94, copied from Town Annual Reports. Journal of the New England Water Works Association, Vol. 29, No. 1. March 2015, with article about Kingston's water system.

Waterfront

Articles Assessors drawings.

Watson, Nathan

biographical information about Captain Nathan Watson.

Weather

newspaper article Drought is taking a toll on river by Alice Coyle 2002; newspaper article Dry July drought advisory continued 2002; newspaper article Town to test the wind by Colleen Joyce 2003; newspaper article Testing the wind by Paula Woodhull 2005; newspaper article A Mighty Wind by Genevieve Wheeler 2005; newspaper article Town could see windfall by Mikaela Slaney 2005; newspaper photographs of weather March 14, 2003; newspaper article Author captures 'storm of the century' by Ed Baker 2003; Old Colony Memorial articles on the Great Storm of 1898; manuscript The Magee Storm; newspaper article Earthquakes Felt in Boston with Effects, in Last 300 Years, Boston Herald 1925; Blizzards 2015, including Juno; snow removal.

Webster, Daniel

manuscript A Daniel Webster Story by Emily Drew; copy of pamphlet Mr. Webster's Speech on the Greek Revolution 1824.

3/19/2019 67 Vertical Files OC2

West Family

biographical and genealogical information.

Weston Family

eulogy of Horace Weston; newspaper auction notice of Harold Weston; pamphlet The Descendents of Edmund Weston of Duxbury, Mass through five generations, by Thomas Weston; auction catalog for Weston estate; manuscript The Less Remembered Years by Horace Weston.

Whiting Family

biographical and genealogical information.

Wild Flowers in Kingston

manuscript The Wild Flowers of Kingston, Massachusetts by Charles E. Ridler Principal of Kingston High School 1874 - 1886; manuscript A List of some of the wild flowers of Kingston with dates of their blooming.

Willett, Captain Thomas

Emily Drew's notes on Willet and the Willet - Faunce House on Wapping Road; manuscript Abstract of the will of Captain Thomas Willett; biographical information on Willett; manuscript Thomas Willett of Leyden and Plymouth First Mayor of New York by George Canning Burgess; manuscript Captain Thomas Willett of the Leyden-Plymouth Colony a resident of that part of Plymouth now called Kingston. The First Mayor of New York City by George C. Burgess; manuscript Facts on Captain Thomas Willett; copy of last will and testament of Thomas Willett; manuscript Captain Thomas Willet, extract from the writings of Cornelius Bartlett; newspaper article To Honor Man Who Owned County New York City Club memorial of Captain Thomas Willett at East Providence.

Willis, Reverend Zephaniah

biographical notes; manuscript Rev. Zephaniah Willis; manuscript Parson Willis 1780 - 1847; manuscript The Reverend Zephaniah Willis and the Church Creed; manuscript Parson Willis;

3/19/2019 68 Vertical Files OC2 manuscript A Sketch of Kingston, Massachusetts by Rev. Zephaniah Willis 1815; manuscript Second Census of Kingston, Massachusetts January 1, 1796 by Rev. Zephaniah Willis; manuscript Some of Walter H. Faunce's Stories. Photocopied brochure/menu "The 1740 Willis House"

Wind turbines

Includes articles regarding actions by and meetings of the Board of Health, the Board of Selectmen and other town and private groups regardng the wind turbines erected in Kingston around 2010.

"Interim Report for Kingston Wind Independence Turbine Acoustical Study, June 13, 2014"

Wingate

Flyers for Wingate at Silver Lake (Inn and Residences)

Witness stones

newspaper article The silent testimony of Kingston's witness stones by Dennis Randall 2005.

Women's Alliance

photocopies of yearly programs; newspaper article Kingston Alliance founded in 1901; newspaper article Hundred years of helping by Kathryn Koch 2001; newspaper article 100 years of doing good for others by Christine Walsh 2001; manuscript Unitarian Women of the Past in Kingston by Miss Mary W. Drew of Kingston 1922. (in EFD's hand)

Zoning Board and By-laws

"Zoning By-laws recommended to the Town of Kingston, Dec. 6, 1954" with cover letter from Selectmen (Acc2015-15)

"By-Laws, Rules and Regulations, January 1956" [zoning portion only]

"Zoning By-laws 1964" [see doc-13-0001-vf.pdf]

"By-Laws, Rules and Regulations, Revised to June 21, 1971" [includes signs and billboards, board of appeals, building code, fisheries, earth removal, gas code, general government, health regulations, plumbing, subdivisions, traffic, wiring and zoning]

"By-Laws, Rules and Regulations, Revised to April 2, 1988" [zoning portion only]

"Proposed Zoning Bylaws...11/9/92 Special Town Meeting"

"Zoning By-Laws Revised November 1992, Revised Thru April 2007"

3/19/2019 69 Vertical Files OC2

copies of certificates of votes

articles about the Zoning board, John Haas

3/19/2019 70