• Year Items Donor 01.1 11 unrecorded 01.2 16 unrecorded 01.3 17 unrecorded 01.4 13 unrecorded 01.5 11 unrecorded 01.6 45 unrecorded 01.7 30 unrecorded Wai 01.8 26 unrecorded O W D 01.9 14 unrecorded > 01.10 10 unrecorded 7 01.11 14 unrecorded 0 u. w 01.12 4 unrecorded D rrO 0 01.13 38 unreccrded a 6 ( D 01.14 unrecorded - 15.1 2 Dutton, Edgar, F. 30.1 2 Seeton, George, M. 31.1 3 Emerson, Edward & Warren, Arthur, Mrs. 31.2 1 Hardy, Minnie, E. 31.3 34 Taylor, Mabel, Miss 31.4 26 Warren, Joseph, E. 31.5 2 Sheehan, M.E. 31.6 1 Mansfield, George, Mrs. 32.1 10 Fiske, Frederick, A. 32.2 3 Estate of Foster, Sarah, Miss 32.3 1 First Baptist Society loan 32.4 2 Clark, Edwin, R. 32.5 1 Wright, George 32.6 17 Smith, Frederick, W. 33.1 15 Emerson, Susan, May 34.1 1 Warren, Martha, E. 35.1 53 Smith, Frederick, Mrs. 35.2 6o Fiske, Frederick, A. 35.3 1 Parkhurst, George, A. 35.4 2 former Chelmsford Boy 35.5 64 Seeton, George, M. 35. 6 51 Emerson, Susan; Emerson, Arthur 35.7 2 Dittmer, Adolph, M. 35.8 14 Jarvis, Zeno, Mrs. 35.9 2 Jarvis, Zeno, P. 35.10 7 Warren, Arthur, M. 35.11 1 Pawle, Reginald, B. 35.12 6 Estate of Warren, Martha 35.13 2 unknown 35.14 109 Smith, Frederick, Mrs. 35.15 10 Clough, Charles, Mr. & Mrs. 35.16 1 Bartlett, Charles, Mrs. 35.17 3 Seeton, George, M. 35.18 1 Greene, Wilfred, Mr. & Mrs. 35.19 2 Clark, Edwin R. 35.20 1 unknown
Year Items Donor 36.1 8 Bartlett, Charles, E. 36.2 7 Northrup, William, Mrs. 36.3 2 Emerson, Edward, Mrs. 36.4 3 Dow, Elmer, Mrs. 36.5 7 Goodwin, William, B. 36.6 6 Waters, Wilson, Reverend 36.7 12 Petterson, Harold, C. 36.8 24 Wright, Ethel, M. 36.9 26 Wright, Ethel, M. 36.10 5 Sweetser, Herbert, C. 36.11 17 Wright, Walter, Mrs. 37.1 5 Clark, Frances, R. Miss 37.2 6 Rolfe, E.J. Mrs. 37.3 1 Davis, W.H. 37.4 1 Griffiths, William 37.5 2 Worden, Mary, C. 37.6 3 Dix, R. Wilson 37.7 1 George, Mary, N. 37.8 2 Osterhout, J.C. 37.9 5 Putnam, Sarah 37.10 1 Pinney, Charles 37.11 1 Wright, Juliette, Miss 37.12 2 Burbank, Susan, Miss 37.13 2 Davis, Leslie, Mr. & Mrs. 37.14 2 Clark, Marion, S. 37.15 4 Harmon, Thomas 37.16 1 Hannaford, Leroy, Mrs. 37.17 2 Burbeck, Eli 37.18 1 Dane, Frank, H. 37.19 1 Holt, Fred, W. 37.20 3 Spaulding, Marietta, F. 37.21 1 Whitley, W.T. 37.22 1 Davis, Richard 37.23 1 Chamberlain, Charles, A. 37.24 11 Howard, Alice, F. 37.25 1 Chelmsford Monument Association 38.1 1 Bullney, Sidney 38.2 1 Battles, W. Mrs, 38.3 1 Warren, Joseph, Mrs, 39.1 44 Emerson, Arthur, I. 39.2 2 Eaton, John 39.3 49 Dow, Elmer, Mrs, 39.4 13 Ball, Lester, W. 39.5 3 Emerson, Edward, B. 39.6 4 Dutton, Paul 39.7 2 First Congregational Society Unitarian 39.8 3 Adams Library Trustees 39.9 3 Parkhurst, George, A. 39.10 45 Estate of Rev. Wilson Waters 39.11 13 Searles, Charles, Mrs. - Estate 39.12 45 Northrup, William, B.
mab Year Items Donor
39.13 35 Adams Library 39.14 6 unknown
39.15 101 , Northrup, William, B. 39.16 11 Harris, Dyer, Dr. & Mrs. 39.17 1 McDonald, Harold, Mrs. 39.18 2 Greene, Harvey, B. 39.19 1 Perham, Arnold, Mrs. 39.20 3 Perham Arnold, C. 39.21 5 Hazen, Nellie 39.22 1 Adams, George, F. 39.23 3 Perkins, Fred, Mrs. 39.24 16 Dutton, Arthur, Mr. & Mrs. 39.25 6 Northrup, William, P. 39.26 2 Cole, Benjamin 39.27 1 Chase, Ernest, Dudley 39.28 2 Chase, Ernest, Mrs. 39.29 A. Heady2 Park, Albert, Mrs. 39.30 24 McFarlin, Susan, Miss 39.31 9 unknown 39.32 1 Safford, Arthur 39.33 47 Fiske, Frederick, Mr. & Mrs. 39.34 28 Adams, Eben, Mrs. 39.35 1 Faulkner, Catherine 39.36 1 Women's Alliance, Unitarian 39.37 1 Parkhurst, Bertha and Emma 39.38 4 Faulkner, Sallie, Miss 39.39 1 Hadley, Grace, Storrs 39.40 12 Fletcher, Fred, L. 39.4 1 1 by Purchase 39.42 3 Estate, Parkhurst, Roland 39.43 35 Ralph, Harold 39.44 4 Davis, Albert, Mrs. 39.45 10 Davis, Albert, H. 39.4639.47 1 Bartlett, Charles, E.
mab 1978 DONORS AND DATES UNRECORDED 01.1
HEADGEAR registered 1966 H.S. labeled 9-6-1966 J.F. donor card mab 1979 objectmab 1978 card
1 hatrack: wooden, folding; 57" long folded; 44" wide; 13 pegs 3 3/4" long 2 hatbox: cardboard covered with green paper; more oval than round; tall, black hat pictured on two sides; label, "from Henry Turner's, No. 15 Charlestown Square". 3 hat: tall, black silk beaver; plain material under brim; printed label, "Brazer, 17 Central Street".
4 poke bonnet: black satin; ties for under chin; bow on right side; smaller bow at back. 5 bonnet: black velvet; ties in back for close fit; black and purple ribbon ties in front; net ruching with purple and blue flowers under the brim. 6 bonnet-hat: black straw; one tie only; white ruching under brim. 7 bonnet: gray silk; shirring on 6 wires near crown; rosette with black lace on right; tucked ruffle of net in rear; white lilacs and forget-me-nots under brim; ties of 24" watered silk ribbon with plaid edge; black ruffle over net. 9 bonnet: green, finely ribbed material; satin facing; ribbon ties: black bordered green on one side: red and brown shaded border on other side. 9 bonnet: mourning; black silk ribbon; bows; label, "J.E.Burbank, Merrimack St."
10 bonnet: baby's; figured white cotton; embroidered edging around front edge; 4" ruffle below neckline; 0" from bottom of ruffle to middle of top.
11 hat: wide brim; natural straw; blue ostrich feather. 01.2 PERSONAL ACCESSORIES
registered 1966 H.S. lsbeled 4-2-1966 J.P. donor card mab object card mab
;)•1 parasol: black cotton; black lace trim; black handle:2 " long overall. 2a parasol: green silk; carved ivory tip and top; folding handle of curved wood; whalebone ribs; 34" long unfolded. 2b case: black leatherette with handle
v 3 parasol frame; bone carved tip and top; whalebone ribs; folding handle. 4 handle: for umbrella (?); 3 3/4" 1— ;)5 scarf: chiefly red and green; bold designs in squares; 2 fringed edges; wool and silk (?); 25-k" square. c6.0 6 curling iron for marcelling: metal; 9" long; 2 handles; scissor type grips 2" F fv7 curling iron; 2 prongs close into 2 loops; shears type; 91" long.
?( 8 G.A.R. belt: white leather; adjustable; brass buckle 3 x 2"; G.A.R. around a seal; 36" long as adjusted x 2" wide. 9 army belt: black leather with design in white stitching; 42" as adjusted; buckle with eagle on it; 2 dangling straps with brass snap hoots on their ends - one is 19" long, the other 7", both adjustable; S-shaped hook hangs from the shorter strap. c.1\ 10 harness for flag bearer: matching belt9; shoulder straps; brass heart-shaped plate on padded leather for waistline in middle front; 5" deep at mid point; 42" strap has auxiliary 1 5/8" tan strap concealed underneath to fasten to 12" strap on the other side. 11 cord: twisted black and gold; 10" loop for neck; 2 d•.nglers are 2 3/4" long ending in gilt knobs.
12 badge: 3 ribbons: red, white,and blue pinned together; no words. 13 badge: red ribbon; in gilt"iSouvenir 1655-1903 250th Anniversary %.-vgq, May 28,29,30,31; E W hangng- from it is a tin circle 1-'13 with Chelmsford Town Seal on It. 14 medallion: gilded "Souvenir. Mass. Tercentenary 1630-1930. 01.2
PERSONAL ACCESSORIES (cont.)
15 flagpole: gilded eagle at top; brass tip on bottom; thinner at ends than in middle; 109" long. This was carried by Chelmsford soldiers at Battle of Bunker Hill, with a banner attached; it was always carried on Memorial Day in the procession in Chelmsford. One man carried the pole and banner; one on each side held a cord and tassel attached to the banner. 16 fan: palm leaf 01.3
rIONTAINERS
registered. 1966 H.S. labeled 9-2-1966 J.F. donor card mat 1T7p '- object card mab
purse: 12" long; 2 sliding steel rings; steel beads on tan thread; fringe at one end; tassel at the other end. ' 2 purse: black leather.;_2 pockets; they-coatatn:AAAs,a, 185 shod141 pin badge: 'Grand Army of Republican Veterans 1861-1866; eagle and flag attached to star bag: crocheted; 2 green and 1 orange sections; rosette at bottom; cord at top; 51"x3" bag: cloth; small plaid in green, red, brown; 8;deep, 7"wide: drawstring ti bag: green cloth with running vine design in black, white, blue; gray cord drawstring; 12 x 15"
l_basket: hinged cover; straw; small scattered red, tan blue design on cover; 4 7/8 x 3" deep. 7 1-basket: reed, coarsely woven; handle; 18 x 14 x 5"
8 , box: tin; miniature trunk painted black; yellow stripes on hinged cover which has a wire loop; red leaf design on front border; 2 yellow leaves on each end; 4Kx23/4x25/8"deep. 9a box: oval, wooden; Shaker lapover; 5" long, 11" deep with cover on, 33/4" wide. 9b cover: 5/8" deep 4_ 10 box: spice, oval, Shaker lapover; 5 x 3 3/4"
a set of 5 round wooden boxes , 11a box: 61 x 2r; llb cover: 7/8" deep .12a box: 64 x 3"; with wooden band around bottom .12b cover: 3/4. deep ..13a box: x 2 3/8" , 13b cover: x 4,7/8" 14a box: 83/4 x 4 3/8" 14b cover: 1" deep 01.3 CONTAINERS (cent)
-., 15a box: 10i x 5" .15b cover: 1i" deep
16 (suitcase: tooled brown leather; hinged to open in halves; 4 brass buttons on each side for resting on floor; leather strap over keyhole; 2 leather handles; steel or tin frame; 17 x 6 x 10 3/4" 17 trunk:, covered with blue, brown, and cream wallpaper; newspaper lined; 24 x llk x 10"; handles (?) 18 case: oval, leather; 5 x 2*"(, 7
49---74mmN tin, imitati trunk; 44 x 2/3/4 x 2 5/8" deep; painted black; ye ow stripes on h•iged top which hays a wire loop for a ha le; red leaf design on front border; 2 yellow leaves bn each end. 01.4
SEWING, SPINNING
registered 1966 A.S. labeled 9-26-1966 J.F. donor card mab 1979 object card mab 1978
a. sewing box: a smaller box on top of the lower one, each with knobs at 4 corners;4he upper box: 5" long x 4"wide x 2" high, d4iIiat"dilSen but has 6 ivory-bound holes in front; the middle top knob is loose (in dra;:-,-;r) 1966; the lower section is 7 x 5 x 3" lb drawer: 1 3/4" deep lc scorn, screw-top tape-measure holder id crochet hook; 3'," steel le,f,g 3 needles 2 sewing box: pincushion on cover 2? x 3;"; green and yellow spray on tan; rainbow-colored pasteboard; pink lining; 3 3/4 x 5 3/4 x 2" 3,----sewing box:- round, bras.e-bands-top-and- bottom;. 9 x 3?,"; on a wooden-standwith striped wood inlay, 4" tall.
1- 4 ./.sewing box: wooden; 9 3/4 x 7"; hinged, wooden cover; brown pincushion
5 needlecase: greeni fgh tan cloth outside; colored silk patchwork inside; 1/3 is pocket with drawstring; 7" long opened x 2" wide -green pattern on white ribbon and a pocket 6 needle and pin case :\of it; 1 white & 2 red flannel flaps for ?needles on other side; green ties; 21/8x25/8" 7a -needlecase (?) or what? glass handpainted with cherries, flowers, foliage in red and green; 14" long, diameter P' 7b 2" section (which does not fit into the other); "Memory" on it
8 i yarn dryer: adjustable heights for upper reel which is attached to a bar of wood with screw which can be loosened to slide it up or down in an 18" slot in the 36*" high post which stands on a 3-piece wooden base; another reel is fixed near bottom of post; 8 7" spindles in both reels 9 yarn reel: base table 16" high on 4 slanted legs; box section above that 23" high; top of box 8 3/4 x 5"; reel with 4 12" arms turns on a spindle that goes thru the box; crosspiece at end of each arm 5" long. "As the yarn came from the spinning wheel, it was reeled into 'knots' and skeins. A click of the inside mechanism denoted a 'knot'." 01.4 SEWING, SPINNING (cont.)
10 ` s ift or f.irn winder:
11 hank of flax yarn - --A2a Fspinning wheel: 42" diameter; ash (?); base, 3,93/4" long on 3 slanted legs: 2 front legs are 16", back leg is 18"; post and 1 reel 35" above table
- jenny hanging on it.
13a flax hetchel: 17 x 6 x 1i" wooden block, bare; 4" oblong in center of 4 3/4" spikes. 13b cover box: 8 x 5 x 5"; strap to go under block and buckle to box on other side. 01.5 HANDWORK DOLL'S FURNITURE
registered 1966 H.S. labeled 9-6-1966 J.F. donor card mat 1979 object (lard mab 197P
linen: piece of homespun done by Mrs. Mary Shedd; white; fringed; 9" x 8" 2 4-crib sheet: fine cotton; 2 selvedges; 2 hems; 34 x 33" "Daniel Stone" printed on it. 3pa.rw4h4444-an4-knittedrend, or table runner (7); knotted and fringed; 20" long x 13" deep ' 4 flowers: colored wool yarns woven over wires: 11 leaves 8 single posies 4 larger or double flowers wall pocket: beaded boot;c_e_,Wa_a;,!-If4,2Tii,i- 6 bookmark: fabric is part of the balloon, Explorer II, which, 11 the service of science, attained a world's altitude record of 72,395 feet above sea level on 11-11-1935. Nat. Geog. Society, Washington „Ldoll's tables oak; pedestal with 4 feet; 6" high; top 7 x 6"; pedestal base 4.." square gt8a toy mortar: wood, painted red; 21-" high x 1" diameter 8b toy pestle: gilded; 3" long k75 8 79a ,toy firkin: Shaker lapover; 1 1/8" deep, 1 3/4" diameter fv9b Lcover: Shaker. lapover V10 'fish; brown wood; 2" long; used in keeping score In a game. p) 11 sewing box: hinged; walnut (?); 7 x 10 x 31"; pincushion in 1 of 4 compartments; Godey picture (01.9.2) inside cover.
1'4 01.6
icITCHENAAHE & TOOLS
registered 1966 H.S. labeled 8-20-1966 J.P. donor card mab 1979 object card mab 197 * * * * * * * * ** * * * * is * * * * * * * * * * * # * * * * * * # * 1 /-tray: tin; 19 1. 26+"; handle openings at 2 ends; stenciled flowers and leaves In 2 borders Find in center; poor con- dition. 2a le : tin. wi,/3 tiny funnels, for wicks; 51 x 2 2 "; curved top 21) sfx ew cap for/oil-opening near top 2c,d/,e 1" chimmOs to put on a,Wick v. 3 noittoon: tin; 3 tiny feet; hinged cover with round hole in depressed center; 8" diameter; 3" high; wire loop for lifting cover
tongs (2): for pulling ice along the water and into icehouse; 33" overall; 2 curved iron pieces are fastened to a 16" wooden handle with 2 holes in it; ends of 2 pieces are hooked r*.■ Gem pea speller: for dried peas; clamp for table; iron; 2 21" wooden rollers, “" diameter; handle turns 2 cog wheels which turn roller; dried pods fed through 7/8" hole to rollers, peas dropping down to chute narrow- ing from 2+" to 1+" 6 milk can: T C S on 3*" stopper; overall height 11"; bottom diameter galvanized iron; E.C.Perham on a copper plate on slanted section between 7" high straight side and neck of can; large handle.
7 pestle: wooden; 9 7/8" long; 1 3/4" diameter; 4" handle 8 I- butter paddle: wooden; 17 7/8" long including 7" paddle section; top of handle 7" wide; at base of paddle 9 Ilug: earthenware; 5" diameter at bottom, at top; handle ' from top edge to "hip" 10 crock: earthenware, gray; broken top edge; no cover; 9" high; diameter ag top 0", at bottom 5"
to 11a kettle or can for steaming pudding or brownbread; 5. deep; 6 x 4 3/4" lib cover: ring handle; 6* x 1" %. 12 cover: tirvoval, handle in middle of top; 20 x 13 x 4" 01.6
KITCHENWARE & TOOLS (cont.)
* 13 weight: iron, round; for scales; 3 1/3" diameter; 5/8" thick 14 carpenter's plane: iron blade; 8 x 3" 15 j-spike: handmade, iron; rectangular head; 6i" long 16 ''spike: iron, 6i"; handmade 17 T Spike: iron; 6"; handmade 18 ,spike: iron, 5i"; handmade 19a stove: oval; length, 27"; breadth, 161 x 12" deep; •Economy No. 28" on handle;-small fronFfender; 10 ising glass in front door; side fixture for gas pipe. 19b tops removable with 3 vent holes..) 20 steelyard: iron; 13" long overall; 121" rod for weighing up to 80 ibs; hook at top for hanging; made in Boston. x'21 2 flat iron: 43" height to top of handle; rear width 4"; length, rear to point, 6i" 22 I-funnel: tin; 92" long; 7" diameter at rounded edge; triangular small opening 23a +pudding tin: 6" high; 4 3/4" diameter oh Co , Ija,i,7) 23b cover: 1" deep; wire loop in middle 24 4-log peeler: 13 3/4" long, 1 3/4" width at center; curved 80 narrowed ends; 9 screws in metal plate; small hole through right end; cutting blade flat above it. 11, 25a plow piece: triangular; wooden; longest side 12 3/4" with 10" side board; 1 round hole; tapered edge;bcioqearved into one side 25b 'Plow piece: triangular; brownish wood; longest side 10"; one side 8"; wooden ring around a round hole; "P M 1" carved on one side . 26a .bracket: iron; fancy pattern; triangular, 9 x 8"; 5 screw holes 26b bracket: m t, 27 1- matches: made in Cheltsford
28 heaping sickle: 5i" wooden handle; curved 28" iron blade '-z) 296cl"tinder box: round; 4" diameter x 1-1:" deep 29b cover: round; 3 7/8" diameter; flat loop on top 30 f spittoon:
31 --, iron pot: 3 legs; handle 01. 6
KITCHENWARE & TOOLS (cont.)
32a rcannister: tin; round; 32b cannister: tin; round; 33 ,1-flasks tin; gv34 4:gouffering iron:. _flip iron: 4(40e/01WW, 36 candle snuffer: 371 saw blade: 38\ sausage stuffer: 39 ) clothes stick or prod: wooden; 40 clock:
41 bottle: green; 42 ' bottle: greenish brown; 43 bottle: containing n spinning jenny and blue thread
44a knife: bone handle, 44b knife: bone handle,
45a fork: bone handle, 45b fork: 01.7
WRITING PAMPHLETS PAPERS registered 1966 H.S. labeled 9-27-1966 J.F. donor card. mab 1979 object card mab 197P
0)0 inkwell: 2 pen rests above and at the back of 3 fancy iron d"-- supports for 2 curved glass bottles which tip against IA" A,S.'•■ 4-4." 2 circles of iron to close; 6 small feet; 8 x 5" base °fr" with 4 tiny feet; 41-." high; rear width B", front 7" kft 1-v if? 2 f--card holder (7): round; metal base 1k" diameter stereoptiaan hand viewer: wooden with brown eye shield; metal ‘711\J I t) card holder 7" long
% 1-' 4 certificate of membership in the Female Charitable Reform Society for Mary Drew 5 -3L._ certificate of membership in the Female Charitable Reform Society; blank form
Christian Watchman for 1825-1827 in bound. volume: gray card- board covers; 21" x 14"; Civil '.ar clippings patted on some pages. Rev. John Parkhurst's name appears on some pages.
7 N. E. Palladium for 1805: No.1, Vol.2.5; gray board cover, 21 x 13 5/8 x 1 3/4" thick 8 r"Howe's School for the Violin": copyright 1851; Boston, Oliver Ditson & Co.
9 1- bulletin board: wooden; 39" wide x 66" high; base, 21" deep
10a early Hammond typewriter: trade mark on 1" thick base; circular front; large mesh cylinder under the platen; ivory name plate above 2 rows of black keys; oak case 131" long x 13" wide (rounded front width, 17") 10b oak cover: iron fastener on 2 sides; 71" front height, 4" back height 01.7
WRITING, PAMPHLETS, PAPERS (cont.)
11 booklet: Lowell Historical Society By-Laws; x 5"; grey 12 Wright's Pictorial Family Almanac, 1853: pub. Wright, Philadelphia 13 --Almanack by Nathaniel Low, Boston 1777 14 The Royal American Magazine: April 1774
15/ Bird's Eye View of Trolley Routes in New England, with colored map; pub. by N. E. Street Railway Club, Boston, 1907 16a-f-1 tickets: Chelmsford and Lowell on N.H. and Hartford Rrd. Co. yo " 17a,b 1 tickets: Lowell and Chelmsford on " If '91( *-1'n- 13 ticket: 10 trip, Chelmsford and Lowell on Old Colony R.R. Iqie 19 ( trade card: on one side, advertisement of real estate for sale on Robins' Hill; on the other: picture of the Lone Pine on Robins' Hill; E.K.Parkhurst, Station Agent, F and L R.R., Chelmsford, lass. 20 recipe for scent: handwritten in pencil ✓ 21466 illustrations torn from late 19th or early 20th century novels
4-N. Bulletin of the Society for the Preservation of Antiqui- ties 22 12 - 1914
23 10 - 1922 24a 1 - 1931 b 4 c 7 25a 7 - 1932 b 10 - 26 7 - 1933 27 1 - 1935 28 1 - 1939
"On The Dark Day, May 19th, 1780": a poem; mounted on brown paper; 8 5/8 x 10 3/8"
30 - SrgtXU 01.8
FRAMED PICTURES
received registered 1966 H.S. labeled 8-23-1966 J.F. donor card mab 29,79 , object card mab I97c TINTYPES and DAGUERREOTYPES • 1 daguerreotype: a man. A letter written May 9, 1898 to Mrs. Charles E. Bartlett and signed L.W.Faulkner states: "He was active and influential in the prime of his life, a good citizen and estimable man. He long ago fulfilled his earthly mission and went out of this mortal life." hinged, leather case: X x le; flower pattern in crimson velvet lining 1. • 2 1,-"seated lady: muff, veil, and purple bow tie; gilt frame 2 x • 3 ,_woman: upper half; long earrings; dotted and striped dress; gilt frame 3 1/4 x 2 1/4" • 4 woman: golA beads, white bonnet; 15.5-3 black leather, hinged case 3!/x 3 3/4"; red satin lining .5 --woman: holding book; odd hairdo; undersleeves; white collar; hinged, black leather case 32:x 3 3/4"; red satin lining , 6 --"Woman's head in fancy, white paper mat 2i x 4" 7 'kcase: empty, new; patented Dec.3. 1854; 2 children embossed on wooden cover; purple velvet lining;
PHOTOGRAPHS, mostly framed -- PEOPLE 8 ,Adams, Deacon Otis: 244 x 28PJ; 4 3/4" wide oak frame, carved edge border, gold band on inner edge. Poor condition. 9 _L-Park, John Nesmith: 11 x 9"; 2" oval frame, painted black with gilt inside band. Poor condition. 10 Park, Rebecca F., nee Titcomb; 11 x 9!.7.. " matching frame 11 album: flowers and gilt on front brown leather cover; part of steel clasp missing; photos; 11 x 8i x 2" • 12 man: not named; 1" brown frame inlaid design with white paint; 8 5/8 x 10 5/8"; brown and black
13 AL%or4\ CO (4 Igo2 N /sti 5 el= q - McPTH5 mEN im m1/77 ‹.( Lu,ve t: cz,,„; 14 Bell, Alexander Graham: 101 x 7 3/4"; black 3/8" wide frame 15 01.8
FRAMED PICTURES (cont.)
PHOTOGRAPHS -- BUILDINGS 16 McFarlin House: 12 x 14" walnut 2P' frame; one gold band; 2 black bands VIEWS 17 lithograph: Lowell from Elisha Fuller's Estate, Dracut; 1834; 201 x 281" varnished pine frame 90, 18 printi Raising ftbrst Union Flag on Prospect Hill, Somerville, YEr#-1 /Jan. 1, 1776; 10 3/4 x 7 5/8" brown frame and mat PAINTINGS and FRAMED PICTURES ,,-19 print: Landing of the Pilgrims; compliments, Chase and Sanborn; 1 5/8" carved oak frame, 26 3/4 x 24 3/4" (too large) 20 print: City of Cincinnati, Ohio; yellow and bluish river scene; picnic on near side, steamer on river, city on far side ">0J"'/" of river; black printed frame with fine gold line, 00r- 21 5/8 x 16i" 21 photo: Chelmsford Gingerale Plant, with people and trucks; photo by E. H. Russell; brown-stained pine frame x 11 3/8"; 1907 Or 08.
✓ 22 water color: Gray Day on Anacostia River, near Bladensburg, Md.; green grasses on both sides of river; houses on further side; 14 x 11"; sighed, Delaney Gill 1892 023 oil painting: light house, sailboats, 3 cows wading in the water; 13 3/8 x 9"; no frame
1„. 011 ,oil painting: water scene, mountains, 3 sailboats in dull green, 1 blues and browns; fancy bronze 1 3/4" frame with wooden base,15 3/4 x 13 1" (q 25 oil painting: Pamela Spaulding Drew; 3" gilt frame, 35 x 30i" 41226 oil painting: Daniel E. Drew, reading Boston Daily; 3" gilt frame, 35 x 301" (matching above) 01.9
FRAMED MATERIAL received registered 1966 H.S. labeled 8-23-1966 J.F. donor card mab 1979 object card mab 1978
MISCELLANEOUS PICTURES & FRAMED MATERIAL la English print: coach, 2 horses; narrow black frame: 20i x 224"; no glass , lb English print: stage coach, 4 horses; narrow black frame 20 3/4 x 21 3/4 lc English print: gig, 1 horse; frame, 17i x 22" 78 2 Godey's Ladies: put inside cover of sewing box, 01.5.11 3 Litchfield Cathedral: 20 x 26"
seal of Chelmsford: 1655-1955; narrow black frame 13 x 17" 5 Account of Expenses of Chelmsford for year ending March 1, 1830: black frame, 17 x 12"
' 6 F Resolution of Alumni Association, 1952, of Clarke School for the Deaf: transfers all right in Memorial to the Town; bronze tablet to be affixed to a stone; narrowl.black frame, 9 x 13" 7 clipping of Lincoln's Assassination: 4-15-1365 at 1:30 p.m.; Sec. Seward and son; dark-stained frame 7 1/8 x 12" dedication of town clock: 11" walnut frame 19 3/4 x 16 3/4" with 5/8" gilt band inside deed of land: from Thoma Richardson to Henry Coburn in Dracut; 1- 31- 1775; 13 - x 81" mottled brown frame 10 deed of land: from Samue14.ancey to Henry Coburn, 7-1-1784; 14 x 91" mottled brown frame 11 appointment of William Bridge Gent. as deputy sheriff in Mdsx., 2-20-1782; 15 x 11" oak frame 12 plaster cast: quartered in blue, red, gold intricate pattern; 22/ x 22" 13 dedication of town clock in Unitarian steeple: 19 x 16 5/8" walnut frame with gold inside border 01. 1 0
=1;v1SF0RD RECORDS (See also 01.7) received registered 1966 H.S. labeled 9-26-1966 J.F. donor card mab 1979 object card mab 1978
appointment of Joseph Dudley as captain of South Company of Foot in Chelmsford, 3-22-1711
2 ki passport for Middlesex Canal: "To order of P. Grant and Miss Green, signed by S. P. Hadley.; P' black frame 9:1 x 5i" 3 fOlder: Ohelmsford Academy - notice of opening. 8-29-1859 111>i-Or"/ 4a.b.c,d,e,f,g Chelmsford's 250th Anniversary: in brown paper covers; 10 x 6 7/8"; 1905 5 leaflet: First Church of Chelmsford Community; Service commemo- rating 275th Anniversary, 12-21-1930 6 "Chelmsford Tercentenary Edition of Newsweekly; without covers; 1955 7 -Chelmsford Tercentenary, 1655 - 1955; Official Souvenir Program; 80 pages; blue. hard oovers; 11 1/8 x 8 3/4 x *" 8 colored drawings of buildings made of granite from Fletcher's Quarry, West Chelmsford, by artist Ernest Born; size: 12" x 9" a.. a muscled workman and a gang saw for slicing granite slabs b- carborundum wheel saw c- Federal Building, Boston, Mass. d- County Court House and City Hall at Camden, N. J. e- bridge over Genesee River, Rochester, N. Y. 9 Water color by Ernest Born: 6 oxen pulling granite; 14 3/8 x 9 3/8"; mounted 10 partial set of series of 12 drawings of Fletcher's Quarry by Ernest Born; some all sepia, some with color; size: 10 x 9 1/8" a..1 A Quarry View; sepia, green at top b-3 Rock Crusher; colored; 12} x 9 1/8"; mounted c-4 New East Development; sepia d45 Gang Saws; black and white, a little green e-6 North East Development; black and white f-8 On the Quarry Floor; sepia and greens g-9 Number Four Cutting Shed; black and white, and greens 01.10
CHELMSFORD RECOADS (cont.)
10k-11 Interior of Shed Number One; sepia and green 1-12 liew North Terraces; sepia J-12 If ;
OTHE± TOWNS: RECORDS & LECTURES received registered 1966 H.S. labeled 9-26- 1966 J.F. donor card mab 1979 object card mab 1978
,f1/1 "Views of Lowell nd Vicinity"; copyright 1904; purple paper cover; 93/4 x 8"
71/2 ("90 Years Lowell Institution for Savings"; published 1919; gray paper cover; 9 x 5 7/8" 3 /ob oklet: "At the Meeting of the Waters"; 1929; Lowell Institution for Savings; orange paper cover; 91 x 6" t1/4 booklet: "Riverside Park Explosion"; 27 pages; July 29, 1903; tan paper cover; 9 x 6"
-1- 2/5 !Souvenir: Dedication of Fletcher Library, Westford, Mass.; 93 pages; green paper cover; 91 x 6 3/4"
.1/6 2fe Towne Book: Tewksbuty - 200th Anniversary; 8/1934; 78 pages; tan paper covers; 10 3/4 x 7 5/8" Dedication, Houghton Memorial (Library), Littleton, in memory of William Stevens Houghton; 12/4/1895; 55 pages; gray paper covers; 10 3/8 x 6 5/8" rvjo "New England Old and New"; 1620 - 1955; Old Colony Trust Co. of Boston; tan paper covers; 9 x 7"
booklets: First Saugus Iron Works Gazette 9 10 copies, 1951 10a 1 " , 1952 b 3 " c 6 fe d 8 e 11 11a 2 copies, 1953 b 4 c 7 If d 10 tl 12a 1 copies, 1954 b 4 " c 8 d Fall 13 Spring , 1955 14 card of identity for Jasper Elliott of Chelmsford on Boston, Clinton, Fitchburg, & New Bedford R.R. Issued 10/1/1878 at Fitchburg by Webber, Supt. 01.12.
CHELMSFORD, ENGLAND
RECEIVED registered 1966 H.S. labeled 9-26-1966 J.F. mat) 1979 donor card object card mab 197e
Christmas card: 1939; from:Richard W. Hale, Needham, Mass. Perspective View of Colmty Town of Chelmsford, England, in Essex. Judges' Procession on the Day of Entrance; 17 x 23" 2 Cathedral Church of St. Mary, Chelmsford, England; 43 pages; tar cover with picture of Chelmsford; 7x x 5" Cathedral of Essex: 654 - 1954; 16 pages; tan cover; 8i x 54"; 4 \Cathedral News: Sept. 1954; picture of St. Mary's on blue cover; 7 1/8 x 4 3/4" 01.13.
MAPS, PLANS, DIAGRAMS
received registered 1966 H.S. labeled 9-30-1966 J.2. donor card mab 1979 object cards mab 1978
16, 1 Yorktown Sesquicentennial Celebration, October 16-19, 1931: colored lithograph of campground and pageant field; 26:1 x 38 3/4" y ) (2 Map of Mt. Chimborazo near Quito, Ecuador, from observation by Whymper in 1879-'80; 28 x 22 (torn)
• • • • *01 • • '611P-ra'rs-int- Ships; 22 x 27 3/4 (torn) 4 North America: n black rolls; nail in black wood piece at top; Dutton, 1847 5 United States, topographical, based on survey; very large, poor condition; x ; 1835 6 Location of Armories in Mass. and R. I.; by American Library Assoc.; 1917-18; a library war service; 30 x 47 3/4"; (brittle and torn in 1966)
7 Massachusetts: on black roller; Borden; 36 x 28"; 1860 or later 8 " on roller; R. Spaulding; 36 x 28"; 1896 9 " various points of interest; size: x 10 II details Spaulding's; size: x XY1W)40 11 " size: x 1917-18 12 t• Spaulding's; size: x undated
13 Plan of a Survey for a Canal, Boston to Connecticut River, with a sketch of a proposed route to the Hudson; rolled on an oatmeal box; 9 x 57"; L. Baldwin; 1826 14 Town of Boston in New England; 17 x 11"; 1722 K 15 Boston; illustrated and decorated; Olsen and Blake Clark; H. Mifflin; size:
/ 16 Boston; pictorial map; colored by Olsen and Blake Clarke; canvas- backed; 37 x 28 3/4; 1630 17 Plan and Profile of Boston & Lowell Railroad; in 73" black frame, 29 x 7 5/8" 01.13.
MAPS, PLANS, DIAGRAMS (cont. ) 2,
18 Plan and Profile of Boston & Lowell Railroad; on wooden roller 19 Middlesex County: 1856 (?) Gale 1956 (If 1856, it could be 31.1.2) 20 Middlesex County and portion of adjoining counties; folding, in black, stiff covers, 101 x 5"; Scarborough 1930 or 190 11, cv21 Ayer Group of Towns: changes in Town lines shown: Billerica, Dracut, Dunstable, Chelmsford, Groton, Nashoba (or Littleton); 38i x 23".2 1906
22 ? Harbor and Land Commissioners, State House; 23 Plan Of Groton as it was in 1794; reduced 1/3 from original in State House; 1/15/1894; W/X/7 71//%10$ 16 x 21 5/8"; 1794 24 Westford: surveyed 1853-5; 24 x 32"; 1853-55 (2 bad tears in 1966 - poor condition) 25 Billerica: canvas-backed, on wooden roller, wood piece at top of map; 31 3/4 x 34i" 81-26 Plan of Chelmsford: J. G. Hale; surveyed in 1831; 20 5/8 x 281" g427a topographical map of Chelmsford; 24 x 18" “ -
28 Plan of Sundry Farms at Patucket in the town of Chelmsford; on brown paper, mounted on white cardboard; 32 1/8 x 361"; 1821 29 North Chelmsford on one side, p. 24; 15's x 12 3/4" (page from what?) Chelmsford on one side, p. 23; buildings and owners located cp30 sketch of Old Burying Ground, Chelmsford, by Wilson Waters; picture of brick school house pasted onto it; mounted on cardboard; 111 x 15" 01.13. 30 ri S (4)4/9420 °9) 31 Chelmsford, blueprint: bench marks, triangulation and traverse stations; 81 x 11" 31* Town of Chelmsford; survey under WPA; 33 x 422" 1936 32 Chelmsford: issued by First Bank & Trust Co. ? 1955 33 Ridge Hill Rd. and road from it: surveyed by Wm. F. Osgood, 5/20/1868; Thomas Osgood's house at corner; 7 1 7 1/8", ),' -r1,-,, 7 Vusp..±..3,,,)riUko,...Arv--",,,,,LA,-Z..,..,..‘,,t._.. ''' ' ). 01.13.
MAPS, PLANS, DIAGRAMS (cont.)3
10X 34 lan of part of a road from Lowell to Westford through Chelmsford, L 1., between Bowers' and S. Spaulding's, including two pieces of j road; Smith Adams land on two sides and new road, and E. 1 -.6* Spaulding's 'land on one side; 29 x 10 3/4; Wm. F. Osgood, / 8/7/1872 35 Plan of Road from Westford line through the village at West Chelmsford as located by selectmen, April, 1872; 9 1/8 x 23"; Wm. F. Osgood 36 West Chelmsford Village: two roads, Whidden's House, Perry's store; 6 13/16 x 14 3/8" In Wm. F. Osgood's writing
37 Plan of a contemplated road at Middlesex Village in Chelmsford; surveyed by Wm. F. Osgood; Isaac Smith's land, A.H. Weaver's e/ house; 7 5/8 x 7 9/10"; 10/10/1868 38 Penned diagram of Billerica, Perham, Plum, Grove and Hildreth Streets, and Beaver Brook; no signature, no date; 6 13/16 x 14 3/8" 01.1t2iP .
BROADSIDES
received registered 1966 labeled 1966 J.T. donor card mab 1979 object cards mab 1978
1. -Droadside: for Inauguration of Chelmsford Monument Assoc., giving program for 9/22/1857; chief marshall, Otis Adams; 2" oak frame, 24' x 33 3/4" 2. broadside: yellow paper with black print, 29 x 42"; appeal for men of ittelligenoe and good character to enlist in Phalanx , a company being readied by Lieut. S. 0. Shipley to be attached to Maj. Gen. Butler's Brigade. /
0'3. broadside: "Turkish Barbarity" to Greeks during siege of Missolonghis; 13 x 7" 0'4. broadside: Flaming Sword. or A Sign from Heaven; x 10" gY5. broadside: Linn Tragedy, 12/15/1795; 13 x 17" 01,1446r 04S (0 9141°01) &J.. broadside: The Good Shepherd, a poem: 71 x 10" 15.1 received 11-15-1915 Edgar F. Dutton acknowledged
registered 8- 8 - 1966 H. labeled 8- 9-1966 JF
donor card 8 - 12 - 1966 F5
object card 8-12-1966 5. ' Classification: book and log object card mab 1978 donor card mab 1979 1 log obtained in 1889 by Edgar F. Dutton from the battlefield of Chicamauga. ./ a piece of metal is imbedded in one side. " long x " circumference `-)IN1AIG o a w,
2 Almanac for 1800, by Lowell Weekly Journal
5-15-'67 RJD 30.1 received 8-22-1930 George M. Seaton acknowledged Bridge St., Chelmsford registered 1-24-1966 HS labeled 1-23-1966 HS donor card 1-24-1966 HS object cards 4-22-1967 HS Classification: picture, program object card mab 1278 donor card mab 1979
1 i school class picture (of 1910 7')
program for Ball in Honour of General Ulysses S. Grant, Shanghai Club, 5-21-1879; 2 5/8 x 3 7/8 folded blue pasteboard; arm on cover against blue background
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5-15-'67 RJD 31.1 received 1931 ? L. Edward B. Emerson acknowledged Mrs. Arthur M. Warren registered 1-19-1966 HS nee Mabel P. Emerson labeled 5-21-1966 JF donor card 1-19-1966 HS object card 6-19-1966 HS object card mab 197F d on cr card mab 1979
L 1 rocking churn, from estate of Owen Emerson
L 2 map of Middlesex County, 1356, estate of Hezekiah Parkhurst
Bible, from estate of Hezekiah Parkhurst, 1613
5-15-'67 RJD L 31.2 received Minnie E. Hardy acknowledged
registered 1-16-1966 HS labeled 5-10-1966 JF donor card 1-16-1966 HS object card 1-16-1966 HS object card mab 1978 donor card mab 2979 L 1 chair from home of Benjamin Heywood, who owned and occupied the Garrison House n_ at South Chelmsford: straight ladderback (4 slats); rush seat; birch wodd stained reddish brown; 2 rungs on front and 2 sides and 1 in back; 431/2" high, seat front 18;6" wide
5-15-'67 RJD L 31.3 received Mabel Taylor 1 acknowledged
registered 1-16-1966 HS labeled 9- 2-1966 JF
donor card 1-16-1966 HS object card mab 1978 Classification: books and magazines dcncr card mab 1979 tools kitchen utensils miscellaneous
1 smoothing plane: 7" slanted iron blade, 2 1/8" wide, 8" long, height 2 3/4", width 2 3/4"
wooden mortar: heavy 1" iron band at bottom 2b pestle: 10" long, 51e handle; 7 3/4 x 61/2"
3 small wooden bucket
4 wooden spice box
5 /pinking iron
- candle snuffers: iron, hinged, scissors type, =set=tin=bezl, rusted & corroded (1966)
7 goggles: lenses 1 1/8" wide, 5/8" high, set in metal, joined by cord; no bows; metal mesh at outer ends of lenses to fit face, loop at each end
8 paper knife: dagger shaped, "Redwood" printed on it; 61/2" long red rose & browns on tan plush;leather bottom;2 brass feet; 9 .carpet bag lapover closing with broken key-lock;plush covered rope handle; ;shill ivory cotton lining 4 red leather pockets inside; hinged,hard case 10 'purse fancy inlaid mother-of-pearl design on cover; 3 5/8 x 27i x 1"
1 1 daguerreotype: of stout woman; curls, dolman sleeves, white collar; ;watch chain — at waist. Hinged leather cover lined with figured red velvet. 1-4--red-leather--- pockets inside hinged, hard case*-- mother of pearl inlaid in cover in fancy
12 cotton boll
13 arrow head: 21/4" long and 1/8" wide at top
5-15-'67 RJD L 31.3
14a 1st volume, "Cottage Bible" 1836 Taylor 2 14b 2nd volume, "Cottage Bible" 1836
15 '''History of the Christian Church 1837
16 - Cruden's Concordance 1837
17 /World and Its Inhabitants 1849
18 1 v/Pilgries Progress
19 /Aldine Almanac 1874
20 // Bazzar of Fashion 1872
21 Golden Fruit, a magazine 1877
The following may have been given by Hiss Taylor:
22 triangular pincushion: 1 side pink silk, 1 side green. braid along top and rose ribbons for hanging, white silk fringe on other 2 sides; painted goldfinch on berry branch on pink side; 2 red-rimmed friendship hearts on green side; 5" across top, 3" wide to lower part, 9 tiny pins. 2 white flannel leaves inside folding 23 needle case: A perforated cover, yellow paper 3 x 2 3/8"; friendship and wreath on front border; yellow cover
24 lace edging: 15 x 5/8"; thin, open work
f 25a pin: squared translucent red stone in center of 4 scallops of filigree metal 25b pin: mate to a. Imported from Morocco
26 box: oval; metal, bronze finish; hinged cover; 2 3/8 1. x 11/2 w., x 1 1/16 deep
27 , tool for caulking: 3 7/8" long, =4" wide at top, 13/16 wide at 6" finger end; iron
. 28 volcanic cinder: pure silica from Majoave Desert in southern California; 2 "
2Q 2 x volcanic lava from Mt. Tequila, taken at Saguamada, Mexico; .torripst=m4uni.
5-15-'67 RJD L 31.3 Kauri gum from Australia or New Zealand; yellow translucent; Taylor 3 1 7/8 x 1 7/8
H -11 s
rounded black tops:
• (-31a / rounded 9=0 long 31b rounded 1/2" long VN 31c rounded 7 3/4" long ' ! 31d rounded 7" long 31e , rounded NI long
larger round top 8 3/4"
. 33 patterned jet top 8 1/4"
34 brass top on spring 6 3/4; 3 rows green stones and Aglass ones, 1 glass one attop
5-15-'67 RJD L 31.4
received 1931 ? Joseph E.. Warren acknowledged 97 Roston Road ahelmsford registered 1-13-1966 HS labeled donor card 1-16-1966 Hs Classification: currency object card mab 1978 re-snaners donor card memoirs mab 1979 sermons tax returns deeds key
old ke7 follnd in Central Sq., Chelmsfor(1, 1930
2 Bank Note !I :1
5 (Colonial Currency 1773 6 1774 1775
8 (Certificate of membership in the Agricultural Society for Joseph Warren, or., 1858 9 Constitution of the First Congregational Church of Chelmsford, adopted May 26, 1844 10 11 newspaper 1829 12 Memoir of Aezekiah 1-'ackard 13 original manuscript of sermon by Ebenezer Bridges', 1743 14 copy of sermon by Rev. Bridge% 15 tax returns 1827 16 1831 17 1836 18 // deed: Samuel Laney to Aenry Coburn: land in Chelmsford 19 deed: Thomas Richardson of Wilton, N.A., to Aenry Coburn of Dracut
20 Y . Sunday School Gazette, Vol.xix, No.4, 4pp., Boston, 2-15-1868 21 handwritten ticket for Joseph Warren for Social Ball at Columbian I Hall, 1-27-1818
5-25-•67 RJD L 31.4 Warren t2) 22 Invitation printed with tree border for Mr. d.Warren & Lady, 5-27-1818 23 Invitation printed with tree border for Mr. 0.Warren , Lady, 12-9-1818 9 merit cards for oosie E. Warren: 24a b d e
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2 merit cards for J. E warren 25a b 11 merit cards for Joseph Emerson 26a
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5-25-'67 110D 31,5
received 1931 ? M.E. Sheehan acknowledged Cambridge
registered 6 - 23 - 1966 AS labeled donor card 6-23-1966 HS object card 6-23-1966 HS object card mab 1978 donor card mab 1979 1 official survey map of Vermont, New Hampshire, Massachusetts, Connecticut,and Rhode Island, 1930 census; published by National Map Co., .Lndiana
wag of eastern Massachuctts, Rhode .,sland, eastern Connecticut, and 5 2 southern New Hampshire; no date; pub. by Miller & Lord; 42 x 58
5-26-18 RJb received 31.6 acknowledged Mrs. George Parkhurst Mansfield registered 8- -1966 HS labeled 8- -1966 sa J F Lowell donor card 7-27-1966 HS object card 7-27-1966 HS object card mab 1978 donor card mab 1979
.1A sword; similar to Blucher's at Waterloo, taken from a British officer by Samuel J. Parkhurst at Ticonderoga. He was an ancestor of the late William Barry Spalding of Lowell. It may have been in the possession of Reverend W. Waters for a time. In 1966 Mr. Parker said that its value to a collector would be about $50.00. -
lb sheath; leather . P 1-" p At,D ^ ,ca SPAiaweterA":" Desowev.,V.4),* Cos C-b, • v,"eco ct A.Ackt
6-9-'67 RJD received 5- 3-1932 32.1 acknewledged Frederick Augustus P. Fiske registered 1-25-1966 HS Billerica St. labeled Chelmsford donor card 1-25-1966 HS object card object card mab 1978 donor card mab 1979
1 "Facts on Old Chelmsford", a paper by F.A.P. Fiske
9 "Rewards of Merit" cards 2
3 4 5 6
7 8
9
10
6 - 9- '67 RJD received 1932 32.2 acknowledged estate of Sarah Foster registered 1-16-1966 HS Bridge St. labeled Chelmsford donor card 1-16-1966 HS object card mab 197E donor card mab 1979
, 1 j pair e kmit,folding,bowed glasses, owned by Miss Foster's grandfather in Vermont or Connecticut C.ohtAL-J4' 2 swift -- ho 6e‘.
3 trunk
6 - 12 - '67 RJD received 1932 32.3 acknowledged First Baptist Society registered 11- 1-1966 HS labeled 12-17-1966 JF South Chelmsford 1 - 16 - 1966 HS donor card Tft'LTV\ 1-.4 object card mab 197P donor card mab 1979
Communion service; pewter; made by Reed and Barton:
la pitcher: overall height 14!2; 'N" base; 9" handle with heart-shaped base; hinged cover with hexagonal top; short, nearly closed spout
lb plate: 10" diameter; 11/2" rim slanting toward center
m lc,d,e,f 4 goblets: 7" high; h" at top and base; 3" pedestal; garnet flannel bags for each
3 lg wooden case: 16 /4 x 13 x 12"; divided,hinged doors at top; fancy wood strapping; one shelf inside
1. E1 6, Ack 7 a.1 F7.s -4,h444.
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6-12-'67 RJD received 1932 32.4 acknowledged Edwin R. Clark registered 1-16-1966 HS Bartlett St. labeled Chelmsford donor card 1-16-1966 HS object card mab 1.978 dcncr card nab 1979
1 old Bible, tattered and torn; found by Mr. Clark
2 "History of Chelmsford", by Wilkes Allen, 1820
6-12-'67 RJD received 10- 4-1932 32.5 acknowledged George Wright registered 1-25-1966 HS lab&&ed 3-23-1966 JF donor card 1-25-1966 HS object card 3-22-1966 HS cbject card mat 1978 donor card mab 1979
1 map: Middlesex County, Massachusetts; 1946
6-12-'66 JD received 1932 ? 32.6 acknowledged Mrs. Frederick W. Smith registered 2-25-1966 HS nee Elizabeth Fiske Warren labeled 97 Boston Road Chelmsford donor card 2-28-1966 115 object card mab 1 97E' d cncr card mab 1979
1 black mourning bonnet
2 white cotton baby bonnet
hoop skirtl q4A4'16145 4.41-6%1X 7 TA-LLAA , L1A-At-L• ' 7 0T. 4 stays from Mrs. H (W) Evnus, Emus, Emers ?
long white petticoat tied with string, embroidered wheat & scalloped edge
long white petticoat tied with tapes, 9 tucks
7a child's dress: cotton, brown & green plaid; high waist; puffed & ruffled sleeves b undersleeve, nothing to hook into sleeve c undersleeve, nothing to hook into sleeve
child's dress: cotton; 14ht brown, small pattern in brown; high waist; puffed sleeves; divided shoulder capelets; 2 tucks 011iskirt; 3 rows of narrow white braid on skirt, 2 rows on waist
9 brush: hair; child's, 4 3/4" long; brown stained wood; mirror concealed under sliding back
10 fichu
7 1 11 army coat
12 large bag of flax 13 large bag of flax s 14 lorprbagmall of flax
15 quilt
16 quilt 17 quilt
6-22-'67 RJD received 5-16-1933 33.1 acknowledged Susan May Emerson registered 1-25-1966 HS labeled 93 Westford St. Chelmsford donor card 1-25-1966 HS object card mab 197e dcncr card mat, 1979
cp1 large stone Indian hatchet: was found by Susan's father about 1860 on the Amos Cotton estate, later known as the Russell Place; it was partly embedded in the mud near a spring off Bridge Street '60 2 map: United States, 1833 Doc, Iv\ g IQ 3 map: United States, 1840
c.„4------raaps United States, 1843
5 letter from Oliver Wendell Holmes 6 letter from General Benjamin F. Butler
• 7a beaded Indian deerskin moccasin: worn by Shoshones, 10" long b
0.8a beaded Indian deerskin moccasin: worn by Shoshones, 1041" long b
9 Bible: Teacher's edition, small, limp black leather covers; written date: 3-5-1883, Susan May Emerson
10 Chelmsford Eagle: Vol. 1, No. 1 1-1-1876 7Y/ 1 Chelmsford Eagle: Vol. 2, No. 1 12-12-1879
12 Chelmsford Eagle: Vol. 3, No. 1 12-15-1883
13 Reward of Merit cards for Susie: 27 cards, a - z & zz 14 Reward of Meiit and verse cards with no name,N a - n
15 2 booklet souvenirs for children, with no name, a, b
6-21-'67 RJD
34.1 received 10- 2-1934 acknowledged Martha E. Warren sister of Arthur Warren registered 1-25-1966 HS labeled 6- 9-1966 JF 77 Boston Road Chelmsford donor card 1-25-1966 HS object card mab 1978 donor card mab 1979
glass cane: 29" long; in perfect condition; made at Chelmsford Glass Works about • ; spiral stripe at both ends; crook at top 1)11\/ , I
6-23-'67 RJD Bostonian Society Publications - Vol. III Second Series MCMXIX: "-ccount of the Town of Boston, Written in 1817" by Shubael Bell, - from the manuscript in the possess- ion of the American Antiquarian Society, Worcester. p. 61: There is an extensive manufactory of glass at Chelmsford, through which place passes the Middlesex Canal; the best of crown window glass, chemical apparatus and apothecaries' ware, bottles and phials are manufactured cheaper than can be imported. I have seen from the Boston Manufactory services of the best ground and cut flint equal to any from England.
...■•••■■•■■ 35.1 received 8-29-1935 EC acknowledged Mrs. Frederick W. Smith nee Elizabeth Fiske Warren registered 11-22-1965 HS labeled 2-17-1966 JF Boston Road Chelmsford donor card 1-19-1966 HS object card 11-13-1965 HS cbject card mat 1978 donor card mab 1979 1 wooden flax hetchel with iron spikes 16 x 7-3/4"; presented to Benjamin Minot Fiske, 11-2-1866, by Otis Adams from Adams Farm on Rd.,Chelmsford
2 apple parer, wooden, 11 x 3 x 11", rotating handle for iron roller, which has 3 spikes to hold apple, swinging wooden arm with cutting blade; and clamp for table.
3 dipper made from coconut: 31 deep, 3-1/8 top diam., rounded bottom, 8" wood handle
* mortar: 7-1" deep x 41" base, iron band around the aged wood part way up 4 4b pestle: 9" long x 21" at bottom
5a mortar: 71;1 deep x wide; brown wood with pedestal base 5b pestle: 8 ' long x 2 at bottom
tin sausage case, cylindrical, 12 x 3" ) from Charlotte Walton, Temple, N.H. 6b wooden filler, 122 x 2-3/4m 12-2-1896 b0c)
butter paddle, wooden, 13 x 3+"
4/ 8 coffee grinder: wooden box with drawer for coffee; brass bowl on top with 7" bottom, 62" wide, 4*" high; from Uncle (Capt.) Billy Fletcher - Bates house
9 flip -iron holder
10 toasting fork, 191" long, 3 prongs, iron
11 mixing spoon, metal, 13" long, bowl 2" wide
12 ladle for melting and pouring lead: 3-3/4" high x 4" deep x 4" wide; 7-1/8" open, tubular handle with round hole near wider upper end 3/4" diameter
13,14,15,16 By error these numbers were not assigned.
17a tinderbox; tin, 41" wide x 22" high - 17b inside cover :17c outside cover with candle 6-23-'67 RJD
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18 perforated tin cream skimmer; 6i" x 64" through handle which has round hole
19 tin cream skimmer. 54" x 5*" through handle which has round hole *.P
20 oil can for filling lamps: 7" high; bottom dia. 41"; top 3" so ic-est
LA21a china soap box: 3" diameter, 1-3/4" deep cp2lb cover: 2/3 length picture of Scotch lass inside double circle design in very dark blue; words "Lowell Soap" below, "Horn & Allen" above.
Srf22a razor strop: 71"; wooden with leather on it leather case; 71" e
n tin Notek oven: lower part w. 2 handles: height 191" at back, front 9" high;ll" wide q, 23b hinged cover with ring handle 23c inside tray: 10 x 101 x 1", 2 handles
? 4 24a pair wooden balances: cross bar 26" long; handle 9" high 24b one wooden bowl: " dia., attached by string to balance 24c one wooden bowl: dia., broken
\,25a wooden storage bucket: 10-high x 131" wide at top; 4-3/4" wide at bottom; , 2 wooden hoops at bottom and ;hoop at top 25b covers 14" dia., 11" deep
6 6-candle molds in wooden frame: 19" long x 141" high x 54" wide - Ord
27 -maehie press for cheese :tirroliameter-x-r-deepi cover made 0T--3-3iecee-of-tin soldered together with handle.
28 tea or coffee canister: 4" wide x 31" front x 51" high
29 tea or coffee canister
30 fruit juice extractor
31a white china tea cup with salt glaze, no mark, ribbed; 3" high, top 3-3/4" wide 11 It 11 11 II 11 It 31b 31c II II n It n 11 II
32a white sauce dish with green sprigs, having tiny pale blue and red flowers 32b ,, n n 11 It It n 11 It
6-23-'$7 RJD 35.1 Smith 3 33 Queen Anne side chair: leather seat with 2 rows of brass studs around 0 edge, 132" deep, 19" front width, 42" high. Side rounds and stretcher; stretcher „c..,\ 146\ 40"Thetween back legs. Given to Benjamin M. Fiske by Elijah Richardson, whose ' 41'1 father bought it at auction of W. Bridge's household goods.
34 small garden hoes 42" long handle; blade 3t" front x 3" wide x 4k" deep
35 small hay forks 2 pronged, 48" long, 31" wide
%( 36" 8 brass knobs for horns of cattle, 2 screws in them; made to screw on; 1" long, 3/4" diameter
37 piir of saddle bags, brown leather, 17" x 14" deep, 3 straps on wide flaps; once the property of Joseph E. Warren
38 horseman's spur: Benjamin Minot's; brass, 3-pointed spur
A39 muzzle loading shotgun; 46" long with attached ramrod
halberd with pike end: On page 287 of his book "Beside Old Hearthstones" (1897), where he describes his visit to the Warren family, Abram Emglish Brown says: "Among the treasures of early military service held by the family at the old homestead are a musket and a halberd which doubtless date back to the time when Jeduthan Warren served in the Northern Campaign of 1776 with a large company under Captain John Ford."
41 By error this number was not assigned.
42 bayonet: found on battlefield of Fair Oaks by Benjamin Minot Fiske
43 billfold: tan calfskin with strap; flat, folded, with straps
44 curtain tieback knob: brass rim; white center with 6-pointed red & brown star; 1-3/8" dia.; 2-1" stem, ending in 11" screw
45 curtain tieback knob: brass, 2" dia., 2421'" stem, ending in 1" screw
46a gilded wooden knob with acorn tops 52" long 46b tl
6-23-'67 RJD 35.1
Smithmith 4 Itqa one of a pair of wooden, handmade skates; metal runners w, curved front ends 112"long 47b one of a pair of wooden, handmade skates; metal runners w. 2 strap holes in the wood 47c F., broken strap with 2 rings in it, a bit wider than strap on one skate
48 umbrella: 9 whalebone ribs; brown cotton; wooden, curved handle, brass tip on bottom
49 student's slate: J.E. Warren scratched on it; 9f" x 131"
, 50 daguerreotype: framed picture of a child (Mary E. Drew) and doll
51 Supplement to #717 Frank Leslie's "Illustrated Newspaper" containing print of Peace Jubilee, Boston; view of interior of Colosseum, St. James's Park on opening day, June 15,
52 coffee pot: tin, no cover; wire bail, handle on one side; 3" spout near top; 11" high, bottom diameter &it" Sop
53 daguerreotype frame
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35.2 received 11-23-1935 Frederick Augustus Parkhurst Fiske acknowledged Billerica Rd., Chelmsford registered 1-12-1966 HS,IIT labeled 8-25-1966 JF donor card 1-16-1966 HS object card mab 1978 donor card mab 1979
wooden fireplace mantel, painted grey, from Capt. Billy Fletcher (Bates) house
2 folding tin spark guard with 2 handyls
3a iron crane hinge 3b iron crane hinge
4 iron fireplace crane
5a graduated potkook: 6 holes in it, hooked top and bottom 5b 11 I! II II ft I! 11 11 I! 11 5C II I1 II It ft It It II II II
6a shook: S-shaped 6" 8 ° 6b -41- 11 S.. It 711i.r .,,,-, II 91! 6c ..44-- 15 ii S... 4.,./.' ,...... , 6d ft 9-3/4", curved one end & turned point on other 3-,:, 6e .44.-- it 10" --; r.-'6:t" ,,, .5 I, la*" ea J, 6g -p a--vvv41P.-1 I-4 e---1 13I 1 8U 11 6h. ..... ►.- 71" E4
7 • tin!Meat-roaster with spiti 13" high x 10" wide; 4 handkA; cover; spout, &c if 9 holes for spit handle
8 iron skewer for roaster spit: 26"; 4 slots 0
9 spit for roaster: 71"
10 iron bread toaster: 2 rows of 5 loops; and long, steel, hinged rod ending in a wooden handle with loop in it
`(.11a iron stew pot: 3 feet; handle; 3" deep; 10" dia. top; 81" bottoni llb cover for stewpot: 11" dia.; handle 'e PT)
• 12a iron teakettle: 114" high; 4-3/4" opening; 7" dia. bottom 12b cover: 54" dia.; has knob
13 pewter teakettle'! ,1 bottom diameter; no cover: 43-" deep, 3*" opening; curved, hinged handle; 5-3/4" spout
14a brass teakettle: 7" bottom dia., 6*" deep, 6" opening; decorated iron handle 8" high; 5-3/4" spout ‘14b cover: 6" dia. with loop handle
9-22-'67 RJD 35.2
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(- 15 iron fry pan: 9" dia.; 241' deep; ri ed handle with loop in middle
16 pan for melting butter: cast iron; 44." dia.; 34" handle; 11" deep; 1" legs; 21" high overall
17a tin melting pot: 6-3/4" handle with loop; 3" dia. x 2" deep 17b cover: 3" dia. with wire loop handle 18a tina,s4.e.p., 3 sided, hollow center, 7-3/4" high, 9-3/4" bottom diameter lab tin, 8" high circular cover with 3 open 5.11 slots; oblong, wire handle
i6 V 19 brass stew ladle: 14" handle with loop; 4" dia. top of bowl-, wire handle du 20 12", handled, iron skimmer: 5*" dia.; perforated 0)(21 long handled brass skimmer: 7*" dia., 20" handle with loop e( 22 5" triangular iron trivet
Si 23 tin drip pan: 13 x 17 x 11"; made of 2 pieces of tin soldered together
1. 24 johnhycake baking board: much discolored; 4" x 12-3/4" ;A) 25 wooden bread trough: 9" deep, 2711' long; bottom width 114", top width 14"
1-26 round, wooden, chopping bowl: dia. 8" bottom, 15" top, 6*" deep. From home of Joseph Winn, Salem, great-grandfather of F.A.P. Fiske ".-(
isq27 oblong, wooden chopping tray: 51" deep; width 441 ' bottom, 3" top; length: 10" bottom, 22" top
Se' 28 wooden stirring paddle: 18" long overall, 6" paddle; base 2*", top 2"
e 29 small tin funnel: 241' dia. at top, with wire loop; 3 1 1 long PO rz, c' 30 tin strainer with 2 handles: bottom 3*" x top 5-3/4" x 21" deep
Cx,31a tin cheese box: 7" deep, 18*" diameter 31b tin cover made of 3 pieces soldered together, with handle
3" '32a tin pail with bale: 4" high, 4" diameter 32b cover: with loop handle 50 33 ice pick (wooden maul): 4" handle p-f34 wooden piggsn from Fiske house in Lexington: base width 7", top 8", 5" deep, handle 6" 35 corn popper: 31" wooden handle, hinged tin cover on wire box, which is 61 x 4t x 2"
9-22-'67 RJD 35.1- Fiske 3 36a drum-shaped churn: 151" high; 13" dia;,,P''sides; 2 iron hoops around drum; iron T. , crank with wood handle; Joseph Breck & Sons Corp., Boston, Mass., printed in red on side; pata;ted,-bliae; 2 oblong ft. 12"long, paddle wheel inside
--36b wooden cover with cleat on top; 8-3/4 x 5-3/4"; Natedeieftel ,--).,, , 37a tin coffee pot, with handle: 51" spout; 9t." high; 31" top and 51" bottom dia.s o 37b cover: 31 x 1" eo 38a tin milk warmer: painted black, 7" high, 2 handles, 2 vents under handles 38b cover with scroll handle 38c milk pan: 21" dia., 11" deep, with 2 lip-handles go p 38d oil pan with 2" lip-handles 38e cover for oil pan, with funnel for wick; 21" dia. at top, 31" long
39 child's tins. plate: 7-3/4" dia., "A-Z" on border 11" wide "Who killed cock A' robin? tr,' said the sparrow, with my bow and arrow. I killed cock robin." Ik trEtr
40 15" pewter plirtEr, elarteireel - St)
41 posset cup: high, dia.
42 tin cup: 3" deep, 21" dia,; handle 3/4" at top curved to 3/8" at bottom sop )L-43 bone-handled table fork: with 3 tines, 61" lone 1,6
"(44 fork: 20" long, 2-tines, with looped handle at tip of spade-shaped ends=)
45 iron candlestick with lip: 9i" high, 4" base, 1+ 1' top; lever for candle moving c5- 0
46a oil can for lamp oil: 5" high, 4" spout, 21" curved handle 46b cover: 11" dia., 1" high, 54" bottom, 1-3/8" top kop
47a 1 of a pair of iron skates: 121" long; 2 iron rings for cord to tie around ankles; curved front extending 2=4 " beyond 10" shoe size 47b mate to 47a
48 student's slate: slate pencil titled on; 1 244" x "
49 home-made music rack: used by Mr. Fiske's father, John Minot Fiske; flat top for candle; 43" high; slanted back rest 13" wide as S) 50 e_, (-/ •
51 18 post card views of Chelmsford, England, in one frame
52 Washington's resignation from army, 1783: 3/4" mahogany frame 13 x 17"; copied by Benjamin Minot Fiske as a handwriting exercise at Gibson school in Bartlett House. The teacher, or her sister, became the wife of Dr. John Call Bartlett, grandfather of Charles E. Bartlett
9-22-'67 RJD 35.2
Fiske
,53 volume of "Cato" in translation by Mr. Addison; no cover; 1787, Worcester, 2nd edition
54 reflector oven: hinged cover with wire loop; height. 31" front, 8-3/4" back; 14" wide; 10" deep; 4 legs, 2 side handles
55 towel: textured linen; 224- x 29"; tape loop for hanging; mended; spun and woven by Mrs. Levi Wright, Westford, Mass.
56 tin sign from side of express wagon or stage: gilt "Chelmsford" on black paint; gold border; 5 nail holes; about 12" long. Hezekiah ParkhuTat carried passengers to and from Lowell. The sign was probably given tcOiske's eof mother by Edward King Parkhurst. 57 trivet: iron; openwork; pointed scrolls; loop for hanging; 9V L. x 4" W. ;;/, r
58 ladle: iron; loop at top of handle; 23." long; round, nearly flat ladle 5-3/4" diameter. For melting and pouring lead. 0 59 toaster: 181" overall; 51, wooden handles on 2 long wires; double swastica holder at other end for bread
6o spit: 19" long; 4 holes for roaster iron
9-22-'67 RJD 35.3
received 5- 7 - 1935 George A. Parkhurst acknowledged
registered labeled
donor card mab 1979 object card mab 1978
1 Henry Perham's "Sketches, The History of Chelmsford", 1890
10-1-'67 RJD 35.4
received 5 - 7-1935 former Chelmsford boy acknowledged
registered 6-11-1966 HS labeled 6-24-1966 JF
donor card 1-26-1966 HS object card 7- 5-1966 HS object card mab 1978 donor card mab 1979 1 navel: A Mount Vernon walnut tree was destoyed by a storm. This gavel is made of wood obtained from this tree by Mr. Callahan, a Past Grand Vaster of Masons in Virginia. He laid the cornerstone of the:rational Masonic Memorial in Alexandria, where he lived.
,2a candlestick: .2b candlestick: striped wood from timber that grew on bank of Potomac River; hand-hewed and framed into White House roof after British burned it in 1814. After 112 years of service over 26 Presidents, it was removed, in 1927, during the administration of President Calvin Coolidge.
10-1-'67 RJD
35.5 received 9- 4-1935 George M. Seeton acknowledged Bridge St., Chelmsford registered 1-16-1966 HS labeled
donor card 1-16-1966 HS Classification: newspapers maps object card mab 197 8 programs bills donor card mab 1979 books posters receipts notes Nos. 1 & 2 in memory of Stanley Seeton 1 bound file: Lowell Saturday Eve. Sun: Vol.XI #3,(8-18-1888) to Vol.#5 (7-27-1889)
2 Atlas, Middlesex Co.: J.B. Beers, 1875; 53 town plans, 105 city & village plans, statistics, U.S. 8- state maps, business notices
3 Atlas, Lowell: Sanborn Map & Publ. Co.,1882-1888. Exchanged to O.R.H.S., Lowell 4 World War I map from Boston Sunday Advertiser and American, 1-13-1918 5 u 11 11 It II 11 n n n It 2-;-1918 6 Hill's "Manual of Social and Business Forms": pub. Thos. E. Hill, 1885, Chicago -a Color cuts of World War I posters, 61" x 91", 2 sides:
,"7'7 U.S. soldiers in khaki running across a field: "The Call to Arms: I Want Yout" 8 Enlist in the Navy, to Arms/ U.S. Marines 9 American Red Cross Society,' Pour la France Vervez Votre Or Heroes of St. Julian & Festubert; / Serbia's Flag Day '11 French Red Cross; : /England's "Take Up the Sword of Justice" 12 The Spirit of Belgium;; Italy Carries On -13 Great Britain: artillery horses in action;/ Russia of the Monarchy Italy Joins the Allies; ; Russia of the Democracy 15 France 16 Belgium 17 Canada 18 Serbia 19 Russia 20 Russia 21 Italy 22 Italy
23 color portrait of Sir Douglas Haig
ro rams: dates: lEITM C le s or High School graduating exercises 25 ' n n n n n
26 n it It It it 11 27 II It It II 28 ft II ft 11 It
29 It II II It II 30 It ft It fl ft 31 II It It II it
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35.5 Seeton 2
33 Memorial Day: Chelmsford Veterans' Association 34 II I, fl It II
35 Booster Day: Chelmsford Center High School, 1935 .ii>zcz. i , 31.3Atic 36 Minstrels: Dark-FiTand High Brown Chelmsford Center Fire Co., 1-25-1929
37 Ball, Shanghai Club, Washington, D.C., 5-21-1879, in honor of Ulysses S. Grant
38 receipts: 1790 39 1798 40 1801 41 1814 42 1833 43 1845 /44 1855 45 1871 46 note, 1785 47 note, 1859 discharge of complaint, 1788 4141 tax bill, 1826 50 tax bill, 1853 bills for: 51 work 1802 52 shoes 1810 53 setting an arm 1817 54 survey of cordwood 1818 55 rum, etc. 1859
21-1°t..-s ; •56 : Russell's Mill and bridge, noted in the famous Blondin Murder Case -e'57 i Russell's Mill and House 58 1 - squad of cavalry (20 men) 59 troop of cavalry 60 celebration May 30? near railroad crossing 61 , planting purple beech tree near Revolutionary Monument on Center Common n ft It It ;. :;-62 ' , 44 Susan Y. EMerson, teacher (by school children) 63 Whittemore Carriage and Faint Shop, on North Road 64 Town Hall
10-1-'67 RJD 35.6
received 9-30-1935 Susan Emerson I acknowledged Arthur I. Emerson Frank EMerson registered labeled 93 Westford St., Chelmsford
donor card 2-25-1966 object card mab 1978 Classification: pulley books dcncr card mab 1979 programs photographs militia order
wheel 1 wooden pulley,4& piece of rope: part of water system long in use in the Emerson home on Westford St. previous to the introduction of the town water system. The pulley was located on the second floor over the kitchen. A 60' rope made it possible to bring a bucket up from the cellar to the end of the kitchen sink. The water was so far below the sink that a suction pump would not raise it.
2 Book of "Songs of the Temple" Boston, 1821 3 1 Emerson's "Mental Arithmetic" (leather) 4 Murray's "English Reader" (leather) Jeremiah Goodrich°, Windsor, Vt.; 1828 5 The Tiny Picture Book: on fly-leaf:"Aruthur I. Emerson,Yerry Christmas,Dec.25,1867" 6 Address to a Young Lady Acu.st.i Exeter 1805 7 Mother Goose Melodies 8 Our Trees, by Arthur I. Emerson & Clarence M. Weed D.Sc. (7-26-'37) donated by F.A. & Susan M. Emerson
.- 9a Order of Dances: Social Assembly Town Hall, Chelmsford Center, 6-16-1867 9b Order of Dances: Thanksgiving Ball " " u u 11-24-1870 10 Program: Dramatic Exhibition it IT " 11 2-24-1870 under the principal management of Antoinette Hapgood,oale4erof the late
114raw-Louise-C . komm4,- (Mrs. Amasa-Howard)
11 Order of Capt. Josiah Fletcher to Sergt. Josiah Richardson, 4th Co., 7th Regt., Middlesex Co. Militia Signed: Owen Emerson, Town Clerk, 11-4-1795
photogra 12 Central Square, looking toward Billerica Street 13 Adams Library 14 Byfield Factory ruins, later Ginger Ale plant 15 Spring Care Lime Kilns, Littleton Street 16 Hornbeam Hill Golf Course & club members (tournament contenders) A.I.amerson wins 17 Road in Wood Lot near Russell's Mill* 18 Curve in road 19 Return to Camp: guides H.L.Parkhurst, A,I.EMerson 20 Town Hall and Common (postal) F.A. Emerson 21 Common, Chelmsford Center 22 Common, Chelmsford Center from railroad 23 Lonument on Common (postal) A.I. Emerson 24 Revolutionary Monument 25 :devolutionary Monument 5-3-1893 26 Common of Central Baptist Church, parsonage (old Classical School, Winn house) 27 1 Forefathers' Church and Common from hotel e-- 28 Forefathers' Cemetery; first schoolhouse
10-3-'67 RJD 35.6
.Pherson.. 2
29 North Road from roof of hotel building 3 ik Unitarian Chilch: interior before remodeling 3 1- Baptist Church, Chelmsford Centre 32 Congregational Church) Chelmsford Centre All Saints Church 1, 34 front, exterior 35 rear 36 choir 6 altar 37 cloister 38- aklett house, old picture 39 Emerson house, Westford St., when shade trees were young 40 Fletcher house (Miss Susan Emerson's birthplace) 41 Heywood house, rear (4x5 photo) built 1692, bought by Benjamin Heywood, 1762 42 Heywood house (Garrison House), Miss Heywood (white hair) in foreground 43 Manning Manse, early view 0 44_Bpaulding,Georgei house, early view
- lir School Regiment F.A.EMerson 46 "After the Hunt" n 47 "Chelmsford Coons" it 48 Orchestra in front of Unitarian Church I I 49 Rhubarb and Witchgrass 50 Frost Crystals (beautiful forms) 51 i "Great Feat", (comic)
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10-3-'67 RJD 35.7 received 1935 Adolph Dittmer acknowledged Atlantic Ave., Quincy registered 1-16-1966 labeled donor card 1-16-1966 HS object card mab 1978 donor card mab 1979
1 3.00 bill of Stamford, Conn., bank
2a index tray for cards, 3 x 5 2b alphabetical guide cards, 125 divisions 2c ∎ blank guides
10-10- 1 67 RJD
35.8 Mrs. Zeno F. Jarvis received 12-13-1935 nee Charlotte acknowledged 62 High St., Chelmsford registered 1-16-1966 HS labeled 9-15-1966 JF
donor card 1-16-1966 HS object cards 7-21-1966 HS object card mab 197P d onolr card mat) 199 71 I framed sampler with floral painting in center: pettipoint border of red roses 11 and green leaves; 264:" square walnut frame with inside heading 12a Bible: American Bible Society, 1855; 5-7/8 x 9-3/8 x 3-1/8" 2b i bookmark: lavender ribbon, text in purple
3a "Picturesque America": I, beautifully bound volume ) x size year 3b It " : II, I, ft It ) publisher:
Irq 4a basket: woven straw over woven reed• SI, sq, inches x 3 "I' 'Vt4.b cover: desincin brown'; 51- sq. x 1-3/4"deep
ribbons:
So. 5 colorfully embroidered,wool 44 x 11 " S641 blue, pink border and flowers 31 x 17" Sv,4P6 black, embrildered bouquet, 3 single flowers, 9 x2-3/4" O. 8 cream, pink in border, lines in cream,_,:.. 15 x 2i" 'To .9 white, satin, bordered, flowered 33 x 1-3/4" co-10 black & white, , twisted branch design 20 x 2f" ib.11 calico (?), seamed; tan, red, blue design 16 x 4" white,sti3O , hand-painted brown acorns & green leaves 13 x 1-3/4" f6.13 white, silk 64 x 1-3/8"
`x'414 waxed paper: lacy patter6 for jabot (?) 13 x 21" 15 - . " -" :-with beehivein colors on it 2+ square inches 16 It " : with dove 2 II It 17a-f 6 small irregular pieces of waxy paper
10-13-'67 RJD 35.9 Zeno P. Jarvis received: 9-30-1935 62 High St., Chelmsford acknowledged
registered 1 - 16 -1966 HS labeled donor card 1-16-1966 HS object card mab 1978 donor card mall 1979
1 bit stocks wooden?
2 picture framer oval, black
3_0-13- 1 67 35.10 received 1935 ? Mrs. Arthur Y. Warren acknowledged nee Mabel Emerson registered 1-16-1966 HS Boston Rd., Chelmsford
labeled 8 - 25 -1966 JF
donor card 1-16-1966 HS object card mab 1978 doncr card mab 1979
1 account book: small, paper; "Old Uncle Joseph's book" Joseph and E ,r1.4; ,, Warren and sister"11VAil lived at the old Warren 4.i„ Homestead on South Street, 1849 to 1856. They settled 2annually with his father
2 tax bill: Joseph Manning, 1834; $18.88; Ezekiel Byam, Collector
3 bill for tailoring: H.J. Baxter for Hezekiah Parkhurst; 11-8-1828 4 pamphlet (Sunday School?): "Young Friends", Phila.; Amer. S.S. Union no date
5 pamphlet: Isaac W. Sprague; "The Living Skeleton", wt. 46 lbs.; tells his story.
Born at East Bridgewater, Mass., 5 - 21 -1841
6 Columbian Family and Pulpit Bible; publisher, Joseph Teal; printer: Frost, Boston, 1822
,7 Parkhurst Store in first location: brown wooden frame crossed at the corners, 9 xl; "; store moved to corner of Chelmsford St. and North Rd. in 1871 to make room for the Town Hall, which was built by Lucy Larcom's father.
t o . 22-'41 KSD 35.11 received 10- 1-1935 Reginald B. Pawle acknowledged FROM THE LIBRARY registered 1-16-1966 HS of HENRY GILLAM labeled 6-14-1966 JF donor card 1-16-1966 HS object card 7-12-1966 HS object card mab 1978 donor card mab 1979 1 "Old England", edited by Charles Knight: beautifully bound volume of A Pictorial Museum; Register of ecclesiastical, municipal, baronial, and popular antiquities
Mr. Pawle addressed the Society on "Chelmsford, England", on Oct. 1, 193 5 . He had just returned from England, where, during the Jubilee of George V, he visited his father and mother in Chelmsford, England, his birthplace. In 1939 Yr. Pawle was an officer in the U.S. Bunting Company.
10-22-'67 RJD 35.12
estate ofc,Martha,Varren received 1935? -4.01.4teieses.-4316:4-- acknowledged SOuth St.,chelmsford
registered 1 - 16- 1966 H.S. (Boston Road) labeled
donor card 1-16-1966 object card mab 1978 doper card mab 1979 1 ornamented glass pen, made by Glass CRmpany on H&Iestead:
2 certificate of membership of Joseph Warren in the Middlesex Society of Husbandmen and Manufacturers;Samuel Dana, president;Joel Adams, secretary;10-25-1819. 3 i shareholder's certificate for 74 shares in 3-20-1826 poster:"Third Exxhibition of the Farars' and Mechanics' Association",Wed„9-29-1852; list of premiums, gratuities, etc.;Dr. J.C.Bartlett, president;S.J.Varney, printer,Daily JOurnal and Courier Press,27 Central St.,Lowell, Mass. 3 5 pamphlet:"Tne Equine Paradox":Horses as school pupils; Huntington Hall, 1 week;5-14-1883, 6e: ballot box:wooden; 12f" high x 8" wide x 11 3/4" long;small, leather handle on top; 4*" diameteThole in upper right back for getting ballots out; a hole 1 3/8" Y. diameter in top for casting ballots into box;
::440 61, drawer in lower, right front:18* x 18 3/8";brass loop for handle
C6ci ballots: 34*" wooden cubes azkin the drawer (1966)
This box was presented by Dr. Rufus Wyman to the Chelmsford Female Charitable Society, which was connected with the First Congregational Society of Chelmsford Centre and included in its membership several ladies from Middlesex Village. It was organized in 1816. Presented by Mrs. E.H.Warren. 35,14 received 11-30-1935 Mrs. Frederick W. Smith / acknowledged nee Elizabeth Fiske Warren registered (Mrs. Smith was the 6nly labeled child of a sister of (; Frederick A.P. Fiske
donor card 1 -14 -1966 HS father of Eustace, object card mab 1978 formerly of Boston Road, donor card . mab 1979 Chelmsford) Classifications: containers utensils weapons dishes linens clothing jewelry accessories badges bric-a-brac pictures tavern sign music documents writing materials
1 wicker basket on attached wicker base: 6 narrow blue stripes; 9" high, 8" wide at top; 3 narrow bands of red, bordered by blue lines 515: Cl J 2a ; woven tan workbasket: 411" wide x.4 11" tall , 2b woven tan cover: shallow 2c woven tan basket: 2" oglae (perhaps for thimble) ki..1401....4
°' % (' . 1 71 ATA/ handmade box for soft soap: carved from one piece of wood; 3" wide x 51" long x 34" high v , 4 gallon glass demijohn: 14" high with tan wicker cover with handle sro
- :5a wooden storage bucket: .4* dia, x440D deep; iron hoop and bail. Shaker made with o pointed crossover pieces 5b cover 6',". 6 1792 hide-covered trunk, lined with newspapers: Boston Patriot & Daily Mercantile Advertiser of July, 1819. I((Isaac Warren) in brass studs on front; 48 x 23 x 22" heavy, white cloth cover for bandbox: drawstrings at both ends
' 8 leather strap of Joseph W. Fletcher's: 46" long x 11" wide ',/ 9 iron that roaster: dustpan-shaped grate, 14" x 10", with handle 10 green watering can: spout, handle, and attached cover with round hole; 11" high Cop
11 iron kettle: bail (no feet); 41" high x 61" wide 12a brown earthenware pot: lip and handle; 4" wide at top, 7" high _12b cover: 3 -3/8" diameter 13 wringer: geared, with 4 rollers for.tibbons; a handle; mounted on wood 14 tin bowl: footed; movable iron loop for hanging; 6-3/4" at top x 3" deep flop, brownish pottery mixing bowl: 18" dia. x 6" deep '7' 10-22-'67 RJD 35.14 Smith 2 16a pottery bowl: 7" dia. x 41" deep 16b pottery saucer: 9" dia. x 2" deep 17 napkin holder: 12" long; woven scrolls in green and white yarn; backing of blue ribbon with 2 bows at 2 ends Eo18 flintlock musket: used by David Osgood at the Battle of Bunker Hill powder horn: loaned to Leslie Putnam, to be repossessed and given to the Qt, 19 Chelmsford Historical Society; received from Rev. Frederick Smith and placed with other historical relics. This horn was ornamented with numerous scrolls cut into the surface and the inscription: "Sudbury, January 10, 1742. Josiah Woodward". "1742" appears at another place on the horn. %Woe lawn linen tablecloth: 61" long x 51" wide; fringed; darned; eagle in center, acorn and oak leaf border, & E Pluribus Unum woven in the cloth. linen tablecloth: French design; fringed; 38" long x 31" wide; 2 eagles and shield in square center, drums around them; people on 2 ends; },order of buildings in squares with words between them: Lille; Ari, En; Ostande, 3alha. 22 homespun linen tablecloth: 36" long x 26" wide 23 handloomed linen table cloth: alternate figured and plain squares; embroidered W on it; 26" long x 24" wide y 24 India tablecloth: 4 stripes woven into border; 31" square 25 ecru doily: embroidered with design of 2 deer in red; fringed cotton R.)26 knitted red and white tidy x crP27 knitted red and white tidy: 4 white squares with red cross & red border; red and white scalloped edge around all four • 6 28 filmy lace throws )'29 embroidery sampler: brown and tan; hemstitched on 4 sides; alphabet and initials, alphabet in color; 8" x 10" x30 embroidery sampler, with alphabet in colors; hemstitched on 3 sides; 1 selvedge; 2,:," x 74" 31 man's small, brown-striped, white linen stock: 3 buttonholes jilt 32a handknit-mcniken- sock (44ante---?-4 32b handknit woolen-sock (woman's ?) 61,t-7V uk‘5 '-1 '8'1 903a mitten: tan linen; open thumb, no fingers; featherstitiched in pale blue; made for B. Minot Fiske by his great-aunt Hastings, widow of Dr. Walter Hastings & dau. of Rev. Ebenezer Bridge, while or a visit to his mother's home in Charlestown in 1829. 33b mate 10-22-'67 HA) 35.14 Smith 3 • 34 child's lace bonnet: white; 12" strings - 35a cotton pantalette: white, 'g lace-trimmed Ar.., EC44,PL,,,,,, A.fkoi,•" 0k 35b mate H - ci s „ 3/y •, 36a cotton pantalette: white • 36b mate 37 white, beaver hat: B. Minot Fiske's 0 38 white nightcap - 39 cals4h bonnet: to B. Minot Fiske from Jonathan Spaulding, 18901 from her daughttr Etta Patton. Worn by E.W. Fiske 7 40 white, figured cotton day-cap with figured, crocheted lace edging 5-<1 •41 white day-cap of dotted muslin: embroidered, scalloped edging; 2 ruffles on bottom 42 go043 lady's bed-jacket: white cotton, very full, long sleeves V. 44 bed-jacket: white cotton /, 45a dancing-shoe for right foot: white linen; side-laced 45b mate 46 hoop skirt -47 dress stays (corsets): white, stitched in brown; embroidery on 2 sides of •naek; drawstring at top; 2 eyelets at bottom of hack; 9 eyelets on 2 sides of cgorit; 12 bones t o 48 white cotton pocket with strings, to be worn under a woman's skirt A0.49 white cotton pocket to wear under a skirt 50a white cotton undersleeve: wrist band and wide hamburg Iuffle 5Cb mate i'V/4 'fgq,51a white cot on undersleeve: cuffed with ote,diiimi- wide hamburg 4' )1;, 51b mate w) 52a white cotton undersleeve: wide, hamburg ruffle 7052b mate 53 sample piece of silk wedding dress: floral figures on cream ground 54 black lace mitt 55 white vestee: cotton, embroidered, ruffles; collar attached , 56 white collar: embroidere&border, edge, and corner flower 2 O "il'U4 10-22-'67 n,TE 35.14 white double kerchief: embroidered Smith X58 . lace fi-41-soilar-1 6" and 8" capes, heavily embroidered <459 cotton fichu: lace trimmed thread lace collar, imported in ;818 by John Fiske; worn by,Mrs. E.W. Fiske, great-grandmother of Mrs. jEF.W. 1V) , • 61 handkerchief: pointed, embroidered edge,* initialed E.P.F. (Eliz.H.P.Fiske); 16"sq. 111 • 62 jet brooch, 144,..•,-w c ?_-Na c ..Pttnt.,..en_ . 63 black brooch: a haflf sphere, lin diameter #-64. slide for a belt: 2" x 1 '. jet edge with face on mirrored surface S - ' ji• 65 3,,I0 black jet belt clasps n $ 66 braided brown hair bracelet' gold mounted, with stone on clasp 67a woven hair neckchain: 1 yard long 7- ww, fi ,7-reA + i4 Or • 67b gold-rtettritecl heart pendant with 2/gold heartp in center (.. -1 68 silver pocket-toothpick ■ ,— ' 69 black velvet purse with design in steel beads. ilv_z A i...r rv__ 70 blue purse beaded in various colors 71 bag beaded in Indian design: was Mrs. B. Minot Fiske's -!,-c---/e, F • 72 slip-ringed purse of grey ,,silk and steel beads with blue beads ; a. k";.,,, ..-.,\\Q's. 414.9&sr,. '''''''" ,N, A., purplish spots ; .. - .. .. ' . ' '" - ' :' '' ' sp•icase: a-_-few gold beads in three's at top ofd 7tr, 'cif"- giltgilt braid on 3 0° 73 - , , 74 black gauze fan: 71" It 75 spangled white far with ivory sticks '60 „ 76 friendship bookmark of perforated cardboard , dVia 77 badge with red ribbon for 250th anniversary of Chelmsford = \ 1905 ' LA BO11.4 78 vyellow ribbon badge for 250th anniversary of CheMsford: sports committee 1905 ri d “PA 79 red ribbon badge for 250th anniversary of Chialmsfords general committee 1905 /t 80 II white satin ribbon badge, July 4, 1895: general committee ° 81 deep blue, ribbon badge: V. I. A. '-.N.,Patf't 10-22-'67 RJD 35,14 482 , ribbon of Chelmsford Whig Reform Association: picturing Smith 5 1,1604 Harrison, cabin, flag, Concord, Lexington, Tippecanoe t-^ and Thames. Used at Middlesex County celebration, Concord, 7-4-1840 lb' re p, 07 11) 83 V light blue ribbon badge of Benedict Club 84 white pearl bobbin for thread making y485 wood rack for yarn bobbins 454,(A+-13 03A-t;"") 86 "Needleworker's Companion" in 4 pieces and top, with red silk lining 87 beaded rose wall pocket, 9" long,si:rpr .s4-.eLV'ej err „gt CI) 88 doll's yellow poke bonnet with floral trimming (O 89 doll's china head 90 music book #1 61.0.-A-t-A--..-0....-Am.44).); 91 music book #2 TL- 5 , 92 music book #3 /kii9 keyed, wooden flute, in case PI g4:9 93a 0 93b case ? PLO A . 9 A. piccolo, 14" long, with 3 ivory bands ?ee) A_ ktv R. S F c F c- r•c" 94 95 "flute instructer" book by Hallowell; published by Glazier, Masters & Smith; Ar 6th edition, 1828 P A- s, L c M 96 F 1 , 1,varnished, wooden, sand sifter for blotting wet ink. 2," wide x 3" high Afle , &,11_ 1 #V. , 1 (0 97 dark pottery or glass inkwell, e aylin074calAiveket without cover, 1" high, (1)1:2Aet'' ,1 round hole in cover -r . - ' 1 ~ a . Ci• 98 oval picture frame of crossed, leaflike shaped, wooden pieces; 6" x 41" 99 photograph of Mill Pond 100 photograph of upper dam 101 photograph of Beaver Brook t 102 rewards of merit, etc. (26) 103 bound volume of manuscript sermons by Rev. Ebenezer Bridge, Vol. 24 c, 104 letter from Joseph Warren to his brother-in-law, Amos Spalding (wk., C 105 copy of David Osgood's will see p. 77A (same as 39.10,38?) ., ti t- 10-22-'67 RJD 35.14 106 deed to pew in Union Church Smith 107 deed: Fletcher to Warren 106 list of contributors to the 50th anniversary v 109 tavern sign: wooden ball from Reed's Tavern (p.396, Waters' History) S10 r 1935414,109 10-22-'67 RJD 35.15 received 10-29-1935 Mr. & Mrs. Charles Clough acknowledged nee Alice Goodwin registered 1-16-1966 HS labeled 6-14-1966 JF donor card 1-16-1966 HS object card mab 197E donor card mab 1979 1 long counter purchased by C. H. S. for $5; 2 showcase(in 2sections 33" h. x 23-1/211, deep. purchased for F10. Unidentified ,v 3 cabinet table (radio): painted black; 1 shelf; 35-1/2 x 16 x 33 h. 4 2-door cupboard, about 30 x 18 x 22 5 wooden 3x5 card index file 6 wooden 3x5 card index file, in boards with cover 7 small picture frame unidentified 8 small picture frame unidentified 9 old volume unidentified 10 "Historical Collections" by John Weaver Barbeer, Worcester; published by Dorr, Howland & Co. 1839 (1-22-1936) 6/24/67 rgj 35.16 received 10-29-1935 Mrs.Charles F. bartlett acknowledged nee Qarrie .nr-Elett St, registered 1-16-1966 HS Chelmsford, Mass. labeled donor card 1-16-1966 hS object card mab 1978 d en cr card mab 1979 1 Deed of a pew in the old church from Aaron Fletcher to Azariah Proctor, 1813. Signed by Aaron 1 ietcher of Carlisle; witnessed by Benjamin Byam and Joel Adams. Azariah rroctor was grandfather of Mrs. Charles E. bartlett (Gorunia. L. .Eradtad. Joel Adams was great grandfather of Charles E. rlartlett, and graddfather of Joel Adams Bartlett. Note difference in date of signing and date of acknowledging before J.Y. 6/24/67 rgj 35.17 received 10-29-35 George M. Seeton acknowledged Bridge St. Chelmsford, Mass. registered 1-26-1966 HS labeled donor card 1-26-1966 HS object card mab 1978 donor card mab 1979 1 photograph Y.M.A.A. Team 1 1901 2 photograph Y.M.A.A. Team 2 1901 3 The Orients, baseball team, taken on the baseball field near the two houses since built on Fletcher St. 1900-02 6/24/67 rgj 5.18 received 11-7-1935 Mr. & Mrs. Wilfred W.G. Ureene acknowledged nee North uhelmsford, Mass. registered 1-23-1966 HS labeled donor card 3-3-1966 HS object card mab 1978 donor card mab 1979 1 photograph of Mr. & Mrs. Wilfred W. ' 2reene in an auto at their house "This is a genuine rear seat driver, built by the Waltham Auto company in 1911, but I bought it in 1911 second nand for 4600. It is a steamer. This car is one of 12 total production. the tires ame 2-1/2 x 28 were solid. All lights on it were kerosene oil. it had a 2 cylinder upright mason engine and boiler under the back seat." it was owned by Wilfred W. Greene of iiorth uheImsford This car came out about 3 years before the Stanley Company started, 6/24/67 rgj 35.19 received 1935? Edwin R. Clark acknowledged 36 Bartlett .Dt. Chelmsford, Mass. registered 1-16-1966 HS labeled 5-24-1966 tIF donor card 1-16-1966 HS object card 7-23-1966 hS object card mab 1978 donor card mab 1979 1_ china cabinet: 44 x 16 x 67; carved top, 1 door, 2 shelves, key, walnut 2 folding table: 60 x 27 x 27-1/2 h.; light wood 6/24/67rgj -24 -te, 1•0 3 5.20 received 1935 ? Unknown acknowledged registered 2 - 28 -1966 HS labeled 5-25-1966 JF donor card 5 - 25 -1966 HS object card 6- 7 - 1966 HS object card mab 1978 donor card mab 1979 71„.e.,„ Sae., e,.. 1 bronze bas-relief: "Judging-of a-Witehu (?) cast by Haight and Clark, Albany, New York; dug up on the grounds of the Adams Library 11-1-'67 RJD 36.1 received 1936? Charles E. Bartlett acknowledged 15 Bartlett St. Chelmsford, Mass. registered 2-25-1966 HS labeled donor card 1-17-1966 HS object card mab 1978 donor c ard nab 1979 1 office desk 2 photo portrait of C. E. Bartlett, 10-5/8 x 14-1/8 x 1/2" black frame ) founder and 1st president C. F. S. Son of Capt. C.E.A. Bartlett, grandson of Dr. John Gall °artlett, grect, grandson of Joel Adams. 3 photo portrait of Mrs. C. E. Bartlett, nee Carrie Louise vroctor, 13-1/8 x 10-1/8 x 1/2" black frame. Dressed for old time costume party. 4 portrait of Dr. John Call Bartlett in gilt frame. 5 pamphlet "Unitarian Church, Chelmsford", an historical sketch LIZ 6 Lowell Morning Mail 1890 7a auto goggles, steel, gold bow P. 0 7b case, hard leather 5-1/2" 8 framed Soldiers' I-ecord, Union Guard; 6th Reg. Co. K, Mass. Infantry, mr c(:7 1-1 „Capt. Chas. E. A. Bartlett, mustered 8-31-1862; colored picture at top. 4 o e4-frame24 x 19-3/4 , glossy brown, gold inner edge 1-1/8" 6/24/67 MI 36.2 received 9-26-3936? Mrs. William B. Acrthrup acknowledged nee Bertha Hartsorn High Street registered 2-25-1966 HS Chelmsford, Mass. 10)eled donor card 1-17-1966 HS object card mab 1978 donor card mab 1979 . 1 child's embroidered white dress V 2 child's embroidered white dress r 3a speciM.L of floral painting on white silk; pink wild rose, 3-7/8 x 4-1/2 y. 3b specimen of floral painting on white silk; pink apple blossoms, 3-7/8 x 4-1/2 * , 4 6,, white silk square with red line 1/4" on one edge. 5" square. \-\ white silk square with red line 3" square. 6a & b pair of silk portieres (Loan) ir silk bed quilt (Loan) (riot found in 1966) 7 Holy Bible 1832 6/24/67 rgj 4 36.3 received 1936? Mrs. Fdward Emerson acknowledged nee Elisabeth (bessie) Logan registered 2-25-1966 HS (mother of Ruth Berg) labeled Chelmsford, Mass. donor card 1-17/1966 HS object card mab 1978 dencr card mab 1979 1 ledger accounts (leather bound . & S. d. Parkhurst. Sheepskin 2 stock book (leather bound) 6/24/67 rgj 36.4 received 3-28-1936 Mrs. Elmer L. Dow acknowledged widow of A. Heady Park nee Celia Parkhurst Battles registered 2-25-1966 HS Elm Street labeled South Chelmsford, Mass. donor card 1-17-1966 HS object card mab 1978 dcncr card mab 1979 1 ledger accounts (leather bound) Andrew Park and Alexander Park, Windham, N.H. 2 Alexander Park, Jr.'s Day Book 1-1-1816. Leather binding, printed paper pasted on cardboard cover 3 sales and purchases (bound in sheepskin) ?"- 6/24/67 rgj 36.5 received March 1936 William Bradford. Goodwin acknowledged Lowell, Mass. (screen business) registered 2-25-1966 HS labeled donor card 2-25-1966 HS object card mab 197' d on cr card nab 1979 1 The kuritan Conspiracy 1624 2 volume of papers read before the U.R.R.S., Lowell. "Contributions of the Old Residentst Historical Assoc."Lowell, Mass. Vol. V No 2 3 volume of papers 4 Liberty Bond poster 5 War time poster - 6 program "Paint and eowder Club", 1936 )(r blue ticket for Middlesex Mechanics Association 6/24/67 rgj 36.6 received 1936? estate of Rev. Wilson Vaters acknowledged by Rev. D. W. Norton Episcopal Rectory registered 1-23,-1966 HS 6 Billerica Rd., Chelmsford, Mass. labeled donor card 1-23 - 1966 HS object card mab 1978 donor card mab 1979 1 map of Boston and Lowell R.R. and Middlesex Laval Rev. Wilson Waters to Rev. Mr. Norton to be delivered to U. H. S. 2 photo of Rev. Waters (from his sister) 3 photo of Rev. Waters 4 photo of Rev. Waters 6a black leather coin purse: 2 snap pockets i2buTc. 6b printed slip about religous medal for 60 years of -Glielme-corel- life ,,,■•••■ 6/24/67 rgj 36.7 received. 1936 Harold C. Petterson acknowledged Town Clerk, Treasurer registered 2-25-1966 HS Collector labeled donor card 1-23-1966 HS object card mab 1978 donor card mat) 1979 photographs of town officers 1 Chas. W. Flint 2 Charles Lyons 3 John N. Perry 4 Bean 5 Sydney Dupee 6 Shaw 7 Karl verham 8 9 , y6weetser 10 Town Report 1935 11 receipted bill for $59.85 from undertaker for estate of Lucinda Manning 8-13-1880 12 appraisal of estate of 4790.23 for Joel Mansfield 1826 6/24/67 rgj 36.8 received 9-26-1936 Ethel M. Wright acknowledged 187 Acton Road Chelmsford, Mass. registered 1-23-1966 HS labeled donor card object card mab 1978 donor card mab 1979 1 . embossed card - Herald Press .Boston); names of 15 managers. invitation to sleigh ride at J. Reed's in Chelmsford, Tues., Feb. 20, Coe. A.M. ticket of admission: Benjamin Chamberlain to ball in Pentucket Hall. March, 1814 invitation to social Ball, Joseph Reed's Hail for Mr. Calvin Wright, Chelmsford; Wed., Dec. 21, 1842. Dancing 6 p.m. 3 musicians and 3 managers named 1842 5 invitation to Thanksgiving Ball at citizen's Hall, H.B. eroctor's Hotel, ihursday eve., Nov. 26, 1846. Names of 10 managers 11-26-1846 6 printed address before the Western Society of £iiddlesex Husbandmen. Crg. 1-6-1794 at Chelmsford. (same date as Chelmsford ''ocial Library). Revised bylaws 1-5-1817 officers, meeting, 1819; trustees; Rev. 111kes Allen, Cor. Secy. 7 order of church solemnities in commemoration of the Russian successes, Thurs.3-25-1815 8 Oratorio: A Grand Selection from Handel's Sacred Oratorios performed at the Stone Chapel Church 2-1-1818 9 programme. A Greate uoncerte. Ye Olde Folkes. 250th anniversary 1905 10 preamble and constitution (manuscript) Chelmsford Female Charitable Society. Names of subscribers (charter members). Meeting for first choice of officers at house of Rev. Wilkes Allen. 19 day of Nov. at 1 p.m. 11 list of names of members of Chelmsford Female Charitable Society (no date) 12 audit of treasurer's accounts for Chelmsford Female Charitable society 5-5-1819 Asenath Chamberlain, auditor. 13 audit of Chelmsford Female Charitable Society. 4-24-1821 Asenath Chamberlain, auditor 14 writing exercise. Wm. Howden. O.E. aetat 11, East school, Salem, 1790 15 certificate of qualification of Asenath Manning for instructing the young, signed by Wilkes Allen 16 exercises in arithmetic and in religion. Asenath Manning. no date. 17 appraisal and settlement of the estate of Jonathan Manning. 4-29-1828 18 letter of condolence to Hanjamin Chamberlain on the death of his wife, Asenath Manning. signed by Sarah W. Wood, Sec. Chelmsford Female Charitable Society 8-6-1828 36.8 Wright (2) 19 tax bill (570 Calvin T. Wright (Ethel Wright's grandfather) School District #3. Moses Griffin, coll. paid 7-19-1851 20 newspaper clipping re Robin's Hill black frame with glass 36..25T 21 Bsceuil Choisi et Canters Nouveaux -4 4r) 22 The Christiania Manual 4._ 1 23 Articles of the Christian Faith Baptism The Lord's Supper Prayer Civil Government by Hezikiah Packard. Pub. Samuel ereston Amherst, N. H. 1801 bound in wood and paper, leather back Framed Photos Benjamin Chamberlains son of Capt. Isaac and Betty „Bates Chamberlain; b. 8 - 17 - 17861 d. 6 - 21 - 1871; 12 x 14 x 2 3/4"; lived on Chelms. St. near WIlland. • 3- Tru2,(7A • 4-(>4.,2-.., Q om. )44,a„44.4-- _ /s., 7 -)21 FAA-47c-r-4orivi-÷ A . - ; .41 6/24/67 rgj 36.9 received 9-29-1936 Ethel M. Wright 1 acknowledged 187 Acton id. Chelmsford, Mass. registered 2-25-1966 HS labeled 2-25-1966 donor card 2-25-1966 HS object card mab 197P donor card mab 1979 3e,t sew ( 1 (a)wooden sugar bowl, brownish, 3-1/4 deep, 3-1/4 dia. cover with knob (b) . I ' (.../.4.hAi 0* CA/ATI...A■ f lli.A4 NO , E . 2 tax bill for 9.83 of Benjamin Chamberlain for minister, town, state and county, 1821; Thomas Coburn, Collector 3 tax bill: Calvin T. Wright, District #3 1851 (school tax) paid July 19, 1851; Moses Griffin 4 map of Massachusetts; population census of 1820; mounted on card 5 map of U. S. hand drawn by Martha N. Chamberlain aet. 10 years in 1831. She married Calvin Thomas Wright. Their children: ywin, George B.B., Juliette, and Caroline, who married Charles W. rarkhurst.i George Benjamin Barrett ,ovina Henshaw. Their children Ethel Marion, Adelaide Asenath, married I Clarence Flanders who died at 13. Adelaide Asenath married Lester Whiting Ball. Martha Chamberlain's father was Benjamin Chamberlain (see portrait in C H rooms), son of Isaac, son of Phineas. Isaac lived at Chelmsford St. near Jenness St. at what was (in 1937) the home of Mr. & Mrs. -tied Jenness. (Torn down in 1966). At that time in "Wamesit", later East Chelmsford, and in 1826 the town, and 1836 the City of Lowell. the map is colored and lettered, an excellent piece of work for a ten year old girl. it shows Northwest territory, "issouri Territory, and Arkansas Territory, farthest west covered by the map. Contains note of city on annex- ation of part of Dracut. Capt. Isaac Chamberlain died 12-18-1827 at 72 years. His wife, Sarah, died 1-12-1840. he once owned the Charles Bartlett house. 6 record book of the Farmers and Mechanics Association for the period from June 30, 18Yq to Jan. 6, 1847. Society organized 1850 (CHS March 8, 1937) 20 separate reports of Treasurers and Committees. 7 address, printed, no date: given before the "Western oociety of Middlesex Husbandmen", organized Jan. 6, 1794, the same day on which was organized the Chelmsford Social -Library. Incorporated 1803. Hon. John eats invitation to exhibit at the Centennial exposition at Philadelphia 1875 (. George Benjamin Barrett Wright, secretary 9 original programme (duplicate) "A Greate Concerte by ie Olde Folkes". Part of 250th anniversary celebration. Town Hall, Chelmsford, ye 30th day, 5th r-- month, 1905" 36.9 Wright 2 10 picture of the Davis House: it stood in morth billerica a little off the back road to Salem. this Salem road crossed the old bridge, demolished after the new road and the new concrete bridge were built. Albert H. Davis had a print from this negative and gave the above information verbally. (see Water's History of Chelmsford, page 92). 11 newspaper: Lowell Weekly Journal and courier. Lowell, Friday, March 15, 1850 S.J. Varney Publ. and rrop. John H. Warland, Ed. Contains: vote of city on annexation of part of Dracut; flood at Sacromento City, Cal; steamer reindeer for Cal., Webster's speech on slavery in U.S. Senate; Prof. Webster-Parkman murder; Sir John Franklin expedition; politics and Cal. J. Larcom written on title page. 12 newspaper: "The National Era", G. Barley, editor; John G. Whittier, correspond- ing editor. Washington, D.C. Thursday, Feb. 4, 1858. Weekly contains second installment of a serial story, "Certain English Prisoners" by Charles Dickens; a speech by John P. Hale of Kansas and the Surpeme court; The Next Era cont.; a poem "The Pipes of tfucknow" by John G. Whittier; much comment on the kansta Controversy in Congress; president Buchanan's message. T. Larcom written on title page. 13 newspaper: "Daily ''issouri Democrat" St. Louis, Thursday, Sept.19, 1861. m'Kee and Fishback, proprietors. Contains many advertisements of government for army supplies; baggage wagons, etc.; and for recruits for the army. General McClellan's song. 14 sermon: "Christian Duty in the rresent Crisis" account of battle at Lexington (KY?) and other wartime news. Mrs. Larcgm written on title page. newspapers: Lowell Morning Citizen 15 Monday, May 29, 1905 16 Tuesday May 30, 1905 250th anniversary 17 Wednesday May 31, 1905 18 Thursday June 1, 1905 19 20 Tuesday may 30, 1911 21 Thursday July 24, 1913 22 Tuesday April 3, 1917 23 Thursday November 28, 1918 24 Tuesday March 2, 1926 25 Robin's Hill: framed newspaper clipping, 4-4-1934 54..g vz 7 26 fence viewer's report: Capt. Isaac Chamberlain Samuel Marshall, jr. Assign- ment of fences. fAbbt, 1807. signed by Josiah Richardson, David Dutton, Joseph Chambeslaill as fence viewers, and Dr. Ichabod Gibson as town clerk, and Samuel Steward. 6/24/67 rgj 36.10 received 1936? Herbert C. Sweetser acknowledged Boston Road Chelmsford, Mass. registered 2-25-1966 labeled donor card 1-23-1966 tiS object card mab 197E donor card mab 1979 5e:W- 1 wood plumb bar with stone bob made by Indians for net sinker 2 8 school reports pamphlets 3 26 town reports sheets 4 21 town reports pamphlets 5 62 town reports pamphlets 6/24/67 rgj 36.11 received 3-7-1936 (box found in 1936) Mrs. Walter G. Wright acknowledged Boston Road, Chelmsford registered 8-12-1966 HS labeled 8-8-1966 JF donor card 8-13-1966 HS object card 1966 HS object card mab 197P doncreced mab 1979 1 baby's long nightgown: unbleached cotton; square neck; Short sleeves;vialb drawstring; 26" long, 54" bottom width /(4 - , . . 2 baby's long dress: white lawn; hamburg on bottom edge; 4 tiny tucks on each side of hamburg insertion near bottom, hamburg and tucked yoke in front; tucks and lace around the off-shoulder sleeves; 3 drawstrings in back for yoke and neck. poor condition. 3 baby's bed jacket (7): white linen; full sleeves; ruffles at neck and cuffs; 8-3/4" long 4 baby's bonnet: dotted muslin; double row of lace around front edge; 1 row around bottom; drawstring to tie in back batiste square: 3/8" lace edging; 7/8" hemstitched hem; embroidery above hem and in 4 corners. 36-1/2" square. carriage cover? 6 sash of white cotton: hemstitched ends 68 x 51, • 7a undersleeve: white cottom, embroidered, scallop and border; 7-1/4" long •7b undersleeve: matching undersleeve: lace, embroidered scallop, border, and 2 flower sprays 9 edging: white cotton; hand embroidered, pointed, 2 x 25-1/2" -10 edging: lace; embroidered edge and flowers 2-1/2 x 13" 14" 11 slip: white cotton; ankle length; 10" hamburg,on bottom, drawstringszA top fronti'VnOrtened by 2-1/2" tuck; initials F C in pink just below!tie' ?O' 12 nightgown: white cotton; long sleeves; hand nade; embroidered; pointed yoke; neckline; and cuffs; 7 buttons for front opening I 13 dress: white batiste(?): machine embroidery on lower half of skirt, the whole length of the sleeves, and the front panels of the waist and peplum; 3" lace on flat collar, bottom of sleeves, and 2 sided of front of waist; snaps and hooks and eyes on fr nt opening 14 dress: plaid-striped broun taffeta; 12 buttons on front over hooks and eyes; 3" cream lace at bottom of sleeves; ankle-long skirt. There are several pieces of the material 15 scarf: black net, heavily embroidered all over and at 2 ends; flowers along 1 edge; 1 long edge raw; seamed together in middle; 70 x 19" 16 lace piece: all over embroidery; scalloped bottom 20" long; width 18"; a slanted rough edge makes the piece triangular 17 comb: amber; 4 8r 5 teeth nisiaL,, in 1966; top 2-" wide above teeth,which are 3 3/4" long and 64," wide altogether. 37.1 received -9-1937 Francis R. Clark acknowledged registered 6-24-1966 H. S. labeled 6-27-1966 J. F. donor card 1-23-1966 H. S. object card 7- 3-1966 H. S. object card mab 1978 donor card mab 1979 J, 1 china closet: bow ends; 1 door; 2 shelves; 46" by 16" by 61" high memorial to Avis Thwing Clark, his first wife 2 sectional book case: oak; h sections with glass fronts; drawer in base; 34" by 12" by 64i" policeman's billy: long used by William L. Clark, a policeman from Unity, Maine He was later a night watchman in Mass. Mills. Contemporary policemen with him: Dan Lane Warren Foss (at Rogert' estate, from Suncook, N. H.) Libby Clements photograph album: covers on brownish red velvet; "Album" on fan design or front cover; binding broken (1960; empty; 11" by 9" by 2;1" photograph album; black board covers; empty; 11 3/0 by 7:',1 " by 1" 37.2 received Mrs. E. J. Rolfe acknowledged registered 8-11-1966 H.S. labeled 8-11-1966 J.F. donor card 8-11-1966 H.S. object card 8-11-1966 H.S. object card mab 1978 dcncr card mab 1979 01 peck,: wooden, 12 X 281? and 6" board at bottom; carved handle; made for carrying a child on one's back; wooden handle connected by leather thongs to the pack; brought from the East imiles_by Miss Wood, a missionary. 2a iron mortar: 9" diameter at top, 7e high 2b iron pestle: These belonged to Oliver M. Whipple of Lowell and had Treviously been the property of Dr. Axtell of Lowell. , 3a model of Unitarian Church, Chelmsford as it was 1792-1842, when it was burned: walnut (?); porches on sides and back ilimmims=0 X 3"; tower with steeple Zz X 15"; bell in steeple. 3b letter: dated 3-21-194 to "Dear Friends" from C. E. and E. D. Rolfe asking acceptance of "our old meeting house" and stating that the blinds were a mistake. 4 footwarmer: owned by the Moores and used in the e4Turrh which burned in 1842. )0_ 5 a, brown cloth: made by natives from bark of trees in South Seas, 4 -.:13 X3", roughly. b Ap-1-1-7 .; 3 14. -7( t+ 4 I6a tinder boxer1,:_mtiL 11/6b cover. 37.3 MR H. Davis received acknowledged re7istered 8—l1—l966 H.S. labeled 8-11-1966 J. F. donor card 8-11-1966 object card 3-11 -1966 object card mab 1978 donor card mab 1979 la right shoe: high black; leather; 17 eyelets for lacing; Goodyear rubber heels lb left shoe: high black; size lai 37.4 William Griffiths received acknowledged registered 8-11-1966 H. S. labeled F-11-1966 J, F. donor card 7-27-1966 H. S. object card 8-11-1966 H. S. object card mab 1978 donor card mab 1979 la 10" wooden piece with G at top and A E at bottom in nail heads lb /1" wooden piece with 2 at the top in nail heads When the grave for the Rev. Wilson Waters was being dug in Forefathers' Cemetery in 1933, remnants of a coffin were unearthed, of which these are a part. 37.5 received Mary C. Worden acknowledged Tyngsboro, Mass. registered 8- 9-1966 H. S. labeled 8-11-1966 J. F. donor card 8-11-1966 H. S. object card 8-12-1966 H. S. object card mab 1978 donor card mab 1979 q11 medallion: 1 3/4" diameter; metal; for Jonas A. Piecre, 1865 inscriptions side A: Honor to the Brave. He died at the Lincoln Hospital in Washington of disease in 1863. side B: Presented by friends at Home as a Memorial of faithful service rendered by Jonas V. Pierce, Co. G. 33d Regt. Mass. Vol. in the National Army. North Chelmsford 1865 2 medallion: for Henry W. Davidson, 1865 inscriptions side As He died at the St. James Hospital in New Orleans of disease in 1862. side B:'Presented by friends at Home as a Memorial of faithful service rendered by Henry W. Davidson, Co. D, 30th Regt. Mass. Vol. in \ " 2-1 the National Army. North Chelmsford 1865 - B 1 Miss Worden wrote: "My mother was 2nd cousin of0r. Fierce, a descendant of the Read family of Westford of the Revolutionary branch." 374 received R. Wilson Dix acknowledged registered 8-11-1966 H. S. labeled 8-25-1966 J. F. donor card 8-12-1966 H. S. object card 8-12-1966 H. S. object card mab 1978 donor card mab 1979 1 glass cane: 37" long, 2" wide; knob at top, tapering to 7/8" at bottom; wavy pattern. This was given to Loring Marshall. 2 glass cane: 37" long, 2" wide knob at top tapering to 5/8" at bottom; spiral pattern. Both canes were blown at the Chelmsford Glass Works in Middlesex Village. powder horn: carved on it, "R. Wilson Dix. Bunker Hill Centennial, June 17, 1875. We marched today to keep alive the fires so valiantly kindled by our sires. May they from their .graves return When these fires shall cease to burn.° 37. 7 received vary N. George acknoWledged No. Chelmsford registered 8-12-1966 H. S. labeled 8-20-1966 J. F. donor card 8-12-1966 H. S. object card 8-12-1966 H. S. cbject catd mab 1978 04 1 Holy Pible: Old and New Testaments, Apocrypha Portland; N. W. Lefavor and Co., 1850 contains clippings and book mark IJA.,..4,NA„k,,,,(4-4 37.8 received J. C. Osterhout acknowledmed registered 8-12-1966 H. S. 1Fbeled 8-20-1966 J. F. donor card 8-12-1966 H. S. object card 8-12-1966 H. S. object card mab 19'n donor card mab 1979 1 singer's ticket of Mrs. Osterhout, alto, for Quarter Millennial (250th) 11..k., Anniversary of the Town of Chelmsford. 61 2 red badge: May 28,29,30,31, 1905; souvenir, 1655-1905; 250th anniversary; medallion of Chelmsford seal hanging from it \,, 37.9 received E. R. Clark Sarah Putnam acknowledged Boston, Road Chelmsford registered 8-12-1966 H. S. labeled 8-25-1966 J. F. donor card 8-12-1966 H. S. otject card 8-12-1966 H. S. object card mab 1978 donor card mab 1979 X la box: carved with a jack knife by Jos. Putnam for his d., Anna, wife of Joseph Putnam of Chelmsford, Mass. Anna Putnam was born 5-10-1744, died 9-1-1765. 5" by 4-L" by 13/4" deep z-, lb On the sliding cover "Anna Putnam" and other words are scratched. Inside the box were: (2a thick screw PS2b L 2c r3a spike 31) " `')3c" 3d " -4a nail 4b " ," 4c " k ci 1\ 4e " 5 deed: under double glass; 17"by 14 3/8" in 3/4" black frame; J. David Burg to Jonathan Putnam 5-9-1766 .31,Tto received Clna r 1 Pinney acknowledged iiiivous HI P registered 8-12-1966 F. S. labeled 8-12-1966 J. F. donor card 8-12-1966 H. S. object card 8-12-1966 H. S. object card mab 1978 donor card mab 1979 1 1 scrap book: board and black vellum bound; 9-11 by 6" by li"; written inside, "Chicago, Jan. 1861"; clippings of anecdotes and poetry 37.11 received - -193 6 Miss Juliette Wright acknowledged registered °-12-1966 W. N. labeled 8-25-1966 J. F. donor card 8-10-1966 H. S. object card 8-10-1966 H. S. object card mab 1978 donor card mab 1979 1 Oxford Bible: "printed by Thomas Baskett by order of King George"; "Oxford, 1760"; contains "Public Litany for the Church of England" , etc. "originally owned by Zaccheus Wright, father of Calvin T.; father of George E., Juliette and Edward C. Wright; George B., father of Ethel Wright and Adelaide Wright Ball" "Zaccheus Wright was born in Templeton, !fess. in 1770. He was brought up by his uncle, J„gel Porrett, in the house where F. W. Park now lives. ( This was probably Joel Terrett's Bible." ! 7:7.12 received -Stveie • ur bank acknowledged Foston Rd., Chelmsford registered 8-12-1966 H. S. labeled 8-25-1966 J. F. donor card 8-12-1966 H. S. object card 8-12-1966 H. S. object card mab 1978 donor card mab 1979 silver plated coffin markers 1 Mary L. Burbank; Died Dec. 30th, 1854; Aged 41 years; 5" by 2 5/0 2 Charlotte Ann Burbank; Died Mar. 12, 1842; Aged 4 years and 3 mos. by 4" 2 5/8" 37.1T received 2-13-1937 Yr. and !jrs. Leslie R. Davis acknowledged registered 9-16-1966 H. S. labeled 9-16-1966 J. F. donor card _21-1966 H. S. object card F-21-1966 H. S. object card mab 1978 dcnor card mab 1979 1 photograph: Albert h, Davis; oval oak 5" frame; 294" by 25"; gold band on inner edge 2 photograph: •rs. Albert F. Davis, nee Ellen L. Richardson; matching frame received Marion Spring Clark acknowledged registered 8-16-1966 H. S. lebeled 8-16-1966 J. F. donor card 8-21-1966 H. S. object card 8-21-1966 H. S. object card mab 1978 donor card mab 1979 1 class at Luther Bell Grabmar School, Somerville, June 1911; brown frame 19 3/4" by 16 /II" by 1 5/8" appointment as Guardian of the Fire for the Camp Fire Girls, 1923; black frame 21 1/8" by 14" r-- 57.15 received Thomas Harmon acknowledged registered 8-27-1966 H. S. labeled 8-25-1966 J. F. donor card 8-27-1966 H. S. object card 8-27-1966 H. S. object card mab 1978 donor card mab 1979 4 volumes of pressed flowers, wild, and grasses which received First Prize of $25 at Vassachusetts Agricultural College in 1900. Loose leaves are tied indide board covers that are 14" by 10" 1 Vol. I: flowers 2 Vol. II: flowers ej n 5 vol. III: flowers 4 Vol. IV: grasses 37.16 received !frs. Leroy Hannaford acknowledged registered 8-27-1966 H. S. labeled 8— 1966 J. F. donor card 8-27-1966 H. object card 8-27-1966 H. S. object card mab 1978 donor card mab 1979 q,- .;//1 photograph of Town Farm, Chelmsford, built by Jonathan Manning, 1016; 3 1/8" square on a black mount 5e square i_■ 151zPs'--1 7.17 received Eli Burbeck acknowledged registered 8-27-1966, H. S. labeled 8 1966 J. F. donor card 8-27-1966 H. S. object card 8-27-1966 H. S. object card mab 1978 donor card mab 1979 1 inventory of the estate of Stephen Adams made Dec. 15, 1800 after his death 2 account -pf the administrator of the estate of Stephen Adams by Timothy Adams 37.18 received Frank H. Dane acknowledged 7 Durant St. Lowell, pass. registered 8-27-1966 H. S. labeled 8-25-1966 J. F. donor card 8-27-1966 H. S. object card 8-27-1966 H. S. object card mab 1978 • donor card mab 1979 passport for Middlesex Canal for Dix and Rand, owners; 3/8" black frame 9i" by 5i" 37.19 received Fred W. Holt acknowledged registered 8-27-1966 H. S. labeled 8-27-1966 J. F. donor card 8-27-1966 H. S. object card 8-27-1966 H. S. object card mab 1978 donor card mab 1979 f 1 picture: Fletcher House 1 ;18" black frame 10-E" by 82" Information about the house is contained in the followings Sun. Telegram 8-1-1920 ChelmSford Memorial 5-2-1859 letter from Wm. Fletcher 6-29-1952 Waters,W. "History" page 394 37.20 received Mrs. Marietta F,. Spaulding acknowledged Pasadena, California registered 8-27-1966 H. S. given to Library and later labeled 8-27-1966 J. F. by Ethel Wright to the Chelmsford Historical Soc. dpnor card 8-27-1966 H. S. object card 8-27-1966 H. S. object card mab 1978 donor card mab 1979 1 Lowell Daily Journal and Courier: Vol XVII; Jan. 1, 1%52 to June 6, 1852; nos. 3655 - 3807 2 Lowell Daily Journal and Courier: Vol. XVIII Jul. 1, 1852 to Dec. 31, 1852; nos. 3808 - 3866 3 Lowell Daily Journal and Courier: Vol. XVIII; Sept. 9 nos. 3867 - 3962 tan leather bindings; mottled brown-orange board covers NO by 18" 37.21 received W. T. Whitley acknowledged Chelmsford, England here on a visit registered 8 -27-1966 H. S. labeled 8-27-1966 J. F. donor card 8-17-1966 H. S. object card 8-27-19E6 H. S. object card mab 1978 donor card mab 1979 1 Budget Souvenir: strip of 12 sepia photographs of Chelmsford, England 57.22 received Richard Davis acknowledged son of Albert H. Davis reristered 9- 5-1966 H. S. labeled 9- 5-1966 J. F. donor card 9- 5-1966 H. S. object card 9- 5-1966 H. S. object card mab 1978 donor card mab 1979 • 1. Early Chelmsford Industries: typed 7pp. history - ' ek. iltz. 37.23 received 7-15-? Charles A. Chamberlain acknowledged 39 Boylston Street Boston, Mass. registered 9-5-1966 HS labeled 9-9-1966 3F donor card 9-5-1966 HS object card 9-5-1966 HS ctject card mab 1978 donor card mab 1979 1/ 1 letter to Adams Library with gift of sermons preached by John Parkhurst in Chelmsford about 1837 (?) rj 9/67 37.24 Alice M. Howard received 1937 acknowledged ? Westford, Mass. registered 9-17-1966 HS labeled 1966 JF donor card 9-17-1966 HS object card 9-17-1966 HS object card mab 1978 donor card mab 1979 la cover sheet of "Rec t ts and ra:froll of wagoners on Fort Warren". lb $219.62 due Calvin Howard for 9 men Fort Warren 11-29-1811 $19.42 to be paid by Howard to Jos. Pratt, by James Stevens 12-30-1814 Orders on Calvin Howard to pay shares of 2 $19.42 paid by Silas Dudley for Jonathan Keyes 12-15-1814 3 $19.42 paid by Enoch Carter for Jonathan Keyes 12-15-1814 4 $5. 25 paid by Enos Lake for Joel Adams 12-9-1815 5 bill paid by Joseph rratt for Richard Faulkner 4-15-1816 6 $2.38 paid by Lnos Lake for Samuel Stevens 4-16-1817 receipt for 7 $28.03 by Gardner Fletcher 2-13-1816 8 $25.49 by Daniel proctor 2-18-1816 9 $20.20 by Nathan Ames 3-4-1816 10 note about original papers of miss Howard's gi.andfather 11 copy of letter about Ft. Warren written by Fred Y. Gross, military archivist rj 9/67 37.25 Chelmsford Monument Association received acknowledged ? registered 9-17-1966 HS labeled 1966 JF donor card 9-17-1966 HS object card 9-17-1966 HS °Inject card mat' 1978 donor card mab 1979 Chelmsford Minute Men and Monument Association Banner (poor condition 1966) 46" walnut rod with knobs at ends; 4 gilt tassels on long gold cords attached to it; gilt fringe and 1-1/2" gilt braid on edge of white taffeta banner 34-1/2" wide by 46" long at 2 points; blue overlap across top, 12" deep at 2 points, 9" in center; on it in large gilt capitals CHELMSFORD. Below, on the white taffeta is painted in grey a 23" picture of the Monument; below that in capitals "CHELMSFORD MONUMENT ASSOCIATION" On the blue taffeta reverse side in gilt: "Chelmsford Minute Men" then town seal; at the bottom the town motto in two lines: "Let the guard What their sires have won." (L'hikkNe,,1 rj 9/67 38. 1 Sidney Bullney received 10-4-1938 acknowledged registered 8-4-1966 HS labeled 8-5-1966 JF donor card 3-18-1966 HS object card 8-5-1966 HS object card 1978 mab donor card mab 1979 1 History of Troop F, Spaulding Light Cavalry (names of many Uhelmsford men in it) rj 9/67 38.2 Mrs. W. D. Battles received acknowledged ? Aobin hill Road bouth Chelmsford registered 7-25-1966 labeled 7- -1966 donor card 7-25-1966 object card 7-25-1966 object card mab 1978 dcncr card mab 1979 1 Indian pestle " long. It was plowed up on the farm of Rev. John 1"Nrkhurst in South Chelmsford. it was presented to the Adams Library by Mrs. Battles. ri 9/67 38.3 received 1938 ERC Mrs. Jos. E. Warren acknowledged ? registered 8-12-1966 HS labeled 8-20-1966 JF donor card 8-20-1966 JF object card 8-20-1966 JF object card mab 197P onor card mab 1979 cuspidor: from the first church in Chelmsford. base 7-3/4" square 42-1/2" high; sides flare outward rj 9/67 -V, 39.1 .11 received 1939 ? Arthur I. Emerson acknowledged 41 Westford St. registered Chelmsford / labeled 3- 2-1966 HS donor card mab 1979 object card mab 1978 1 slate used in 1870 by his brother, Louis Emerson, who was killed by a baseball Negatives: 2 3 Pulpit Rock: on Robin's Hill, near junction of Robin's Hill Road & High Street, so called because the Rev. John Parkhurst once preached a sermon on the rock; see poem by his daughter (see also another view from Mrs. E.L. Dow) 4 Middlesex Tavern, 4x%" 5 Central Baptist Church, 4x5" 6 Central Congregational Church, 4x5" 7 5x8" view from Central Hotel, looking up North St., showing crossing tender's house on North side of R.R. track, Town Hall, Albert M. Davis (Richardson) House, School house (torn down), common with flag pole on the common, street lamp, and the old common fence of stone posts and heavy (4;x4") rails 8 Central House, Central Square, Chelmsford Centre, Wilson House 9 the Village of Chelmsford Center, from Robin's Hill 5x8" :1 10 the Common, Chelmsford Center: Revolutionary monument back center; old stone and heavy rail fence; view from near R.R. crossing. the Revolutionary Monument: decorated with spiral Streamers, flowers, plants and 1; 5- 11 flowers including a star-studded finial of flowers, praiseworthy work of one of the churches. Memorial Day Observance. 5x8" 8x10" negatives: 12 Central Baptist Church 13 Central Baptist Church ck 14 stained glass windows in All Saints Church, Chelmsford. 15 the choir and altar: All Saints Church, Chelmsofrd - 1 0 16 Cider Mill & storehouse, Henry T. Perham's Vinegar Manufactory, Westford St. 1,„ 10 17 Vinegar storehouse, Henry T. Perham's cider mill on Westford St. 39.1 Emerson 2 18 Saw Mill and Yard: logs, teams, etc.; identity unknown. Probably lumbering operations of Arthur M. Warren. 19 AlawMill: teams, logs, sawdust, etc. Unidentified, 20 where is it? 20 Mitchell School for Boys, Billerica (burned) 21 Dr. Bartlett's house, Bartlett St., Chelmsford; built by Dr. Ichabod Gibson, 1794 22 Buzzell House, Westford St., Chelmsford: built by Rev. Hezekiah Packard; home of Wilkes Allen, who bought it from Pitts, 23 Buzzell House no. 2: Packard sold to Pitts, who had lived at the Stoddard House, which stood where the Central Baptist Church was built. After Pitts' death (1805) the house was sold to Wilkes Allen. Deacon Cornelius Waldo's house stood on this land at the time, where in 1938 was the house of E.J. Robbins. (\ '''''Y ' 24 Crosby House: built by Capt. Josiah Fletcher, in Crosby Lane; formerly house of Loamimi Chamberlain. Miss Abby Crosby and her mother on lawn. See Waters' History, p.395. (Josiah R. Fletcher, grandson of Joseph) 25 Old House: large elm on either side, well sweep, people. Said to be home of Joseph Davis and son Timothy, in No. Billerica. (A.H.D.)? no longer standing. 26 Bryant Emerson House, Dalton Rd., w. of North St.; Bryant Emerson father of James p.4aert; Rufus W., Henry, (father of John); Bradford, (father of Welter); Fred; and a sister 7 Edith. Henry was also father of Harriet, afterward Mrs. Arnold C. Perham (1st wife). James P. was father of Ralph Waldo and Harry Bryant and sister. House burned in 1905. 27 Fiske House, Central Square, cor. Billerica St., Chelmiford: built in 1798 by Simeon Spalding, son of Col, Simeon Spalding, who died in 1785 (see Waters' History, p.395, where the Colonel is given as the builder) 28 Heywood-Garrison House: Miss Heywood and liend, Lucy Varnum, in the garden. (see Chdbsford Hist. for story of this house) 29 Heywood-Garrison House: bare trees. 30 Hutchins, Thayer, Nathan Crosby, and Ritchie House (see Waters' Hist., p.398) In 1936 Warren Sweetser (?) built house on North Road next beyond Almon Holt's house for Hutchins, in 1940's occupied by Thayers. Sweetser's daughter married John Thomas of Lowell. 31 Manning Manse, Billerica 32 Spalding House, afterward Driscoll House: on road to right from Fred Fletcher's house, Westford Road; Mr. and Mrs. George 0. Spalding, Mrs. Anne Aldrich, baby Clarence Spalding. 33 Fireplace in old living room of Karl M. Perham's house (Farrington's in 1966) 34. Emerson 3 5m '4 34 Robin's Hill house. Varnum Fletcher's team. See back of photo; information from H.L. Parkhurst. St 35 Merrill (Simpson) Stevens House, Boston Rd., Chelmsford: on the steep part of Stevens Hill beyond the present, 1936, Eno home. (no longer standing) .# 77 l'4)" 36 Warren House: No. 1. South St., Mr. E.H. Warren on piazza. Edwin Hinchman Warren. 37 Group of Odd Fellows: front row, left: Charles Nichols, George A. Parkhurst, Warren , Nathaniel Glidden (father of Chas.), Walter Winning, Eben Adams, Warren Sweetser; - Smith on ground at right of entrance. E...-n,,„Air!*...,..1.*-• 38 The Sketch Club: upper left, standing: A.I. Emerson; seated: George Farber, William Ward, timekeeper at Saco-Lowell, father of Mrs. Blanche Ward Murphy and Mrs. LMlian Ward Hill; Samuel Chase, a reporter, Other members were: 1, Hathaway, signs; 4 Bailer, Lowell teacher; Ao Hill of Vox Populi, who married Lillian Ward 39 NoYem Club bicycle group: Orl M. Perham, Ralph W. Emerson, Carl Ripley, William H. Hall, G. Thomas Parkhurst, Winthrop A. Parkhurst, Harold Davis, Hawthorne Howard, Will Fulton, Arthur Hatton. 404 Whittemore's Carriage and Paint Shop, North Rd., Chelmsford 41 Hunt House, Hunt Road, Chelmsford: Samuel Hunt. His son, Henry, married a Miss Pinkham and went west. Annie Eliza Hunt and sister were influential in the estab- lishment of All Saints Churhh, Chelmsford Centre. In 1936 the house was owned and occupied by Mr. and Mrs. Frank Crawford, who built the piazza across the front in 1937. 42 Burnam Beeches: poto of picture in Lowell Normal School negative #016 -F3769 s 4 .)11 George 0. Spalding House: Mr. and Mrs. George O. Spalding, Mrs. Anne Aldrich, and babe in arms, Clarence L. Spalding. 44 E.H. Warren House, No. 2:) settIptured-im-pIeteter-e-perr4sT-II4e-essay-by-tkrirEri South St., Chelmsford Ctr) horseman, and baby in baby carriage • • • )- • EA0404-01,42-1154..k. t.4w art ?0-0 . 39.2 received 2-9-1939 John Eaton acknowledged 24 Golden Cove ad Chelmsford Mass. registered 3-2-1966 HS labeled 7-11-1966 JF donor card 7-11-1966 JF object card 3-11-1966 hS object card mab 197F donor card mab 1979 1 unbroken Indian stone implement 1. broken Indian stone implement These implements, probably clubs, were dug up while Eaton was ploughing on his farm, Golden Cove Woad, between Chelmsford and Billerica Streets rj 9/67 39.3 1 received 5- 2-1939 Mrs. Elmer L. Dow acknowledged widow of A. Heady Park nee Celia Parkhurst Battles registered 8-18-1966 HS labeled 8-20-1966 JF Chelmsford, Mass. donor card 3- 2-1966 HS object card mab 1978 donor card mab 1979 1 ancient splint basket with raffia repairs: once the property of Hannah Adams, who was born in Chelmsford, 8-15-1776, and died 2-18-1849. (see daguerretype in case). 2 newspaper clippings: death of John Parkhurst, son of Rev. John, in Boxford, '9-30-1917. one half of pages 3 and 4, "Chelmsford Memorial". ill= There are several dates, but none on this fragment to determine when printed. Items: c/.5),6N 11447) -) 1 establishing an Academy (this was the second opening) 2 monument to Capt. Isaac Davis & others who fell at Concord fight, from Acton 3 poem to "The Heroes of the Revolution" 4 part of an address to the Provincial Congress, signed by John Hancock 5 Lexington Monument, etc. 6 fragment re our Revolutionary Monument 1 1 4 manuscript poem by Rev. John Parkhurst: addressed to Mrs. Martha I. Emerson, wife of Rufus W. Emerson, nee Martha Lucinda Parkhurst, daughter of John Parkhurst 5 mutilated letteiddressed to Mr. John Parkhurst, Hampden, District of Maine, June 10. His reply is on same sheet. 6 letter from New Ipswich, 1.H., addressed to Yrs. Celia Burrows Parkhurst as "Beloved Sister" and signed Ruth. 7 fragment of the Parkhurst genealogy by Charles H. Parkhurst, Providence, R.I., 1883 8 sheepskin bound book ofp arious writings: diary, marriage records, etc. of Rev. John Parkhurst 9 sheepskin bound book of diary, poems, records of Rev. John Parkhurst ,10 photo, in 14x11" oval walnut frame, of Rev. John Parkhurst and his second wife, • Celia (Burrows) Parkhurst. 11 photo album #1, card size photos a Dr. John Call Bartlett b M. Jennie Wood c Rev. S.W. Hanks, Lowell d Rev. J.E. Wigging, First Baptist Church 39.3 Dow 2 e Charles H. Parkhurst f Mrs. Matthias Parkhurst, nee (1 od 2 wives) g Mathias Parkhurst h Mrs. Charles W. Parkhurst, nee Caroline A. Wright, dau. of Calvin Thomas Wright, sister of Juliette, Edwin, George, Benjamin ZIT. i Charles Harrison j Mrs. Bertram Harrison k Bertram Harrison 1 Henry Ketchum m Guy Bennett (child) n Dr. Bennett o Grace Ketchum (child) p Nellie and Chas.Michols (children) q Nellie and Charlie Nichold (children) ✓ George W. Hunt s Thomas Peckham t Quincy Warren u Asenath Chamberiain ✓ Mrs. Warren Fay Buckman (S.T.T.) Kee Susan Emma Parkhurst w Mrs. James M. Battles x Edgar Battles y John F.B. Battles z Arthur Battles (child) (S.T.T.) as Charles Battles bb Grace Battles cc Mrs. William D. Battles, nee Harriet Henchman Parkhurst dd John L. Battles (S.T.T.) ee Kate Battles ff Arthur Battles (child, S.T.T.) dup. gg (54) hh group of men (photo taken in New York) 12 photo album #2, card size photos a Rev. John and Celia Parkhurst b George W. Hunt c Mrs. George W. Hunt, nee Celia Ellen Parkhurst; 60* d John Allen Hallett 58 C ) e Mr. John Allen Hallett, nee Sarah Parkhurst 58 f Fletcher Burroughs g Mrs. Fletcher Burroughs, Louisa h Nancy Elizabeth Parkhurst 67 i Leonard Hastings (N. Ipswich, N.H.), brother-in-law of Rev. J. Parkhurst j Mrs. Benjamin Minot Fiske, nee Elizabeth Ann Parkhurst; 57 k Frederick Augustus Parker Fiske; 72 1 F.A.P. & Eliz. Minot Fiske (children) (Mrs. Jos. E.Warren); 73 m Grace Hallett n John Fiske (brother of J.M.), uncle of F.A.P.F. o Edson Parkhurst Hunt (child, S.T.T.); 87 p John Cooper, said to have been brought up by the Battleses q Fanny and Gertrude Buckman; 98 - 99 TT ✓ tomm Byam ?"- s Mrs. Byam t Mrs. Benjamin Battles, nee Charlotte u Hubbard ✓ Dr. Charles Dutton 3 'I, 3 Dow 3 w Sarah Ann Templeton, dau. of Sarah Ann Burrow, sister of Celia, wife of Rev. J. Parkhurst y Charlotte Battles) z Leonora Battles ) Dunstable as Mrs. John Quincy Battles, nee Melvin bb John Quincy Battles cc Mrs. Bertram A. Harrison, nee Emma A. Battles dd ee Bertram Harrison ff gg Mrs. Sewall Parkhurst, 2nd wife, nee Mary Elizabeth Battles hh Sewall Parkhurst; 41 ii Mrs. Royce jj Augusta Peabody Tasker kk Albert Tasker, Manchester, N.H. 11 Mrs. John Tasker, nee Marietta Smith mm John Tasker nn Edwin W; Tasker 00 tI 11 tl pp (child) cm Walter Lane (child) later, Rev. Walter Lane rr Lizzie Pindar ss Byam 13a Marion photo of Mrs. Andrew H. Park, mother of Fred; 2-9-1939; 14x12" carved walnut frame, crosses at corners 15b Hannah Adams, daguerreotype in a case, b. Chelmsford, 8-15-1766; d. 2-18-1849 Photographs: 14 Alexander Park: oval walnut frame (see sheepkkin account book) 15 irs. Park: black oval frame with grapes; nee Rebecca F. Titcomb 16 Rev. John & Celia Parkhurst 17 John Nesmith Park: black oval frame with6rapes 18 Mrs. Arthur W. Allen, nee Jessie 19 Mrs. Arthur W. Allen and sons Roy and Richard 20 Mr. and Mrs. Watton Park, and daughter 21 Minnie L. Allen 22 Andrew H. PArk 23 Mrs. Andrew H. Park 24 Mr. and Mrs. Howard Park (nee Mary Wright), and son 25 Mary Allen Park 26 Charles Park 27 Howard Park 28 Miss Celia Richardson 29 Mrs. Warren F. Duckman, nee Susan Emma Parkhurst 30 James Monroe Battles 31 Mr. and Mrs. A.A. Hart, nee Louise Park 32 All Saints Church 33 the "Pulpit", Robin's Hill 34 home of A.H. Davis, cottage and school-house on North Road e" 35 home of Andrew H. Park 36 another view of the Park home 37 Park home, after alterations 39,3 Dow 4 38 First Congregational Church, Unitarian; horse sheds, street lamp 39 Common, Central Baptist Church, Revolutionary Monument, band stand, parsonage, (formerly Classical School), Winn house, old fence with stone posts, and trees. 40 Uncle Billy Fletcher house: celluloid cover 41a,b Small tin types in had frames: Fletcher Burroughs, storekeeper in South Chelmsford; Louisa Burroughs (lived at home of Warren Wright, Robin's Hill Road, So. Chelmsford) 42 Park Family rear: Mr.&Mrs.Walter M. Park, Howard Park, Minnie L. Allen, ---- Hart, Philip R. Park, Charles Park middle: Mr.&Mrs. Arthur Allen, Mrs.AndrewH.Park,MaryAllenPark(?),A. Heady Park front: Roy Allen,Chester Allen, Fred Park Alice Hart, Mrs. Louisa Park Holt 43 Bon Air cottage, Robin Hill #108. G.P. Mansfield, Chelmsford, Mass. folded card gives height and descriptions from cottage of views 44 group of ten small photos 45 photo: Common, Chelmsford, from rear of Unitarian Church. Fame, J. Parkhurst,on back 46 snapshot of Mrs. Charlotte DeWolf, brother Philip, and a dog. Mrs. DeWolf was Charlotte Park, daughter of Fred and Martha (Hall) Park, who was sister of Wm. H. Hall. He married Hortense, dau. of Edwin King Parkhurst & Olivia Larcom. .110cok 47 A. Heady Park, Mrs. -BemiwAs first husband 48 Mrs. Andrew H. Park (photo by Marion); carved walnut frame (crossed at corners) 49 deed: Joseph Warren, Jr., to Jacob Sawyer, Westminster, Mass. Jonathan Warren is named. Deed returned, dated 4-2-1802. 39.4 Mrs. Lester W. Ball 1 received 4-4-1939 nee Adelaide A. Wright acknowledged 147 Acton Road registered 2-22-1966 HS Chelmsford, Mass. labeled 2-23-1966 JF donor card 1-16-1966 HS object card 7-7-1966 HS object card mab 1978 donor card mab 1979 doll's china tea set; white with a few black dots; belonged to three daughters of Martha U. Wright in 1860's (?) la teapot; three inches overall lb teapot cover pitcher, 1-3/4" high 3 plate; 3-1/4" diameter 4a plate; 2-1/2" diameter 4b It 4c tt It 4d 4e 5a saucer; 2-3/8" diameter 5b II II 11 11 It It 5c 5d It It 11 5e ni It It 5f It It II 6a cup with handle; 1 inch high 6b II tt It 6c 6d 6e tI t1 11 7 sugarbowl cover 8a pan 8b pan 9/67 rgj 39.4 Mrs. Lester W. ball 9a toy stove of black iron: 4 top openings; side door for ashes; fireplace front, hearth 4-1/2" wide x 1-1/3" deep; stove width 3-3/4"; height: front 3-1/4" rear 3-1/2" 9b stove lid 9c side door 10a bandbox covered with wallpaper: 13" diameter, 9" deep; sides hand sewn to bottom 10b cover: covered with wallpaper: rim hand Sewn to top 11 Lord Ohesterfield's Letters 12 The Columbian Orator 13 A View of the Life and Travels, etc. of the late John Howard Esq., 1794 9/67 rgj 39.5 received 1939? Mrs. Edward B. Emerson acknowledged nee Eliz.(Bessie) Logan 32 Bartlett Street registered Chelmsford, Mass. labeled donor card 3-2-1966 HS object card mab 197 8 1979 cn or card mab 1 Mahogany top rail of back of upholstered chair; hand carved leaves and scrolls, 23" long, 5-1/2" high at center, 2-1/4" at ends It came from the saloon of the steamer Portland which foundered with loss of all on board in storm November27 1 1888. The rail came ashore at Race Point, *ovincetown, shortly after the wreck and was identified by (milers of the vessel. 2 Deed: John Spaulding, gentleman, to his son Peter opaulding, husbandman, Walnut Tree Hill. 2-25-1761 Witnesses: Oliver Fletcher, hobert Fletcher. sworn to before Oliver Fletcher, J.P. Recorded by Sam'l Bartlett, Reg. 3 a list of the names, 1794, of several persons enlisted into the Cavalry in the Seventh Reg't. in the county of Middlesex as taken fromthe original enlistments and now in said regiment and considered able to equip themselves. 46 names, Dracut 4-30-1791 Colonel J. Varrium Sergt. John Butterfield Capt. Gains Proctor Capt. Timothy Adams Sergt. John Parker Capt. Thomas Thissell Sergt. Joseph Fletcher Willard Marshall Capt. Joseph B. Vernum and 31 others 4-22-1794 rj 9/67 39.6 received 1939? Paul Dutton acknowledged Bartlett St. Chelmsford, registered Mass. labeled donor card 3-2-1966 HS object card mab 1978 donor card mab 1979 1 Photo of Mrs. Paul Dutton, nee Emma Bartlett Adams, daughter of Joel Adams Bartlett 2 Courier-Citizen clipping: Eagle Scout awards: George C. Hood,Jr. and ttobert L. Ludwig, with cuts of the boys 8-3-1939 3 Newspaper clippings of various accounts of current events 7-8-1936 4 photo of George W. Day rj 9/67 39.7 L- First Congregational Society received 1939 (?) Unitarian acknowledged Chelmsford, Mass. registered 1-28-1966 HS labeled 5-18-1966 JF donor card 2-28-1966 HS object card 6-12-1966 hS cbject card mab 1979 dcncr card mab 1979 1 cuspidor of gray-stained wood, sides slanted 11" x 8-3/4" x 2" deep x-2 It I? II II II II II II It II II 3 It II II II II 0 II II It II H A'4 II II II It II If II II II H II 5 cuspidor of green-stained wood; 7 inches square x 2-3/4" deep cuspidor of green-painted wood; footed; 8-1/2" long x 7-3/4" wide x 3-1/2" slanted depth oak chair needing repair Note: The above cuspidors were given to the Historical Society to be kept for the Town of Chelmsford. They were formerly used at Town Meetings when held in the basement (now the "vestry) of the First Parish Meeting House -- bdfore the 1879 To Hall opposite the Common on North Road was built. J.P.F. 9/67 rj 39.8 received 1939? ERC Adams Library Trustees acknowledged Chelmsford, Mass. registered labeled donor card 3-2-1966 HS object card rnab 1978 donor card mab 1979 1 fowling piece; light, single barrel. round in excavating for concrete around library building 2 oak chair (needing repair) dr..rt1-4 T61/6'4 C6s457"4 ... 3 oak chair (needing repair) J. 9/67 rj 39.9 received 1939 George A. Parkhurst acknowledged 7 Overlook Drive Chelmsford Mass. registered labeled donor card 1-16-1966 HS object card mab 1978 donor card mab 1979 1 History of Chelmsford Henry T. eerham Written for History of Middlesex 1890 County 2 photograph of dedication of Boulder in Central Square 3 photograph of S. W. earkhurst Store 9/67 rgj 39.10 date received 3-15-1939 Estate of Rev. Wilson 'waters acknowledged Rectory, Episcopal Church (Papers found in the desk of the late Dr. Waters registered 2-21-1966 HS by Miss Frances elark, some probably from labeled collection of Mr. H.S. Perham, and some deeds probably from estate of J.E. Warren.) donor card 3-2-1966 HS object card mab 1978 donor card mab 19799'? 16 book: Forefather's Cemetery, Ohelmsford lb book: Forefather's Cemetery, Chelmsford is book: Forefather's Cemetery, uhelmsford book: Forefather's Cemetery, Chelmsford, and Riverside Cemetery 3 book: School Street Cemetery, Lowell 4a book: Old English Cemetery, Lowell 0 book: Old English Cemetery, Lowell 5 book: West Chelmsford, Old and New, Tewksbury . 6 notebook: (in pencil) Epitaphs compiled by P. Hildreth Parker 7a blank form for Receipt for Equipment 7b blank form for Receipt for Equipment 7c blank form for Receipt for Equipment 8 form #52, with names, Receipt for Equipment 9 form #9, abstract of materials, etc. 10 Muster Uut Roll, Co. K, (9 months) 8-1862 11 Muster Roll, Co. K 8-1862 12 Muster Roll, Co. K. Papers in Eur(7) marked E.W. Smith, daughter of J.E. Warren 8-1862 to 12-1862 39.10 13 ouster-In Rollof Lapt. C.E.A. Bartlett, co. K, 6th Reg., 3rd Waters 2 Brig., Mass. Militia, nine months 8-13-1862 14 ordinance return, Co. K 9-1862 15 Muster Roll, Co. K. 10-1862 to 11-1863 16 abstract of expenditures, Co. K., 2nd quarter 1863 17 ordinance return, Co. h 6-1863 18 Muster Roll half sheet 19 muster Roll half sheet Follett's Battery 20 Muster Rolls faded ink 21 deed: Moses Keyes, Jr., of Chelmsford to John Kidder. Land of Moses Keyes and the Town Common mentioned. From J.E. Warren estate 6-8-1719 22 deed: John Kidder to his son, John Kidder: love, good will and affection. adjoins land of Richard Stratton, Capt. Joseph Adams, Jonathan Keyes, Ambrose Swallow. 3-5-1721 2 23 deed: Joseph Hidder of Sutton, Wor. Co., moniclay. Al to John Kidder, Chelmsford. Land of James David and of Jonathan Swallow mentioned 9-13-1731 24 deed: Henjamin,Kidder, Chelmsford, to John Kidder. Land of James kidder mentioned. Eleazar Tyng, J.P. From J.E. Warren estate 3-15-1736 25 deed: Jonathan Swallow to John Kidder. Land of John Kidder mentioned. (day and month omitted) l'robably fromJI.E: Warren estate 1743 26 deed: Thomas Fletcher of Chelmsford to Jos. Warring (sic) land of Henry Stevens, land "being a part of a great lott originally laid out to the Rev. Thomas Clark, 1F.te of said Chelmsford" 12-16-1744 27 deed: Dinah, widow of Zacheriah Keys, admx. to Amos Kidder. Land of John Kidder mentioned. Sold to highest bidder at public vendue. ack. Apr. 25, 1764, Oliver vletcher, J.P. 39.10 Waters 3 28 deed: Moses barron of Bedford, +4 .H. to Joseph Warren, Jr. Ram Hill and Round Meadow "by the Old Road", Land of Jonathan Parker. Josiah fiogmon's (sic) in Farley's Brook end of the dam. Jonas Marshall to highway. Ebenezer Parker, Samuel Barron, Jeremiah Dutteffield, Oliver Fletcher, J.P. Rec. Bk. 74, pages 1623. John Foxcroft, Reg. 10-14-1768 deed: Joshua Davis of Chelmsford to Joseph Warren: by said Warren's land and of Jonathan and Willard Parker, Benjamin Butterfield's, Sampson Stoddard lsic), Capt. Fletcher's, Capt. barren's. 10-8-1785 J. B. Warren estate 30 deed: Zaccheus Wright, Westford, guardian of Moses e;:rker of Oheimsford to Joseph Parker and Joseph Warren, Jr. Crane meadow, blackbird swamp. 17 acres adjoining land of grantees. 3-18-1801 deed: Joseph earker and Tabitha, my wife, of Chelmsford to Joseph Warren. ack. Ebenezer bridge, J.P. 1-25-1809 37, deed: bunice Parker of Chelmsford to Joseph Warren. Crane Meadow. Lieut. Joseph Parker, Daniel Hayden. Rufus Wyman, J.P. Rec. April 19, 1820, Bk. 232, page 508. Sam B,rtlett, reg. 2-21-1814 33 deed: Walter Hastings of Townsend to Joel Adams, Chelmsford. Land river Meadow Brook at mouth of Beaver Brook. John Butterfield mentioned. 11-21-145 Ack. Ashael Sterns, J.P. recorded Bk. 214, page 312, Samuel Bartlett, registrar. rrobably from J.E. Warren estate 34 deed: Phineas Whiting to Joseph Warren. bear the head of Middlesex 6-30-1817 Canal, John Parkhurst. Ack. 14 athaniel Wright, J.P. Rec. May 29, 1829 ZS deed: Joseph and Tabitha Parker, husband and wife, to Joseph Warren. 2-16-1829 Lard of Jonathan Parker mentioned. Ack. Joel Adams, J.P. Rec. Bk. 290, page 194. William F. Stone, Reg. J.E. Warren papers deed: ehineas Whiting, Lowell, to Joseph Warren and Joseph Warren, Jr. 2-27-1835 Land of Gideon Whittemore, Joel Parkhurst, Andrew Parkhurst. Deep Brook lot. (North Chelmsford) "Scotty land", late Isaac Chamberlain, Lincoln Drake, Joseph Torrey, Stephen Leach, dec. J.z. Warren papers 37 deed: Amos kidder Baldwin to Amos opalding of Carlisle. Land formerly owned by his mother, Marah Baldwin. Ack. Joel Adams, J.Y. Not. rec. 9-15-1843 43 will: David Osgood, copied for the Judge of Probate, Samuel Danforth. Andrew Bordman, Reg. Billerica 2-16-1760 34 letter of guardiship: Joseph Warren, Jr. for Ebenezer Parker, son of Jacob Parker, dec. 4-26-1765 39.10 Waters 4 40 elan: Joseph Warren Lot 13a 4t execution favor Benjamin Parker on estate of John Parkhurst 1-16-1817 47. note: #3245 Benjamin Baldwin to John Nelson 6-9-1831 43 plan: land on Merson hill. Scotty woodland (see deed, Phineas Whiting) 4d plan: Merson hill, so-called 4 deed(?) Owen Emerson, Agt., to 'Joseph Warren, Jr. Pew in church 5-30-1843 9/67 rj 39.11 estzAe of Mrs. Charles Searle) received formerly Mrs. Frank Howard of 3-14-1939 rittston, Maine acknowledged nee Anne Frances Richardson registered 6-24-1966 HS labeled 7-5-1966 JF donor card 3-3-1966 hS object card 7-6-1966 HS object card mab 1978 donor card mab 1979 1 hand forged meat chopper, made prior to 1800 belonged originally to Mrs. Daniel Trask, Hillsboro, mother of Mary L. Richardson, mother of Anne 2 wood chopping bowl 3 infant's paci -ier: an artificial nipple inserted in cork of a bottle for nursing child 4a china teapot: 6-1/" tail; castle and trees in brown on sides and spout 4b cover: 3-1/4" in diameter 5a ,o'silver70 plated, swinging water pitcher lined with white porcelain;lA D hinged cover/ R e.e.) -... Go ..-t-c..4 ne.1,1c:...ee. -.- cl.‘„s.e..i et-a, presented to1414-,Frank Howard, first husband of Mrs.tit....]es, LC' P by employees of theaLowell "'One rice Clothing :)tore"; inscription ckaC: on the pitcher -s,,,--e--,----U-ri-i -f2- lAA'T 4c, I- V1e- C 5b goblet 3" e. TA-01 V 6a doll's china head; black hair parted in middle; cracked 6b poke bonnet; yellow with flowers 7 large brass belt pin, a souvenir taken from a dead Confederate soldier by George G. Richardson. See engraved description 8 correspond companion or portable desk; black leather, 14" x 8"; inkwell box; stamp box, 3 pockets; sliding blotter,tray wood tray; 19" x 11-1/2" . 110 / 114,44,ce iat 9/67 rgj 39.11 estate of Mrs. Charles Searles 10 sample of macrame work; 20 inches of no. 20 in the book 11 pamphlet; Macrame Lace Book Barbour Flax spinning Co., Barbour Brothers 134 Church Street, New York. 1880 12 annual report: Mass. SocrAgr. 1895 13 copies National 6eographic Society for 1937 14 --Yliu/ Lsscms ill Gt.ocsva.piti 8.144 A.,..1e1.1f‘ew tkt 18A3 ^ubl shed bt 61-k littlia.4 by 11)/1 Ared t93& 9/67 rgj 39.12 received 3 and 4, 1939 William B. Northrup acknowledged Pres., CHS; 1935-'43 Acton Rd. registered 2- 1-1966 HS High St. labeled Chelmsford, Mass. donor card 3 - 3-1966 HS object card mab 1978 donor card mab 1979 Publications of the Library of Congress: 1 Publications issued by the Library since 1897 edition May, 1935 2 Library of Congress printed cards: how to order & use them 3 Rules for filing cards in Deck Catalogue 1931 4 Notes on care, cataloging, calendaring, arranging of manuscripts. 3rd edition ---- 5 List of manuscript cillections in the Library of Congress July,1931 6 Rules and practice governing the use and issue of books 1933 7 Information for readers, main reading room, L. of C. - 1938 8 Key to symbols used in the Union Catalogue 1936 9 Loan exhibitions of incunnabula, Vollhehr Collection 10 Report of the librarian of Congress 1932 11 Library Science 12 #7 Catalogs, Classifications, etc. 13 #23 cards, Smithsonian Institution, etc. 14 #12 cards for government documents 15 #20 cards, books prior to 1821 16 re Declatation of Independence 17 re Fanuscripts 18 Classification scheme: Law Library Information circulars about important newspapers, originals, and reprints to help determine whether the following newspapers are originals or reprints made much later. 19 Boston Newsletter 4-24-1704 20 New England Courant, Boston: facsimile as printed by Benj. Franklin 2-11-1723 21 New England Weekly Journal, Boston, Vol. LV 4- 8-1728 22 Pennsylvania Gazette, Philadelphia 12-24-1728 23 The New Hampshire Gazette, Portsmouth, N.H. 10- 7-1756 24 Boston Gazette and Country Journal, No. 779 3-12-1770 25 Maryland Journal and Baltimore Advertiser 8-20-1773 26 Mass. Spy or American Oracle of Liberty, Worcester, Yass. 5- 3 -1775 27 New York Morning Post: Vol. III, No. 128 ? 11 - 7 - 1783 28 Gazette of the U.S., N.Y. 5 - 2 -1789 29 Ulster County Gazette 1- 4-1800 30 The Times, London: No. 9554 6 - 22 -1815 31 The Sun, New York 9- 3 - 1833 32 Public Ledger, Philadelphia 4- 24 - 1836 33 Public Ledger, Philadelphia 4-25-1836 34 The Sun, Baltimore, Mayyland 5-17-1837 35 sheet of printed copies of paper money 36-41 wall paper editions: Daily Citizen, Vicksburg, Mississippi, for the following dates: June 16, 18, 20, 27, 30; July 2 1863 42 flew York Herald 4-15-1865 ,-, postcard photos: Mr. Northrup's writing on backs:' 43 Adams Library, Chelmsford Centre 44 The Common, Chelmsford Centre 45 Hart Pont, So. Chelmsford Vi3 39.13 4eceived 1939 Adams Library acknowledged registered labeled donor card 3-2-1966 H.S. object card mat. 197F donor card mab 1'79 George Memorial Books 1 Adams's Arithmetic 2 , key 3Dane's Algebra, key 4 Mechanical Drawing 5 Bible ( Anne George's death recorded in it) 6 Crabbe's Synonyms 7 Historival Student's Manual 8 HIstory of the Civil War in America 9a History of the Civil Wars Vol.I 9b " " II 10a McAulay's England Vol.I ft 10b " " II 11 Sears" Great Britain 12 Empress Josephine 13L Life of D.L.Moody 14 Emerson's Representative Men 15 Feur Years on the Pacific Coast 16 Centennial Views 1876 17 Course of Time 18 Werld's Fair Views 1876 19 Robert Burns,1846 20 Sacred Poems, Willis 21 Tennyson 22 Mrs. Hemans 2a Bryant's Poems 24 Woodside and Seaside 25 Glints from Over the Wall 26 The Golden Gift 27 Headlong Hall 28 Shades and Shadows 29 The Young Ladies' HOme 30 Worcester Schools 31 Volume of Reports 32 11 is 33 34 n n HI 15 U II 11 39.14 received 1939 7 unknown acknowledged registered labeled donor card 3- 3-1966 HS object card mab 1978 donor card mab 1979 snapshots: 1 Canal Toll House, Middlesex Village: later on property of Proctor Lumber Co., now in Forefathers Cemetery, Chelmsford 2 house 3 Baldwin house 4 Packard-Buzzell house postals: 5 old Garrison house 6 Putnam Farm 3915 received 1939 William B. Northrup acknowledged High St., Chelmsford registered Classifications: labeled programs history pictures town reports travel maps donor card 3-2-1966 HS agricultural pub.s maps object card mab 197P religious books biographies dcncr card mab 197P 1 Carver's Assistant (table saw) 2 Wheelwright's spoke-sham 3 ‘Anchorage: bk. of poems by Marion Spring Clark, dau. of Charles Clark, Supt. of Schools, Washington, D.C., and Somerville, Mass. 4 program: Chelmsford Memorial Day, 1930 5 program of dedication, new Masonic Hall, Lowell, 1-28-1913 6 program 275 Anniversary, Inc. Town Unitarianism, J.H. Applebee, Boston, 1926 7 - 1/ Chelmsford Town Reports: 1930, '31, '32, '33, '34. 12 - 15 Chelmsford Water District Reports: 1930, '31, '32, '34 16 Annual Report, U.S. Agriculture 1909 26th P.D. #54. 407 pp. 17 Annual Report, Mass. Highway Commission. year to 11-30-1910. 284 pp. re, 18 Acts and Resolves, General Court of Massauchusetts, 1911. 1535 pp. 19 Report: Mdsx. Co. Forestry Program Comm., Willard Brook Reservation, 12-31-1928 20 - 26 Year Book, Dept. Agr.: 1906, '08, '10, '11, '16, '17, '19. 27 Book of Hymns: Smith Exeter 1809 28 The Unitarian Church: Rev. Joseph Henry Crocker,DD Boston AUA 1906 29 Complete Concordance to Old and New Testaments: 3rd ed., 1769, by Alex Cruden M emoir of Cruden by William Youngman (Dedications) 30 Illustrafited History of the Holy Bible: John Kitto DDFFA, 1868, 656 pp. 31 Dictionary of the Bible, edited by Samuel W. Barnum, 1868, 1219 pp. 32a) Works of Flavius Josephus, 2 volumes: Jewish Antiquities Jewish War b) 1130 pp. Answer to Appion Martyrdom of Maccabees Life of Josephus, by himself Weights & Measures, w. English equivalents, et 33 Grecian & Roman Mythology: M.A. Dwight, New York, 1866, illus., 335 pp. —34 France & New England: Vol. III, State Street Trust Co., 1929, 113 pp. 35a History of the United States: J.A. Spencer, DD. 1858, Volume 1 b ?I II II H II II H tt II Volume 2 c It ft It it H ft it II II Volume 3 1-22-1968 RJD 39.15 Northrup 2 36a-i History of the American Nation: Wm. J. Jackson & 18 other historians, 1920 Deluxe Edition, 9 vols., 2860 pp. Pershing's Official Report to Secy. of War. U.S. Constitution. Covenant: League of Nations 37 Our Navy: cuts of 32 naval vessels, March, 1898 38 Some Events at Boston. It's Neighbors. State Street Trust Co. 1917 39 Some Merchants' Tea. Captains of Old Boston. State Street Trust Co. 1918 40 The Wild North Land. Gen. Sir WM. Francis Butter, KCB 360 pp. N.Y. 11::44 41 Journeysrn of LaSalle. ed. Isaac J. Cox Vol.1 Vol.2 pp. 298-259 42 Journeys of Hernando De Soto. trans. fr. Roderigo Ranjel. ed. Edwd.Gaylord Bourne 43 History of the Telephone. illus. by Herbert M. Casson. 315 pp. 44 Public Ownership and the Telephone in Great Britain. Hugo R. Meyer (1> 48 Frederich the Great and his Count. L.Myhlebach. 300 pp. 1/2 leather. Trans,NY, 1887 49s -d Biographical Sketches of Pre-eminent Americans. Frederick C. Harrison. 4 volumes. 111 portraits. 1892 50 Short Life of Napoleon Bonaparte. Ida M. Farhell. 494 pp. 51 U.S.Grant, Louis Coolidge. Middlesex Club, Boston. 4-27-1917. Amer.Statesmen Series 52 Theo. Roosevelt. Review of a Review. L.A.Coolidge. Boston Herald, 10-181919, reprinted for Middlesex Club. 14 pp. 53 Edwin Upton Curtis. Tribute to a Friend. L.A. Coolidge, 3-30-1922, repr. for Bos.Herald 54 Recollections of Thos.R.Marshall (V.P.U.S.) Bobbs -Merrill. Indiana. 1925. 397 pp. 55 The Unknown Soldier. Louis Coolidge at N.E. Conservatory of Music. 11-11-1921 456 Old Colony Trust Company, 1890-1915. 30 pp. 46 The Phillips Exeter Academy, a History. Lawrence Crosby. Plympton Press. 1923. 350 pp. -i1 47 Student Life at B rown, 1934 56 Wood's New Illus. Natural History. Rev. J.G.Wood M.A.F.R.S. 795 pp. 57 California Redwoods. A. Sherman Holt. 58 Centennial: Mass. Horticultural Society, 1929 59 steel engraving: departure of the Pilgrim Fathers for America A 60 steel engraving: landing of the Pilgrim Fathers, 1620 61 engraving: Union Station, BAC. Railroad, Washington, D.C. 0 cut of Old & New Custom House. Boston Calendar. 1918. Winfield, Brown Co. 63 photo: Morgan Mansion, County St., New Bedford, Mass. 70 Kilby St. Small prints of famous paintings: 64 Spring T. Morgan 65 Harriers on the Snow V.C. DeLeseone 66 Evening Debat-Poisson 67 Coming Home John Phillips, R.A. 68 A Tender Heart G.E. Hicks 1-22-1968 RJD 39. 15 Northrup 3 69 Seascape Turner 70 Seascape Ian Van 71 Grabd Canal, Venice Canaletto 72 Coronation of Mary Medici Rubens 73 Birth of the Virgin Murillo 74 "The Madonna in Art" Estelle M. Hurll. illus. Boston, L.C.Paige & Co.1898. 217pp. 75a portfolio: Fairhaven Memorial Church, No. 1 b ff tt ft No. 2 76 - 78 3 small, gilt frames 79 large picture frame with glass 80 The Mentor: Vol. I, #42 (12-1-1913) "Egypt, the Land of Mystery" by Dwight Elmendoof. Cairo, Luxor, Karmak, Sphynx, Pyramids, Dam. ' 81 The Mentor: Vol. I, #43 (12-811913) "Story of America in Pictures", Albert Bushnell Hart 82 The Mentor: Vol. #44 (12-15-1913) "Famous English Poets: Byron, Shelley, Keats,Words- worth, Tennyson, Browning" by Hamilton W. Mabie 83 The Mentor: Vol. I, #45 (12-22-1913)"Makers of American Art" by J. Thompson Willing. pies. by Copley, West, Peale, Trumbull, Allston, Stuart 84 The Mentor: Vol. I, #46 (12-29-1913) "Among the Ruins of Rome", Geo. Willis Botsford 85 Chefs D'Oeuvre de Jean Racine. Louis Fascuille, LL.D. N.Y./Ireson & Phinney/1858r320pp. 86a,b Dramatic Works of Wm. Shakespeare. 2 vols. in 1. 944 pp. illus. 87 Cranford. Mrs. Gaskell. 88 Friendship. High Black & George Avery 89 Auswahl Deutsche Gedichte. by von Theodore Echtermeyer. Halle A.T. 1885. 930pp. 90 Catalogue: Rare Books. Bernard Guartrich, Ltd. London. Dec. 1931 91 Elementary Algebra. Thos. Sherwin, A.M. (Print. NET&T Co.) Boston. 1845 92 Pitman's Phonographic & Pronouncing Dictionary. I. Pitman. 1891. 299 pp. 93 Calendar of the Bright Side. N.Y. Barse & Hopkins. 1911 94 Calendar of Glad Tidings 1916 95+ Boston Herald: copies 96+ Boston Sunday Globe: copies 97 card file: 2 drawers for 3 x 4" cards 98 card file: 2 drawers for 3 x 4" cards National Geographic Maps: Matt Paper: 102 12 photo mounts, 51/4x71s, matt bevel edge 99 Bible Lands (1938) 103 " " " , emb.duttine, 7-7/8 x 9-7/8" x, i00 NY City & Surroundings (1939) 104 " " " , b.e.matt, 7-3/4 x 9-3/4" It ,i, mi World War I (1918) 105 2 " , lt. grey, 8x10 ms. 5x7" u.;,,,k 106 12 " " , white, 7x9 Ms. 5x7" ; .. --t,t-4-17 , "Alc4AA,41,. /' c, dt, //-47,-- Rt.te.t,41( i lak.2-4A1 - -' 4-P-.. ..;"/ /7 3'f .<....-4-t,4 cp.,-..,„,4„., , 0„...._...... ,,- -4A.„ 1-22-1968 RJD , ..,. 6 ,..„i„,, 39.16 received - - 4 30 1939 Mrs. Dr. E. Dyer Harris acknowledged Mrs. Edgar Parker nee Grace Mansfield registered labeled Chelmsford donor card 3-2-1966 IS object card mab 1978 donor card mab 1979 1 bill of EliO Robbins agiinst Samuuel Parkhurst, 1837 2 tax bill, Jeremiah C. Mansfield; Jeptha Parker, collector 1838 3 sheet of expenses of Town of Chelmsford 3-1-1868 4 order to Samuel Parkhurst, collector, to levy taxes; si=med by assessors: Jonathan Perham, Abijah Spalding 5 Record Book: South Chelmsford. Farmers' Cooperative Association; first meeting, 3-17-1874 ■-• 6 sterecItYpe photo: bridal party at Gen. B.F. Butler's House, 'Dowell, 7-21-1870 7 steregtiiephoto: ivied arch; open, iron gate and'campanile thru arch in background 8 stereo photo: "Crinaline Difficulties" 9 photo: Jarvis Mansfield SI t1 10 photo: Mrs. Mary Shedd Spalding (dau. of Zebulon Spalding), aged 93, 184; • - taken in house of George A. Byam, father of Byam Brothers 11 post cards in long envelope. 39.17 received 1939 ? Mrs, Harold D. McDonald acknowledged nee Olga Petersen registered High St., Chelmsford labeled donor card 1-23-1966 HS object card mab 1978 donor card sC mab 1979 1 Lachine Poetry. John St. Church, Lowell • 39.18 received 5-2-1939 Harvey B.Greene acknowledged Lowell, Mass. registered 7-15-1966 labeled 7-16-1966 donor card 3-3-1966 object card 7-17-1966 object card mab 1978 donor card mab 1979 1 coin display case 2 collection of coins 1. They are thick, thin, regular, and irregular. They are made of silver, tin, copper, bronze, and brass. They picture crowns, men, women, animals, landscapes. They come from Greece, : 300 or 400 B.C. Egypt time of Ptolemies Rome 250 B.C. - 400 A.D. They include: Christian, minted under Constantine I Grec&-Roman Byzantine 500 Crusader lloo Hebrew 1200 British, Canadian, Indian, Cornish Russian Danish Belgian Dutch, Dutch ides German French swiS5 BiSanish They ordrom Malta Turkey(selzak) Arabia China East Indies Bermuda U.S.A. 39.19 received 1939 ? Mrs. Arnold C. Perham acknowledged nee Bessie Adams (Shorey) registered labeled 40 Westford St., Chelmsford donor card 3- 2-1966 HS object card mab 1978 donor card mab 1979 1 newspaper: "news Letter". published at Ship Island, on wallpaper, 5-6-1862, John Kendall Adams, adoptive father of Mrs. Perham and a resident of Tyngsboro, who served in the navy, made a voyage to Ship Island with horses for the army. See Mrs. Perham's note attached to the mounted paper. 39.20 reefaited 1939 ? Arrold Clinton Perham acknowleded 40 Westford St., Chelmsford registered labeled donor card 1-23-1966 HS object card mab 1978 donor card mat, 1979 1 printed curriculum of the Classical School, Chelmsford, 1859-'60 2+ conies of school report 3 copies of town report 39.21 received 6-10-1939 acknowledged Nellie Hazen registered Boston Rd., Chelmsford labeled donor card 3 - 2 - 1966 HS object card mab 1978 3i donor card mab 1979 /50 1 brass epaulet: 44 x 7" long, round top, 2*" clip with slots 2 Sandford Hazen: white hair, whiskers and beard; 15 x 13" walnut frame, 21" wide, 1" black band inside , 3 photograph of Eben H. Marshall, white beard; oval photo on gray mat 4 photo of ancestor of Eben H. Marshall matching frames: gilt-lined, deep walnut moldings 5 fl n It ft It II Sandford Hazen was born in Hartford, Vermont, 7-10-1811, was married 4-7-1840 to Sarah Wood in Lebanon Center, N.H.; in 1861, with ten children, he settled on the Jeremiah Spalding place in Chelmsford; he died 2-27-1892 39.22 received 6-20-1939 acknowledged George F. Adams registered 5- 3-1966 HS given by George M. Seeton labeled 5- 4-1966 HS Lowell, Mass. donor card 3- 2-1966 HS object card 5-31-1966 HS object card mab 1978 donor card mab 1979 1 tables 3 ft. x 2 ft.; pine breadboard-top on 4 maple legs CO ak^^4,/,‘, -tit,- 39.23 received 1939 ? Mrs. Fred M. Perkins acknowledged ree registered 7 labeled donor card 3-3-1966 HS object card mab 1978 donor card mab 1979 1 china cabinet: top wooden shelf; glass front, sides and curved glass top; opens in rear; shelves of wire mesh and oilcloth; 60h x 20w x 18"deep shelves (kindness of Rev. Floyd Taylor) 2 engraved Masonic chart 3 bound volume #100, anniversary of Pentucket Lodge. Mrs. Taylor, who had these from Mrs. Perkins, released them to the Chelmsford Historical Society. 39. 24 received 1939 ? Dea. and Yrs. Arthur E. Dutton acknowledged nee Stella Byam registered 6-14-1966 HS labeled 6-15-1966 JF donor card 3- 3-1966 HS object card 7- 6-1966 HS object card mab 197 8 donor card mab 1979 1 earthen dye pot: unglazed outside, brown glaze inside; about 8 quarts; 11" high, Q-C) 7-3/4" diameter, bottom 2 wooden bread trough: painted blue-green outside; 8+x55x22"; 1 hand hole at each end 3 wooden fruit or cheese press: 22" high x 62" wide; roller and levers inserted in holes to wind up ropes, causing pressure to pulleys at sides; rolled at top, 2 shelves ,.1.D1 a washing machine base: 2 round holes betwee each 3 of 10 wooden cleats on a 10-sided wooden base,except for a single hole in 1 space;22" upright pole 10 4b upper section:181" diameter;, holes on underside between cleats;horizontal 33" handle with hole in center for upright of base; 2 uprights LO" high to support handle ;'-'5a wooden base,l0 sided;bottom 6 x 5e; top diameter 2 3/4";13 " long overall 5b 12" tin sausage casing too1;61" cylinder tapering into a 5*" funnel 8o p 6 iron wedge for tool handle, hand made 7 cranberry rake: 25"1 x 12"w; 17 wooden teeth and burlap "catcher" T 8 ox bow for breathy cow: chain of 2 links, and hook ',-(b>( 9 aL-Willw-pekel frame 25x12"; 4 curved pieces, 2 each way 1'e (410 ox shoe: 5*" long, iron, shape of crooknecked squash Dutton's? 11 Almanac: 1880 •12 photograph: Thankful Reed, wife of Simeon Byam, great-uncle of Stella Byam. :e built oldest part of house of Deacon A.E. Dutton, about 1820; 12" oval carved walnut frame photograph: Josiah Byam (with beard), father of John, father of Stella M. Byam. He was son of Solomon, son of John, s. of Isaac, s. of Abraham, s.of George.; 12" oval carved walnut frame. 14 framed portrait of Josiah Byam, father of Stella. ('' 15---Photo of planting of purple beech tree: Arbor Day, 1891 16 release of Central Baptist Church to executors of will of John E. Stevens, $200. for stones & tablets for Stephens family; residue to V.I.A. 6-19-1890- David Perham Andrew l. Blaisdell lass. Baptist Convention, Luther C. Upham Anne P. Stevens Dwight Chester, treas. 39.25 received 1939 ? Mrs. William B. Northrup acknowledged nee High St., Chelmsford registered labeled donor card 3-3-1966 Hs object card mab 1978 0„G( 1 oak dining room chair, cane seat) 2 ft 3 given to Unitarian auction: 1967 4 tt 5 6 ow` 39.26 received 1939 ? Benjamin Cole acknowledged 'Allerica St., Chelmsford registered labeled donor card 3- 3-1966 HS object card mab Q78 donor card mab 1979 1 photo of C. Oeorr,e ArnstronF (unmounted) 2 Directory, City of Lowell 39.27 received 1939 1 NMI acknowledged Ernest Dudley Chase registered 6-12-1966 HS labeled 7-16-1966 JF donor card 3- 3-1966 HS object card 7-17-1966 HS object card mab 1978 donor card mab 1979 1 map of Boston and vicinity: illustrated by MA ,Chase 39.28 received 1939 Mrs. E,t'v lDudley Chase, acknowledged formerly Mrs. Clarence M. Graham nee registered 4-20-1966 HS labeled 7- 6-1966 JF donor card 3- 3-1966 HS object card 7- 4-1966 HS object card mab 1978 donor card mab 1979 a a curved dress sword of Dr. Clarence M. Graham: 40" overall, including 5" openwork y brass handle b brass scabbard with ring near top: 34" long 1 2 cavalry saber of Dr. Clarence M. Graham: staghorn handle with iron top C.M. Graham was ship's doctor in the Spanish -American War, having served near the Phillipine Islands. He was Mrs. 's first husband. t•/foteti See letter of Mrs. E.D. Chase, 8-2,-1939. 39.29 received Mrs. Albert Park acknowledged nee registered 6-29-1966 HS labeled 7- 8-1966 JF donor card 3- 3-1966 HS object card 7- 9-1966 HS object card mab 1978 donor card mab 1979 1 62 specimens of ore from the West, collected while visiting there qi2 City Council pin, white satin badge: Theodore Roosevelt's picture; "Reception, Lowell, Mass., 8 - 26 - 1902" fl 39.30 received 8-7-1939 Susan & McFarlin acknowledged Riverneck Rd., Chelmsford registered labeled donor card 3 - 3 - 1966 HS object card mab 1978 dcncr card mab 1979 1 loose-leaf typewritten History of Chelmsford Schools, by Susan $. McFarlin; illus. with photographs; stiff black cover. Especially valuable contribution to Chelmsford's historical material. 2a Historical sketch of the Unitarian Church in Chelmsford. printed in Lowell, 1890. b (duplicate)) s Fa. yy)are. detailed 3 Program of entertainment by E. Mel. Literary Assn. Drama: Little Brown Jug. 4-16-1881 4 Chelmsford Literary Union: topics for the season, 1894-'95 5 Invitation to the dedication of the Adams Free Library, Wed., 5- 8 - 1895 6 Order of Dances: Anniversary Ball, Melmsford 3-31-1905 7 Programme: Quarter MilEenial anniversary, Town of Chelmsford, May 28,29,30,31- 1905 8 Program: Vesper service; 258 anniversary, First Congregational Society 11-12-1905 9a Official Program, Fourth of July celebration, town of Chelmsford 1907 b (duplicate) c (duplicate) 12 program: dedication44 Chelmsford boys who died, W.W.I; No. Chelmsford, 10-21-1923 13 275th anniversary of incorporation of Town of Chelmsford, Memorial Day, 1930 14 "Tableaux Veionts" 15 Boy and Girl Scouts: Mrs. Paul Dutton 16 Chelmsford Grange: Mrs. Charles A. Dane 17 Chelmsford Veterans Assn: Charles E. Bartlett 18 Veterans of Spanish War: George W. Peterson 19 American Legion: Arthur Cooke 20 pamphlet: Graduation Exercises of the Centre Grammar School, Class of 1919 21a pamphlet: Graduation Exercises, of the Centre Grammar School, 6-19-1922 b (duplicate) 22 handwritten program, graduation exercises, Centre Grammar School, 6-18-1925 23 graduation exercises, Center, East & Westlands schools, Town Hall, 6-17-1926 24 handwritten program, graduation exercises: Centre, East & Westlands Schools, Town Hall 6-24-1927 1-27-1968 NJD ) C • 0 - 2 2a, b booklet: ( addenda to iti.t.A o ca 1; "Unitarian Church, isfc r ; ; ; - woodcut print of church h. - 7:: ;t. r' 7 ci rcular lawn and dr' ve-1.,v c - dark grey-green papa i; - °A Brief Hi storical ;.f" t' rst Congregational ' ea.sr - Lowell , Mass. Moil.: L'rizr No. 18 Jackson St.; Statistical Summary of in Chelmsford, 1831 - i ; li sts of pasto , n; officers and it 4 fi - all interspersed wits 4.4 .f ents - size of booklet: 4 )/8 s 5 3/4 39.31 received 1939 acknowledged unknown registered labeled donor card 3 -3-1966 HS object card mab 1978 31 Vz donor card mab 1979 copies of "Lowell Offering": cuts of Lowell churches on back covers 1 2 3 4 5 6 July Aug. Sept. Oct. Nov. Dec. 1841 16 First Congregational, 1827: first minister, Rev. Geo. C. Beckwith; 7-18-1827 to 2-18-1829; Rev. Amos Blanchard, 12-25-1829 2 b Second Universalist 3 c. First Freewill Baptist 4 John Street Congregational 5 Unitarian 6 Appleton Street Congregational 7 Bancroft's Agricultural 1826 8 Diary on Yeoman's Calendar and Manufacturer's idmanac and Lowell Register (list of city officers) 9+ Almanac 39.32 received acknowledged Arthur Safford registered 5- 3-1966 HS of Proprietors of Locks and labeled 7-16-1966 JF Canals on Merrimack River, foot of John St., Lowell, Mass. donor card 3- 3-1966 HS object card 7-17-1966 HS object card mab 1978 donor card mab 1979 1 0_ photostat print of map of farms in Chelmsford (Patucket) 1821; streets of city of Lowell superimposed on it, 1926 tiL. 1-1-T7T-6! aw-CEqtthIOCr, nmAto (Rom CV. 6). K.0071.tikopo). lg- 0-12-Z received • 1939 39. 33 acknowledged Mr. and Mrs. Frederick A.P. Fiske registered nee labeled Billerica Road, Chelmsford, Mass. donor card 1-23-1966 HS object card mab 197E donor card mab 1979 1 Magazine: "Contact", house organ of N.E. Power Assn. Contains aerial and other views of the New England River floods 4-1936 2 Almanac: The Clergyman's Mirror. Boston. Lincoln & Edmands 1812 3 Story of Sufferings of John Dodge, the captive of the British. by J. Dodge, 2nd edition. Danvers, near Salem 1780 Binding, pigskin, for a pocket memo., metal clasp. Some notes, most of them undecipherable 1793 5 Sermons preached in Boston before General Court by Benj. Stevens, A.M. Boston, John Draper 5-27-1761 6 Sermon by John Parkhurst, Chelmsford: "The Garden Enclosed" 6-25-1826 7 Sermon by John Parkhurst: "The Holy Tendency of Saving Grace", Lowell, J.S.C. Knowlton 11-26-1826 8 Sermon by Rev. Ebenezer Bridge, No. 8. from library of B.M. Fiske 9 Power of Attorney: Samuel Parkman to Jonathan W. Austin 6-12-1773 10 Power of Attorney: Ebenezer Brider, Jr„ to Jonathan W. Austin 7-15-1773 11 Warrant for arrest of Aaron Scott, tax collector of Townsend, 1-24-1786 12 Warrant for arrest of Joseph Lawrence, tax collector of Pepperell, 1-26-1786 13 Warrant for arrest of Thomas Hovey, tax collector of Dracut, 6- 7-1790 14 Warrant for arrest of Ezra Cary, tax collector of Carlisle, 10-12-1807 15 Tax bill: town and county, Sewell Parkhurst 1833 16 Tax bill: town and county, Sewell Parkhurst 1842 17 $1,000 6% non-taxable certificate, Confederate States of America, blank confederate bond 18 Letter: Ebenezer Bridge to his brother, Wm. Bridge, Cambridge 12-19-1778 19 List of Jurors, Court of Sessions and Pleas. May term,1796 20 Certificate of election of J.M. Fiske as member of school committee, city of Boston 12-14-1835 21 Commission of John M. Fiske of Charlestown to be Justice of the Peace in County of Middlesex. Signatures of Johut Brooks, Gov.; Alden Bradford, Secretary of the Commonwealth 2- 7-1823 22 Battalion maneuvers: order by Col. J.M. Fiske, 5th Regiment, 1st Brigade, 3rd Division. Charlestown, Howe and Norton, printers 4-25-1825 1-18-1968 RJD 39.33 Fiske 2 23 aommission: Seth I. Thomas to be corporal under Capt. John P. Dingley, 3rd Reg., 3rd Brig., 1st Div. Prentiss Nobbs, Colonel 9-25-1826 24 Commission: Seth I. Thomas of Boston to be Captain of Company M, 3rd Reg., 3rd Brig., 1st Div. Sigs. og Gov. Levi Lincoln & Secy. Edward D. Bangs 5-25-1830 25 Commission: Charles Boardman to be carpenter in U.S. Navy. Signatures of Andrew Jackson, Pres.; John Jay Langdon, Act. Register; John Boyle, Acting Secretary of the Navy 8-23-1833 26 Commission: Seth I. Thomas to be Lieut. Col., 3rd Reg. 3rd Brig. 1st Div. Signatures of Gov. John Davis and Secy. Edward D. Bangs 6-23-1834 27 Commission: Seth I. Thomas to be Colonel, 3rd Reg. 3rd Brig. 1st Division. Signatures of Gov. Edward Everett and Secy. John P. Bigelow 9-24-1836 28 Acceptance of resignation of Seth I. Thomas as Colonel. Signature of Sanborn, Adjt. General 4-11-1838 29 Deed: Isaac Warren to Josiah Parkhurst, yeoman 2- 7-1770 30 Deed: Nehemiah Abbott to John Minot, yeoman 2-10-1772 31 Deed: John Minot to William Bridge 10-29-1785 32 Deed: Samuel Pitts to Josiah Parkhurst, wheelwright 10-11-1779 33 Deed: Josiah Parkhurst to John Minot, Esq. 4-21-1798 — 34 Agreement for future delivery of a halm= deed for land in Waldo, County of Kennebeck, Maine; Ebenezer Bridge to Chas. Garrish patent, 6-18-1802 35 Ticket: written, for Social Ball. J. Warren, Jr. at Columbian Hall, Chel. T.Fletcher, E.Warren, T.K.Parkhurst, mgs. 1-29-1818 36 Ticket: to Social Ball, for J. Warren, at Columbian Hall, Chel.; WW.H.Adams, Benj. Adams, Weld Spalding, Committee 5-27-1818 37 Ticket: to Social Ball, for J. Warren, at Columbian Hall, 1nel.; Wm.H.Adams, Icha. G. Kimball, Weld Spalding, Mgrs. 12- 9-1818 Newspapers: 38 The Boston Gazette and County Journal, Mon., 3-12-1770 contains an account of a row between British soldiers and youths in Boston. The soldiers fired into the fighting crowd and killed four men; Samuel Gray, Samuel Maverick, James Caldwell, & Crispus Attucks. This is now known as the Boston Massacre. Coffins with initials of victims are pictured. 39 "Ulster County Gazette": Pub. at Kingston, Ulster Co., by Samuel Freer & Son, Volume 11, No. 88: Sat., 1- 4-1800 Contains text of reply of House of Reps. to Pres. John Adams's speech at opening of sessions, and a further reply from him. Both inside pages are in heavy mourning for the death of George Washington. Speech of Rep. Goode before House on Washington's death. Expression of regret by Senate and President's reply. Account of funeral at Mount Vernon. 40 Columbia Sentinel, Boston. (in carton) Sat., 8- 1-1807 1-18-1968 RJD 39.33 Fiske 3 41 Massachusetts Spy & Worcester Gazette: Vol. XII, No. 270 Wed., 12- 9-1812 Has the names of Chas. Osgood and J. Sawyer. Contains an account of Napoleon at Moscow. 42 Salem Gazette: Vol. XXX, No. 51 Tu., 6-25-1816 Published Tu. & Fri. by Thomas C. Cushing, Essex St., Salem, Mass. Printed copy of letter from George Washington to his mother soon after Braddock's defeat. Contains account of the Judge Randolph affair, Richmond, Virigi.nia. Snow heresbbuts June 6th, 12" at Williamstown and 18" at Gabot News from Algiers; Lafayette in Philadelphia; Royal Wedding of Princess Charlotte of Wales to Prince Leopold of Gebourg. 43 The Yankee: Vol. VIII, No. 6. Boston. True & Weston, 78 State St./ Th., 1-28-1819 44 American Traveller: Fri., 12-28-1827 Publishedevery Tu. a,d Fri. by(Willard Badger, 81 Court St., cor. Market, Boston. (in carton) (Royal L. Porter Contains death notice of Capt. Isaac Chamberlain, at 72, in Lowell, a soldier of the revolution; also of Capt. Amos Rice of Northborough, and a sketch of his public services; also a reprint from "The Scotsman" of the genealogy, etc., of Selkirk 45 Extra Globe: a weekly, Washington, D.C. Mon., 6-25-1832 "The World Is Governed Too Much" 46 The New York Herald: New York Wed., 4-26-1865 Mourning rules forp( all columns; full acct. of A. Lincoln's funeral. 47 Chelmsford Eagle: Vol. 2, No. 1. Chelmsford 12-12-1877 1-18-1968 RJD 39. 34 1 1:rs. Ebeposer Timothy Adams Received 8- 1-'39 nee Lottie Perham, daughter of Acknowledked Dewitt Clinton Perham and " Registered 2- 2-1966 HS Maria A. (Byam) Perham; Labeled 8-25-1966 JF and Donor Card 3-3- 1966 HS 2 Ralph Adams, s. of Mrs. E.T.A. Object Card 7-23-1966 HS Chelmsford, Massachusetts bject card mab 1978 donor card mab 1979 1 uniform coat of First Chelmsford Band: navy blue wool, red cuffs; epaulets; gold braid on cuffs, collar, & in loops across front; 7 gilt buttons on loops on both sides; spotted and moth-eaten, (1966) F. I, ?_z,,,,, I24raT for same uniform: short red & white wool plumc; gilded insignia below plume, small visor; 51" high in back; blue wool or felt I.S0 cap of last uniform of Chelmsford Band: blakk wool, 111" visor, gold braid in front, 14--" black braid around lower edge; C.B. in gold on front 7 4a black dress uniform for Troop F Cavalry b hat; name Eben T. Adams written on inside headband; blue, felt, stiff Photographs: 0l/ /5 7 Odd Fellows in a 27x31" Itame. of ddep oak: Named, L to R: sear: Ebenezer T. Adams, Vralter R. Winning, Nathaniel Glidden; front: Warren Cotton, George S. Parkhurst, Howard Sweetser, Charles Nichols. 6 17 officers of I.O.O.F. Lodge, Chelmsford: names on back ;7 Odd Fellows Block 8 Odd Fellows Block: grocery team and 4 men in front of the store. 9 decorated wagon 7- 4-1907 10 Ralph P. Adams, E. T. Adams, Herbert Knowlton 7- 4-1907 1889 / k^rS 0.4 %-cuu -m ( 12 Geo. M. Seeton, horse and sleigh 13 Sweetser and Day's Gristmill, Cushing Place, Chelmsford 14 3 Perham brothers, 18x22" flat oak frame with edgings; sons of Samuel Perham: Samuel Proctor Perham, Dewitt Clinton Perham, Perley Perkins Perham 15 framed engravaing: The Landing of the Pilgrims 16 Reward ofMerit: "A Token of Esteem: to Clinton Perham from L.A. Farrington, Inst. 17 Reward of Merit with poem, "Against Pride in Dress", on the back; 4-5/8 x 2-3/4"; given to Mater Clinton Perham when a boy at school in Wilton, N.H., by D. Wheeler, instructor. Sold by Geo. P. Daniels, 5 Market St., Providdnce, R.I. 18 "N.E. Farmer", Vol. XX, No. 16; 4 pp. in heavy mourning for assassination of Lincoln. Other items are: Great National Calamity, poem copied from Atlantic Monthly; Hosea Bigelow on Peace; poem "Our Boys Are Coming Home"; ceremonies at Ft.Sumter 4-22-1865 19 "Chelmsford Eagle", Vol. i,No.1; editors: H.S.Perham, Rev. E.Fitzgera]4, B.ECooley; printed by Marden and Rowell, Weekly Journal Office, Lowell, Mass. 1- 1-1876 20 "Chelmsford Eagle", Vol.II,No.l; editors: H.S.Perham, E.H.Warren; contains poem, n "Robin's Hill", by Martha L. Emerson; "Notes of Progress", "Historical", "Civil Service Reform" 12-12-1877 39.34 Adams 42) 21 "The Congregational Bugle", Vol I, Po. 1, Chelmsford, Mass. 12-1877 published by Ladies' Social Circle of the Central Congregational Church. editresses: the Hisses Emma Dupee & Cora Sprague 22 Old Farmer's Almanac: Robert D. Thomas, year of Mrs. Adams's birth 1861 contains list of worthless and non-current bank notes in N.E. 23 pamphlet: Dedication of the Chelmsford Monument. Thurs. 9-22-1859 (duplicate) 24 pamphlet: Celebration of 50th Anniversary, Chelmsford Revolutionary Monument,9-22-1909 25 dinner ticket to Monument Celebration 9-22-1869 26 clipping: cut of Monument, Stoddard House, & Chelmsford Academy 9-22-1909 27 mounted item: dedication of Odd Fellows Block 28 mounted item: Blacksmith Shop 39.34 .11 Chelmsford Center Primary: Grades, 1,2,3, 1889 1. Nellie Perham Parker (teacher) 24. Leslie Davis 2. 25. Harry Ward 3. Hawthorne Howard 26. 4, Harold Davis 27. Nellie Wiggin 5. E. Pelle Adams 28. Ralph Adams 1 6. Christine Adams 29. Louise Wiggin 7. Ethel Adams 30. Stanley Cotton 8. Ralph Stearns 31. Arthur Nason 9. Grace Adams 10. Grace Crooker 32. Annie Wozencroft Wabel Nason Timothy Curtin 33. 11. 34. 12. Yerton Greene 35. Merle Saunders 13. Victor Parkhurst 36. 14. 37. 14. Martha Symonds 16. Grace Parkhurst 17. Crena Webster 18. 19. Arnold Perham 20. 21. Arthur Cotton 22. Harry Hooper 23. 39.35 received 1939 acknowledged Catherine Faulkner registered 2- 1-1966 HS 153 Frothingham St. labeled Lowell, Mass. donor card 3- 3-1966 HS object card mab 1978 is-1.: donor card mab 1979 1'04 1 Holy Bible: A.B.S.; Wm, D. Severance, Washington, N.H. 1848 39.36 received 1939 acknowledged Women's Alliance First Congregational Unitarian Church registered 2-1-1966 HS Chelmsford labeled donor card 3-3-1966 HS object card mab 1978 donor card mab 1979 1 hook: "Daughters of America" by Phoebe A. Hannaford; True & Co.,Augusta, Me.,1882 L. 39.37 received 194 Bertha and Emma Parkhurst acknowledged High St., Chelmsford re'istered 4- 3-1966 HS labeled donor card 1-17-1966 HS object card 4- 5-1966 HS object card mab 1978 donor card mab 1979 1-- 59 photographs for copies to be made Mr. Northrup recorded that he was unable to get them from Edwin R. Clark, who took them to make copies. Recorded as "lost by Mr. Clark.Y 39.38 received 1939 Sallie Faulkner acknowledged later, Yrs. Man Woodhead registered Billerica Rd., Chelmsford lablied donor card 1-16-1966 HS object card mab 1978 d onor card mab 1979 1 farmer's flail ,,,," "1,i):“` ,1 4i Y. 2 part of blueprint map of from the Lookout tower,fhich was destroyed by the hurricane of 1938. Found on Faulkner estate on High St., 9-21-1938, after the hurricane. 3 Fletcher family genealogy: items copied from Chelmsford town records and, apparently, from the Fletcher genealogy in a blank book with paste-hoard covers and labeled "Fletcher". 4 photograph of Chelmsford Classical School and Stoddard House, which formerly stood on the site of the Central Baptist Church (for copy) 39.39 received 1939 acknowledged Grace Storrs Hadley daughter of Judge Samuel P. Hadley registered labeled Lowell donor card 3- 3-1966 HS object card mab 1978 d on or card mab 1979 YOrl 1 tax bill for 1824, receipted by Luther Marshall, tax collector, (kindness of Miss Faulkner) The bill covered the tax on his house, barn, and Canal Storage Warehouse at the corner of Hadley and Middlesex Streets. The ware- house, still standing in 1939, was a garage. r received 1939 39.40 acknowledged Fred L.Fletcher registered 6-3-1966 labeled 6410-1966 donor card 6-3-1966 object card 6-21-1966 ob ject card mab 19 78 donor card mab 1979 291 tun 2a belt:leather, 1 3/4" wide 2152b bayonet Y ; (Lc scabbard - R2d belt box:leather, 31 x 3 x 1 3/8";brass stud fasteners 2e bullet•removed from wound received at battle of Winchester;1" long x ln wide at bottom. 2f belt box: 2 pockets; 6 x 4 x 1" cartridge box:carbtdges? 4 knbpsack:leather, 2 straps; 131 x 121 x 5" 5 haversack for drying provisions on the mareh 6 canteen:round. wool cover;8" high; stopper on chain;cotton strap for neck 'e..)7 tin plate:9" diameter 4Ceidt 64"c51w2 8 tin cup:4" high,4' diameter at top,41" at bottom; handle rmscduAC-L;(5"" '9 fork: 2jeteel times;bone handle > 10 specimens of COnfederate money in bills 11 boll of cotton picked up by Robert Fletcher(bro. of Fred) and sent home during war. minnie ball which went through papers in pocket.(See note) 7 The battle of Op ' guam,Va.,was fought Sept. 19,1864 between the forces of Jubal Early, Confederate commander, and Philip H.litheridan,Federal acmmander. The minnie ball came from the confederate skirmishers,striking Private Robert Fletcher, Co.L,,26th Regiment,iass. Volunteers,in the right breast. It went through a heavy package of papers, and stopped in the lining of Fletcher's coat. 39.41 received 5- 2-1939 (by purchase at $25.?) Chelmsford Historical Society acknowledged registered 8-11-1966 HS labeled 8- 5-1966 JF donor card 8-11-1966 HS object card 8-11-1966 HS cbject card mab 1978 mahogany chestchest or cases 1 -.g2relf at top and 1 at bottom; 8 open shelves between; carving on side edges of front; 45 x 46 x 29" deep. p.128 of Secretary's notes, 5-2-1939; "Mr. Henry told of seeing a beautiful mahogany cabinet that could be purchased for $25." 39.42 received 9-18-1939 estate of J. Rowland Parkhurst acknowledged via William Gri4fiths registered Billerica Rd., Chelmsford labeled donor card 3- 3-1966 HS object card mab 1978 d onor card mab 1979 61 1 a side lamp from one-horse hearse, long used for town burials 1 b 1, n n n n II II 2 teacher's desk from schoolhouse #2 on North Road, North Chelmsford, used by the late Frederic T. Greenhalge (later Gov. of Mass.), when he was a teacher there 3 photograph of school children in District #2 while taught by F.T. Greenhalge, 1862-3 J.R. Parkhurst ran a greenhouse -op ite BIftckman's (1966) on Parkhurst Rd., near the corner of North Rd. He lived with his mother in Rreeman (1966) house, on Billerica Rd., cor. Grove. His brother, Leroy, was a tailor. ,, TIIE VERY EPD---Antique hearse with pretty Barbara Burkin- shaw, Janet Bell and Gail Churchill brought the parade to a close. 39.43 received Oct. 1939 Harold Ralph acknowledged registered labeled 1-17-1966 HS donor card object card mat 197P dcncr card mb 1979 • 1 Annual Report, Lowell School Committee 1861 4‘ 2 Rules of the Lowell School Committee 1909 3 Salaries of Officers, City of Lowell r 4 Inaugural Address by John J. Pickman, Mayor of Lowell 1-1-18899144 5 Report of Special Finance Commission, Lowell 1895 • 6 Municipal Register, City of Lowell 1904 I, 7 Year Book, Lowell Board of Trade 1911-1912 7 8 Report of Streets & Highways Department, City of Lowell 1917 .;% 9 1918 )(10 1919 /11 1920 ;412 1921 7; 13 1922 y14 1923 15 1924 16 1925 / 17y 1926 x18 1927 ,19 Annual Report of Streets and Highways of Lowell 1935 20 Lowell Charter Amendment -1920 "21 Report of Special Finance Commission, Lowell, 1895 22 Lowell Directory 1847 23 it n 1851 ft 24 " and Almanac 1853 25 If If and Almanac 1855 II 26 'I 1859 27 Courier Citizen, Lowell Centennial Number, 1926 1926 28 It ft If 1926 29 The Protestant Episcopal Church• illuminated, printed statement, Dr. Waters, 35th year 30 Ye Old Yellow Meeting House, Dracut, Massachusetts 1937 31 Kirk Street Church Manual, Lowell 1884 32 Mass. Bay Colony Tercentenary, Wenham, Mass„ 1930: booklet, 12 pp., green paper cover, 9-3/8 x 61/4" 1930 p-33 Boston Almanac 1862 34 photo of old house, Newburypott, Massachusetts 1787 35 folder: "Celebration of Passage of Ordinance of 1787 at Salem, Mass." Jan.1938 1-29-1968 RJD 3 9. 244 received 1939 Mrs. Albert H. Davis acknowledged nee Yellie Ellen Louise Richardson d. of Elijah & Eliz. Emerson Richardson registered labeled donor card 1-16-1966 HS object card mab 1978 donor card mab 1979 ° 1 narrow, carved bone ring, made by A.H. Richardson while servipg in the Civil War; printed on it in reds "<:.A.H.R. co.B. 6th Mass. Vuls. 0 1864" 2 pamphlet: "The Spinsters" 3 framed certificate of membership of Elijah and Elizabeth Emerson Richardson as a, members of the Chelmsford Monument Association; signed by Willard Parker, pres. Otis Adams, treas. 4 photo: hpme of Mr. 8: Mrs. Albert Davis, North Rd., Chelmsford, 1905 Richard Davis Mrs. Nellie Richardson Davis Mrs. Harold Davis Miss Celia Richardson Mts* Jennie Long L. 39.45 - received 9-20-1939 acknowledged Albert H. Davis registered 5-24-1966 HS North Rd., Chelmsford labeled 5-25-1966 JF donor card 1-16-1966 HS object card 1-16-1966 HS object card mab 1978 donor card mab 1979 3 - candle mold, with handle; 10" tall; (Mrs. Davis's mother's) T ‘P1410 2 candle snuffers; 7" scissor handles; box & shutter; base 3-3/4 x 2" very small iron stewpot (no handle): 2*" di., 11" deep, incl. 3 legs; hole for g ( handle "1,4 hand loom shuttle: (Mrs. Davis's mother's), 111" 1. x 1-7/8" w. at center v. \ 5 cobbler's stock hammer for leather: 1-5/8" peen, 3-3/4" blade; 7" wood handle cobbler's 10" adz: 6t" wooden handle 7,, photo of the Davis home on May .t1205, showing Richard D1414, Yrs. Harddd Davis, Mts5. Jennie Long, Mrs. Nellie Di4+4, Miss Celia Richardson. The house is 1_05"'117 on the North side of the Town Hall. t74.44, t 0 (1.2, >`. C Ysti.. t4.0a awl for shoemaker 5" A0b I 7 I t It 5•11 wooden handle 3-5/8" C2 (.1 ✓ P ' 39.4.6 received 2-28-1939 ? acknowledged Charles E. Bartlett registered 9-11-1966 HS labeled 9-15-1966 IF donor card 9-11-1966 HS object card 9-11-1966 HS object card mab 1978 donor card mab 1979 -qr 1 booklet: NHRR: Restoration of Vital New England Lifelines (after hurricane damage) paper cover, 9 x 6-7/81, -RD 39.k*". ady F south , 1 ►,sfor, • MA received: probably in the 1930s (when Historical Society was fort -) regi sterdd: 11-9-1988 J.F. labeled; 11-9-1988 J.F. donor card: object card: 1 book: dated 1690; leather boInd over el • I hand made paper; by Cott or Mather. "P rinted at Bofton by Green fc . Harris at the London House, 1v;0 111 - Companion for Col ,, ,,- Icants ° - "Discourses Upon the i - Agri, the Subject of the fiords Supper; Dev Methods of Preparing for and that Bleffed Ordinance - by Cotton Mather, Part of .,1hur0 - ft (There follows a a passas tr Jaraa -a . 1 Latin.) Dedication of this boo), ( ).‘,e). *To the Church of th , J.fus Z tic ,or ,h fart of Bofton, Particul , 'to the Honorable Sr, w11 }1.1 00ps. To the Worfhipful It'ohards, 3ro.. And to my Honored a_ Wor ay ri.ends. Mr. Adam Winthro- Mr. John Fofter Dr. John Clark By whofe Pious Defirc , pei. r 1;1.1 , Book is put into the . ds if air t)- .=-. Hr , belong to that Societ.," On fly leaf in front: s!,. t .re )1' 4 ,11:,,,a .Dettp d; and above, the date Nove:, On page apposite Title Pag.: sign ):41:,.e of 6 .1 . Phipps, His Book, 1721; below that, the name of Ch Los i; 1,;,• ) At the end of the dissertat' n i fu . • he signature of "Solomon Phil , His book, 172.2 Note: 'Solomon may have bee, ;he son Pf who first owned the ok in 170, - size of book: 3i- x , V"; - No. 20 in collection 470 -..t" Social Library.