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THE ANNUAL REPORT OF
Chartered 182^
May, 1952
THE Connecticut Historical Society can put to good use funds
for general expenses, for publication purposes and for the care
and increase of the library and museum. Such funds would form
appropriate and permanent memorials to continue life interests
of an individual or a group of individuals.
You are urged to include your historical society as a beneficiary
when preparing your will. The following form is suggested:
1 give and bequeath to The Connecticut Historical Society,
a corporation existing under the laws of the State of Con-
necticut and located in the City of Hartford in said State,
dollars in trust, the income from
which is to be used for the
The President or the Director of the Society will be happy to
discuss this matter with interested persons and suggest specific
purposes for which such bequests may be made. Gifts to the
Society are deductible from Federal Estate and Income Taxes.
The Connecticut Historical Society
I Elizabeth Street, Hartford 5, Connecticut
Telephone 33-2397
Open free to the Public
THE LIBRARY
Open daily 9:30 — ^5:30 P.M. except Sundays and holidays.
THE MUSEUM
Open Monday — Friday 1:00 — 5:00 P.M.; Saturdays 10:00 — 5:00
P.M. Closed Sundays and holidays. Group tours at other times
may be arranged upon application.
The Building is closed Saturdays at noon during June, July and
August.
The Lecture Series is held on the first Tuesday of the months of
October through May at 7:45 P.M.
The Annual Meeting is held on the third Tuesday in May.
THE ANNUAL REPORT OF
Containing tlie Reports and Papers Pre-
sented at THE ANNUAL MEETING held On
May 20, ig^2 together unth a list of of-
ficers then elected, and of the accessions
made during the year.
Chartered 182^
Published b\ the Society
I Elizabeth Street
H/\RTFORD 5
CONNECTICUT
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Designed and printed
at the Sign of the Stone Bool^
in Hartford, Connecticut by
Case, Lock,tvood & Brainard
1952
OFFICERS
Elected May 20, ig$2
Prt'sidttit: Edgar F. Waterman, Harttord.
Vict'-Pnsidcnts: Nuwton C. Brainard, Hartford; Samuel H. Fisher, Litch-
iield; James Lippincott CJoodwin, Hartford; George M. Dutcher,
Middletown; Charles S. Bissell, Suffield; Ethelbert Allen
Moore, New Britain; Ward S. Jacobs, Hartford; H. Bissell Carey,
Farmington.
Rtcording Secretary: Frances A. Hoxie, Manchester.
Corresponding Secretary: Florence S. Marcy Crofut, Hartford.
Treasurer: Allerton C. Hickmott, West Hartford.
Auditor: Harold G. Holcombe, West Hartford.
Membership Committee: Mary G. Waterman, Hartford; Mary C. Taylor,
Hartford; Jared B. Standish, WethersHeld; Mrs. Lucius B. Bar-
bour, Hartford; Mrs. Harold CJ. Holcombe, West Hartford; Max-
well L. Brainard, West Hartford; Dr. H. Cjildersleeve Jarvis,
West Hartford; Maynard T. Hazen, Hartford.
Library Committee: John M. K. Davis, Hartford; James Brewster, Hart-
ford; Ernest Caulfield, West Hartford.
Publication Committee: Arthur Adams, Hartford; Spencer Gross, Hart-
ford; Thompson R. Harlow, Newington.
Finance Committee: Morgan B. Brainard, Hartford; William H. Putnam,
Hartford; Houghton Bulkeley, Hartford.
Committee on Monthly Papers: Horatio H. Armstrong, Hartford; Harry
K. Taylor, Hartford; Dr. Thatcher W. Worthen, Hartford.
Acquisitions Committee: Newton C. Brainard, Hartford; Henry A.
Castle, Plainville; Horatio H. Armstrong, Hartford.
Social Committee: Mrs. Alfred H. Terry, Chairman, Hartford; Mrs.
Newton C. Brainard, V ice-Chairman, Hartford.
Committee on Endowment: Edgar F. Waterman, Harttord; Newton C.
Brainard, Hartford; Maynard T. Hazen, Hartford; William H.
Putnam, Hartford; Earle E. Dimon, Farmington; Barclay Rob
inson, Avon.
STAFF
Thompson R. Harlow, Director, Newington; Albert C. Bates, Librarian
Emeritus, Hartford; Frances A. Hoxie, Assistant to the Librarian.
Manchester; Marjorie F. Waterman, Chief of Reading Room,
Hartford; Jessie A. Parsons, Cataloguer, Hartford; James Toma-
siello, Superintendent, Bloomfield; Advisory Curators: Alden E.
Bailey, Numismatics, Manchester; Horatio H. Armstrong, Furni-
ture, Hartford; Benjamin F. Hubbell, Firearms, Hartford.
COSTUMES, MIDDLE 1 9TH CENTURY
Gift of M/ss Mariette N. Fitch
(See page 34)
Report of President
THE struggle against many obstacles to be overcome, the courage
and persistance shown by those embarked on the new venture,
and the road upward to final success are part of the life of a
young organization. All this should not be lost to mind in later
years when prosperity has crowned its efforts.
In the year 1825 a small group of men, prominent in our State,
conceived the idea of forming an historical society, "for the pur-
pose of discovering, procuring and preserving materials for the
civil, ecclesiastical and natural history of the United States, and
especially of the State of Connecticut". In the month of May of
that year, the General Assembly passed a Resolve incorporating
The Connecticut Historical Society, and named thirty-one persons
as corporators. The names of these men, all successful in their var-
ious occupations and of influence in their communities, indicates
that the Society was builded on a sound foundation. The important
thing to remember is that these men were vitally interested in this
undertaking and rendered much personal service to the Society
through the years — they were not just "names".
It may not be amiss to examine the walks of life pursued by them,
and their accomplishments. Fourteen were members of the Con-
necticut Bar, and among these fourteen we find a Chief Justice of
the United States Supreme Court, a Secretary of the Navy, a United
States Attorney General, in Congress one Senator and three Repre-
sentatives, four Governors of Connecticut, four Judges of the Su-
preme Court of this State, Judges of the Superior Court and
County Courts of whom four were Chief Judges, a Secretary of
the State, members of the General Assembly, two Brigadier Gen-
erals of State troops, a Mayor of Hartford, and one author and one
historian. The seven Clergymen include two sometime Bishops,
two college Presidents, two college professors, and three who were
active in secondary education. The list of the thirty-one original
incorporators ends with six physicians and four who were en-
gaged in business pursuits. This group of distinguished men
includes the names of William Wolcott Ellsworth, the second
Chief Justice of the United States Supreme Court and a Governor
of Connecticut; Isaac Toucey, John Samuel Peters and Samuel
Augustus Foot, also Governors of this State; Thomas Church
Brownell, Episcopal Bishop of Connecticut and first President of
Washington (now Trinity) College; Thomas Hopkins Gallaudet,
leading fountler of the American School for the Deaf; John Trum-
bull and Thomas Day, prominent members of the Connecticut
Bar; and Timothy Pitkin and Thomas Scott Williams, sometime
members of Congress.
More than half of the incorporators resided elsewhere than
Hartford, which gave thirteen persons. Three lived in Wethers-
field and two were of New Haven, with one representative each
from Cheshire, Colchester, East Hartford, East Windsor, Elling-
ton, Fairfield, Farmington, Hebron, Lebanon, Litchfield, Middle-
town, Newtown, and Norfolk.
The first meeting of the Society was held on May 30, 1825 at the
State House in Hartford. The officers then elected, the first of-
ficers of the Society, were: the Hon. John Trumbull, President;
the Rt. Rev. Thomas C. Brownell, Vice-President; Thomas Day,
who later was President for many years from 1839, Secretary; the
Rev. Thomas Robbins, who in 1844 became the first Librarian of
the Society, Corresponding Secretary; and Walter Mitchell, Treas-
urer. A committee of five was appointed to "prepare a Constitution
and a code of By-Laws, and Mr. Robbins delivered an address on
The Objects of the Society".
Pursuant to the adjournment of the preceding meeting, the
Society met on May 31st at the State House. The committee which
had been appointed to prepare a Constitution and By-Laws made
its report, and the report was adopted. The preparation of these
two documents within twenty-four hours was a record which I
doubt could be equalled today. At this time a Standing Com-
mittee of six was elected. It is of interest that, after a period of
over one hundred and twenty-five years, the title of this committee
is retained, rather than changing it to the more modern one of
"Executive Committee".
The thirtl meeting of the Society, adjourned from that of May
31st, was held on June 2nd at the State House. Little was done
other than to instruct the Secretary to prepare a seal for the Society,
and to propose twenty-eight names for membership.
On August 4th, a quarterly meeting was held at the State House.
Fourteen new members were elected, twenty-five names were
proposed, and it was voted that the Secretary give notice of the
time and place of the quarterly meetings in the several newspapers
printed in Hartford. Was there, perhaps, a premonition of things to
come? The meeting properly adjourned "sine die". Years of in-
activity were to pass before the Society was revived in 1839.
Within a year from the time of the first meeting. May 30, 1825,
and the election of officers, President John Trumbull removed
from the State, as tlid the Rev. George W. Doane, the Secretary
of the Standing Committee, who became Bishop of New Jersey.
Because of this and perhaps other reasons, the Society, which had
been so auspiciously launched, lost all energy and remained in a
state of inactivity.
In the act of incorporation of May, 1825, it was provided that
the Society meet once a year for the choice of certain stated officers.
This was not done during a span of thirteen years, and it was a
matter of doubt whether the Charter of the Society had not been
forfeited by non-user. The fact that some valuable historical ma-
terials had been collected by the Society, which had been so far
preserved, but which were in danger of being scattered and lost,
without the care of this or some similar institution, and the possible
efforts of Thomas Day who was Secretary of the State at that time,
influenced the General Assembly to pass this resolution on the first
Wednesday of May, 1839: "Resolved and declared, by this Assem-
bly, that the existence of said Society, as a body corporate, with
the powers and privileges originally granted thereto, be continued
and perpetuated, as though its officers had been chosen annually
since 1825". It was further resolved that a list of thirty-three per-
sons, fifteen of them incorporators under the act of 1825, be
deemed the present members of the Society, and shall continue as
such.
It may be askeil, why and how was the present admission fee of
three dollars determined upon, and retained without change? The
answer is found in a provision of this act of 1839. It reads: "that
the payment of three dollars, as an admission fee, for the benefit
of the Society, shall be an essential qualification of membership —
and no person who has not already paid such fee, shall be deemed
a member, until such payment be made".
The first meeting of the Society, under the act of May, 1839,
was held at the Young Men's Institute on June i, 1839. Thomas
Day was chosen President, and Charles Hosmer, Secretary, both
of Hartford. It was voted that the act of May, 1839 "be, and the
same is, hereby accepted as part of the Charter of incorporation of
this Society". The rules and regulations adopted on May 31, 1825
were repealed and abrogated, and Thomas Day and Henry Bar-
nard 2nd were made a committee to prepare new By-Laws.
Regarding the place of meeting. A Public Library Company was
organized in Hartford in 1774. It was first known as the Librarian
Company and in October, 1799, was chartered as The Hartford
Library Company. The Young Men's Institute, organized in 1838
as a voluntary association, took over the Hartford Library Com-
pany, and the Hartford Young Men's Institute, chartered May,
1839, in turn became its successor. The Young Men's Institute was
located in Oilman's Hall, 146V2 Main Street, on the west side of
the street midway between Pearl Street and the Center Church.
One of the most devoted friends of the Society was Thomas
Day, its second President, who held that office from June i, 1839
to May 16, 1854, less than a year before his death. He was a man
who, besides his private law practice held responsible positions in
the courts and as a State official, but the records of the Secretary
of the Society show that he rarely missed a meeting of the So-
ciety, and met all demands upon his time in its service.
Meetings called for June 4th, 7th, and 13th were adjourned be-
cause of there being no quorum. All were to have been held at the
Young Men's Institute.
Finally, a meeting was held on June 15, 1839 at the Young Men's
Institute. A new set of By-Laws was adoptetl, the month of May
was appointed the time when the annual meetings should be held,
and the number of Honorary members residing outside the State
was limited to one half the number of other members, at any time.
All candidates for membership were to be nominated by the
Standing Committee, which consisted of the officers, and seven
members who were to be appointed annually.
The meeting on June 21st was the last one held at the Young
Men's Institute. Henry Barnard 2nd was elected Corresponding
Secretary, and James B. Hosmer was chosen Treasurer. Henry
Barnard, educator and pioneer of the common-school system, was a
native of Hartford. He was, in turn, State Superintendant of Edu-
cation, President of the University of Wisconsin and of St. John's
College at Annapolis, and was the first United States Commis-
sioner of Education. When the New Britain Normal School
opened in 1850, he was its first principal. James B. Hosmer, who
was treasurer of the Society for thirty-four years and president
for three years, was remarkable for his life-long devotion to its
interests. His brother, Charles Hosmer, was secretary for twenty-
nine years.
Only two new members were elected at the meeting on July 5th,
which was held at the home of James B. Hosmer. We should pause
here to note the election of the Rev. David Dudley Field, D.D.,
of Haddam, as a Vice-President, and of his three sons, from among
his ten children ; Hon. David Dudley Field of the New York bar,
Judge Stephen J. Field of the United States Supreme Court, and
Cyrus W. Field of Atlantic telegraph cable fame.
From July 5th to September 13th, seven meetings were held
at the home of James B. Hosmer. A desire for a more permanent
place of abode, and either insufficient space or a feeling that hos-
pitality should not be abused, now led to the rental of a room.
The minutes of the meeting held September 20th record that the
meeting was "Held at their room". This room was at 124 Main
Street, on the corner of Main and what is now Gold Street, across
from the Center Church. This location was later occupied by the
City Hotel. Fifteen new members, from nine difi-erent towns, were
elected, among whom were Daniel Wadsworth and Gideon Wells.
On November 22, 1839, Noah Webster, LL.D. became a member,
and later Dr. Gurdon W. Russell, David Watkinson, and Junius
S. Morgan joined the Society.
At nearly every meeting, new members had been elected, in-
tercourse with the Georgia and Rhode Island Historical Societies
had been established, permission given to the Hartford Natural
History Society to occupy a part of their room, and other progres-
sive measures taken. On December 6th, it was voted "That a
public dinner be provided at the Centennial Celebration for the
Society and those who choose to subscribe". This culminated, on
April 21, 1840, by a celebration in Hartford by the Society of the
2oist anniversary of the organization under the Constitution in
1639 of the inhabitants of Hartford, Windsor and Wethersfield.
Among those present were one delegate from the Rhode Island
Historical Society, three from the New York Historical Society,
and one person from Savannah as delegate from the Georgia His-
torical Society, together with "other respectable citizens from dif-
ferent parts of the State". The meeting "assembled in the Senate
chambers; and at ii o'clock A.M. moved in procession to the
Centre Church, where the occasion had brought together a large
concourse of people". The exercises consisted of two hymns, one
of them composed for the occasion by Mrs. Lydia H. Sigourney, a
prayer, and an historical discourse by Noah Webster. At 2 o'clock
P.M. the members, delegates and some invited guests "partook of
an entertainment at Oilman's Hall, provided for the occasion,
after which, several appropriate and interesting sentiments were
given and speeches made". The thanks of the Society were pre-
sented to the choir of the Centre Church, "for their interesting per-
formances". There seems to have been no lack of energy in the
Society in those days.
A novel case of barter is shown in the minutes of December
20th. The Treasurer, at his discretion, was authorizeci to accept
from newly elected clergymen payment of the admission fee in
books. This was not uncommon at that time.
The cost of living then was not high. The year was now 1840,
and on February 7th the Treasurer was directed "to rent the room
now occupieci by this Society, for one year from the ist of April
next, at the rent of S50.".
The wife of Daniel Wadsworth was a daughter of Governor
Jonathan Trumbull, Jr. A vote of thanks to her and to her father's
estate, January, 184 1, shows how his manuscripts, books, and
pamphlets became the property of the Society.
Among our more treasured possessions is a vest. How and
when it was acquired is revealed by this vote, passed at the March,
1841 meeting: "That the thanks of this Society be presented to Mrs.
Maria Ledyard, of Herkimer, N. Y. for her donation of the Vest
worn by Col. William Ledyard, at the time he was killed at Fort
Griswold, and also to Mr. Simeon Hart, Farmington, for obtain-
ing the same, placing it in a neat glass case, and forwarding it to
the Society".
Following the practice of the State Legislature, when the State
had two Capitols, the Society was holding its annual meetings al-
ternately at Hartford and New Haven. The meeting of May 11,
1 84 1 was held at 4 P.M. in the Representatives Chambers in the
State House in Hartford, after which a supper was had at the City
Hotel. This is the first mention of a departure from the austerity
of the past.
Mistakes can be matle, and items are easily mislaid. It may
be of some comfort to this later generation to learn from
the minutes of the last meeting in December, 1841, that a gift
from John Trumbull, first President of the Society, lost since
1825, was reported.
The Society has a large number of busts of people who were
prominent about the time of the 1840's, Formal acknowledgement
was made of the receipt of each. The first one, that of Thomas Day
given at the request of the Society, was recorded. May, 1842. The
next year came busts of Charles H. Olmstead, Hon. William Ells-
worth, and Mrs. Lydia H. Sigourney, with others following.
As did the children of Israel, the Society, which had wandered
from the State House, the Young Men's Institute, and "their
room", came at last to its promised land, where it was to remain
for the next one hundred and six years. On December 22, 1843,
the first meeting was held in the room in the Wadsworth Athe-
neum, which had been prepared for it, but owing to the inclemency
of the weather the meeting was obliged to adjourn. Four days later,
December 26th, the Society met, with twenty-two members pres-
ent, and later adjourned to the lecture room of the Centre
Church where "before the Society, and a large and respectable as-
sembly of Gentlemen and Ladies, the President delivered an Ad-
dress appropriate to the occasion of taking possession of that part
of Wadsworth Atheneum appropriated to the use of the Society".
At last it had come to rest.
During the past twelve months period, a notable increase in the
membership has taken place. One hundred and seventy-nine new
members have joined the Society. Can we not, by a personal can-
vass of our friends and acquaintances, increase this number to two
hundred, and thereby carry our total membership well over one
thousand? If a quota were established, it would be less than one
fourth of a person for each of our present members. To attain that
average does not appear difficult. A year ago we started with a
membership of 684, which was reduced during the year by 12
deaths, 7 resignations, and 2 who were dropped, but the addition
of 179 new members increased the total to 842 — an increase of
23%. Separated into its various classes, the membership is: As-
sociate 335, Active 393, Contributing 67, Life 25, Ex-Officio 22,
— Total Membership 842.
Again, the eight monthly meetings of the Society have been
largely attended and in every way successful. The appreciation
of their audiences must have been evident to the speakers, to whom
the Society is greatly indebted. The program schedule was:
October 2nd. Frederic Palmer, architect, of East Haddam.
"Restoration of the Ruttolph-Williams House, Wethersfield, by
the Antiquarian and Landmarks Society."
November 6th. Professor Anthony N. B. Garvan, of the University
of Pennsylvania.
"Architecture and Town Planning in Colonial Connecticut."
December 4th. John E. Parsons, collector and author, of N.Y.
"Historic Arms made by Samuel Colt."
January 8th. Dr. Lee Jay Whittles, antiquarian, of Glastonbury.
"Sadler's Ordynary: Second Connecticut Inn."
February 5th. C. Edwin Blake, insurance executive, of Hartford.
"A Whale of a Hobby."
March 4th. Albert Sack, antique dealer and author, of New York.
"Fine Points of Furniture."
April ist. Dr. Ernest J. Caulfield, of West Hartford, Connecticut.
"Graveyard Pediatrics."
May 6th. Mrs. Ethel Hall Bjerkoe, lecturer and author, of Wood-
bury, Connecticut.
"Our Chinese Heirlooms."
These lectures were accompanied either with illustrative items or
with lantern slides.
During the year, three exhibitions have been held, at which on
the opening day of each, afternoon tea was served. Each exhibition
was on view for approximately one week. They were:
January 22nd. A collection of tin objects made for the celebra-
tion of a tenth wedding anniversary in Suffield,
1859.
March nth. A Collection of models of antique furniture, made
by Newton C. Brainard.
April 15th. A group of "Fancy Articles" from the William J.
Hickmott, Jr. collection of Bennington Pottery,
bequeathed to the Suffield Historical Society.
The Society is prosperous as never before; it is now housed in a
splendid building which is well adapted to its needs, and enables
it to render far more service to its members and to the public than
has been possible in the past. This is the part of the picture which
is apparent and easily seen. The unseen part, the need of increased
income from more adequate endowment, is also present. If this
Society is to attain the efficiency that it deserves, and to expand its
usefulness in numerous ways, it must be done through the in-
terested generosity of those who believe in preserving, and making
the history of our State available to all. This is not an easy under-
taking, and it is a costly one. The operation of our large library
and museum is now conducted by the Director and only two stafT
assistants. The supervision of the use of the museum is in the care
of one part-time person, and, through the generosity of the Hart-
ford Foundation for Public Giving, the library is, for the present
only, being re-catalogued. So much is being done by so few! There
is a crying need for a conservatively enlarged staflf of assistants.
Our modest, little quarterly Bulletin is approved by other societies,
for the material included in its various issues but, for the lack of
means, the wealth of such material in our own library can not
be made available to the general public. The Bulletin goes regu-
larly to persons and institutions from here to the Pacific coast.
Your officers, and especially the Director, live with the budget
constantly in mind. Every expenditure, however small, is carefully
scrutinized, and must be absolutely essential. It is gratifying to be
able to report that, on the operations of the past year, the Society
shows a balance of income above expenses. This balance of S4.71
is small, very small, and verges dangerously upon a possible defi-
cit, a thing which should be by all means avoided.
The past year has been a fruitful one, largely due to the unremit-
ting work of those in charge. Our thanks and appreciation are
due to Mr. Harlow, the Director and watchdog of the budget, for
his able conduct of our financial afiairs as well as of the day-to-day
management of all other matters. To the officers and members of
committees, to all the members of the staff, other assistants, those
who have so generously given voluntary help, and to our superin-
tendent the same thanks and appreciation are due.
Edgar F. Waterman, President
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Necrology — 1952
Lester Card
Lester Card, who was elected a member of the Society March 4,
1941, died at South Norwalk, November 4, 1951.
He was born in Windsor, Nova Scotia Dec. 10, 1872, the son of
a sea captain. He graduated from Columbia University School of
Pharmacy, and was a druggist in South Norwalk for many years.
For more than sixty years Mr. Carci was interested in genealogi-
cal research and was the transcriber of Annals of Wilton, edited
by David Herman Van Hoosear, and published by the Wilton
Historical Society in 1940. He also copied and reproduced by
mimeograph a number of small genealogical and historical mono-
graphs including "Records of School District #1 New Canaan;"
"Angle, Engel and Angel Families with data on the Filkin fam-
ily and some information of the Young, Planck and Van Deusen
families;" "Bronson family;" "Some notes on the Brookins fam-
ily;" "Ancestry and descendants of Samuel Cole, of Wilton,
Conn.;" "Corrections of Elwell Family by Ervin H. Elwell, 191 1;"
"Kent Genealogy, showing error in printed volume with a brief
line of Richard Kent of Newbury;" "Lambert family of Con-
necticut, descendants of Jesse Lambert;" "New Canaan Congrega-
tional Church Baptismal Records, 1733-1741;" "Pickett family;"
"Names on First Baptist Church Records Stillwater, Saratoga Co.,
N. Y. 1780-1790;" "Residents of Connecticut: Births taken from
census of 1850, Warren Co., Pa.;" "Records of the Bald Hill
Methodist Church, Wilton."
Charles Mather Glazier
Charles Mather Glazier, of Farmington, who was admitted to
membership April 5, 192 1, died at Hartford Hospital January 9,
1952.
He was born in Hartford November 21, 1861, a son of Isaac and
Clara (Saftord) Glazier.
He was Agent for the Hartford Fire and Hartford Accident &
Indemnity Companies and was much interested in genealogical
matters. He was a descendant of John Glazier who first settled in
Lancaster, Mass. in 1644, and on his mother's side was descended
from Rev. Richard Mather, grandfather of Rev. Cotton Mather,
who settled in Dorchester, Mass. in 1635.
Mr. Glazier was a member of the Society of Sons of the Amer-
ican Revolution and of Central Baptist Church.
On June 2, 1897, he married Cordelia Frances Loomis who died
November 27, 1946. He leaves a brother, Robert C. Glazier, re-
cently retired President of the Society for Savings, and a daughter,
Mrs. Warren M. Creamer, of Farmington, with whom he made his
home.
John Marshall Holcombe, Jr.
John Marshall Holcombe, Jr., who became a member of the
Society November 3, 1925, died suddenly at his home in Farming-
ton May 15, 1951.
He was born in Hartford May 4, 1889, son of John Marshall
Holcombe, President of the Phoenix Mutual Life Insurance Com-
pany and his wife Emily Seymour Goodwin.
He was graduated from Yale University in 191 1 and from Har-
vard Law School in 1914. He was a Counsel for the Phoenix Mu-
tual Life Insurance Company, served as a Captain in the Army Air
Corps in World War I and was the founder in 1921 and manager
of the Life Insurance Sales Research Bureau, later the Life Insur-
ance Agency Management Association.
Mr. Holcombe was an outstanding collector of autographs of
the Presidents of the United States and was an inspiring and much
sought after speaker on this subject. Shortly before his death he
had spoken to the Society on the subject "George Washington,"
illustrated with letters and documents from his own collection
and from that of the Society. He was President of the Antiquarian
and Landmarks Society of Connecticut and is credited with its
phenomenal growth.
On May 8, 1920, he married Mrs. Marguerite Chase Boas who
survives him as do four sons, Alan Chase Boas, of South Hadley,
Mass., Robert Waldo Boas, of Chestnut Hill, Mass., Herbert Allen
Boas, of Farmington, and John Marshall Holcombe III, of Los
Angeles, Calif. He also leaves two daughters, Mrs. Marguerite
Emily Holcombe Barlow, of Garrison, N. Y. and Mrs. Ada Chase
Holcombe Caswell, of Darien, one brother, Harold G. Holcombe,
of West Hartford and twelve grandchildren.
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Mrs. Alice L. Merrill Hunt
Mrs. Alice L. Merrill Hunt who was elected to membership in
the Society December 7, 1948, died at her home in Ithaca, N. Y.
October 8, 1950.
She was born in Danby, N. Y. December 8, 1870, a grand-
daughter of Martin Merrill and Eunice Stevens of Danbury, Conn.
Mrs. Hunt was educated in the Ithaca, N. Y. public schools and
was an accountant.
Mrs. Phineas H. Ingalls (Emily Putnam Day)
Mrs. Phineas H. Ingalls, who was admitted to membership in
the Society December 3, 1935, died at Hartford Hospital December
26, 195 1.
She was born in Brooklyn, Conn., March 12, 1874, a daughter of
Frank and Fannie (Rickard) Day. She was a descendant of Israel
Putnam and was a Regent of Ruth Wyllys Chapter, D.A.R. She
was a member of Trinity Episcopal Church, the Service League of
Trinity Church, the Town and County Club of Hartford, St.
Barnabas Guild and the Women's Auxiliary of Hartford Hospital.
Mrs. Day is survived by two nieces, Mrs. Charles Pond, and Mrs.
William J. Sexton, Jr., both of Hartford and a nephew, Capt.
Ernest B. Ellsworth of the United States Navy.
Mrs. Arthur Reed Kimball (Mary Chase)
Mrs. Arthur Reed Kimball, who became a member of the Society
April 4, 1923, died in Waterbury, Conn.
She was born in Waterbury June 4, 1865, a daughter of Augustus
S. Chase, of that city. She was educated at St. Margaret's School,
Waterbury, and Mme. Da Silva's in New York City.
Mrs. Kimball was active in the civic life of Waterbury and
travelled extensively abroad.
On May 15, 1895 she married Arthur Reed Kimball, who was
for some years Associate Editor of the Waterbury American and
also a member of this Society. Mr. Kimball died January 27, 1933.
Mary Lessey Linehan
Mary Lessey Linehan, who was elected a member of the Society
February 5, 1901, died in Amherst, Mass. January 19, 1952.
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she was born in Amherst February 25, 1867, a daughter of Den-
nis and Catherine (DeLacy) Linehan. She was educated at Smith
College and did graduate work at Yale University and Amherst
College. She taught at Phelps Junior High School in Hartford for
many years.
Miss Linehan was a contributor to many periodicals and was an
authority on Gaelic literature. She was a member of St. Bridget's
Church, Amherst, and a past regent of the Daughters of Isabella
in Hartford.
She is survived by two sisters, Eleanor G. Linehan and Catherine
DeLacy Linehan, both of New York City and Amherst, and a
niece, Catherine Linehan of New York City.
James E. Rhodes, 2d
James E. Rhodes, 2d, who was admitted to membership in the
Society January 3, 1922, died July 22, 195 1 at his home in West
Hartford.
He was born in Rockland, Me., May 27, 1877, the son of Gideon
Woodbury and Mary (Ayer) Rhodes. He was graduated from
Bowdoin College in 1897, and taught Greek and mathematics in
Rockland. In 1899 he became Secretary to Representative Charles
A. Littlefield of Maine and while in Washington studied law and
was admitted to the Bar in 1902. He joined the Travelers Insur-
ance Company as Adjuster in 1906, and later was associated with
the Legal Department until his retirement in 1947.
Mr. Rhodes was author of War hymen's Compensation, a standard
work on the subject, and for many years was an instructor at
Trinity College on insurance subjects. He was a member of the
South Congregational Church, the University Club of Hartford,
the Hartford Kiwanis Club, Lafayette Lodge No. 100, A.F. & A.M.,
a charter member of the Hartford Exiles, a founder of the Hartford
City Club and a member of the American Law Institute and the
Maine and Connecticut Bar Associations.
He leaves his wife, the former Ruby A. Rogers, of New York
City, whom he married in 1920, one son, Richard A. Rhodes, 2d,
of West Hartford, and a brother, Richard A. Rhodes, of Portland,
Me.
Everett Newton Robinson
Everett Newton Robinson, who became a member January 2,
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i95i-> died at Hartford Hospital March ii, 1952 after a long
illness.
He was born in Willimantic, Conn. October 24, 1900, a son of
James G. and Lovisa (Chesebro) Robinson. He was a sheet metal
contractor and was an authority on early American tinware and
was engaged in writing and lecturing on this subject. January 2,
195 1 he addressed the Society on "The Tin Peddler and His Wares,"
illustrated with numerous specimens from his own collection. He
was a former member of the Pioneer Valley Antique Dealers
Association and the Early American Industries Association.
Mr. Robinson is survived by his wife, two stepsons, Roy E.
Christensen, of Hartford and Ralph A. Christensen, of Springfield,
Mass., one brother, James G. Robinson, of St. Petersburg, Fla., two
sisters, Mrs. James J. Murphy, of Hartford and Mrs. Olive R.
Best, of St. Petersburg, Fla., and several nieces and nephews.
Rev. Sherrod Soule
Reverend Sherrod Soule, who became a member of the So-
ciety May 3, 1921, died at the New York Hospital September 20,
1951.
Dr. Soule was born in Hampton, Conn. October 29, i860, a son
of Rev. George Soule, Chaplain of the nth Connecticut Volunteers
in the Civil War, and his wife Caroline R. Litchfield. He graduated
from Amherst College in 1885 and from Union Theological Sem-
inary in 1888. In 1922 he received the honorary degree of Doctor
of Divinity from Amherst. He was Pastor of the Dane Street
Congregational Church, Beverly, Mass., from 1888-1892, of the
Congregational Church in Naugatuck, Conn., from 1892-1899 and
Superintendent of the Missionary Society of Connecticut and the
Fund for Ministers from 1909-1934.
Dr. Soule was Historian of the Missionary Society of Connecticut
for many years, was Chaplain of the Putnam Phalanx, and from
1921-1922 was Chaplain of the State Senate. He was a member of
the Psi Upsilon Fraternity and a former President of the University
Club of Hartford, and was a member of the Sons of Veterans.
In 1893 he married Mary Caroline Haines, of Somersworth,
N. H., who died September 22, 1943. He is survived by a daugh-
ter, Theodate Haines Soule, who heads the Social Service Depart-
ment of the New York Hospital, and a son, George Soule, of
Bridgeport.
RoBBiNs Battell Stoeckel
Robbins Battell Stoeckel, who was elected to membership in the
Society March i, 192 1, died suddenly October 16, 195 1 at his home
in Norfolk.
He was born in New Haven September 20, 1872, a son of Gus-
tave Jacob and Matilda Bertha (Wehner) Stoeckel, of German-
Bavarian descent. He was graduated from Yale University in 1889
and from New York Law School in 1895. He was long in public
service, and served with distinction as Judge of Probate, Norfolk
District, until his retirement in 1942. He was the first Commis-
sioner of Motor Vehicles, from 1917 to 1933, and drafted and ad-
ministered motor vehicle laws which were long recognized as
models of their type.
Mr. Stoeckel was elected a Vice-President of the Society May
19, 1942, and Robbins Battell, for whom he was named, served
as Vice-President from 1885-1889 and as President from 1889-
1890. Mr. Stoeckel was a member of the Board which administered
the Norfolk Schools of Music and Art, provided by the will of
Mrs. Ellen Battell Stoeckel, wife of his brother Carl. He was
interested in the Litchfield County Choral Union, and much of its
success was due to his efforts.
On November 9, 1905 he married Katherine M. Fales, who died
in December 1938. On May 16, 1940 he married Mary Jane
Cairns. He is survived by his wife and a number of nieces and
nephews.
Ray D. West
Ray D. West, who was admitted to membership in the So-
ciety May 21, 1946, died at his home in Menominee, Mich., Jan.
15,1952.
He was born August 9, 1877 in Chilton, Wisconsin. He was
educated at the University of Wisconsin and was a school teacher
for 42 years.
Mr. West was a great grandson of Aaron West, Revolutionary
patriot. He was an Episcopalian and a member of Masonic
Orders A.F. & A.M., R.A.M., and K.T. During the recent war he
was Reemployment Committeeman under Selective Service.
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Report of Director
Mr. President and Members of the Society:
Once again it is my privilege to report on the state of the Society
upon the conclusion of its 127th year of operation. We have a
building of our own, moving is almost complete and we can look
forward to much usefulness and activity in the years to come.
This is an account of progress, progress many share in and of
which all should be proud. The sheer volume of activity and acces-
sions make possible only a brief mention, and inclusion or ex-
clusion should not be basis for evaluation. Many things were dis-
cussed at length during business meetings, others are recorded in
the Bulletin. Attached accessions lists do record and signify our
deep appreciation for all gifts not specifically cited.
Twenty-seven cash gifts to the Society for general and specific
purposes reached the gratifying total of $9,094.55. This is more
than double the amount of last year which we considered out-
standing. It will probably be impossible to maintain this pace but
it is indeed a pleasure to announce it antl know so many are inter-
ested in the welfare of the Society. This was achieved without
a general appeal to our members. So many institutions must, that
it is rare indeed to find such generosity virtually unsolicited. It
must be by now quite obvious to all concerned that we can
put any and all contributions to good use.
Correspondence has long been a source of trouble but now
assumes major proportions. It is apparent the world of scholarship
has discovered our efforts of recent years and rewards us with
their attention. In addition to genealogical inquiries handled by
the Reading Room, we receive an average of twelve letters a day.
There is no dictating machine, no stenographer, many of my
letters I must type myself. Certain letters rate top priority; book
orders, inquiries from members, publishers and scholars who have
used the collection. Beyond that, we work at them as we find
time. If we did not arbitrarily do this, we would do nothing but
write letters. Where should we draw the line? Can we draw a
line? I do not know. I am flattered to think so many want our
assistance but it is pretty discouraging to never be caught up and
never have a desk clear of work.
We are grateful for the gift of outdoor poles and United States
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and State flags. These have been attached to the parapet of the
porte-cochere and are to be used on special occasions. These flags
were presented in memory of Captain Roger Clap, Commander
1665-1686 The Castle Fortress in Boston Harbor by his great, great,
great, great, great granddaughter, Florence S. Marcy Crofut.
Miss Crofut also presented indoor flags for the Lecture Hall, but
they have not yet arrived.
A total of 510 members and friends attended the eight regular
lectures. Though slightly less than the previous year, several meet-
ings were held in abominable weather which undoubtedly cut
into the prospective audience. The opening in October and three
special exhibitions attracted 349 and meetings of ten outside groups
totaled 484. Readers numbered 1578 and in five months 1000 were
guided through the museum. The building total, with the museum
open less than half the time, amounted to 3921. This is not out-
standing, but merely recorded as a basis for future comparisons.
LIBRARY
Additions to the library have come from four sources: gift, ex-
change, purchase and discoveries. The latter is rather significant
for it includes things packed we knew we had but could not
locate and things we knew nothing about.
A library is noted for its rareties and the service it can provide
to the public. We have what has been called the "handsomest and
the pleasantest historical society in the country to work in." Some
day our catalogue will be complete and then we will really assume
our proper place among the great research institutions in the
country.
We have two series of bound pamphlets totaling 272 volumes,
each of which contains 6-10 titles which were not seen by Charles
Evans compiler of American Bibliography and were not checked
in Trumbull's List of Bookj Printed in Connecticut before 1800.
These volumes include titles printed as late as 1850 but a sample
test of volumes 1-12 in "B" series revealed the following: 8 not
checked in Trumbull; 6 listed in Evans without locating a copy;
3 not listed at all in Evans; and 62 in Evans without record of our
having copies. Volume 25 of "A" series revealed 2 listed by Evans
without locating any copies; i not in Evans; and 7 in Evans with-
out CHS location. These are listed on old cards but are not in the
catalogue. They can only be found if we search carefully.
The first series of 445 volumes, apparently checked by Evans,
contains the bulk of the titles recorded as being in this library.
There is a manuscript catalogue of these by author.
From the sampling, we find copies of a few pamphlets in all
three series. Consequently we must break up these volumes in order
to separate duplicates and also to shelve like things together. It
will take time and has so far been postponed for the unbound,
uncatalogued material was completely lost until processed and
seemed to rate top priority. In any event the duplicates eventually
will make available considerable materials for exchange and sale,
to ultimately return in other additions to the collection.
Accessions totaled: 320 volumes
285 pamphlets
97 manuscript collections
103 miscellaneous collections
Total
805
The miscell;
ineous items may be broken down into
22
newspapers
36 pictures, engravings &c.
26
programs
24
advertisements
22
maps
13
scrapbooks and clippings
9
circulars, invitations &c.
6 trade cards
4
book plates
12
envelopes and wrappers
23
broadsides
Total 197
Perhaps the most significant book published in Connecticut
was John Ledyard's A Journal of Captain Coo}(s Last Voyage to
the Pacific Ocean. Hartford 1783. A whole report might be written
just around this book and Ledyard's importance to the future de-
velopment of this country. Ledyard's dream was to open the
Pacific Northwest and though he did not hve to do it, others
foUowinij his lead, were successful and these included Thomas
Jefferson. This is a fairly common hook, but rare with the map.
J O U R N A^'L
GApfain' C O O K\,
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V O Y A G E.
I\!(ifu OiC\!>l,
JS'orth-ir.l] I'.ifn^.,
ASIA ^ AMERICA;
t.OR D .1 N SO A\
VOYAGE
The World ;
TWO KAKt IMPRINTS
We knew we had it but were never able to locate it, and when
unpacked we breathed a sigh of relief. The map is missing, but
the copy is in such fine state we expect to find that the map was
carefully removed for safe keeping.
Nearly two years ago we had an inquiry concerning Lord
Anson's Voyage Round the World . . . Boston .... 1760. Evans
lists ours as the only copy and this inquirer wished to see it. We had
to report that we were moving, the title was not catalogued and
consequently was assumetl to be in one of a thousand boxes in
storage. Fortunately for us, it did turn up as predicted.
One of the account books found last year in moving was identi-
fieci as that of Isaiah Tiffany, a storekeeper, Lebanon and Nor-
wich 1746- 1 767. Dr. Ernest Caul field is much interested in such
accounts and when he examined the book discovered Tiffany was
a cabinet maker and made everything from cradles to coffins.
Tiffany was born in Bristol, R. I., February 22, 1697/98. He was
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a selectman in Woodstock, a Representative to the General Court
1742/43 and soon thereafter moved to Lebanon. The accounts
commence in Lebanon and conclude in Norwich to which he re-
moved and where he died April 4, 1780.
These records indicate that Tii?any was a cabinetmaker of no
mean ability and it is hoped other records of his will turn up and
that a piece of furniture recorded in the accounts may be traced to
the present owner. Dec, 20, 1750 a "case of draws" was sold Jon-
athan Clark of Lebanon for _^27. Jonathan Trumble was a steady
customer paying £yL for a "case of draws without trimming," £?>
for a dressing table, /[50 for a "desk and book case without trim-
ming", and £6 for a cradle.
I have repeatedly commented on our poor manuscript catalogue
and the urgent need of a specialist on the staff to take care of it.
In the first place we do not know what we have nor are we able
to process accessions as received.
Bernhard Knollenberg while using our William Samuel Johnson
papers came upon thirteen documents, instructions to and corres-
pondence of Charles Garth, South Carolina Agent, 1765-66. Max
Farranci in the American Antiquarian Society Proceedings N. S. v.
23, describes the Johnson papers in this Society but no mention
appears concerning these particular documents and their discovery
was an accident. It took someone familiar with the period to
recognize them for what they were.
W. S. Johnson Papers Relating to South Carolina
1. Delegates from S.C. to Stamp Act Congress to Carth — Oct. 26. 1765
2. Committee to Garth — Nov. 26, 1765
3. Christopher Gadsden to Johnson — Dec. 2, 1765 — Published in Gibbes
Documentary History of So. CluoUuu, 7-g, hut wrongly stated
to be to (Jarth
4. Committee to (Jarth — Dec. 16, 1765
5. Garth to Committee — Dec. 23, 1765 — unpublished — original or copy in
S.C. Hist. Soc
6. Garth to Committee — Jan. 19, 1766 with additions to Feb. 22, 1766
published in S.C. Hist, and Genealogical Magazine, April IQ25
7. Garth to Committee — -Feb. 25, 1766
8. Garth to Committee — Mar. 12, 1766
9. Garth to Committee — Mar. 18, 1766
10. Garth to Committee — Mar. 25, 1766
11. April I, 1766 — opinions of Chief Justice Skinner and four associate
justices of S. C. Supreme Court in famous case of Jocelin vs. Law
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12. Gadsden to Johnson — Apr. i6, 1766
13. Undated report (probably around Nov. i, 1765) of delegates to Stamp
Act Congress to S. C. Commons House of Assembly
It is difficult to believe that an unknown Revolutionary cartoon
wouki at this late date turn up but, with treasures that have
( f?'?//if •■0/t'^;!l,i / /: I ■'•,.
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been buried for 50-75 years, it is not unusual here. This is the case
with "The Contrast. Captive Britons in America. Americans in a
British Prison". It is a colored engraving of a political subject. The
left panel shows three British prisoners seated in luxury at a
dining table with a lady, A negro servant is entering the room.
A cat is sleeping at the left and a dog partially covers a news-
paper, ISlew \ ] Mercury. One prisoner says: "To the fears of
the Rebels we owe this".
In the right panel, eleven American prisoners and one guard
are in a big room. Six are standing, two seated on boxes, two
slumped on the floor and one lies prone. Their clothing is be-
draggled and they appear gaunt. One says: "On 4 oz of bad pork
& l^lb of coal, no trial, scarce any water". Two balloons are illegi-
ble; another says: "Good for the Hess", and the guard says: "
is too good for you".
Through exchange we secured a volume containing a list of sub-
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scribers of the Hartford and New Haven Turnpike Company 1799-
1806. This turnpike was the resuh of an act passed at the October
1798 session of the General Assembly and was laid out on the
straight line principle; that is, as straight between towns as was
possible disregarding earlier roads. It started from New Haven
over Whitney Avenue, through the southeast part of Hamden, the
west part of Wallingford and the center of Meriden. It entered
Hartford over what is now known as Maple Avenue.
The turnpike was 34% miles long and cost $79,261 and it is
believed the net income never exceeded $3,000 a year. The stock
holders included many prominent citizens from both New Haven
and Hartford.
Jeremiah Wadsworth subscribed originally to 65 shares. Be-
tween 1798 and 1803 he paid in $3305, received $420 presumably
for services and $781.72 for damages. He also transferred 45 shares
June 3, 1800 for $1620.
James Hillhouse and Oliver Ellsworth each with 150 shares were
the largest holders.
Thomas T. Punderson received $650 for building a bridge.
Samuel Bailey, builder of the Turnpike from Warren to Palmer,
Massachusetts in 1797, was the general contractor.
Between May and July 1803, Benjamin Read, collector at Gate
No. I collected $156.34 in tolls; Elizur Andrews, Gate No. 2,
$123.78; Joseph Doolittle, Gate No. 3, $149.44 and Jacob Walter,
Gate No. 4, $132.74. Other toll keepers were Asaph Mitchell at
Meriden, Mr. Balch at Berlin and Joseph Chipman at Hamden.
Also on exchange we received 3 volumes of Samuel Stiles papers.
Stiles was an apprentice and also a son-in-law of Abner Reed and
was later a partner in the engraving business. There are diaries,
letters and accounts of Reed which show he was an extremely
versatile man. He engraved, printeci, grained chairs, made wood
cuts, lettered cartridge boxes and coffins, ornamented drums, cut
type, lettered on glass and painted carriages. There is a trade
card and many proofs of bank notes engraved by Reed, Stiles and
later partnerships. These papers were collected and mounted in
volumes by Henry Reed Stiles, M.D., son of Samuel Stiles and
author of the Windsor and Wethersfield histories.
Our Treasurer, Allerton C. Hickmott, presented a unique
Thomas Hooker item printed in London, 1653 titled: Gods Image
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o?i Man. There is no record of this title in Hooker bibhographies.
Struck by the similarity in size with The Paterne of Perfection . . .
Lontlon 1640, we checked and found, page for page, that they were
identical from the same type with the exception of the title page.
How this was done we do not yet know. We have a splendid col-
lection of Hooker and this adtlition is of great significance to us.
Jared Eliot of Killingworth, leading physician and scientist,
was the author of Essay on Field Husbandry in New England pub-
lished in six parts between 1748-1759. This was the first work in
America attempting to improve farming methods and was for a
long time widely read and applied. Part I was published in New
London, 1748; II in 1749; III in 1751; V in 1754 and VI in New
Haven, 1759. We have parts II and III. In 1760, Edes and Gill
reprinteci all 6 essays in Boston in 166 pages. Lawrence B. Romaine
presented us an incomplete copy lacking pages 1-4 and 163-6. It
is a rare volume at best, and to have most of the text of the essays is
a great privilege.
Vice-President E. A. Moore made possible the purchase of
The Columbian Harmony by Joseph Stone and Abraham Wood,
[Boston, Isaiah Thomas and E. T. Andrews, 1793]. This is a rare
title but its main interest to us is that the plates were the work of
two Connecticut engravers. The title says engraved by Joel Allen.
Page 9 is signed "E Ruggles junr Sculp"; 71 "J. Allen Sc"; 90
"E. Ruggles jun Sculp"; and 112 "Engraved by E Ruggles jun."
Joel Allen of Farmington was a well known engraver who did
numerous maps and song books. However, those plates signed
by Ruggles are even more important. At Pomfret, March 14, 1789,
Edward Ruggles, Jr. published "A Compleat Plan of the city of
Marietta" and a little later "A New Map of the World." Staufifer
American Engravers on Copper and Steel merely says he was a
book-plate engraver, apparently working between 1790- 1800, some-
where in New England and notes the plate of one Walter Lyon as
the only plate seen. His association with Allen may help in find-
ing additional information.
Dwight G. Clark of Bryan, Texas, presented a diary and letters
of his grandfather, Jared Goodrich of Bristol, later of Plainville.
Goodrich with some other members of the Bristol, California
Company, left New York February 23, 1849 and arrived at San
Francisco, California, by way of Panama, June 4, and returned
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to New York, February 6, 1850. The diary describes die experiences
for approximately a year. The letters were to and from his wife.
Jared Goodrich was a clockmaker in the firm of Hills and Good-
rich and later the founder of the Plainville Manufacturing Com-
pany, makers of knit underwear for many years.
Goodrich wrote some interesting comments on gold and Califor-
nia which reveal the conditions of the times. It did not take long for
him to discover the futility, to admit it, and to make preparations
to return home.
Sacramento looked like a "Camp Meeting" with the bulk of
the citizens living in tents. Those who came overland described
the plains as a "graveyard" with hundreds dying of cholera. By
October, the fight to return home was greater than it was in
New York to come to California.
Wages were $10-20 a day; board $1-2 per meal; flour I9 per hun-
dred pounds; pork $50 a barrel; fresh beef $25 per quarter; and
steak 30 cents a pound. Cattle cost S20-25 per head, ham 50 cents a
pound; milk 50 cents a quart; lumber $1 a foot and potatoes 12^2
cents a pound. New York papers several months old sold for $1 a
piece and letters by express to New York cost a dollar. Transporta-
tion to the mines 75 miles away cost $1 per pound and a common
size stove was worth $150-200. Traders calculated to make 100%
profit. All of this was based on gold which if lucky could be dug
at the rate of an ounce a day, and exchanged at the rate of |i an
ounce. No wonder Goodrich was back in New York within a
year.
From the estate of Erskine Hyde of Coventry, through the heirs,
Mr. and Mrs. Brown of Brook field, we received a quantity of
letters, account books and documents of Daniel Burnap. Burnap
was a famous clock maker of the i8th and early 19th century
at East Windsor and Coventry.
As most workers in metal, Burnap made a great variety of
things. He worked in gold and silver, made compasses, gun trim-
mings, pistol trimmings, inkstands, dental tools, sleigh bells and
buttons. A gold necklace brought /,'2:8:o; silver spurs /," 1:14:0 and
a brass compass £6. His clocks averaged /*io, chime clocks ^,"22
and cases were between ^^3:4:0 and £'y. The most expensive clock
was sold for £^0 to Amherst Reynolds in East Hartford in 1802,
and was described as a "brass wheeled chime clock and case".
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Burnap made brasses for Eliphalet Chapin, Jonathan Birge, and
Simeon Loomis, cabinetmakers, and Birge, Loomis and Samuel
Kneeland made cases for Burnap's clocks. Kneeland made seven
cherry cases between 1788-93, Birge at least five and Loomis 12
cases. It is believed some of these clocks and cases may be identi-
fied in the near future.
Rose Wilder Terry of Tryon, North Carolina and Alfred Howe
Terry presented forty letters by Daniel Wadsworth between No-
vember 10, 1792 and April 26, 1793. Daniel took his sister Harriet
to Bermuda in hopes of relief from tuberculosis. These letters es-
sentially relate the sad final illness of the young latly but there
is also much of social-economic interest. He writes to his father,
mother, sister and aunt and in order to assure their receiving his
letters there is much duplication. However, the difficulty of secur-
ing medicine, food, horses and feed for horses make these valuable
sources. Visitors to Bermuda today often inquire about the tablet
marking the grave of Harriet Wadsworth of Hartford, and these
letters complete the record. Daniel Wadsworth was later the
founder of the Wadsworth Atheneum, home of the Society for 107
years.
Acquisition of unique titles by purchase becomes more and
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more unusual as time goes on. We have been fortunate, and one
of these this year is titled Americans Triumphant, or John Bull
in Distress . . . Middletown, Conn. Printed and sold by J. T.
Porter, 1823.
This is a juvenile illustrating American naval victories in the
War of 1812. Among these are the sinking of the "Guerriere,"
Perry on Lake Erie, Decatur's victory with the "Macedonia," and
illustrations of action by Bainbridge, Lawrence, Jones and Macdon-
ough.
Stauffer says J. T. Porter was a mediocre line engraver of Middle-
town whose only known works were in Narrative of John R.
Jewitt. He may have been mediocre and his verses were none too
good, but he did produce a delightful volume and he was a
Connecticut engraver. A James T. Porter died in Middletown De-
cember 7, 1826 and is believed to have been this engraver.
Through one of those tricks fate sometimes plays, we were
lucky to purchase two editions of Narrative of the adventures afid
sufferings of John R. Jewitt only survivor of the crew of the
ship Boston, during a captivity of nearly three years among the
savages of Noot\a Sound . . . Middletown . . . 1815. In addition
we secured a broadside song "The Poor Armourer Boy, A song
, . . adapted to the case of John R. Jewitt . . ." Loomis & Richards,
Printers, Middletown, March 8th, 1815.
This in itself does not seem too remarkable but the author was
Richard Alsop. His source was a Journal published by Jewitt in
1807 in Boston, which is now very rare. Alsop wrote the "Narra-
tive" using the style of Robinson Crusoe and it had the widest cir-
culation of any of his works. An obituary of Alsop in Analectic
Magazine says: "His last publication was The Adventure of John
Jewitt [sic] in which he [Alsop] has worked up the rude story of
an unlettered man with a pleasing simplicity of style which is likely
to make it almost as popular in this country as Robinson Crusoe."
Though an optimistic prophesy, since 1815 nineteen editions, in-
cluding two in London, one in Edinburgh, and one in Leipzig as
late as 1928, have appeared.
The first edition by Loomis & Richards has a frontispiece en-
graved by J. T. Porter, is bound in boards with a bust of the Indian
Chief Maquina and a whaling scene on the back cover and is er-
roneously pagetl 203, due to double use of page 28.
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The second edition of ^,000 copies, September 6, 1815, is by Seth
Richards, has a reengraved, unsigned frontispiece, is bound in
calf and the paging has been corrected. Commencing on page 7
the text is reset, though a careful comparison fails to locate any
additional matter.
Alsop's own copy, in the New York Public Library, is filled with
corrections and additions so a revision was contemplated, but his
sudden death August 20, 1815 apparently prevented it and sub-
sequent editions do not include them.
The work was published for the profit of Jewitt. He peddled
them around the country by wagon and wheelbarrow. On March
17, 1817, he appeared in a melodrama in Philadelphia titled:
"The Armourer's Escape, or Three Years at Nootka Sound". Later
he married Julia Ann Richards September 13, 1836 in New Haven.
The song is to the tune of the "Poor Cabin Boy", consists of five
verses and might also be the work of Alsop.
S. G. Goodrich, Peter Parley, in 1832 published The Captive of
Nootka, which was a juvenile version aimed at moralizing Jewitt's
adventure. Another edition of this appeared in 1835.
\n last year's report, we took considerable space to list the large
wall maps of Connecticut towns and counties between 1847-1860
that we lacked. Through purchase and gift as the result of this
list, we acquired maps of Meriden, New Britain and New Haven
1851; New Haven County, and Guilford 1852; Salisbury and
Woodbury 1853; New London County 1854; Milford 1855 and
Danbury i860. These ten materially decrease the list to twenty
that we are now seeking. If succeeding years are as fruitful as this
one, it will not be long before our collection is virtually com-
plete.
Mrs. Alfred Howe Terry not only served as Chairman of the
Social Committee, but also worked on a calendar of the Jeremiah
Wadsworth manuscripts. These have been in the possession of the
Society for many years. The catalogue merely states Boxes 123-147,
Sept. 1776-Oct. 1804. They are arranged chronologically within
each box, but when asked for letters of an individual, for example,
we have had no method of determining whether we had any of his
letters or where to locate them.
The calendar lists each letter as filed by place, date, writer and
addressee. Through its use we can readily ascertain whether we
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have letters of various people, and which box they are in. Mrs.
Terry has completed 5285 documents, with an approximate 2300
to go. To those interested, projects such as this are available upon
application and you can be assured of performing valued and
much appreciated service. In the case of Mrs. Terry, her husband
is a descendant of Jeremiah Wadsworth.
Mention was made in the Bulletin of the acquisition of several ref-
erence tools such as Evans, Staufter and Fielding. We also have ac-
quired Halkett and Laing's Dictionary of Anonymous and Pseu-
donymous English Literature in 7 volumes and the Catalogue of the
Library of the Boston Atheneum, five parts. With the exception of
Sabin's A Dictionary of Booths Relating to America in 29 volumes,
our reference collection is pretty complete. We must get Sabin in the
very near future. It sells for $649.00, so that we are hopeful some
member will have a set he no longer needs or is willing to con-
tribute towards its purchase. With so much to catalogue and check,
the accessibility of all aids is important. At present, we must refer
to the State Library or the Watkinson Library, which slows the
process considerably.
The grants from the Hartford Foundation for Public Giving
have one year to run. To date, 14,762 titles have been catalogued
and some 106,000 cards filed. Two catalogue cases, one 60 drawer
and one 45 drawer were purchased and will provide expansion
room for a few years to come. After this year we must plan
to assume the salary of the cataloguer employed since January 1947
with Foundation Funds. Their project has provided the basis of
our catalogue for which we are greatly indebted. Its usefulness is
established and its continuation is now our responsibility.
Binding costs, like everything else, have tloubled in recent years.
We spent $390.00 and just barely took care of normal wear and
tear of the reference and genealogical collection. Moving is hard
on books and no matter how careful, brittle bindings cracked and
the life of many were shortened. We are faced with the necessity
of binding many newspapers in the near future and systematic
repair, if available, would be cheaper in the long run. Collectors
are shocked at valuable, often unique, pamphlets being shelved
only in envelopes. Many deserve binding, slip cases and boxing,
but it is im[)0ssible without the expenditure of large sums. Maybe
the solution lies in installing our own bindery for a year or two.
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Many institutions do just this. I do not profess to know. It is men-
tioned for it is as yet an unsolved problem and it is growing larger
each year. The new air conditioned stack will stop deterioration
due to excessive dryness but it will not repair damage or bind vol-
umes. Institutions of comparable size budget annually $2,ooo-S3,ooo
for binding. Early acceptance of this will bring an early solution.
Museum
We are constantly studying and new information comes to light
on many pieces in the collection. For example fully half of
artists of our paintings remain unidentified. Every once in a while
some one turns up a "key" painting so that a whole series may be
ascribed to a certain artist. This information is sometimes available
through periodicals but more often from a visiting museum
curator or expert. Mrs. William Sawitsky is the authority for as-
cribing the portrait of Adam Beauchamp to Jeremiah Theus.
Beauchamp left Hartford and died in South Carolina about 1740.
Theus was in Charleston and advertising in the South Carolina
Gazette as early as August 30, 1740. Beauchamp was a French
Huguenot and Theus painted a number of this group. Aside from
other characteristics, the hands are concealed, which was a pecu-
liarity of the artist.
A pewter piece, labeled
"what is it" was discovered
to be an infusion pot. Medi-
cine vapors from the pot re-
lieved a patient with a severe
cold or croup. The wick is
lacking but otherwise the
piece resembles a pot in the
Garvan collection. The mark
ID has not yet been identi-
fied.
INFUSION POT, pfii'ter
On several occasions this year we were invited to visit homes
and select items of interest to the Society. Memoranda were then
drawn up to be kept among estate papers to assist heirs in
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distribution matters in the future. This is a very satisfactory ar-
rangement on both sides for the Society receives materials in Hne
with its acquisition pohcies and donors are assured their things
are wanted, will be cared for and are going to the proper institution.
We have also served in advisory capacities for materials outside our
interest; our main thought being that there is a proper home for
everything and if we can help, we are fulfilling our function.
Another method is illustrated by the gift of a silvered dial clock
made by Joseph Carpenter of Norwich, presented by Dr. Isaac W.
Kingsbury. By vote of the Society, the gift was accepteci and then
loaned to the donor subject to life use.
Russell Todd Cornell of Scarsdale, N. Y., presented a marble
bust and pedestal of Lydia Alden (Giddings) Todd who was
born in Hartford in 1831. The bust was sculptured from life in
Italy in 1868 or 69.
This is an example of a record of a Connecticut person that
should be preserved but which carries with it certain problems.
In the first place it is large, requires consicierable space in storage,
must be periodically cleaned and rarely warrants exhibition. Con-
sequently, acceptance commits us to somewhat of a burden which,
if a regular occurrence, could ultimately strangle our resources.
When this was discussed with the donor he readily appreciated
the problem and made a donation which provides perpetual care.
In the past this matter was not given enough consideration and
as a result we are obligated in some instances which are a source
of constant embarrassment. We are in business, we have overhead,
depreciation, maintenance and the problem of securing funds to
care for another's gifts. Mr. Seymour set a pattern which others
must follow for as the Society grows so also must our endowment.
The most wonderful part of the whole matter is that prospective
cionors are the first to recognize the problem and solution lies in
a full discussion before we assume the obligation of ownership.
Miss Mariette N. Fitch of Rockville presented a number of
very lovely costumes anci accessories, the bulk of which belonged
to the Misses Nancy and Mary Terry of Providence and Enfield.
The Terry sisters ran a fashionable millinery shop in Providence
until 1850 when they retired and returned to Enfield. The dresses
were spotless and otherwise in perfect condition. Two of these
gowns are now on exhibition.
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William R. Wheeler was born in Michigan in 18^2 and came
to Hartford in 1861. Until his death July i ^, 189^, he was a prolific
painter of portraits in the city and many prominent citizens sat
for him. At the request of the Society he painted a splendid por-
ASA AND ANNA H. (sABIn) JILLSON
Oil on canvas by Erastus Salisbury Field
Gift oj Mrs. George Leland Nichols
trait of James Hammond Trumbull in 1880 which hangs in the
Director's office.
From Mrs. George Leland Nichols of Northampton, Massachu-
setts, we received the portraits of Caroline Louisa Jillson (April 12,
1839-Jan. 13, 1866) and William Curtis Jillson (April 4, 1833-Jan.
2, 1898) painted by Wheeler in 1865.
Also from Mrs. Nichols were five portraits by Erastus Salisbury
Field 1831 and 1832. They are Anna H. (Sabin) Jillson, her hus-
band Asa Jillson (Sept. 5, 1783-April 7, 1848) of Willimantic, and
children, Elizabeth Camilla (June 13, 1826- ) and William
Lawrence Jillson (Dec. 18, 1807-Jan. i, 1861) and Mrs. William
Lawrence (Caroline Curtis) Jillson. (June 4, 1808-Aug. 16, 1862)
Field was born in Leverett, Massachusetts May 19, 1805. He
studied for a short time under Samuel F. R. Morse, but Morse had
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little influence upon his style. After his marriage in 1831 Field
settled in Hartford for about a year. Since Camilla was 6 years
old when her portrait was done, the paintings are tentatively as-
cribed to his Hartford period. The portraits are typical examples of
Field's primitive style. It is not likely too many portraits of
this period survive, so it is exceedingly gratifying to have these.
His later life was spent in Massachusetts, namely Monson, Leverett
and Sunderland until his death in 1900.
Hair jewelry enjoyed wide popularity during the "Victorian"
era. Among the most popular ornaments were brooches and
bracelets, although necklaces and earrings were also made of hair.
Brooches were most often of gold with the lock of hair placed
under glass, but we find necklaces of fancifully braided hair sup-
porting crosses or other pendents either of hair or of gold. A lock
which belonged to a deceased loved one was often intricately
twisted or braided and mounted in gold and was worn during the
mourning period, although it was worn just as often for everyday
adornment. Sometimes two colors of hair, light and dark, were
braided together to form a striking effect, and the mountings and
clasps were usually of gold, or occasionally of silver.
Miss Helen Elizabeth Royce has presented several interesting
examples of hair jewelry including a pair of earrings and brooch
in Moorish design, as well as another brooch, two necklaces, a
pair of earrings and three bracelets.
In addition to the Royal Arms, which was described in the April
issue of the Bulletin, we also had restored portraits of Oliver Wol-
cott (1726-1797), Gurdon Saltonstall (1666-1724), and Richard
Goodman (1761-1845). They are at present hanging in the first
floor exhibition room. Five other paintings are now undergoing
treatment: Lord family hatchment, and portraits of William Penn,
John Lawrence, Nathan Strong and Benjamin Boardman. These
portraits were by Joseph Steward and completes the restoration of
paintings by this local artist. Next spring we plan a special exhi-
bition of Steward's works, and for the first time, all of his paintings
now in our possession will be exhibited together.
EDITOR
Our publications this year consisted of the usual four issues
of the Bulletin, Annual Report and 725 Years of The Connecticut
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Historical Society. In addition page proof was completed for vol-
ume 27 of the Collections, copy for volume 28 was prepared and
sent to the printer and, at long last, the Say brooks Vital Records was
approved for printing.
In a short paragraph we have glibly passed over what actually
required a great many man hours. First of all is the copying
which then must be read against the original. This requires two
persons. After being set in galley form, this too must be read.
Then comes page proof and finally the index and o.k. to print.
It is not inconceivable that preparations for one 300 page volume
require the concentrated energies of two persons for more than a
month involved in just mechanical processes. During this period
interruptions are costly and the utmost care must be taken to
assure accuracy and a lay out which will be understandable to
others than the editor.
The entire edition of 200 copies of the Hale Family of Glaston-
bury, published by the Society through the generosity of Presi-
dent Waterman, is expected this summer. The sale of these vol-
umes will augment considerably the principal of the Waterman
Fund. The volume was edited by Donald Lines Jacobus and in
my opinion will be the finest and most complete genealogy com-
piled by the present dean of American Genealogists.
No particular efiort was expended upon stimulating sales of
books during the year. Exchanges amounted to $716.25 and S58.25
in sale of duplicates. As a result of displays in the building and
circularization of the list prepared a year ago, sales totalled $1,235.-
57. This I think is most gratifying and augments the principal of
certain funds by $411.60 and an additional $823.97 was applied to
income. In the case of the Publication Fund Surplus Income, this
was derived from Saml Colt's Own Record which has now paid for
itself. In the years to come we stand to make a profit.
With stocks of several books and new publications to be avail-
able soon, a revision of the book list must be prepared and dis-
tributed. It is hoped this will give our sales a shot in the arm
for the storage of large stocks of unsold books is a problem
and as long as they remain, their potential in operating funds re-
mains unproductive.
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Principal
Welles $ 7.50
Boardman 33-""
Barbour 13.34
Waterman 43-34
Putnam 3.34
Shepard .68
Publication 9--I3
Brainard 27.17
Library-Museum 64.50
Hoadly 126.60
, 1 1.60
Income
Publication % 72-54
Robbins 5ii-^7
Ancient Vital Records 13-05
Publication Fund Surplus 226.51
^23-9;
In conclusion, may I again repeat that all credit for progress
anci accomplishments must be shared by the officers, committees
and staff. A great many found much satisfaction as a result of
their efforts in behalf of the Society. Each year more and more
find this is true. There is a bond among collectors that finds its
greatest satisfaction in building an outstanding collection of
which all Connecticut may be proud. Every visitor is aware that
hundreds have shared in the assemblage of our remarkable col-
lection. To those who have yet to discover the pleasure and thrill
we enjoy, they are cordially invited to come in and find out
for themselves.
Thompson R. Harlow
Director
List of Library Donors
Adams, Mrs. Harold L. Benn, Mrs. Bertha L. H.
American Antiquarian Society Birdsall, Alice
Barney, Austin D. Birdsall, Emma
Bartlett. Charles G. Brainard, Morgan B.
Bartlett, Mrs. Willard Brainard, Newton C.
Bates, Albert C. Brigham, Clarence S.
Benham, Mrs. Frederic W. Brownson, Ernest R.
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Ikichanan, Mrs. G. S.
Ikinnell, Frank S.
Burr. Nelson R.
Cady, Mrs. Willis E.
Campbell, Mrs. Oliver A.
Carper, Mrs. Caryl W.
Case Memorial Library
Castle, Henry A.
Chorley, Kenneth
Clapp, Harrison B.
Clark, Bertha W.
Clark, Horace B.
Coffin, Mrs. E. A.
Colonial Society of Massachusetts
Cone, Florence M.
Connecticut, State of
Connecticut State Library
Detroit Institute of Arts
Eastwood, Eric K.
Farmington Savings Bank
Fritz, Karl F.
CJeer, Mrs. C. M.
Gilbert, Mrs. Ann C.
Goodwin. Francis II
Cioodwin, James J.
Grant, Florence A.
Greene, Norman Joy
Haggman, P. C.
Hall, Mrs. Elizabeth C.
Harte, Charles R.
Hartford College
Hartford Foundation for Public
Giving
Hartford Hospital
Hartford Public Library
Haviland, Winthrop C, Jr.
Hickmott, Allerton C.
Holbrook, Mrs. S. L.
Honiss, Mrs. Catherine H.
Hook, James W.
Howe, Sherman M.
Hugo, E. Harold
IngersoU, Mrs. John A.
Jillson. Myrde M.
Link, Muriel F.
Litchfield Historical Society
Little, Donald C.
McGovern Granite Co.
Mclntire, Robert H.
Marine Historical Association
Marlin Firearms Co.
Massachusetts, Commonwealth of
Mattatuck Historical Society
Mattingly, Mrs. L. P.
Melnik, Joseph
Meriden Gravure Co.
Miller. Laura
Mills, Bertha D.
National Society, Daughters of
Founders and Patriots
Naval Historical Foundation
New Canaan Historical Society
New Haven Board of Education
New Haven Colony Historical Society
New York Historical Society
New York State Library
Nichols, Mrs. George Leland
Nystrom, Andrew G.
Oxford Historical Society
Paltsits, Victor Hugo
Parsons, Jessie A.
Parsons, John E.
Peterson, C. Stewart
Phillips, John Marshall
Phoenix Mutual Life Insurance Co.
Pom fret, John E.
Rankin, Mrs. G. Douglas
Robbins, William R.
Rochester Historical Society
Romaine, Lawrence B.
Royce, Helen E.
Rywell, Martin
Sage, Harold K.
SchoUe, Howard A.
Scott, Walter Glenn
Scranton, Mrs. J. Hamilton
Secord, Ralph
Seymour, George D., estate of
Sharp, Lucette C.
Silverman, Morris
Singer Manufacturing Co.
Smeddy, Warren E.
Smith, Edward Church
Spencer, Frank S.
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State Historical Society of Iowa Vail, R. W. G.
States Historical Co. Virginia State Library
Stevenson, E. Robert Waterman, Edgar F.
Stoeckel, Robbins B. Waterman, Marjorie F.
Stone, Walter M. White, Mrs. Margaret M.
Swin, Mrs. Harry Whittemore, C. Richard
Tanenbaum, Samuel Whittles, Lee Jay
Terry, Alfred Howe Wilson. Mrs. Albion B.
Terry, Rose Wilder Wilson, Edward Strong
Thomas, Robert S. Windsor Historical Society
Torrington Historical Society Withington, Sidney
Treadway, Charles T. Yale University Library
Treadway, William E. Yale University Press
Trinity College Library Young, Alitha
University of Connecticut Law School
Printed Genealogies
Austin, Ballou, Bartlett, Bishop, Bradford, Browne, Brownson, Clark,
Daniels, Eaton-Sutherland, Haggman, Hook (2), Link, Little, Maclntyre,
Miller-Tillotson, Monnette, Pratt, Reeves, Sage, Stout, Taber, Treadway-
Burket, Walcott, West, White, Worden.
Manuscript Genealogies
Baker, Benham, Bradford, Brewster, Brown, Bunce, Camp, Candee,
Cole, Deane, Deming, Drake, Goodwin, Greene, Higgins, Howe, Knowles,
Langdon-Root, Larkins, Lucas, Mayo, Paine, Rich, Robbins, Robinson,
Rogers, Sharp, Sherman, Simpson, Sistare, Smith, Snow, Sparrow, Thurber,
Warner, Whiting, Wright.
Manuscript Accessions
Mrs. Harold L. Adams, Seattle, Wash.
Sistare family chart.
Albert C. Bates, Hartford.
Newington Sabbath School book, 1826, with names of scholars, &c.
Regulations of Newington School Committee, n.d.
Charles G. Bartlett, New Haven.
Map of Old Lyme waterways, showing local names used about 1890,
with explanatory notes.
Mrs. Frederic W . Benham, New Britain.
Bible records copied by Mrs. Benham from Bible owned by Frederic
W. Benham.
Bible records copied from Bible owned by Mrs. R. D. Rudd, New
Britain.
Genealogical notes on the following families: Whiting, Benham, Brew-
ster, Brown, Candee, Cole, Deming, Goodwin, Higgins, Knowles,
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Mayo, Paine, Rogers, Simpson, Snow, Sparrow, Thurhcr, Wright,
Warner, Larkin, Bradford, Deane, Rich, Drake.
Eiuniii and Altec Bird sail, St. Louis, Mo.
Diary of Emily M. Wolcott, of Windsor, May 22, i837-}uly 1869,
with records of the Wolcott and Marshall families.
Newton C. Brainard, Hartford.
Letters of Silas Ward Brainerd of East Haddam on his way to California
in search of gold, July 1849. (typewritten)
List of articles given by Avery Morgan to his daughter Lydia S. on her
marriage to Eliphalet Bulkeley, Dec. 20, 1830.
Photostats, notes and letters concerning Apollos Kinsley.
Richard Bulkeley, 1717-1800. Taken from Colleetions oj the Nova
Scotia Historical Society vol. 12.
Fran/^ S. Bunnell, Stratford.
Congregational burying ground, Stratford, "finding" list of burials.
Mrs. Willis E. Cady, Pultneyville, N. Y.
Copy of Hall Center, Marion Township, K. Y. cemetery inscriptions.
Mrs. Oliver A. Campbell. East Norwich, L. /., N. Y.
Genealogical notes on Camp and allied families, compiled by Charles
L. N. Camp.
Case Memorial Library, Hartford.
Current periodicals in some Hartford libraries. 1952. (mimeographed)
Henry A. Castle, Plainville and Dtvight G. Clar\, Bryan, Tex.
Letters and diary of Jared Goodrich, member of the Bristol-California
Company, while in California in search of gold, 1849-50. (8)
Mrs. E. A. Coffin, Laguna Beach, Calif.
"History of my own times." Washington City, 1827. (Typewritten copy
of 3 vol. work by Daniel Barber, printed 1827-32.)
Mrs. C. M. Geer, West Hartford.
"Spirit of '49." Colchester 250th anniversary, Oct. 14-16, 1949. (mimeo-
graphed)
Airs. Ann C. Gilbert, Hebron.
Letter of Henry Champion, of Colchester, dated Lake George, July 4,
1758, to his wife, (with photostats)
Norman Joy Greene, Berwyn, Pa.
Greene family genealogical chart.
Mrs. Elizabeth C. Hall, Noanl{.
Some descendants of Joseph Langdon and Susannah Root who were
married in Farmington, Dec. 24, 1712.
Mrs. S. L. Holbroo{, Norfol\.
Letter of Rev. Charles W. Everest, Hamden, Aug. 14. 1844, to his sister-
in-law, Margaret L Mallette, Nashville, Tenn.
Sherman M. Howe, Reading, L/.
Brief genealogical notes on the Howe family in a letter.
Muriel F. Linl{, Grand Rapids, Mich.
Bible record of the Marsh-Guild family of Grand Rapids, (typewritten
copy)
4'
Mrs. L. P. Mattingly, Glen Ellyn, III.
Copy of Murdock family Bible records.
Andrew G. Nystrom, Hartford.
Headstone inscriptions in Mt. Pleasant Cemetery, prior to 1903.
Headstone inscriptions in Zion Hill Cemetery.
Inscriptions in the South Burying Ground.
Rev. William R. Robbins, New Haven.
Robbins family. Ancestors of Hon. Levi Robbins of Copenhagen, N. Y.
(mimeographed)
Robbins family in England and America, Wetherstield, Conn, branch.
( mimeographed )
Thomas Robinson of Hartford and Guilford and some of his descen-
dants, (mimeographed)
Helen E. Royce, Hartford.
Cemetery inscriptions of Connecticut towns, copied by Charles R.
Hale. (5 vols.)
Connecticut family and Bible records from the Charles R. Hale
collection.
Walter Glen Scott, Detroit, Mich.
Mayflower lines of Russell Healey Lucas, (mimeographed)
Mrs. f. Hamilton Scranton, West Hartford.
List of persons in Hartford and elsewhere who died between i82cS and
1864, kept by Erastus Collins.
Lucette A. Sharp, Nacogdoches, Tex.
Genealogical notes on the Bunce family.
Sharp ancestry and allied families.
Edward Church Smith, Lakfwood, Ohio.
Family of Samuel Smith of Middle Haddam.
Franl{ S. Spencer, Sharon.
Sharon bibliography, based on the Sawtelle collection and other material
in the Hotchkiss library.
Rose Wilder Terry, Tryon, N. C. and Alfred Howe Terry, Hartford.
Letters of Daniel Wadsworth from Bermuda, Nov. 1792-Apr. 1793,
concerning the illness and death of his sister Harriet. (40)
Robert S. Thomas, Washington, D. C.
Deed of Amos Hall of land in Wallingford to Joseph Cook, Mar. 2,
Edgar F. Waterman, Hartford.
Notes and correspondence concerning Welles Woods, Columbia,
gathered for 1949 .inniial Report.
Notes on Colt's Willow Ware Manufacturing Co., gathered for 1950
Annual Report.
Lee Jay Whittles, Glastonbury.
Account book of Andrew Prentice, Gilead, 1 865-1 897, general store.
List of registered voters in Hebron, 1873, 1875, 1876, kept by Andrew
Prentice, registrar. (3)
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Edward Strong Wilson, Lanhmont, N . Y.
Genealogical notes on the Sherman and Strong families.
Furchase.
Account book of general store, especially cheese selling, 1 823-1 843.
Account book of Jacob Hurd, Middleto\vn-C"hatham, 1 817-1824, rope-
maker.
Account book of Jabez Huntington and Peter Lanman, Jr., May 25,
1798-Aug.- 20, 1801, general store, Norwich.
Account book of Nathaniel Wheeler, carriage maker, 1 841 -1849, per-
haps Bridgeport.
Account book of Wa-Hoo Hitter Co., New Haven, Oct. 28, 1875-Mar.
24-1877.
Bible records of Allen-Parsons-Skinner-Kibbe families.
Bill heads of old Hartford business tirms, 1860-1905. (75)
Bills of Tracy & Huntington, Norwich, 1787-8 for stone ware. (5)
Diary of L. H. Barbour, New Hartford and Wolcottville, 1847.
Diary of Patrick Henry Woodward of South Windham, Jan. i, 1870-
June 25, 1885 as special agent for U. S. Post Office Department.
Documents relating to building, ec]uipment and sale of ship "Northern
Liberties" 1 799-1 801, New London and Saybrook. (11)
Hartford & New Haven Turnpike Co. blot book 1799.
Letters and papers concerning Sally Goodell of Norwich and her school.
Letters of Noah Webster, Jr., New Haven, Mar. 17, 1808, Mar. 20, 1810,
Dec. 31, 1832, Feb. 21, 1835, Mar. 5, 1838, Mar. 20, 1839, n.d. (7)
Letters, papers and notes concerning Gen. John Patterson, Revolutionary
soldier.
Letters to and from Major John Ixogers V^inton (1801-1847), his wife
Lucretia Dutton Parker, and members of his family, 1 806-1 863.
Letters to Maria Perit (Jilman and others concerning pamphlet on
Mehitabel Coit Gilman, 1895-96.
Note signed by Simeon Skillings, figure head maker, N. Y., Aug. 17,
Papers concerning Scotland Society in Windham, including petition to
form a separate town. (23 )
Papers of G. & C. Merriam Co., booksellers and publishers, Springfield,
1 833-1 855, including letters by Noah Webster, J. W. Barber,
S. Babcock and others. (40)
Stiles family papers, relating to Abner Reed, Samuel Stiles and Henry
Reed Stiles, 1791-1906. (4 vols.)
List of Museum Donors
Alvord, D. F. Campbell, Mrs. Oliver A.
Andrews, Mrs. James P. Chapman, Etta C.
Armstrong, H. A. Copley, Anne
Bates, Albert C. Cornell, l^ussell Todd & others
Brainard, Newton C. Davis, Mrs. J. H. Kelso
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Fitch, Mariette N.
Frisbie, Mrs. Leonard
Garmony, Carrie Bissell, estate of
Hammerslough, Philip H.
Hayvvard, Kendall P.
Keith, Elmer D.
Kerr, Ruth A.
Kershner, Raymond E.
Kingsbury, Isaac W.
Lewie, Mrs. Thomas J.
Myers, Ralph
Nichols, Mrs. George Leland
Reed, Mrs. Francis Mason
Royce, Helen Elizabeth
Russell, Mrs. Charles B.
Seguin, Mrs. Dewey F.
Terry, Rose Wilder
Twitchell, Joseph H.
Whittemore, C. Richard
Williams, Samuel P.
Yerrington, Charles B.
Badge (4)
basket (8)
basket, silver
basque (4)
belt, Indian
blanket, baby
blocks, set
bluing bottle
bonnet, ladies (8)
bottle (2)
box ( 2 )
bust, marble
can, powder (3)
candle holder (2)
cap, baby's (2)
cap, ladies (7)
cape
cape, oilcloth (2)
cheese scoop (2)
clock
coat (3)
coat, Indian
comb (2)
corselet
cribbage board
dress (11)
dress, baby's (7)
embroidery
epaulets, pair
fabric samples (41)
fan (12)
firearms (2)
Museum Accessions
flag (5)
flowers, artificial
forks (27)
gloves (14)
hand warmer
handkerchief (3)
hat, men's (2)
hat, soldiers' (2)
hat pin (4)
instruments, drafting
instrument, musical
jewelry (13)
jewelry, costume (9)
jewelry, hair (10)
knife (10)
lace pieces (9)
ladle (2)
lithographs (9)
lorgnets
matches, in box
meat skewer ( 2)
medal (2)
mole trap
napkin ring ( 16)
necktie (2)
nightgown (4)
nut pick (9)
ornament, dress (9)
ornament, hair (17)
parasol (7)
peace pipe
pen knife (3)
petticoat (7)
photographs (6)
plumes, box of
plate, Wedgewood
portraits (9)
pouch, tobacco
purse, ladies (15)
purse, leather
quilt
ring, mourning
ring, wedding (2)
saddle
sash (3)
shad hat
shawl (5)
shoe (7)
sign (2)
sleeve (7)
spoon (122)
stockings (8)
sugar tongs (7)
sword (5)
tape, samples (8)
tomahawk
underclothes, men's
veil (8)
vest, baby's (4 )
waist, child's (2)
wallet (2)
watch
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Members Admitted Since May 1 95 1
Adams, Mrs. Harold Lamont (Enid Eleanor Smith), Seatde,
Wash., Oct. 2, 1951.
Allen, Mrs. Wilmar M. (Erma Helen Small), Hartford, Nov. 6,
1951.
Alsop, Joseph Wright, Avon, Nov. 6, 195 1.
Alsop, Mrs. Joseph Wright (Corinne Douglas Robinson), Avon,
Nov. 6, 195 1.
Angell, Grace Isabel, Manchester, Dec. 4, 1951.
Armstrong, Mrs. Horatio Hugh (Marjorie Kendall Edson), Hart-
ford, Dec. 4, 1951.
Bacon, Mrs. Henry (Phoebe S.), Middletown, May 6, 1952.
Raker, Frederick E., Farmington, Apr. i, 1952.
Baker, Mrs. Frederick E. (Muriel Estes Lewis), Farmington, Apr.
1,1952-
Balding, Mrs. Marguerite Bevins, Ticonderoga, N. Y., May 20,
1952.
Ballard, Mrs. Eugene (Sara Blair Cole), West Hartford, Oct. 2,
1951.
Beach, Joseph Watson, Hartford, Nov. 6, 1951.
Beach, Mrs. Joseph Watson (Jessie Goodwyn Anderson), Hart-
ford, Nov. 6, 195 1.
Becker, Frank S., Jr., Hartford, Oct. 2, 1951.
Becker, Mrs. Frank S., Jr. (Vivian W.), Hartford, Oct. 2, 1951.
Belden, Mrs. A. M. (Carrie J.), Hartford, Feb. 5, 1952.
Benham, Mrs. Frederic W. (Mary Estelle), New Britain, Oct. 2,
1951.
Bissell, Mrs. Charles Spencer (Dorothy A. Fuller), Suffield, July
17, 1951.
Black, Virginia Natalie, Hartford, May 6, 1952.
Blake, C. Edwin, West Hartford, Feb. 5, 1952.
Boardman, Robert Allen, West Hartford, Nov. 6, 195 1.
Brandt, Eunice Francesca, Hartford, Apr. i, 1952.
Bulkeley, Mrs. Morgan Gardner, Jr. (Ruth Lee Collins), Hartfonl,
Aug. 7, 195 1.
Bulkeley, Mrs. Richard B. (Mary E. Glazier), Hartford, Apr. i,
1952.
Bunnell, Frank Scott, Stratford, Oct. 2, 1951.
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Burr, Ralph Case, New Haven, Nov. 6, 1951.
Caplan, Mrs. Max (Mildred Gorham), Meriden, Aug. 31, 1951.
Case, Albert Deering, Narberth, Pa., July 17, 195 1.
Case, Mrs. Albert Deering (Florence Marion Smith), Narberth,
Pa., Aug. 31, 1951.
Caulfield, Mrs. Ernest (Margaret F.), West Hartford, Nov. 6,
1951-
Chapin, Franklin Glazier, Winsted, Nov. 6, 195 1.
Chapin, Warren Storrs, Wethersfield, Feb. 5, 1952.
Christensen, Mrs. Dora Gates, Salina, Ut., Mar. 4, 1952.
Cleaveland, Mrs. Dorothy Wadhams, Torrington, Nov. 6, 1951.
CoflEn, Mrs. E. A. (Marjorie Barber), Laguna Beach, Calif., July
17, 1951.
Coffin, Mrs. Harold W. (Grace Bristol), Bangor, Me., Aug. 7,
1951.
Cogan, Frank, Farmington, Mar. 7, 1952.
Cogan, Mrs. Frank (Lillian Blankley), Farmington, Mar. 7, 1952.
Cole, Francis Watkinson, Hartford, Nov. 6, 195 1.
Cooper, Mrs. Elisha H. (Margaret Miller), New Britain, Oct. 2,
1951.
Cooper, Mrs. James Ernest (Elizabeth Campbell Wayne), New
Britain, Oct. 2, 1951.
Cooper, Stanley M., New Britain, Aug. 31, 1951.
Cooper, Mrs. Stanley M. (Elizabeth Hubbard), New Britain, Aug.
31,1951.
Cothran, Perrin C, Hartford, Oct. 2, 1951.
Cottle, Henry Edmund, Bristol, July 17, 1951.
Cramer, Dorthothea, Torrington, Feb. 5, 1952.
Creamer, Mrs. Warren M. (Elizabeth Glazier), Farmington, Mar.
4, 1952.
Crosby, Mrs. Albert H. (Julia A. Case), Hartford, Dec. 4, 1951.
Dahill, Edwin M., Hartford, Mar. 4, 1952.
Davis, J. H. Kelso, West Hartford, Nov. 6, 1951.
Davis, Mrs. J. H. Kelso (Edith H. Brainard), West Hartford,
Nov. 6, 195 1.
Day, George H., Hartford, Aug. 31, 1951.
Day, Mrs. George H. (Grace Phelps Allen), Hartford, Aug. 31,
195 1.
Dee, Orville A., Chicago, 111., July 17, 1951.
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Destler, Chester McA., New London, Apr. i, 1952.
Dixon, Ralph Conyers, West Hartford, Oct. 2, 195 1.
Dixon, Mrs. Ralph Conyers (Helen Hannay), West Hartford, Oct.
2, 1951.
Durham, Mrs. Emily Merriam, Chatham, N. J., Aug. 7, 195 1.
Eddy, Julian R., West Hartford, Jan. 8, 1952.
Fisher, John Wilbur, Avon, Dec. 4, 1951.
Fitzgerald, Mrs. John (Ruth Church), Fort Ticonderoga, N. Y.,
Oct. 2, 195 1.
Ford, Mrs. Martin J. (June Stevens), Windsor, Apr. i, 1952.
Ford, Mrs. Richard N. (Elizabeth Beede), West Hartford, Feb. 5,
1952.
Foster, Athene Strong, Miami, Fla., Aug. 7, 1951.
Fox, James Charles, Jr., Hartford, May 6, 1952.
Freeman, George Doane, Jr., West Hartford, Nov. 8, 1951.
Gilman, George H., Jr., Hartford, Apr. i, 1952.
Goodman, Mary A., Hartford, Mar. 4, 1952.
Graham, Phillip H., Suffiekl, Mar. 4, 1952.
Graham, Mrs. Phillip H. (Marjorie Fowler), Suffield, Mar. 4,
1952.
Greene, Norman Joy, Berwyn, Pa., Aug. 7, 1951.
Griswold, Harold W., Hartford, Feb. 5, 1951.
Hadlow, David M., West Hartford, Oct. 2, 1951.
Hadlow, Mrs. David M. (Anne Plumb), West Hartford, Oct. 2,
1951.
Haggeman, Julie, Westport, Oct. 2, 195 1.
Hallock, Mrs. Gerard (Mary Adele Page), Hartford, Mar. 4,
1952.
Halloran, Robert L., Hartford, Feb. 5, 1952.
Hanford, Mildred Wattles, Gunnison, Col., May 20, 1952.
Hart, Mrs. Edward A. (Adele Wise), West Hartford, Aug. 7,
1951.
H^.skins, Laurence L., Hartford, Apr. i, 1952.
Hatch, James Watson, West Hartford, Aug. 31, 1951.
Hatch, Mrs. James Watson (Florence Watrous Marvin), West
Hartford, Aug. 31, 195 1.
Haviland, Winthrop A., Jr., West Hartford, Aug. 31, 195 1.
Hawes, Richard Withington, West Hartford, Jan, 8, 1952.
Hawley, Wallace Earle, Stratford, Nov. 6, 1951.
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Hawley, Mrs. Wallace Earle (Ethel Cornett), Stratford, Nov. 6,
1951.
Hemenway, Mrs. Rufus N. (Marion P.), New Britain, Oct. 2,
1951.
Herbst, John Clifford, Jr., Morris, Oct. 2, 1951.
Hill, Albert Edward, Alexandria, Va., July 17, 1951.
Hill, George Samuel, San Francisco, Calif., Apr. i, 1952.
Hodge, Earl W., Glastonbury, Feb. 5, 1952.
Holcombe, Mrs. Luzerene C. (Marion Evarts), West Hartford,
Mar. 4, 1952.
House, Mrs. Herbert C. (Mildred Applegate), Farmington, Aug.
31,1951.
Hungate, Carroll Paul, Kansas City, Mo., Jan. 8, 1952.
Johnson, Mabel, Hartford, Oct. 2, 1951.
Johnson, Mrs. William J. (Clara Jennie Estelle), East Berlin,
Dec. 4, 1951.
Johnston, Marie Alice, Hartford, Nov. 6, 1951.
Jones, Mark Barber, Miami, Fla., July 17, 1951.
Jones, Mrs. Mark Barber (Nellie James), Miami, Fla., July 17,
1951.
Kilbourn, Austin, Hartford, Feb. 5, 1952.
Kilbourn, Mrs. Austin (Olive Carey Owens), Hartford, Feb. 5,
1952.
Kilbourn, Orrin P., West Simsbury, Oct. 2, 195 1.
Kilbourn, Mrs. Orrin P. (Elizabeth F.), West Simsbury, Oct. 2,
1951.
Kirk, Mrs. William Parker (Ruth Henley), West Hartford, Nov. 6,
1951.
Lambert, Wilbur Cornelius, West Hartford, Dec. 4, 195 1.
Lambert, Mrs. Wilbur Cornelius (Ruth Sinclair), West Hartford,
Dec. 4,1951.
Lampson, Edward Rutledge, Hartford, Apr. i, 1952.
Lampson, Mrs. Edward Rutledge (Elizabeth Leveret Davenport),
Hartford, Apr. i, 1952.
Lawrence, Mrs. Hiram Pettibone, Seattle, Wash., Jan. 8, 1952.
Layton, Frank D., Hartford, May 20, 1952.
Link, Muriel Florence, Grand Rapids, Mich., July 17, 1951.
Lockhart, Eleanor, Hartford, Apr. i, 1952.
Malinowski, Otylia Mary, Norwalk, Aug. 7, 1951.
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Maltbie, William Mills, Granby, Mar. 4, 1952.
Marsh, Charles Woodward, Hartford, Dec. 4, 195 1.
May, Benjamin J., Granby, Oct. 2, 1951.
Melnik, Joseph, Stratford, Aug. 31, 1951.
Mills, Edwin Weller, Osceola, Mo., July 17, 1951.
Miner, Mrs. Clarence E. Wentworth (May L.), West Hartford,
Feb. 5, 1952.
Miner, Harry Earl, San Diego, Calif., Oct. 2, 1951.
Mooney, Robert Knapp, West Hartford, Mar. 4, 1952.
Mylchreest, George L., Hartford, Dec. 4, 1951.
Nielsen, Randolph T., Wethersfield, Oct. 2, 1951.
Olson, Walter S., Scarsdale, N. Y., Aug. 31, 1951.
Perry, Stephen Kingsbury, West Hartford, Oct. 2, 195 1.
Pierce, Mrs. Ruth H., Delphos, O., Oct. 2, 195 1.
Purcell, Alice Lane, Wethersfield, May 6, 1952.
Purcell, William M. Ill, West Hartford, Aug. 31, 1951.
Quade, Mrs. Helen A., Albany, N. Y., May 6, 1952.
Rankin, Florence }. P., Hartford, Nov. 6, 1951.
Rawlins, Mary Starr, Hartford, Nov. 6, 195 1.
Roberts, Douglas J., Rockville, Dec. 4, 1951.
Root, Elizabeth de Welden, West Hartford, Jan. 8, 1952.
Rothstein, Mrs. Edward (Selma), Hartford, Jan. 8, 1952.
Rumbaugh, Mrs. Nora A. Rundall, Parksdale, Ore., Feb. 5, 1952.
Sammis, Mary E., Hartford, Nov. 6, 1951.
Scranton, Mrs. Jewett Hamilton (Emily Brace Collins), West
Hartford, Feb. 5, 1952.
Sharp, Mrs. Frank (Anna Mary Shindler), Nacogdoches, Tex.,
Aug. 7, 195 1.
Sharps, Mrs. Helen Turney, Fairfield, May 6, 1952.
Sherer, Frank Andemars, Brooklyn, N. Y., Oct. 2, 1951.
Silverman, Morris, Hartford, Jan. 8, 1952.
Skinner, Mrs. J. H. (Elizabeth V.), Middletown, May 6, 1952.
Smith, Mrs. Bernice Knoeppel, Torrington, July 17, 1951.
Smith, Chard Powers, Falls Village, Aug. 7, 1951.
Smith, Donald S., Northford, Aug. 7, 1951.
Smith, Howard Malcolm, Hyattsville, Md., Dec. 4, 1951.
Smith, Olcott Damon, Farmington, Dec. 4, 195 1.
Smith, Mrs. Sidney O. (Isabelle Charters), Gainesville, Ga., Aug.
31, 1951.
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Spencer, Frank N., Sharon, Aug. 7, 1951.
Steele, Richard T., West Hartford, Jan. 8, 1952.
Steele, Mrs. Richard T. (Helen Banks), West Hartford, Jan. 8,
1952.
Thomson, James Lewis, Hartford, Nov. 6, 1951.
Thomson, Mrs. James Lewis (Adelaide Lindsay), Hartford, Nov.
6, 1951.
Turner, Marjorie S., Torrington, Oct. 2, 1951.
Vehrenkomp, Ernest K., Norwalk, Nov. 6, 1951.
Warner, Mrs. Ellsworth Alfred (Lois Marjorie Lyle), Paso Robles,
Calif., July 17, 1951.
Watkinson, Mary Wells, West Hartford, Nov. 6, 195 1.
Watkinson, Olive Hudson, West Hartford, Nov. 6, 1951.
Welling, William, Hartford, May 20, 1952.
Welling, Mrs. William (Harriett B.), Hartford, May 20, 1952.
Wessell, Mrs. Josephine King, Vernon Center, N. Y., July 17,
1951.
Whittlesey, Mary Swift, New Britain, Oct. 2, 1951.
Wiese, Chester A., West Hartford, Mar. 4, 1952.
Wiese, Mrs. Chester A. (Ruth Atkins), West Hartford, Mar. 4,
1952.
Wiley, William Henry, West Hartford, Feb. 5, 1952.
Williams, Mrs. Doris E., Hartford, Mar. 4, 1952.
Williams, Mrs. Samuel Porter (Bertha McCullough Clark), Hart-
ford, July 17, 1951.
Wilson, Edward Strong, Larchmont, N. Y., Nov. 6, 1951.
Winer, Herbert I., New Haven, July 17, 1951.
Wise, Mrs. William S. (Elizabeth Seymour McCreary), West
Hartford, Apr. i, 1952.
Yeager, Charles Henry, Rocky Hill, Nov. 6, 1951.
Yntema, Mrs. D. B. (Mary E.), Grand Rapids, Mich., Oct. 2,
1951.
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FINANCIAL REPORT
Abstract of Financial Report of
Allerton C. Hickmott, Treasurer
BALANCE SHEET— APRIL 30, 1952
ASSETS
Investments
Bonds $ 75,669.13
Stocks 397,478.53
Mortgage Loans 6,220.00
Savings Banks 41,622.06
Cash 17,230.55
Petty Cash 100.00
Total Investments $538,320.27
Equipment 50,623.54
Real Estate, including Wash-
ington Street Property .... 513,656.19
Library 350,000.00
Museum 150,000.00
Furnishings 2,500.00
Deferred charge, (Jeneral
Fund 75-00
1,066,854.73
Total $1,605,175.00
LIABILITIES
Endowment Funds designated for:
General Expenses $254,735.77
Library 20,381.34
Building maintenance .... 197,020.82
Special Funds
Ancient Vital Records Fund,
established by subscrip-
tion in 1907 for publish-
ing town records $^522.67
Cataloguing Fund, estab-
lished by grant of the
Hartford Foundation for
■2,137.93
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Public Giving for catalog-
uing the library 2,620.40
State Appropriation, for
publishing purposes .... 3,621.75
Newton C. Brainard Ac-
count, to augment li-
brarian's salary 1,023.45
7,588.27
Restricted Funds
Publication Fund, derived
from sale of publications
and admission fees. In-
come restricted for pub-
lishing purposes 13,515.72
Anonymous Museum Fund 1,188.69
Newman C. Hungerford
Fund, for care and in-
crease of coin collection . . 2,000.00
George Dudley Seymour
Museum Fund, for care
of collection bequeathed
in 1945 26,117.49
Edwin Stanley Welles
Fund, derived from sale
of books, income available
when $600 has accumu-
lated 4-7--4
43,249.14
Value of Library, Museum and Furnishings 502,500.00
Value of Building and Land 564,279.73
$1,589,755.07
Undistributed Gains to Consolidated Fund 3,967.02
Income from Trust Funds 5'775-3-
Surplus, General Fund 1,628.48
Reserve for withholding taxes on salaries, general fund . . 182.40
Reserve for portrait restoration 407-37
Reserve for insurance 4M-7I
Reserve for Librarian's salary adjustment 622.00
Reserve for office typist 1,900.00
Reserve for Sales Tax collected .23
Reserve for Social Security, General Fund 22.40
Reserve for repairs 500.00
$1,605,175.00
ENDOWMENT FUNDS DESIGNATED FOR GENERAL EXPENSES
Friiicipcil Incoiuc
Albert C Bates Fund, established by gilt in
1906 % i,o23.7o# $ 53.71
Silas Chapman, jr. Fund, bequest No\ ember.
1926 68,500.00 3,691.38
Sophia F. Coe Fund, bequest April, igi6 1,050.00 56.58
Wilbur L. Cross Fund, established in De-
cember. 1947 by gift from an anonymous
donor 100.00 5-39
George Henry Fitts Fund in Memory ot
Colonel Thomas Knowlton, bequest Janu-
ary, 1925 10,000.00 538.88
Ceneral Fund, established in 1849 12,308.67 647.23
James J. (joodvvin Fund, established in Octo-
ber, 1915 by Mrs. James J. (ioodwin in
memory of her husband 20,000.00 1,077.78
E. Stevens Henry Fund, bec]uest February,
1922 550.00 29.63
James B. Hosmer Fund, bequest September,
1 878 5,000.00 -69.45
Dr. William Ward Knight Fund, bequest
December, 1923 8,000.00 431.10
Francis T. Maxwell Fund, bequest March,
1942 5,000.00 -69.45
Henry L. Miller Fund, bec]uest of Annie C.
Miller in 1943 in memory of her father . . . 4,182.43 --5-39
Charles Morris Mills Fund in memory of
Jonathan Flynt Morris, bequest 1951 .... 500.00* '4-39
Edward B. Peck, bequest October, 1928 .... p, 500. 00 1,751.38
William H. Putnam Fund, derived from
sales of The Two Putuunn 258.98 13.88
Dr. Gurdon W. Russell Inmd, bequest in
1909 of $3,000 and bequest ol Mrs. Russell
in 1922 of $5,000 8,000.00 431.10
James Shepard Fund, bequest in 1929 with
additions from sale of books given for the
purpose 1,828.57 99.00
Edwin Simons Fund, bet]uest December,
1915 5,400.00 291.00
Grace F. Smith Fund, bec]uest in 1950 .... 5,000.00 269.45
Jf Deposited in siwings hank., income for two years.
Remainder of a/wre funds are invested in the Consolidated miestmcnt fund, the income
from which is apportioned in accordance with the capital amount of the various funds.
* Received during the year, income apportioned according to length of time fund was
invested.
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|ane T. Smith Fund, bequest August, 1930 1,000.00 ^3-^9
Ellen Battell Stoeckel Fund, bequest in 1939 10,000.00 538.88
Mary K. Talcott Fund, bequest in 1920 .... 6,100.00 328.72
Mabel C. TuUer Fund, bequest in 195 1 .... 5,000.00* 143-95
Tuttle Fund, bequest in 1940 of $5,000 from
Jane Tuttle and a bequest in 1941 of $4,925
from Ruel C. Tuttle 10,000.00 53^-88
Edgar F. Waterman Fund, established by
gift in 1947 with additions from sale ol
books given for the purpose 3,433.42 156-32
Albion B. Wilson Fund, bequest in 1951 ... 10,000.00* 0.00
Charles G. Woodward Fund, bequest in 1950 20,000.00 1,077.78
$ ^54v35-77 $ 13.004.59
Annual dues 1,799.50
Miscellaneous income 121.86
Income from C'harles G. Woodward Trust . . 3,304.18
Building Fund contributions 243.80
George E. Hoadley Fund Income 8,056.17
From reserve for librarian's wages 933-oo
insurance 285.29
portrait restoration 658.38
office help 2,000.00
Publication Fund, Bulletin 764.15
Seymour Endowment Fund 1,537.20
Seymour Museum Fund, 1,018.21
Seymour Show Case Fund, accumulated
income 56.66
TOTAL INCOME $ 33,782.99
GENERAL EXPENSES
Salaries and wages $ 18,810.12
Fees 1,21 9.49
Binding 390-i9
Bulletin 764-15
Meeting expense 191-45
Moving expense 1,778.71
Miscellaneous 196.72
Photographing & photostating ^5-15
Building A.D.T. service 1,079.77
fuel 1,356.87
gas 93-42
insurance 285.29
electricity 1,225.08
* Received during the year, income apportioned according to length of time fund was
invested.
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repairs reserve 500.00
repairs 545-14
supplies 405.96
water 39-o6
grounds 755.35
Postage & stationery 409-17
Portrait restoration 658.38
Printing 1,364.60
Social security 181.64
Library supplies 681.43
Telephone 231.14
To reserve for portrait restoration 200.00
insurance 400.00
$ 33'778-28
Gain for the Year 4.71
ENDOWMENT FUNDS DESIGNATED FOR LIBRARY
Principal Income
Lucius B. Barbour Fund, derived from sale of
Manvvaring's Emly Connecticut Probate
Records 640.34 33-9^
William F. ). Boardman Fund, derived from
sale of copies of Boardman Genealogy,
Wethersfield Inscriptions, Boardman .In-
cestry and Greenleaf Ancestry 1,067.53 55-9^
Lucy A. Brainard Fund, established by gift
in 1892 which is being further increased
through the sale of books presented for the
purpose by Morgan B. Brainard, Newton
C Brainard and The Case, Lockwood &
Brainard Co 2,450.57 131-04
Connecticut Society of Colonial Wars Fund,
established in 1925 by gift of the Society
of one-half interest in remaining unsold
copies of l^ital Records of Nortvich -31-25 12.46
Charles J. Hoadly Fund, derived from sale
of Public Records of the Colony of Con-
necticut and volume 3 of the Public Rec-
ords of the State of Connecticut 3,658.27 191-^3
Library-Museum Fund, derived from sale of
books presented in 1948 by Mrs. J. C. Hills,
augmented by books from Barclay Robin-
son and Kenneth Lord 376-25 18.08
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Horace E. Mather Fund, bequest in Decem-
ber, 1933 by Lucy O. Mather in memory
of her father 5,000.00 -69.45
Jonathan Flynt Morris Fiuid, derived from
sales of Morris Register presented by the
daughters of Mr. Morris
Thomas Robbins Fund, bequest in 1856 by
the Society's Hrst Librarian
Dr. Gurdon W. Russell Hook Fund, derived
from sale of Descetidants of John Russell
BUILDING AND MAINTENANCE FUNDS
George E. Hoadley Fund, bequest in 1922 $ 165,720.82
George Dudley Seymour Endowment Fund,
bequest in 1945 31,300.00
124.00
6.68
6,580.63
354.62
252.50
13.61
20,381.34
$
1,087.66
$ 197,020.82
Allerton C. Hickmott,
Treasurer.
The account of the Treasurer with securities shown therein has been
examined by me and found correct.
Harold G. Holcombe,
Auditor.
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