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Original typewritten article, five pages, on the Edgerton Papers by Carl Joslyn. Signed by the author. Also 1' xeroxed copy. Original handwritten copy on 8-1/2' x 14' with references; notes on founding of the town with input from Elsie V. Bartlett.…

Mrs. Mary E. (Hills) Loveland's article on Samuel Follett. Mrs. Loveland's grandmother came to llive with her grandparents, the Samuel Folletts. Handwritten on two pages. Also three pages of 'Copies of Letters to Samuel Follett. Who was the…

Newspaper clipping glued to paper about Library after 53 years of service.

Susan T. Lesley's writing 'Recollections of My Mother', Chapter VI, p.97. See also Box 29d 340/H/#112 Lesley's sister was wife to Judge Samuel Howe of Worthington. Contains writing about Woodbridge House where he lived until 1820 when he moved to…

Newspaper clipping containing article by Dorothy Potter, dated 9/23/60, about Library's 46 year birthday. Includes picture.

Article by Arthur Capen on the History of the Worthington Library, dated when the Library was 46 years old. Arthur Capen was librarian.

C. Kenneth Osgood's statement on the First Meeting House Marker on West Street. Signed: C. Kenneth Osgood. One page typed. Dated September 6, 1968.

Elizabeth Payne typed draft of the Dedication to the Papers on the History of Worthington, describing its purpose, sources, and History of the WHS. According to Elodi McBride Elizabeth and Lois Ashe Brown disagreed about many of the stories that came…

Poster advertising T.M. Sheridan Tailor, February 1841. Glued on board. 'T. M. Sheridan would respectfully inform the inhabitants of Worthington, that he has taken rooms over the store now occupied by Bagg and Alvord...' Brief history: Also…

Poster advertising Farm for Sale in North part of Worthington (Sampsonville, a.k.a. 'The Dingle') . Dated Dec. 1847.

Administrator's Sale' estate of Charles T. Smith 8/12/1876. 'Will be sold at Public Auctiion, at the late residence of Charles T. Smith, in South Worthington, deceased. On Saturday, August 12th, 1876, At One o'clock, P.M., 1 Yoke of Oxen, 1 Cow, 1…

2 copies of Harold Parmalee 17 page paper ' Life in the Country at the Beginning of the 20th Century'. Dated 2/10/1964. Typed on onion skin (second copy - photocopy).

Letter from Daniel Porter to Eva Fairman, dated June 15, 1965. Porter, director of the Ohio State Museum, writes about New Englanders moving to the Ohio area. Typed on grey 'Ohio Historical Society' stationery. Specifically mentions Nicholas…

Elizabeth Payne typed 8-page draft for an article based on the first two books of Town Records of Town Meetings written for WHS meeting in 1982.

Elizabeth Payne typed History of Western Massachusetts. (Do we have a copy?) Hampshire County, the Hatfield Grant, the Plantatons, the Proprietory Period, the Edgerton Papers, Act of Incorporation.

Typed original legal size letter to 'Jo' about the ice storm dated Nov. 30, 1921. Also she copied article from New York Times, Fri., Dec. 2, 1921. Also photocopy of same.

1. Mustard color copy sent by Katharine McDowell Rice to Miss Armstong, December 21, 1921 - 'knowing your interest in Worthington, my sister and I are sending you our experiences in the recent ice storm. This article appeared in last Sunday's…

In a lined paper composition book, a handwritten (Arthur Capen?) version of 1853, Rice & 1874, C. K. Brewster, History of the Town of Worthington (109 pages) The last page refers to an axe used to build the first log house in Worhington on the…

'Visit of Lafayette to Worthington'' by Katharine McDowell Rice ''The foregoing paper was read by the author at invitation of the George Washington Chapter, Sons of the American Revolution at their annual outing banquet on the evening of June…

3 typed copies of 'Reminscences of William Rice' supplied by the Reverend Dr. Harlan Creelman. Handwritten note to Walter Stevens. Quoted by Elizabeth Payne in 'Papers on the History of Worthington' Book 1983.