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1850s/70s LETTERS CARDS CORRESPONDENCE ROCKY HILL CT. PORTER HOLMES FAMILIES and
1850s/70s LETTERS CARDS CORRESPONDENCE ROCKY HILL CT. PORTER HOLMES FAMILIES and
1850s/70s LETTERS CARDS CORRESPONDENCE ROCKY HILL CT. PORTER HOLMES FAMILIES and
1850s/70s LETTERS CARDS CORRESPONDENCE ROCKY HILL CT. PORTER HOLMES FAMILIES and
1850s/70s LETTERS CARDS CORRESPONDENCE ROCKY HILL CT. PORTER HOLMES FAMILIES and
1850s/70s LETTERS CARDS CORRESPONDENCE ROCKY HILL CT. PORTER HOLMES FAMILIES and
1850s/70s LETTERS CARDS CORRESPONDENCE ROCKY HILL CT. PORTER HOLMES FAMILIES and
1850s/70s LETTERS CARDS CORRESPONDENCE ROCKY HILL CT. PORTER HOLMES FAMILIES and
1850s/70s LETTERS CARDS CORRESPONDENCE ROCKY HILL CT. PORTER HOLMES FAMILIES and
1850s/70s LETTERS CARDS CORRESPONDENCE ROCKY HILL CT. PORTER HOLMES FAMILIES and
1850s/70s LETTERS CARDS CORRESPONDENCE ROCKY HILL CT. PORTER HOLMES FAMILIES and
1850s/70s LETTERS CARDS CORRESPONDENCE ROCKY HILL CT. PORTER HOLMES FAMILIES and

1850s/70s LETTERS CARDS CORRESPONDENCE ROCKY HILL CT. PORTER HOLMES FAMILIES and

$ 76.55

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    1850s/70s LETTERS CARDS CORRESPONDENCE ROCKY HILL CT. PORTER HOLMES FAMILIES and
    1850s/70s LETTERS CARDS CORRESPONDENCE ROCKY HILL CT. PORTER HOLMES FAMILIES and
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    Description
    Neat little archive
    group of letters, calling cards and other ephemera
    all related to family in ROCKY HILL CONNECTICUT
    5 CARDS WITH ORIGINAL ENVELOPES
    local names
    SAMUEL MCFARLAND
    LEONARD PORTER
    JAMES STEVENES
    CHRISTINA STEVENS
    WILLIAM HOLMES
    ALONZO GOODRICH
    ELECTA HOLMES
    JOSEPH PORTER
    ~6 letters to MABEL PORTER, early 1870s
    2 letters from her cousin lizzie, who must have been attending MAPLEWOOD MUSIC SEMINARY in Haddam
    the 2 covers have large embossed seal of the school, Lizzie mentions the graduation there, graduates name, Newport, Block Island , her trip to see President Grant
    ~letter from cousins JOHNIE & JUTTIE? school talk, Woodbury family and voting the Democratic ticket
    ~1872 letter, talk of temperence convention in Middletown, visiting the crystal palace in New york and talk of lottery tickets
    ~1870 letter to Mabel from a teacher at a boys school in Middletown (last name Mesler who apparently had lived in Rocky Hill), talk of a meteor shower , Henry Ward Beecher lecture, "came down heavy with boys on tobacco"...."3/4 of them have used the weed"
    ~1873 letter to Mabel from someone in ROSEFIELD, ILLINOIS
    the sender has been ill for quite some time had not washed in a month and had still not washed her clothes, talk of hog slaughter and prices
    ~letter from Lizzie from Sag Harbor, Long Island, talk of family
    ~2 letterheads URIAH CASE, an attorney in Hartford, dated 1879
    ~1864 hand drawn map, Robert Espy (we have listed a civil war letter written by an EE ESPY, New Milford, probably related) land near EAST BERLIN RAILROAD STATION by S.G. ELY?
    ~1879 document
    "violation of the law relating to sale of intoxicating liquor at said Rocky Hill and information of Uriah Case a prosecuting agent of Hartford County...."
    names GEORGE RIZER?
    ALBERT SWEET?
    MARY WHITE
    HENRY HUBBARD
    ~witnesses who testified in the case of MARY ROBERTS
    JAMES DILLION?
    ALEXANDER STEVENS
    ROYAL PORTER
    PATRICK DILLION
    JAMES DILLION
    PLEASE EXAMINE SCANS FOR CONDITION DETAILS
    Nice addition to a collection!
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    A most welcome addition to a collection
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    NOTE: We mail postcards and small ephemera (value under 50.00)ONLY in 6x6 rigid cardboard mailers, which have to be processed as small package rate, fortunately WE PASS ALONG OUR GOOD STANDING MAILING DISCOUNTS TO YOU!
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