Various Town Tax Receipts & Misc. Receipts of Stephen Bennett
Various Farmington tax receipts & misc. receipts of Stephen Bennett, dating back as far as 1856. Sizes vary, but are roughly 8"x3".
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Various-
1856-1893
From the Ellen Bennett Collection
Program- Farmington Memorial Exercises On The Death Of President William McKinley September 19th 1901
A program covering the local memorial exercises held in Farmington on the death of President of the United States, William McKinley. The memorial was held at two o' clock on Thursday, September 19, 1901 at the Opera House on main Street. The program includes this information and the words of two songs, presumably to be sung at the memorial.
Size: 3.5" x5.5
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Unknown
Unknown
1901
New Hampshire Men: A Collection of Biographical Sketches, With Portraits, Of Sons & Residents Of The State Who Have Become Known In Commercial, Professional, & Political Life
A 413 page collection of indexed portraits & bios, from various NH men, from different walks of life, from the late 1800's. This collection contains several men from Farmington NH.
They are: page 74-Hon. Alonzo Nute, page 167, Alonzo Irving Nute, page 192, Joseph Henry Abbot
This item is a digital file and it does no exist in the physical museum collection.
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George Higgins Moses
January 1, 1893
January 1, 1893
New Hampshire publishing Company
1893
Original from Harvard University
Digitized August 24, 2006
Graduating Exercise Program Farmington High School June 1892
This is a Graduating Exercise program for Farmington High School. Graduation was set for June 16,1892 to be held at the Opera House at quarter of eight. It contains the class motto, class ode, music listings, and speaker, oratory, and address placements for the event. It also includes the graduates and their course choice.
Size; 4" x 5.75
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Farmington High School
Farmington High School
1892
First Congregational Church UCC Church Stained Glass Restoration Article
Article for the First Congregational Church UCC Church Stained Glass Restoration from the New Hampshire Sunday News, December 21, 1975. The article is titled "Farmington Church Gets New Windows."
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Writer: George Owen
Photo: George Owen
Donated by David Furber
Farmington High School Class Of 1919 Graduation Program
A 1919 Farmington Class Graduation Program with a ticket/invitation for a ball at the Farmington Opera House, as well as, calling cards collected from many classmates. The program is ink printed on heavy pressed paper. The binding for the program is a yellow cord tassel. The program contains the event list for the day, class roll, class officers, and other general class information. The calling cards are standard for the period, ink on heavy paper and the ticket/invitation is the same, with an admittance line filled in, written in pencil, as " Mr & Mrs. Lester Darning."
Program size: 4"x5", Ticket: 2.5"x 3.25", Calling card sizes: 2"x3" & 1.25"x 3"
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Farmington High School
Farmington High School
1919
Donated by Ms. Nancy Merrill, Alton Bay, NH
Delivered by Dottie Bean
Dover & Winnipisseogee Rail Road-Boston/Farmington Pass-June 30th 1874
A Dover & Winnipisseogee Rail Road ticket for the Farmington NH from Boston on June 30th 1874. The pass is for Hiram Barker and is signed by E. W. Wood. The Barker family was a longstanding family name in Farmington. Family heirs had a notable, protracted legal battle which went all the way to the New Hampshire Supreme Court.
This is a digital file and does not exist in the physical museum collection.
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Dover & Winnipisseogee Rail Road
Dover & Winnipisseogee Rail Road
1874
Donated by Sheridan Folger
Burial Sites Within Farmington NH Town Limits
Documented burial sites within Farmington, NH town limits, researched and compiled by Twink Osgood.
Twink Osgood
B&M Railroad Schedule 1908 The Farmington News
A Boston & Maine Railroad Schedule from a 1908 issue of the The Farmington News, published in Farmington, New Hampshire.on Friday, July 17, 1908, Page 4.
This is a digital file and does not exist in the physical museum collection.
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Boston & Maine Railroad
Boston & Maine Railroad
1908
Assorted Beulah Thayer Sympathy Mementos
This an assortment of sympathy mementos sent to honor Beulah Thayer's passing. Though most of the items are store bought, which means mass produced. Each one has personal sentiments and often a signature from townspeople, friends, and family members who wished to offer condolences, thoughts, memories, and to extend sympathy.
The interiors of the items can only be viewed by appointment and will not be published online because of the handwriting samples and signatures.
Size: Various
Condition: Excellent
FHS-Kyle Leach
Various
The Beulah Thayer Collection