Holmes Public Library (Halifax) Halifax Historical Society

   

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description - Located on the corner of Furnace and Plymouth Streets, this building was built around 1800; water rights were initially acquired by Deacon Samuel Sturtevant in 1728; a furnace mill which closed in approximately 1845; then became a shoddy and cotton… subject - Cotton Mill (Halifax, Mass.)
relation - Identifier - 78_01_009
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description - Wood homestead on Thompson Street. The site is on the opposite side of the street from where Ebenezer Wood manufactured gravestones. The business is no longer there.
subject - Ebenezer Wood Homestead (Halifax, Mass.)
relation - Identifier - 78_01_021
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description - Dedication Proclamation for the original home site of Halifax's first settler John Thomson by the Halifax Bi-Centennial Committee. The Jabez Thompson site was dedicated in 1934 subject - Thomson, John.
relation - Identifier - 78_01_014
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description - Dr. Nathaniel Morton, Power of Attorney for Benjamin Carter of Rhode Island
subject - Morton, Nathaniel. relation - Identifier - 78_01_0213
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description - Your invitation to visit Halifax, Mass. The neighborly Town of Plymouth County.
subject - Business enterprises -- Massachusetts -- Halifax -- Directory
relation - Identifier - 78_01_0210
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description - Deed from Stephan Bryant, Yeoman to Barnabes Briggs, July 15, 1773 for a cost of 7 pounds. Signed by Stephan and Rebecca Bryant. Witnessed by Moly Bryant (x) and Gamiel Bryant. Purchased from Austin Bean[?] on April 20, 1770.
subject - Deeds -- Massachusetts -- Plymouth County
relation - Identifier - 78_01_0135
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description - A Social Party will be given at the Town Hall, Halifax, Wed. evening, Oct. 29. Under the management of C.E.H. & N.L.C., to which your company with ladies is solicited.
subject - Social party -- Halifax (Mass.)
relation - Identifier - 78_01_045
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description - Newspaper Clipping. "Kilroy's Christmas Trolley," by Richard Pritchett in Pictorial Living Colorado Magazine, December 12, 1975. Page 16. The Kilroy family lived in Halifax, Massachusetts
subject - Kilroy, James J.
relation - Identifier - 10_78_0027

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description - 1879 Map of Halifax, Massachusetts showing residences, roads, lake, ponds and rivers
subject - Halifax (Mass.) -- Maps relation - Identifier - 78_01_026_B
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description - Map of Halifax, Massachusetts 1879. On bottom of map shows dimension of Silver Lake measured in the ice. Frame (rope-design) was made by Leonard C. Washburn from mahogany and taken from the wreck of the side-wheeler (steamer) "Lady of the Lake"… subject - Halifax (Mass.) -- Maps
relation - Identifier - 78_01_005
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description - Drawing of Dunbar Tavern by Mrs. Clifton (Iola Sturtevant) Taft, 1961
subject - Dunbar Tavern (Halifax, Mass.) relation - Identifier - 78_01_044
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description - Dunbar family home painted by Nellie Taft.
subject - Dunbar family (Halifax, Mass.) relation - Identifier - 78_01_054
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description - Pencil sketch drawing by Edmond Churchill of the First Church. The building became Town Hall in 1852 and burned in 1907. This drawing is based on a description given by Edmond Churchill's father who remembered it in 1732-1733.
subject - Town Hall (Halifax, Mass.) relation - Identifier - 78_01_010
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description - Oil painting of Dunbar's Tavern, West of the Halifax Elementary School as it looked circa 1735. The Tavern was torn down in 1896. The likeness was drawn by Nellie Sturtevant Taft, great, great granddaughter of Deacon Samuel Sturtevant.
subject - Dunbar Tavern (Halifax, Mass.) relation - Identifier - 78_01_018
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description - One of seven original drawings owned by the Halifax Museum by Halifax artist, N. R. Molin. Molin lived in historian James Baker's house


subject - Morin, N. R. relation - Identifier - 78_01_007
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description - Monponsett Pond, drawn by Mrs. Clifton (Iola Sturtevant) Taft, April 8, 1960
subject - Monponsett Pond (Halifax, Mass.) -- Maps
relation - Identifier - 78_01_043
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description - Maris Pacifi (The Pacific Sea). Colored map (copy), 1589
subject - Pacific Sea -- Maps
relation - Identifier - 78_01_027
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description - Map of New England (copy), 1614 made by Captain John Smith as he observed and described it in 1614. Printed by James Recue of London, done by Stanford's Geological Establishment.
subject - New England -- Maps
relation - Identifier - 78_01_026
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description - This is a family photo of the Jared B. Baker family. Jared was the town's blacksmith. [Although there are names written on the photo I am making corrections. I am a family member and know the death dates of two of the children so I know that the… subject - Baker family relation - Identifier - 78_01_0303 http://sailsinc.omeka.net/items/show/1491 http://s3.amazonaws.com/omeka-net%2F2573%2Farchive%2Ffiles%2F09713265271abd323285cbd5557cb623.jpg?AWSAccessKeyId=AKIAI3ATG3OSQLO5HGKA&Expires=1341176039&Signature=ECzGQ2M02JVaJ4aQsl0%2FEqzRUM8%3D
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description - Old Home Day "Woodmobile and Portable Woodsaw" demonstrations behind the Congregational Church. Carriages and Carriage sheds as well as the fashions in 1900 can be seen. The "Hayward" house and Central School are in the background. subject - Old Home Day (Halifax, Mass.) relation - Identifier - 10_78_0005b http://sailsinc.omeka.net/items/show/1490 http://s3.amazonaws.com/omeka-net%2F2573%2Farchive%2Ffiles%2F5de4cf2e6516d45dfab644206b80195c.jpg?AWSAccessKeyId=AKIAI3ATG3OSQLO5HGKA&Expires=1341176039&Signature=iXtKUK0TnDqH2va8AQMhP8wd43o%3D