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A handwritten copy of the words (3 verses) and music for a hymn with the title "Dismission". The first 2 lines of the first verse are: "Lord dismiss us with thy blessing, Bid us all depart in peace." This hymn was printed by Robert Hawker (1753-1827) in a hymnal "Psalms and hymns sung by children of the Sunday school in the Parish church of Charles, Plymouth" printed about 1811.

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Request for payment of sixty-nine pounds to James Dixon for attendance at the Pennsylvania General Assembly. Dated Philadelphia 10 April 1781 and signed by [ ] Muhlenberg, Speaker, David Rittenhouse, Treasurer.

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Stephen Dodge's commission as 2d Lieutenant in a Company of the First Battalion. Signed at Hartford by Jonathan Trumbull, Captain-General and Commander in Chief of Connecticut; and George Wyllys, Secretary.

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Invitation to the 50th wedding anniversary of Reverend and Mrs. Storrs O. Seymour, June 20, 1911. Envelope is addressed Cecil S. Baker, Lillian Holley Baker, Frank Holley, and Irving Holley.

Scope and Contents Three letters written by Colonel William Douglas (1742-1777) from Philips Borough, NY to his wife with details of Washington's troop movement and battles. Dated 17 Nov 1776, 27 Nov 1776, & 5 Dec 1776. These may be handwritten copies of the originals - they are all on the same sheet of paper. Douglas was a colonel of a Connecticut regiment in the American Revolution, who’s troops retreated at the British landing at Kip’s Bay (September 1776), only to be stopped personally by George...

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The Mrs. E.S. Downes album (1923-32-0) is a collection of pressed algae that was given from Mrs. E.S. Downes to Mrs. H.W. Buel (Catharine Laidlaw Buel) on October 5, 1874. The album contains eight samples of pressed algae in various colors and is titled "American Algae or, Flowers of the Sea."

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Most of the collection is comprised of deeds involving the Page family, particularly Thomas Page.

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Draft of speech by Edward Fitch Hall regarding proposed construction of a house for Eutan Hudson on South St.

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The Drury Family Papers (1978-33-1) consist of five photographs and a genealogy. The people in the photographs include James Drury Sr., Anne Drury, Mary Drury, and Katherine Drury Donahue. The Drury family lived on South Street in Litchfield, Connecticut. Copies of Drury family papers can be found in the Research Files.

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Family record and genealogical table of Mary Elizabeth DuBois Potter Gould, undated.