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City of Baltimore 6 1/4 cent note (shinplaster). No date is apparent.

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Promissory note for 1,000 pounds sterling signed by Nicholas Biddle and Joseph Cowperthwait payable at the bank's agency in London.

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The Bantam Episcopal Society Records (1971-78-23) document the Episcopal Society's building of a church in Bantam, Connecticut. There are seven items in this collection that document records of subscribers, records of meetings, and contracts. The collection also includes an assortment of receipts.

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Two Bantam Lake postcards with messages on reverse.

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Bantam Lumber Company, Inc. woodwork catalog and receipt for lumber.

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Account book with two areas of notation: One section relates to settling the accounts of the estate of Charles H. Barber and genealogical inquiries, 1904; the other is an account maintained by an unknown person who reused this account book to record income derived from the sale of eggs, chickens, cows, and other farm products, and labor, and personal and farm expenses, 1944-1946.

Scope and Contents The autograph album of Francis E. Barber (1842-1862) contains messages and autographs of his fellow classmates at Fort Edward Institute located in Fort Edward, N.Y. The nature of the messages indicates that Barber had completed his course of study and was leaving the Institute. With the outbreak of the Civil War, Barber enlisted in the U.S. Army in Sept., 1861, and became a private in Co. E, 8th Connecticut Vounteers. He died from edema, then referred to as "dropsy," aboard the steamer...

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Joseph Barber of Litchfield sells to Daniel McDonald of Watertown (Conn.) 3 pieces of land in Litchfield on Beach Street. One piece has a house and barn. Dated 26 March 1784 in Litchfield and witnessed by Daniel Rowe and Abraham Bradley, Justice of Peace.

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Joseph Barber in Ashfield (Mass.) writes to John Slater in Slatersville, Rhode Island about a possible site for a mill. He describes Little Falls, New York on the Mohawk River and describes the village houses and businesses. He includes information about water privileges, turnpikes, and plots of land.