by Jerry Carbone | Dec 21, 2017 | Brattleboro history, News
I just received Vermont Historical Society’s History Connections, vol 12, number 1, and inside this short newsletter features an article on the two of the earliest known photographs of Vermont, taken in 1845 by Thomas Easterly (1809-1882) of Guilford, Vt....
by Jerry Carbone | Dec 15, 2017 | Brattleboro history, Libraries, News
While my wife Kathy was at a professional meeting yesterday at Worcester State University, I spent several hours at the wondrous American Antiquarian Society. The AAS, as described on their website, was: Founded in 1812 by Revolutionary War patriot and printer Isaiah...
by Jerry Carbone | Dec 2, 2017 | Brattleboro history, News, Vermont Genealogy
In the August 2, 1940, Vermont Phoenix, an article titled “Wesselhoeft Kin Buys Red Daily,” reported that Mrs. Ferdinanda W. Reed, 63, who is the granddaughter of the Water-Cure founder, Robert Wesselhoeft, along with two other women, purchased the...
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