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2014.001.1 - Correspondence
Certificate appointing Reverend Nathaniel Porter as missionary in Fryeburg, Maine awarded by the Society for Propagating the Gospel Among the Indians and Others in North America. Dated May 30, 1817 (Maine still a district under Massachusetts). Signed by A. Holmes, Secretary, and William Phillips, President. Embellished with seal; though the central image is unclear, it is surrounded by words from Zechariah 4:6: "Not by might nor power but by my s...
Record Type: Archive
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2019.055.1 - Map
Map of the Town of Bridgton, 1871 - "Scale 20 rods to the inch." Depicts primarily the downtown area with a small map of North Bridgton in the upper right corner. Property owner's names listed on each parcel of land. List of business names at center and along the left side of the map of North Bridgton. Map adhered to foam core. Mat board frame separate.
Record Type: Archive
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2021.003.1 - Deed
Deed for a parcel of land in Boxford, Massachusetts belonging to Tyler and Abigail Porter, parents of Rufus Porter. On back: Tyler Porter to Nathan Barker, (unknown) Recd in the Registry of Deeds August 14 - 1802, Recorded Book 170, Leaf 244 and examined by John Pickering, Regr. On back, upside down: Porter to Barker Deed. Deed signed by John Perley, Enoch Perley, Tyler Porter, and Abigail Porter on July 12, 1802. Deed witnessed by Enoch Perle...
Record Type: Archive
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2021.003.2 - Invoice
An invoice for items presumably purchased by Rufus Porter. List contains the following items (front of invoice): 2 Music Books, 1 Tin Fife, 1 Watts Psalms, 1 Map Europe, 5 Drawings - Ret'd, 1 Drawing Book, 1 Picture Frame, 1 Pocket Book and 1 Jews Harp. On back, along top: Memo Books. On back, upside down along the bottom: Rufus Porter Invoice
Record Type: Archive
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2021.005.10 - Records
Typed, three page document containing the wording used for an article entitled "Mural Paintings by Rufus Porter on View in Woburn: Shaker Glenn Inn has Some Well Preserved Work by Noted Inventor of Early 19th Century," written by A.J. Philpot.
Record Type: Archive
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2021.005.11a - Letter
Typed letter from Robert C. Vose, Jr. of Vose Galleries of Boston, Masschusetts to Mr. Benjamine Hildebrandt (correct spelling is Hildebrant) and Mr. Francis P.O Holland of Westwood, Massachusetts noting an "Appraisal of Pictures" for "Fourteen paintings on plaster, making up a series of murals by Rufus Porter (1792-1884)" in the amount of $40,000.
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2021.005.11b - Letter
Typed envelope for the letter from Robert C. Vose, Jr. of Vose Galleries of Boston, Masschusetts to Mr. Benjamine Hildebrandt (correct spelling is Hildebrant) and Mr. Francis P.O Holland of Westwood, Massachusetts noting an "Appraisal of Pictures" for "Fourteen paintings on plaster, making up a series of murals by Rufus Porter (1792-1884)" in the amount of $40,000.
Record Type: Archive
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2021.005.12 - Magazine
Introduction to an article in The Boston Globe, October 1, 1995, pg. 80 entitled "After 100 Years of Obscurity, Rufus Porter Emgerges as a Standard-Bearer of Decorative Folk Art." Photo by Eric Roth shows wall murals in the Reed Mansion, Townsend, Massachusetts.
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2021.005.13 - Letter
Typed, three page typewritten letter from Hubert Hoaxie of Old Porter Murals, Inc., Boxford, Massachusetts to Ben Hildebrant and Frank Holland, Westwood, Massachusetts dated October 14, 1964 regarding Mr. Hildebrandt's and Mr. Holland's interest in old murals and hoping to sell the men more murals.
Record Type: Archive
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2021.005.14 - Letter
Typed letter from Robert C. Vose, Jr. from Vose Galleries, Boston, Massachusetts to Benjamin Hildebrandt (correct spelling is Hildebrant), Westwood, Massachusetts, carbon copied to Francis Holland, dated September 7, 1965 regarding an update on the presumed sale of the Howe House Murals from Westwood, Massachusetts to the gallery. Mr. Vose notes that Mrs. Jean Lipman of Art in America, New York, NY is interested in seeing a set of photographs of ...
Record Type: Archive
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2021.005.15 - Records
Typed, two page document containing the wording used for an article in the June 12, 1936 edition of the Boston Globe entitled "Interesting Wall Paintings Uncovered in Old Wooden House" writen by A.J. Philpott.
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2021.005.16 - Letter
Handwritten, three page letter presumed to be written by Benjamin Hildebrant to Jean Lipman (see 2021.005.14). Letter notes that color prints are enclosed and the third page lists the appraisal figures noted in 2021.005.4 and 2021.005.5.
Record Type: Archive
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2021.005.3 - Records
Typed, six page document containing the wording used for an article in the July 5, 1936 edition of the Boston Sunday Globe entitled "Our First Mural Artist? Forgotten Rufus Porter," page 46, written by A.J. Philpott.
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2021.005.4 - Letter
Typed letter dated September 1, 1966 from Benjamin M. Hildebrant to Jeanne E. Paradis at the Liberty Mutual Insurance Company, Boston, Massachusetts. It regards the individual valuations of 14 murals removed from the Dr. Frances Howe House in Westwood, Massachusetts which at the time were currently located at Versailles Galleries in Cambridge, Massachusetts. The appraisals were completed by Robert Vose of Vose Galleries.
Record Type: Archive
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2021.005.5 - Letter
Typed letter dated September 1, 1966 from Benjamin M. Hildebrant to Jeanne E. Paradis at the Liberty Mutual Insurance Company, Boston, Massachusetts. It regards the individual valuations of 14 murals removed from the Dr. Frances Howe House in Westwood, Massachusetts which at the time were currently located at Versailles Galleries in Cambridge, Massachusetts. The appraisals were completed by Robert Vose of Vose Galleries.
Record Type: Archive
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2021.005.6 - Letter
Handwritten letter from Jeanne E. Paradis of Boston, Massachusetts to Mr. Hildebrandt (correct spelling is Hildebrant) regarding requested appraisal of the murals from the Dr. Frances Howe House in Westwood, Massachusetts.
Record Type: Archive
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2021.005.7 - Records
Typed, two page document containing the wording used for an article in the July 28, 1936 edition of the Boston Evening Globe entitled "Rufus Porter New England's Mural Painter Century Ago: Discovery of Identity of Man Who Covered Walls of Rooms in Many Mansions," page 3. Writer unknown.
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2021.005.8 - Newsletter
The Westwood Drummer, Vol. 2, No. 1, Feb. 1976 featuring Rufus Porter.
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2021.005.9 - Records
Typed, five page document containing the wording used for an article in the September 20, 1936 edition of the Boston Sunday Globe entitled "Rufus Porter Called Crazy for His Aerial Locamotive: Inventor of 1849 Planned to Reach California in Three Days with Ancestor of the Zeppelin," page 50, written by A.J. Philpot.
Record Type: Archive
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2024.001 - U.S. Revolver
Turn of the century U.S. Revolver, the prototype for Colt. Used in the Governer's Guard in Hartford, CT. Gifted by Madeleine Lane-Duigan
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