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1877-1900

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Title: [Crest]

Small crest on a piece of glossy paper.

GLC02150.39

25 October 1870

Typed document signed

Title: Marriage Certificate

Certificate of marriage between Benjamin Brown and Alice Grandall, which occured in October 1870 and was performed by Edward Gilman, a pastor in a local church.

GLC02150.40

21 October 1865 - 11 July 1910

Noyes, William Wallace, 1846-1910

Typed document signed

Title: [Series of documents regarding the genealogy of William Wallace Noyes]

Various documents regarding the Civil War Service, pension, marriages, and death of William Wallace Noyes. All are photocopies of the original documents.

GLC02150.41

21 October 1865

Autograph document signed

Title: Certificate of Disability for Discharge

Form from the Army of the United States to certify discharge due to disability. It is filled in with information regarding William Wallace Noyes, who served in 2nd Lieutenant A. D. Beckwith's Company of the Second Vermont Regiment. According to the document, Noyes was drafted on July 21, 1863. He was wounded in the Battle of St. Petersburg on April 2, 1865, in the lower third of his right tibia. He had been unfit to serve since, and was discharged with the notation that he was not fit to re-enlist at a later date. The document is signed by someone whose first name is Warren but whose last…

GLC02150.41.01

April 22 - December 4, 1891

Willard, Joseph, fl. 1891

Autograph document signed

Title: [Divorce decree]

Form certifying the divorce between Adaline E. Merrill and Frank H. Merrill. It is filled out at two different times; on April 22, the reason for the divorce ("gross, wanton, and cruel neglect") is given and the terms of the divorce, including alimony, are outlined. On December 4, the divorce is finalized.

GLC02150.41.04

3 June 1899

Davidson, W., fl. 1899

Autograph document signed

Title: Certificate of Marriage No. 25

Copy of a marriage certificate between William Wallace Noyes and Addie E. Vincent Merrill. At the time, he was 53, and she was 37. It was a second marriage for both of them.

GLC02150.41.06

1 July 1910

Lindsay, William, fl. 1910

Autograph document signed

Title: Certificate of Death

Copy of the death certificate of William Wallace Noyes. He was 64 years old at the time of his death, which resulted from an accidental head injury. His wife Addie filled out part of the forms, and the health officer and undertaker filled out the rest.

GLC02150.41.07

11 July 1910

Noyes, Addie E., fl. 1860-1910

Autograph document signed

Title: Declaration of a widow for accrued pension

Form filled out by Addie E. Noyes regarding her husband's pension; she is petitioning the Bureau of Pensions for the pension funds that had accrued under her late husband's name prior to his death.

GLC02150.41.08

10 May 1918

Wilder, John, fl. 1918

Typed document signed

Title: To Henry Babcock Noyes

Letter to Henry Babcock Noyes from John Wilder about financial investments and securities.

GLC02150.42

26 September 1830

Autograph document

Title: [Envelope addressed to Martha Franklin B. Noyes]

Envelope addressed to Martha Franklin B. Noyes. It is marked as having been received on September 26, but does not specify the year. It is also marked as being number 37 of something.

GLC02150.45

1877-1900

Postcard

Title: [Postcard of Latimer Lighthouse)

Postcard of the Latimer Lighthouse in Stonington, Connecticut. There are no dates and messages written on it.

GLC02150.47

31 August 1899

Typed document

Title: [Short biographies]

Short biographies about several early prominent members of Stonington, including William Chesebrough, Thomas Minor, Walter Palmer, and Thomas Stanton.

GLC02150.49

1877-1900

Autograph document

Title: [Short poem]

Short poem taking up both sides of the piece of paper. The sides are numbered one and two. The poem repeatedly refers to someone named 'Maggie'

GLC02150.50

January 17, 1935

Babcock, Harry W., fl. 1920-1940

Autograph letter signed

Title: To Mrs. Noyes

Letter from Harry W. Babcock to a Mrs. Noyes. He mentions enclosing a check for Sunday collections, and indicates that he felt inclined to pay nothing but is instead just reducing the amount. The letter is written on Babcock's personal stationary.

GLC02150.51

December 10, 1870

Noyes, Thomas R., fl. 1870

Autograph document

Title: Copy contract Thomas Noyes with Prudence Noyes

Copy of a contract between Thomas R. Noyes and Prudence Noyes pertaining to a lease Prudence held on lands in Southport, New York which she lived on and which Thomas apparently owned. Included is an agreement on mortgage payments.

GLC02150.52

1852-1902

Photograph

Title: William Coddington [picture]

Print of William Coddington, who was an official in the Massachusetts and Rhode Island colonies in the seventeenth century.

GLC02150.53

25 March 1898

Newspaper clipping

Title: Obituary for Charles H. P. Babcock

Short obituary for Charles H. P. Babcock, who had been influential in the financial and trade industries, especially in his role as head of Babcock and Milnor. The is also a small announcement for the time of the funeral service, as well as an attached handwritten note identifying an unknown person's relationship with Babcock.

GLC02150.54

1922/10/21

Autograph document

Title: List of stocks on deposit

List of shares in capital stock, including the company, the number of shares, their financial worth, and the dates in which they were held. This information appears to pertain to Henry B. Noyes.

GLC02150.55

February 13, 1848