Book/Printed Material History of Danbury, Conn., 1684-1896 Copy 1
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- Contributor: Hill, Susan Benedict - Bailey, James M. (James Montgomery)
- Date: 1896
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Image 9 of Copy 1 ioe ORY OF DANBURY
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Image 11 of Copy 1 I til nif lt Mi iM i 4 Hy ess As _ Ni 1 ANN IN PUBLISHED 1836 TAKEN FROM BARBERS HIstToRY Views oF OLD DANBURY
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Image 17 of Copy 1 Repo iON y OF DANBURY CONN 16841896 FROM NOTES AND MANUSCRIPT LEFT BY JAMES MONTGOMERY BAILEY COMPILED WITH ADDITIONS BY SUSAN BENEDICT HILL NEW YORK BURR PRINTING HOUSE 1896
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Image 18 of Copy 1 evi Copyriaut 1896 py A N WILDMAN FOR DANBURY RELIEF SOCIETY
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Image 19 of Copy 1 PREFACH Tus first written history of Danbury begun several years since by James Montgomery Bailey but left unfinished by his too early death has been placed by the Relief Society of Dan…
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Image 20 of Copy 1 vi PREFACE We have found the genealogies of the Benedict Hoyt Starr and Stevens families most useful and have been aided by the various histories of Connecticut and those of adjoining counties…
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Image 21 of Copy 1 CON ENS CHAPTER I PAGE Colony of ConnecticutReport of British Commission in 1724Militia and forts Principal townsCommoditiesEarly settlementsReligion and churches 1 CHAPTER II Name and topographySurrounding districtsCurious names of places IndiansRoute taken…
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Image 22 of Copy 1 viii CONTENTS CHAPTER XI The attack on DanburyDr Peters viewsGeneral Tryons march to Danbury Wooster and Arnold hasten to DanburyDr Fosters letterGeneral Silli man at ReddingTroops in Bethel ccccessccccsescescccccscceccs CHAPTER XII Lambert…
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Image 23 of Copy 1 CONTENTS CHAPTER XXI Execution of Anthony and Adams latter part of last century CHAPTER XXII To the end of the centuryHatting establishedMade a halfshire townCourt House and jail builtFirst Masonic lodgeFirst Methodist…
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Image 24 of Copy 1 x CONTENTS PAGE ClelandRussell Eli T HoytBenedict ClarkSouthern tradeBarber shopJohn DoddJoseph LelandDouglass ElyJoseph ClarkePre served TaylorEli HoytElijah SanfordThomas TuckerSamuel Gregory of NorwalkJohn RiderFarmers Chronicle 1794Munson Gregory Reuben CurtisHugh Cain of RidgefieldTimothy FosterTax…
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Image 25 of Copy 1 CONTENTS xi PAGE tion of cash system in 1850Paperbox makingS A Brower CoE 8 DavisJames S Taylors hat sizing machinesCrosby Hoyt CoBand boxesAbijah AbbottGeorge StarrGeorge Stevens CoRaymond AmblerTipprintingHatforming machinesG E CowperthwaiteAlvah B…
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Image 26 of Copy 1 xii CONTENTS CHAPTER XXXIII PAGE Danburys railwaysCanal project in 1825Railroad project in 1835Project of a through line from New York to Albany via DanburyViews in favor of direct rail communication with tidewaterFigures…
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- Date: 1896
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Image 27 of Copy 1 CONTENTS xill Daniel ComstockDaniel N CarringtonBenjamin 8 and Drake Hoyt William HullJoseph CraneDr KnapPreserve WoodCharles Peck Dr PerryAnsel HoytDaniel TaylorAmos BakerDr BarnumChris topher Avery BabcockLemuel ThomasDr DavisJames PotterAsa NortonApollos B HanafordRussell B…
- Contributor: Hill, Susan Benedict - Bailey, James M. (James Montgomery)
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Image 28 of Copy 1 X1V CONTENTS CHAPTER XLII PAGE Danburys Charities Childrens HomeMary BullBuilding of homeEpitaph Martha StokesMrs Ives saves the HomeList of original incorporators Present officers Danbury Hospital Address of J M Bailey at opening…
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Image 29 of Copy 1 CONTENTS XV CHAPTER L PAGE Old burialgrounds Wooster StreetUpper burying groundEpiscopal burial ground on South StreetEpitaphs from Mill PlainMiry BrookGreat PlainPembrokeKing Street Baptist groundComess burial plotMiddle CHAPTER LI DY SEV Ys OG…
- Contributor: Hill, Susan Benedict - Bailey, James M. (James Montgomery)
- Date: 1896
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Image 31 of Copy 1 LIST OF TLLUSTRATIONS VY JAMES MONTGOMERY BAILEYccccccceces seceeee es nateretseste Frontispiece Te ACKSHEIRCEON OST Ata cre cit fevoie si 6 31 SMa es To pe Lem gh ok DANO ba cE est…
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Image 32 of Copy 1 Xviii LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS PAGE PRESENT First CoNGREGATIONAL CHuRCHDeEaAcon Exit T HoytDEa con Joun FryDEAcON OLIVER STONEDEAcON JoHN F BEARD 288 Sr James EpiscopaL CourcHHoracE MARSHALLMR AND Mrs WILL PAM COA PREY…
- Contributor: Hill, Susan Benedict - Bailey, James M. (James Montgomery)
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Image 33 of Copy 1 JAMES MONTGOMERY BAILEY JAMES MonTGOMERY BaILeEy the son of James and Sarah Magee Bailey was born in Albany N Y on September 25th 1841 In 1843 his father died suddenly from injuries…
- Contributor: Hill, Susan Benedict - Bailey, James M. (James Montgomery)
- Date: 1896
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Image 34 of Copy 1 xx JAMES MONTGOMERY BAILEY cratic paper In March 1870 Mr Bailey who loved fun and success better than politics made an arrangement for the con solidation of the 7imes and the Jeffersoniana…
- Contributor: Hill, Susan Benedict - Bailey, James M. (James Montgomery)
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Image 35 of Copy 1 JAMES MONTGOMERY BAILEY p4 friend and practical helper of the Childrens Home and of the Relief Society While resident in Albany Mr Bailey united with the Baptist Church under the pastoral charge…
- Contributor: Hill, Susan Benedict - Bailey, James M. (James Montgomery)
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Image 36 of Copy 1 xxii JAMES MONTGOMERY BAILEY What pen can write for him a tribute delicate sympathetic and tender such as he was wont to write for others Who can analyze that great soul with…
- Contributor: Hill, Susan Benedict - Bailey, James M. (James Montgomery)
- Date: 1896
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Image 37 of Copy 1 Pilon yY Ol DANE UR Y CHAPTER I THE COLONY OF CONNECTICUT DANBURY was settled in 1684 Itis interesting to note the con dition of the colony of Connecticut at that time…
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Image 38 of Copy 1 2 HISTORY OF DANBURY no need of Southern trade as most people planted as much tobacco as they needed They had good materials for shipbuild ing and imported about 9000 in value…
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- Date: 1896
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Image 39 of Copy 1 HISTORY OF DANBURY 3 fall of 1634 a band of Massachusetts men came to Connecticut and settled at Pequag now Wethersfield In the summer of 1635 a party from Dorchester laid the…
- Contributor: Hill, Susan Benedict - Bailey, James M. (James Montgomery)
- Date: 1896
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Image 40 of Copy 1 4 HISTORY OF DANBURY sometimes led to the formation of new settlements as by a division in the church of Stratford Rev Mr Walker with his adherents was granted in May 1672…
- Contributor: Hill, Susan Benedict - Bailey, James M. (James Montgomery)
- Date: 1896
About this Item
Title
- History of Danbury, Conn., 1684-1896
Names
- Bailey, James M. (James Montgomery), 1841-1894.
- Hill, Susan Benedict.
Created / Published
- New York : Burr Print. House, 1896.
Headings
- - Danbury (Conn.)--History
Notes
- - Includes index.
- - Also available in digital form.
- - Also available in digital form.
Medium
- xxii, 583 p., [63] leaves of plates : ill., ports. ; 27 cm.
Call Number/Physical Location
- F104.D2 B1
Library of Congress Control Number
- rc01003225
OCLC Number
- 1207718
Online Format
- online text
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