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Main Road 1766 Babcock, Ives, Nelson, Cooley Place
This item is available to the transcription team. The information in the three sources also needs to be combined into a single narrative.

Ore Hill School Committee Minutes, 1806 to 1814
Minutes of the Ore (also spelled "Oar") Hill school committee, 1806 to 1814. These minutes begin with the meeting held on September 26, 1806.

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This document is now available to the…

James P. Cooley Letters to Silas Noble, 1855
Two letters from James P. Cooley to his business partner Silas Noble, concerning the Noble & Cooley company. The company was founded in 1854 and these recently discovered (August 2021) letters are the earliest known company correspondence.

Granville Heirloom Recipes, Part One
Old recipes. No guarantees, bakers beware! There may be gems and there may be duds. Baking times and temps are often not provided because the recipes typically predate modern ovens.

Recipes in Part One are from the recipe collection of Sophia…

Isaac W. Barker Family Letters, Civil War
Letters relating to Isaac W. Barker (1841-1862), born in North Blandford, Massachusetts, the son of Thomas F. Barker and Clarissa Watkins Barker. Like many young people of the time Isaac left Blandford and went west to Ohio where he lived with the…
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