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Cover of the Transactions of the Hingham Agricultural and Horticultural Society, for the Year 1876This item is the cover of the Transactions of the Hingham Agricultural and Horticultural Society, for the Year of 1876. It includes a drawing of a…
Excerpt From the Speeches of John A. Andrew at Hingham and Boston, Together With His Testimony Before the Harper's Ferry Committee of the Senate, In Relation to John Brown. Also The Republican Platform and Other MattersThese materials are excerpts from a pamphlet detailing several speeches made by Governor John Albion Andrew. This particular speech was made in…
Letter to the Editor of the Hingham Journal by Daisy JaneyThis item is a letter to the editor of the Hingham Journal from Daisy Janey. It was published in the newspaper on March 7, 1969. Janey discusses the…
Title page from A Memorial Volume Containing the Exercises at the Dedication of the Statue of John A. Andrew, At Hingham, October 8, 1875; Together with an Account of the Organization and Proceedings of the John A. Andrew Monument AssociationThis item is the title page of a booklet that discusses several subjects, including: the formation and organization of the John A. Andrew Monument…
Title Page of the Book This Is AmericaThis image is the title page of the book This Is America, which was written by First Lady Eleanor Roosevelt with photographs taken by Hingham resident…
54th Massachusetts Regiment Recruiting PosterThis image is a poster attempting to recruit African American men into the 54th Massachusetts Regiment during the American Civil War. It discusses…
A List of the Persons Belonging to the First Foot Company of Hingham, and What Each of Them Have Paid in the War from an Age of Sixteen to Sixty, March 30th 1757This document is a list of all members in the First Foot Company of Hingham, Mass. as of March 30, 1857. These would have been men prepared to fight…
Billhead from the Downer Kerosene Oil Company, 1869This item is a billhead indicating that A. Hollingsworth bought, and paid for, $56.30 of materials from the Downer Kerosene Oil Company. The top of…
Cemetery Sketches by George LincolnThis is a set of three papers detailing information about the gravestones of different historic Hingham residents. The handwritten material includes…
Cover of the 1890 Players' National League Baseball GuideThis item is the cover of the 1890 Players' National League Baseball Guide. There is an image of the League's Logo in the top, left-hand corner. It…