Name/Title
CorrespondenceEntry/Object ID
2019.213.443Scope and Content
Collection of personal correspondence to Dr. Frederic C. Paffard relating to the Stone Acres Farm, 1931-1958.
*last will and testament of Walter H. Paffard and Henrietta Paffard with details about the inheritance of Dr. Frederic C. Paffard and his children Elizabeth, Jane and Frederic Jr., November 22, 1931
*Letter to Paffard from Warren Shattuck re. Paffard's resignation from Brooklyn Eye and Ear Hospital, July 1938
*Letter to Paffard from the Sisters of the Poor of St. Francis re. Paffard's resignation from St. Peter's Hospital in Brooklyn, July 1938
*Letter to Paffard from the Medical Board of St. Peter's Hospital in Brooklyn re. Paffard's resignation, July 1938
*Letter to Paffard from Frank Nay re. a photograph of the former propreitor of Stone Acres Farm, Eugene Edwards, July 1938
*Letter to Paffard from Worthington Campbell re. thanks for shelter and hospitality during the '38 Hurricane, September 1938
*Letter to Paffard from Mrs. Augustus Hemenway, re. thanks for shelter and hospitality during the '38 Hurricane, September 1938
*Letter to Paffard (spelled Dr. Taffard) from Edward Brown re. thanks for shelter and hospitality during the '38 Hurricane, October 1938
*2 news clippings describing the tidal wave that overturned the train in Stonington during the 1938 Hurricane. Several survivors of this wreck sheltered at the Paffard residence at Stone Acres. One clipping specifically references Mrs. Augustus Hemenway and Dr. Frederic Paffard.
*2 letters to Paffard from Yale University (Jonathan Edwards College and the Gallery of Fine Arts) re. the donation of the Edwards Family portraits, November and December, 1938. (Eugene Edwards was a descendant of the preacher Jonathan Edwards).
*Letter to Paffard from Dr. R. Garfield Snyder, re. patient's health history, January 1939
*Letter to Paffard from Arthur Sheafer re. death of Eugene Edwards, June 1939
*Letter to Paffard from friend, Dr. Alfred Henderson, November 1939
*Letter from Dr. Paffard to Thomas Lucy re. property valuation and inheritance of Stone Acres Farm, June 1940
*Letter to Paffard from Alice Recknagel re. proposal for landscaping at Stone Acres Farm, June 1940
*Letter to Paffard from his daughter-in-law, Edith Paffard, June 1940
*letter from the IRS in regards to the 1938 Income Tax Return from the Estate of Eugene P. Edwards, June 8, 1940
*Letter to Paffard from neighbor Clarence Wimpfheimer re. purchase of hay, November 1940
*Letter to Paffard from William Ostman re. an outstanding bill, August 1941
*Letter from Dr. Paffard to Fred Jr., re. Stone Acres Dairy Farm, including new homogenized milk caps, February 1941
*Letter from Dr. Paffard to Mr. Wimpfheimer re. fires on the property, March 1943
*WWII era letter from Dr. Paffard to the Ration Board of Stonington re. application for fuel oil, June 1943
*2 letters from Fred Paffard to his son, Fred Paffard Jr., July 1943. Describes life at Stone Acres (with references to Chip and Freddy Anderson, Elizabeth "Libby" Anderson, Edith Paffard and Wynne Paffard) as well as references to the local draft board and Stonington WWII news
*WWII era to Paffard from Edward Urband at the Groton Army Air Field re. combat training flights
*WWII era letter from Dr. Paffard to Hon. Frank Barlow about the recent erection of new street signs (Oxacosset Creek, Donahue's Brook, Anguilla Brook, Aquila, Quiambaug and Cobb's Brook)
*Collection of letters to Dr. Paffard from his son, Frederic Paffard, Jr., during Fred Jr.'s military service, 1943-1945
*letter to Dr. Paffard from the Office of Price Administration, July 3, 1944. Envelope contains oil rations and mile rations from the War Price and Rationing Board, and receipts for oil from William Bindloss.
*birthday card to Fred Paffard from his granddaughters Wynne, Jane and Heidi, addressed to Stone Acres, June 19, 1947
*letter to Dr. Frederic Paffard from Stephen Hurlbut, Curator of the Stonington Historical Society, acknowledging donations to the society, May 1950
*letter to Dr. Paffard from the Court of Common Fault to Dr. Paffard re. "Motion for Aquittal," May 15, 1958Collection
Stone Acres Collection