Name/Title
Scrapbook, Pine Point/Palmer FamilyEntry/Object ID
2017.168.001Scope and Content
Scrapbook created by the donor, containing newspaper articles about Pine Point, letters to Alexander S. Palmer and others, receipts for items purchased for the home, deeds to cemetery plots and locations around town, tax lists, company shares, items relating to the Palmer Family Association, in addition to some correspondence to Priscilla Dixon Loper.
Scrapbook contains:
a. Loose article on the sale of the Palmer House to Ferdinand Valenti and Thomas Quirk
b. Newspaper article on the sale of Pine Point to Thomas Aalund
c. Warranty Deed of Richard F. Loper Catharine Wilcox, July 5, 1876
d. Receipt of town taxes paid by Alexander S. Palmer, May 2, 1884
e. Bill of Sale - land purchased by Alexander S. Palmer from W. Halloran(?) 1852 for $450
f. Receipt from Joshua Haley, Jr. for items purchased by Mrs. Alexander Palmer, September 1, 1854
g. Unofficial Divorce agreement for Elizabeth Palmer Babcock, 1924, created by her husband
h. Pay stub receipt for work done by Alden (?) Palmer jr., 1868
i. Receipt of fruit trees bought by Capt. Alex Palmer from G. Smith, 1849
j. Receipt, Captain A.S. Palmer to Haley Chesebro, November 26, 1881
k. Description of land purchased of Martha O'Halloran in 1852
l. Taxable property list of C.T.S (?)
m. Receipt from Schanck Downing (french window glass) for purchases by Mr. A.S. Palmer, October 21, 1853
n. Receipt of cash payment made by Captain Alexander S. Palmer to Joseph Kinney, 1869-1871
o. Epitaphs copied from headstones in Mystic Burial Ground: Desire Edlridge, Frances Niles, Nancy Williams
p. Receipt, marked Paid
q. Letter from C.P Dixon to Alex, 1850 concerning the construction of the house
r. Deed from Giles Babcock and others to R.F. Loper, 1862
s. Taxable list of Alex S. Palmer, 1891
t. Taxable List of Alex S. Palmer, 1884
u. Deed of Stonington Cemetery Association to Alex S. Palmer, 1867
v. Stock Certificate of the Pure Milk Company for Jonathan N. Harris, 1880
w. Newspaper article "Russian Explorer's Memoirs Give Lie to Antarctic Claims"
x. Palmer Genealogical Record, 1880 "Noyes F. Palmer"
y. Genealogical Notes Cheseborough line
z. Publication Announcement of Palmer Record, Vol. 1 by Noyes F. Palmer
aa. Coat of Arms of the Palmer family description
bb. Holiday Greetings from the Streeters
cc. Map of Long Island Sound and description of visit to see warships
dd. Club started, list of members, many prominent Stonington namesCollection
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