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2019.650.004Scope and Content
Collection of stories relating to Stonington history and the railroads by local historian H.F. Thomas, a longtime Stonington Borough resident who worked as the signal operator for the NY, NH & Hartford Railroad at the Stonington Station. In his retirement he was a prolific author with an interest in local history and frequent magazine contributor:
*"Whistler's Father (Major George Washington Whistler): One of the Greatest Americans, the Greatest of the Early Railroaders," including Whistler family genealogy and history of the Stonington Railroad
*"The Stonington Traveler (Humorous)" personal annecdote from Harry F. Thomas re. Stonington Railroad travel
*"The Pennsylvania Western Comes Alive," re. general railroad history
*"Old Age Contentment," includes description of events at the Stonington Railroad Station on the day of the 1938 Hurricane by Harry Thomas who was operating the signal
*"Our Ancient New England Terrain," with a focus on New England geology
*"Captain David S. Babcock of Stonington, Conn." describes the experiences of Charlotte Noyes Babcock at sea with her husband Captain David Sherman Babcock, 1850s
*"Adendum," re. the Whistler House on Main Street, Stonington
*"The Last of the Mohegans," re. the death of Burrill Hyde Fielding of the Mohegan tribe and Mohegan and Pequot history.
*"North American Indians and the Whites"
*"The 1957 Hurricanes"
*"Seashore Weather," describing Stonington weather
*handwritten essay re. Steamboats, especially the New York - Providence Line.
*"A New Haven Road Epic: A Tribute to its Management," re. George Washington Wheeler
*photocopied news article from the Stonington Mirror, December 13, 1938: "Harry F. Thomas Honored by Railroad Officials for Fine Record of Service"Collection
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