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قراءة كتاب Two Centuries of New Milford Connecticut An Account of the Bi-Centennial Celebration of the Founding of the Town Held June 15, 16, 17, and 18, 1907, With a Number of Historical Articles and Reminiscences

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Two Centuries of New  Milford Connecticut
An Account of the Bi-Centennial Celebration of the Founding
of the Town Held June 15, 16, 17, and 18, 1907, With a
Number of Historical Articles and Reminiscences

Two Centuries of New Milford Connecticut An Account of the Bi-Centennial Celebration of the Founding of the Town Held June 15, 16, 17, and 18, 1907, With a Number of Historical Articles and Reminiscences

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Regiment. Lieutenant John Phelps’s Troop of Horse. New Milford men in Sixth Company, Fourth Regiment, Continental Line. New Milford Men in Captain Kimberley’s Company, Second Regiment, Continental Line. New Milford men who served under Lieutenant-Colonel Canfield in the Tryon invasion. New Milford members of the Society of the Cincinnati.

The War of 1812 53 The Mexican War 53 The Civil War 54 List of men from New Milford who had service in the Civil War. Recapitulation. The Spanish-American War 66 RECOLLECTIONS OF OLD NEW MILFORD HOMES. By Alice Merwin Bostwick 67 The pre-Revolutionary houses. The great chimney. The good cooking of the early days. The hard work. The quilting bee. The shoemaker. The schoolmaster. Homeless wanderers. Indians from the Reservation. The calls of the parson. Visiting. Sunday. Fast Day. Thanksgiving. The long winters. Comparison of the life then and now. UNCHARTERED INSTITUTIONS. By Frederic Knapp 75 The general “sitting-down” place. Levi Knapp’s store. Its influence. Remarkable longevity of its habitués. TRAINING DAYS IN THE ’FORTIES, AS TOLD BY AN OLD BOY. By Frederic Knapp 78 Emerson’s appreciation of boys. Training day the day of the year. Off for a good time. On the parade-ground. At the tavern. The evolutions of the train-band. The lessons taught. REMARKABLE LONGEVITY OF NEW MILFORD CITIZENS. By Minot S. Giddings 81 ACTIVITIES OF NEW MILFORD IN LATER YEARS 84 Original extent of New Milford. Well watered and fertilized. Beauty of the landscape. Growth of the town. The production of milk and butter. Account of the tobacco industry, by Vincent B. Sterling. The hatting industry. The button industry. The furniture industry. The manufacture of machinery. Paper making. Grist mills and saw mills. The iron industry. Cloth making. Operations in wood and lumber. Quarrying and burning lime rock. The electric light plant. The New Milford Power Company. Pottery making. Account of the Bridgeport Wood Finishing Company by George B. Calhoun. Education in New Milford. The early schools. The Housatonic Institute. Adelphi Institute. The Center School. The first kindergarten. The Ingleside School. The New Milford churches. The Memorial Hall and Library. The New Milford newspapers. The New Milford Brass Band. Roger Sherman Hall. The banks. The Agricultural Society. The water supply. The fire department. The fires of New Milford. The fire of 1902. Recovering from the fire of 1902. Recent growth and improvements. THE STORY OF NEW MILFORD TOLD IN CHRONOLOGICAL EPITOME. By Russell B. Noble and Minot S. Giddings 98 RECORD OF THE PUBLIC SERVICES OF ROGER SHERMAN. By Hon. Ebenezer J. Hill 115 PART II
THE BI-CENTENNIAL EXERCISES INCEPTION AND ORGANIZATION.   Call for a meeting in the New Milford Gazette. The meeting. Preamble and resolution adopted. Further action of the meeting. Meeting of the General Committee of Arrangements on July 6, 1906. Action of this meeting. Officers. Sub-committees. Duties of sub-committees. Assessments. Other sub-committees. Names of the officers and members of the General Committee of Arrangements. The members of the special committees. The work accomplished by the various committees. The Finance Committee. The Executive Committee. The Committee on Exercises. The appointment of district committees. Names of the members of the district committees. The Committee on Refreshments. The Committee on Decorations. The Committee on Publicity. The Committee of Invitation, Reception and Entertainment. The Committee on Religious Observances. The Committee of Public Safety. The Historical Committee. The Loan Exhibit Committee. The Committee on Colonial Features. The Committee on Colonial Reception. The Committee on Vocal Music. Rest houses. Committee of Public Health and Comfort. Marshal’s aides. Faithfulness and efficiency of the committees. THE OPENING EXERCISES 136 The weather. Beauty of the decorations on “The Green.” The Doxology rendered by the chimes of all Saints’. The Invocation. Address of welcome by Charles N. Hall. The flag-raising. THE LOAN EXHIBITION 140 Richness of the collection. Source of joy to the aged and a means of instruction for the young. An exemplification of public spirit. Possibility of a permanent museum. A complete list of the exhibits. THE OLD HOME GATHERING

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