Download or read book Historical Papers Relating to the Henry Whitfield House, Guilford, Connecticut (Classic Reprint) written by Henry Whitfield Museum and published by . This book was released on 2015-07-09 with total page 76 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from Historical Papers Relating to the Henry Whitfield House, Guilford, Connecticut The following papers have been printed before in two different pamphlets and are here reproduced together on account of their common historical character. A smaller pamphlet, "The Henry Whitfield House," of which a second edition was issued about two years ago, covers part of the same ground and gives a few additional details. The first and longest article is taken by the kind permission of the New Haven Colony Historical Society from; the seventh volume of the Society's "Papers," though somewhat abbreviated. The other four come from the "Proceedings at the Formal Opening of the State Historical Museum, 1904." Much interesting matter in the last-named pamphlet is omitted, as relating rather to the "Opening" than to the story of the House. The manuscripts followed in printing were furnished by the various writers, who are alone responsible for their historical accuracy. The ground plan and perpendicular section of the original fireplace were kindly sent by the architect who designed the exhibition-room, Mr. Norman M. Isham of Providence. Attention is called to the note following Mrs. Cheney's paper, which contains additional information of much interest concerning Whitfield. It may be noticed that as the State Historical Museum is in the Henry Whitfield House, the former name is sometimes used to designate the building. It seems worth while to add a brief account of the view showing approximately the "supposed appearance of the exterior" of the House when the Whitfields lived in it, since this view is referred to in the first paper as possessing a kind of authority. We are indebted for this cut to Mr. Charles H. Scholey of the Guilford Shore Line Times. It is based on a drawing made by the late Myron B. Benton of Amenia, N. Y., in 1862. This drawing appeared as a steel engraving (with a short article from Mr. Benton's pen), in the Ladies Repository for June, 1863. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.