The Winterthur Library

The Joseph Downs Collection of Manuscripts and Printed Ephemera

Henry Francis du Pont Winterthur Museum, Winterthur, DE 19735

302-888-4600 or 800-448-3883

OVERVIEW OF THE COLLECTION

Creator: [unknown]

Title: Photograph album

Dates: 1895-1897

Call No.: Doc. 182

Acc. No.: 90x84

Quantity: 1 volume (50 pages)

Location: 31 B

BIOGRAPHICAL STATEMENT

The album was assembled by an unknown person.

SCOPE AND CONTENT

Consists of 92 photographs of historic sites in Massachusetts (33 photographs), New York (28), Vermont (13), Pennsylvania (11), New Hampshire (2), and in Arlington National Cemetery, Arlington, VA (2), and Oak Ridge Cemetery, Georgetown, Washington, D.C. (2). There is also one unidentified photograph. The photographs are accompanied with typed descriptions of the building, monument, or site and its significance. Many of these notes include the date on which the photograph was taken. Many of the sites have Revolutionary War connections.

ORGANIZATION

The photos are in no particular order. All the photos from one town are not necessarily found together. A few photos are loose.

LANGUAGE OF MATERIALS

The materials are in English.

RESTRICTIONS ON ACCESS

Collection is open to the public. Copyright restrictions may apply.

PROVENANCE

Purchased from Charles B. Wood.

ACCESS POINTS

Topics:

Arlington National Cemetery (Arlington, Va.) - Photographs.

Oak Ridge Cemetery (Washington, D.C.) - Photographs.

Historic buildings - Massachusetts - Photographs.

Historic buildings - Pennsylvania - Photographs.

Historic buildings - New York (State) - Photographs.

Historic buildings - Vermont - Photographs.

Historic sites - Massachusetts - Photographs.

Historic sites - Pennsylvania - Photographs.

Historic sites - New York (State) - Photographs.

Historic sites - New Hampshire - Photographs.

Historic sites - Vermont - Photographs.

Sepulchral monuments - Photographs.

Soldiers’ monuments - Photographs.

United States – History – Revolution, 1775-1783 – Pictorial works.

Albums.

Photoprints.

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE COLLECTION

Location: 31 B

List of photos, arranged by state and then by towns or cities in which photographs were taken:

Loose photo: grave of Capt. Stephen Hay (location not given)

Massachusetts:

Berkeley: Dighton Rock

East Medford: Matthew Craddock house (2 views)

Haverhill: birthplace of John Greenleaf Whittier

Lexington: monument to mark site of first church;

Boulder to mark line of Minute Men at Battle of Lexington (2 views);

Belfry from which rang the alarm on April 19, 1775;

Hancock-Clark house;

Monument to Capt. John Parker;

Hancock-Clarke parsonage (4 interior views)

Medford: Gov. John Brooks house, more commonly called Jonathan Watson house (2 views);

Isaac Royal house (“Hobgoblin Hall”)

Middleboro: Eddyville Village;

Old blacksmith shop

Pittsfield: monument to the Rev. Thomas Allen;

Gold-Plunkett house (home of grandfather of Longfellow’s wife)

Plymouth: James and Mercy Warren house;

Grave of James and Mercy Warren;

Graves of Dr. and Mrs. Francis Le Baron and Dr. Lazarus Le Baron

Somerville: headquarters of Gen. Charles Lee

Wareham: grave of Israel Fearing (and his wife);

Grave of Lt. Josiah Smith, one of Washington’s Life Guards

Watertown: Fowle house;

site of First Parish Church;

Coolidge Tavern;

grave yard at corner of Arlington and Mt. Auburn Streets;

former home of General Knox;

house where Paul Revere made first provincial currency of Mass.

Williamstown: tree to mark site of Fort Massachusetts

New Hampshire:

Endicott Rock: canopy over the rock (2 views)

New York:

Danube (near Little Falls): Castle Church;

Monument to Gen. Nicholas Herkimer;

Gen. Nicholas Herkimer residence (2 views)

Fort Ann: site of the battle, 1777;

Site of the fort

Fort Edward: near site of fort, looking down river, Rogers Island in distance;

Jane McCrea spring

Fort Miller: rapids in river, down which Putnam fled in his canoe

Fort Plain: Old Palatine Church (Lutheran)

Glens Falls: cave mentioned in J. F. Cooper’s novel The Last of the Mohicans;

Bloody Pond

Herkimer: oldest building;

Old church (German Flats church)

Johnstown: residence of Sir William Johnson

Palatine Bridge: monument to Col. John Brown (killed 1780)

Schuylerville: tree making surrender site of British on Oct. 17, 1777;

Lovelace Hills, where Moses Lovelace was buried (loose in album);

site of Dovecot Housel

Gen. Fraser’s burial place near Wilbur’s Basin;

Stillwater marker on Breyman’s Hill (2 views);

in the basin looking toward Ackland marker (loose in album);

marker on Freeman’s farm

Ticonderoga: Mount Defiance from ruins of old fort;

Line of embankment erected by Montcalm;

Ruins of old barracks

Whitehall: Putnam’s Rock and river

Pennsylvania:

Bethlehem: old waterworks on Manocasy [sic] River;

Moravian church (2 views);

Bell house, formerly a school (2 views);

commercial buildings (street scene);

Moravian Sun Inn;

oldest house in Bethlehem

Wyoming: battle monument;

Queen Esther’s rock;

ruins of Col. Jenkins’ house

Vermont:

Bellows Falls: river below railroad bridge

Bennington: site of Gen. Stark’s second camp;

catamount monument

Castleton: village green

East Hubbardtown: rock on battlefield, 1777;

battle monument

Salisbury: sites of Ann Story’s cave and house (3 views, one loose in album)

Shoreham : grave of Thomas Rowley;

Grave of Elijah Kelley;

Grave of Daniel Newton

Westminster: monument to William French

Virginia:

Arlington Cemetery, Arlington: grave of General Philip Henry Sheridan;

Summer house

Washington, D.C.

Oak Ridge Cemetery: grave of John Howard Payne (author of “Home, Sweet Home”)

Grave of James G. Blaine