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Shaker Credit Report
Transcribed by Bruce R. Tucker of the Alfred Historical Committee Lawyer Samuel Came did local work for the R.G.Dunn collection agency...
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Samuel Wormwood’s Travail
By Bruce R. Tucker, Alfred Historical Society The summer of 1812 found Samuel Wormwood, joiner, of Alfred with little to do. Samuel was...
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That Noble Threshing Machine
by Bruce R. Tucker of the Alfred Historical Committee Seldom, when we grab a bag of flour or loaf of bread off the supermarket shelf, do...
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Morgan Lewis - Revolutionary Soldier
by Bruce R. Tucker, Alfred Historical Society Sweating and foaming, the horse clattered into Morgan Lewis’s Alfred dooryard. The mud...
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Parsons Memorial Library Construction
by Bruce R. Tucker of the Alfred Historical Committee [Taken from Bennett Quarry paper] PARSONS LIBRARY It was during Charles Bennett’s...
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Ike Whitten
by Bruce R. Tucker of the Alfred Historical Committee Isaiah Whitten leaned heavily on his hoe and gazed across the fields, sweat running...
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Griffin's Family
by Bruce R. Tucker of the Alfred Historical Committee Local legend says that Eliphalet Griffin, local blacksmith, was hastening to...
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The Village Fire of Nov. 1861: Replacing the Town Hall and the Village School buildings
by Bruce R. Tucker, Alfred Historical George Came Diary: Sunday Nov. 3, 1861: "Great Fire in the village last night. Mr. Stimson’s house...
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Alfred Embroidery Mill
by Bruce Tucker, Alfred Historical Society The concept of having an exotic manufacturing facility like an embroidery mill in Alfred is...
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The Coxhall Proprietors
by Bruce Tucker, Alfred Historical Society When we think of York County’s great landed proprietaries, the first name that springs to mind...
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Alfred's First Family: The Coffins
By Bruce Tucker, Alfred Historical Society The fall of Quebec in 1759 signaled the end of France’s domination in Canada and a cessation...
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Berry Tavern: "that eligible situation in Alfred Village
By Bruce R. Tucker, Alfred Historical Society Alfred village did not always look as it does today. In 1800, the village area was largely...
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Free Persons of Color: The Averys of Waterboro, ME
by Bruce R. Tucker, Alfred Historical Society Historically the black population of Alfred and Waterboro has never been large, in fact, it...
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I Hear the Trains a-Coming
By Bruce R. Tucker, Alfred Historical Society The arrival of the railroad in Alfred was an eagerly awaited event. There were few things a...
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Alfred’s Bank
By Bruce R. Tucker, Alfred Historical Society At the close of the 18th century, Alfred began to feel growing pains. It had evolved from a...
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Drafting Soldiers is all the Talk
By Bruce R. Tucker, Alfred Historical Society The spring of 1862 arrived as all springs do in Alfred, eagerly anticipated and full of...
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THE FLU IN ALFRED 1918 & 1919
by Bruce R. Tucker, Oct. 2020 The Spanish Influenza epidemic of 1918-1919 killed more people than the battlefields of WWI. Only 3% of...
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Depending on the severity of the storm predicted for Saturday, 9/16, the Library may be closed.
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