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Forty etchings : from sketches made with the camera lucida, in North America, in 1827 and 1828 ... / By Captain Basil Hall.
Map of the United States and Canada shewing Capt.n Hall's route through those countries in 1827 & 1828.
Teeth drawn from the Mouth of Henry Sheldon, Collected and cataloged by himself
A set of five teeth, accompanied by two notes written by Henry Sheldon (prior home of said teeth): one written in 1897 detailing the order and occasion in which each tooth was pulled. Another written in 1899 giving the reason for pulling the last…
Cigar holder from a crippled chicken bone
This cigar holder was made from the leg bone of a crippled chicken.
Sheldon Art Museum Advertisement, Soliciting Donations. Middlebury Register 1888
Sheldon Art Museum Advertisement , Middlebury Register Vol. LIII, No. 51, Dec 21, 1888.
"An Old Vermont Law Resuscitated," Middlebury Register Sept 28, 1906, p. 2
Account of the role of Henry Sheldon's Museum collection in helping to verify the standard and reinstate a law concerning currency in the state of Vermont.
"Death of Antiquarian" The Barre Daily Times, Vol 10, No 297, Friday, March 1, 1907. Front page
Obituary for Henry Sheldon in Barre Newspaper
"Tuesday's Election" MIddlebury Register, Vol LVII, No. 37, Sept 9, 1892. Front Page
lively account of the first ballot election in Vermont at Middlebury. Henry Sheldon is one of the main candidates for state representative.
Mayflower Relic, Vermont Phoenix, Vol LX, No.18, Friday, May 5, 1893. Front Page
notice on the front page of Vermont newspaper, United States
under "General Vermont News" an account of the extent of the Sheldon Museum Collection 1896
entry under "General Vermont News" in Essex County Herald, Vol XIII, No 47, Friday, February 28, 1896
Burst Mayflower Bubble, Professor Anteek played Hob with Mrs. Jones' Rare Relics, Herald and News, December 14, 1899, p.4
newspaper humorous fiction, parody, mayflower