Browse Items · Local History: Mansfield, CT

The Mansfield Poor House: A Forgotten Institution, 1861-1922

Mansfield's Poor House, established in 1861, was on the grounds of Maple View Farm and run by the local Barrows and Gardiner families.

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Part of larger series

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Catalog lists as Volume 1, though do not have additional volumes

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Collection of materials from the grist mill, written at various points during that period of time

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Published in Hartford, signed by author.

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Poetry by local author, farmer

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Includes identified photos, list of Friends of the Garden, Newspaper article about stone work

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