Faulkner-Hull Collection

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The Faulkner-Hull collection is a compilation of ephemera primarily from the 18th, 19th and early 20th centuries, with items recording experiences from personal, daily life and observations to historic events. Items have been transcribed and, in some cases, the individuals and/or businesses researched.

Letters

Election Items

Greenville, Bond County, Illinois Poll Book, 16 May 1863

Letters

1848 Kentucky Letter: L. W. Gunther to Charles H. Blake

1852 Letter: Luther Howard to Flecher Archer, Kentucky

Newspapers

Pamphlets

Lydia Ann Chadwick’s Peace Catechism of 1816

Magazines

Deeds

Envelopes

Miss M. Jennie Ogier cover, ca. 1870, Ohio-Pennsylvania

Maps

Business

1886 Telephone Service Payment Receipt signed by Mary Irwin

Diaries

Church Records

Certificates

1864 John A. Granstaff and Elizabeth Phillis marriage certificate

Photographs

Aunt Priscilla Blanchard, ca. 1900, Portland, Maine

Funeral Items

Bible Records

Postcards

Advertising

Gambling

Item List by Date

1816 Lydia Ann Chadwick’s Peace Catechism

1841-1860 Washington Presbyterian Church
minutes, Guernsey County, Ohio

1848 Letter: L. W. Gunther to Charles H. Blake

1852 Letter: Luther Howard of Louisville to Flecher Archer

1857 Ann M. Hull Diary

1863 Greenville, Bond County, Illinois Poll Book

1864 John A. Granstaff and Elizabeth Phillis marriage certificate

1870 ca, Jennie Ogier envelope, postmarked Cambridge, Guernsey County, Ohio

1886 Central Penn’A Telephone and Supply Co. Payment Receipt, 1 Oct 1886, signed by Mary Irwin, Collector

1900 ca, Aunt Priscilla Blanchard photograph, Portland, Maine

From the blog

April 2020

What would our ancestors say?

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April 2020

Spring arrived

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April 2020

Normalizing by doing what is normal

The last week flew by primarily because I got back to doing what I did the majority of the time before the pandemic started. Sure, we didn’t go to any […]

April 2020

Groundhog Days

From our couch, we can see a groundhog that lives in the field between our apartment and the ocean. We see him come out of the ground and walk around very close to his home a few times a week. Gee, who does that sound like?

March 2020

We escaped

On Saturday, 21 March at 8:30 AM we escaped. It was a little chilly and kind of grey this morning. Drinking coffee and looking out at the ocean, we noted […]

March 2020

Flattening the Curve

While there were several contenders for week one’s most-used phrase – social distancing, self-isolating, stay the [insert your favorite term] home – flattening the curve is essentially what it is […]

March 2020

We've always been early adopters

So, why did we enter into self-imposed isolation on 12 March 2020 before it was suggested or required for people with no symptoms or exposure? We knew it was going […]

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Faulkner-Hull Collection

Election Items

Letters

Newspapers

Pamphlets

Magazines

Deeds

Envelopes

Maps

Business

Diaries

Church Records

Certificates

Photographs

Funeral Items

Bible Records

Postcards

Advertising

Gambling

Item List by Date

From the blog

What would our ancestors say?

Spring arrived

Normalizing by doing what is normal

Groundhog Days

Will life go back to normal after the coronavirus pandemic?

We escaped

Flattening the Curve

We've always been early adopters