This photograph of the north lawn of Blithewood was probably taken soon after Bard College acquired the estate in November of 1951. At that time, and on the death of his mother, Christian Zabriskie donated (in exchange for $1) the property to...
This billhead documents Mr. J. B. Tuthill's purchase of 1409 pounds of ground meal from F. B. Seely's mill in West Chester. Note: Some stone work from this mill and one of the penstock piers survives.
Chester produce was often sold in New York City by wholesalers for local farmers on a commission basis. This statement on an illustrated billhead documents one such transaction.
This Sugar waybill, is one example of the items, both routine and unique that nineteenth century rural farmers relied on the railroads to deliver. Although Jesse Woodhull's farm was about halfway between the Craigville and Oxford depots, in the...
