Title:
The Town Farm: Ledyard, CT
Author:
Kimball, Carol W.
Subjects:
homeless persons
the poor
paupers
welfare
colonial life
the poor
paupers
welfare
colonial life
Object ID:
PF 24.2 #215
Object Name:
Pamphlet, File
Category:
6: T&E For Communication
Subcategory:
Written Communication T&E
Publisher:
Tidings, Inc.
Publication Place:
Westerly, R.I.
Pubication Date:
June 1990
Collection:
Tidings
Summary:
Carol Kimball tells the reader what a poor farm was and how it was used to house the town's paupers. She also reveals the stories of some of the farm's 20th Century owners including Geoffrey & Catherine Moore of Westerly and the novelist Morton H. Thompson, Not As A Stranger (book). (Photos)
People:
Williams, Erastus (Selectman) (1836)
Williams, William
Brown, Robert O.
Brown, Dorothy
Gray, Luther C.
Gallup, Henry A.
Pennoyer, Edward A.
Moore, Geoffrey
Moore, Catherine
Cummings, John, Jr.
Thompson, Morton H. (novelist)
Thompson, Frances Pindyck
Bell, Jan
Williams, William
Brown, Robert O.
Brown, Dorothy
Gray, Luther C.
Gallup, Henry A.
Pennoyer, Edward A.
Moore, Geoffrey
Moore, Catherine
Cummings, John, Jr.
Thompson, Morton H. (novelist)
Thompson, Frances Pindyck
Bell, Jan
Search Terms:
Ledyard Poor Farm
Cider Hill Farm
Morwood Farm
Pook Hill Farm
Cider Hill Farm
Morwood Farm
Pook Hill Farm