Lincoln’s Visit to Dorchester No. 23264 Map showing Lincoln’s visit to the area In 1848 Abraham Lincoln came to the northeast to campaign for the candidacy of Zachary Taylor for the office of President of the United States. Taylor’s nomination was...
Israel Stoughton built Dorchester’s first mill in 1634. The Dorchester Town Records contain an entry for Monday, November 3, 1633 that says “It is generally agreed that Mr. Israel Stoughton shall build a water mill, if he see cause.”[1] By the following January, the...
Gilbert Stuart School No. 2744 Postcard. Caption on front: Gilbert Stuart School, Dorchester Lower Mills, Mass. Written out but not sent. On verso: Pub. by Thomson & Thomson, Boston, Mass. No. 1566. Printed in Germany.
Lower Mills No. 2608 Postcard. Postally unused. On verso: At Milton Lower Mills is located the Baker Chocolate Company, on the site of the first grist mill in New England and the first chocolate mill in America. The Suffolk Resolutions were signed at the Vose Tavern,...
Walter Baker Chocolate Mills No. 2607 Postcard. Caption on front: Walter Baker Chocolate Mills, Milton, Mass. Postmarked July 3, 1905 at Dorchester Center Station with one-cent stamp.
