colbyColgateClevelandPhotos_beechHillHouse_ _002

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title: Beech Hill House

subject: Dwellings

subject: Hopkinton (N.H.)

subject: Colby, Elsie

subject: Colby, Melvin, Sr.

subject: Colby, Melvin, Jr.

description: A sepia-toned photograph of a house with three people visible near it. The woman is Elsie Abbott Colby, widow of Moses Colby. The man with a horse is Melvin Colby, Jr. The man with the two oxen is Melvin Colby, Sr. Written on the back of the photograph: "Anthony Colby's house in Hopkinton, New Hampshire. He built it in 1788. Anthony's son James B. Colby inherited it and passed it on to his son, Moses. Moses then passed it on to his son, Melvin. Melvin sold it to D. F. Fisk (date unknown).

source: Beech Hill House, Box 2, Folder 20, Colby Colgate Cleveland Photographic Materials, MS2001.086

publisher: Colby-Sawyer College, Cleveland Colby Colgate Archives

date: approximately 1880-1881

rights: Requests to reproduce this item should be sent to the Cleveland Colby Colgate Archives.

format: image/jpeg

type: Image

identifier: colbyColgateClevelandPhotos_beechHillHouse_ _002

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