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This collection consists of correspondence, deeds and mortgage papers concerning land and buildings at 1975 Mill Plain Road sold by Russell Lombard to Arthur and Frederick Adams who ran a wholesale florist business there. This property was sold to Joseph Neverdousky in 1960.

John's correspondence includes a letter from P. T. Barnum concerning preparations for the upcoming agricultural fair (1 Sept. 1851). Other letters relate to farming or family news. Evidently John was active in the Fairfield County Agricultural Society--the collection includes a copy of the society's constitution; lists of committee members; statements of crops raised by Hull Sherwood and Sons, 1850, attested to by David Sherwood; essays on the benefits of agricultural societies and a report on feed crops. The genealogy notes primarily concern the Shelton family. The school records encompass a note, 1867, from Anna Godfrey to Dimon Bradley, both of Easton, concerning the end of school terms and who appears to be an attendance record.