Gloucester County Democrat., 1912-05-02
LOAN EXHIBIT A SUCCESS.

UiUuCeSttF SVuuIy HlctUIIChl CVClcty
Fills Howell Mansion With Unique
| MementOs of County History and fI
~ of the Colonial Times. FL
MORE THAN 1900 ARTICLES OF
VIEW.
The Loan Exhibition which the
Gloucester County Historical Society
has been preparing for many weeks
came to pass yesterday afternoon,
when the Howell Mansion at 109 S.
Broad street, Woodbury., was opened
to the public.
Once inside the old brick building,
the she was such that the most op-
timisffc could scarcely have antici-
pated The wallis of the hallway were
hung with old swords, a floor plank
ing from the old frigate Augusta a
powder horn exhibited by Joshua
Park, pocket knife by Ellen Mat
lock and other articles Turning to
the left, one saw running the length
of the two rooms a table full of old
china, of platters, of old books, me-
dallions, etc. Standing around the
room were many cabinets filled with
rare and interesting pieces of crock
cry, documents, china-ware, cabinets
and SilverWare.
On the second floor, three rooms
were filled with more of the exhibits.
There was a room devoted largely to
work done by women, the grand-moth-
ers and the great-grandmothers while
the room adjoining was overflowing
with the deeds, certificates, letters and
books which were either executed by
the great-grandparents and grandpar-
ents or even by their forbears, or else
done by men contemporaneous with
them. The third room on this floor
was a perfect museum of Indian rel
les, pottery, moccasins, old Indian
blankets, stone hatchets and arrow
heads.
The number of exhibits is not yet
known, but it will reach beyond the
ten hundred mark by many score.
Every one of the five rooms was
crowded almost beyond capacity by
the multitude of articles which men
and women interested in the Glouces-
ter County that has been and in rel
les of more than local interest wished
to have displayed.
One of the very interesting things
on the first floor is a great wooden
chest brought from England in 1852
by Henry Wood, the man who is hon
ored by reason of being the founder
of this city. 1t is chest of hand
omely carved wood about 5 feet long
and 2 IL feet wide and feet high,
with great brass hinges. 1t is exhib-
tied by John G. Whitall
The dishes and chinaware on view
is a display truly remarkable. There
are some great antique platters ex-
hibited by H. A. Fish, Bertha Twells,
Rev. and Mrs. H. E. Thompson,
Mrs j. S. Batten and others, while
among those having china and similar
ware on view are Mrs. J C. Dubois,
Mrs. H. NJ. Bethee, David B. Bassett,
the Warrington sisters, DR.. j. G..
Halsey, Lydia R. Saunders, Mrs.
Harry DeHart, Mrs. B. Decker, Miss
Smith, Mary E. Rulon. the Misses
Potts, Mrs. A. R. Talman, Mrs. Sar-
ah T. Bee, Mrs. B. w. Andrews, the
Rev. Edgar Campbell, the Misses
Chew, Miss Kate F. Sickler, Miss
West. Walter Bassett, Miss L. Zeb-
Iley and Miss Gladding.
There is a German bible dated 1892
shown by the Rev. and Mrs. H. E.
Thompson, a great number of medal
lions by VIM. Colson, Elizabeth Had
dons bible by the Misses Redman and
several silhouettes by the Rev. and
Mrs. H. E. Thompson. A cane made
from wood taken from the frigate
Augusta is an interesting article
placed on view by DR.. T. E. Parker,
while postmaster F. D. Pedrick dis
played another cane the handle of
which is carved from the timbers OF
the historical ship, Constitution, noted
| for her famous struggle with the
l"Guirriere" of the British navy. A
chopping knife brought from the old
world in the .Mayfower is also to be
seen.
w. G. Cowgirl, of Paulsboro, has
probably the oldest bible on exhibit;
the property of Chas. Paul. 1t is
dated 1910.
| DR.. G.. C. Laws, of Paulsboro, has
letter on exhibit written by Capt
| Mordecai Morgan stationed at the fort
at Billingsport, 1777, to his sister, CIV
| ing a good account of the operations
on the Delaware at that time. This
! is one of the most interesting histori-
cal documents on display
| A piece of tile from the sanctuary
of the San Jose Mission near San An
tonia, built by the Franciscans in l720
! is exhibited by Rev and Mrs. H. r..
Thompson, as we'll as a handsome
jewel casket of italian Workmanship
| in the 10th century brought from
Mexico by Gen. S. G.. French.
A confirmation certificate signed by
the first bishop of Pennsylvania, Bish-
op White, was displayed by Wilmer
Egee, of Swedeslboro.
A Civil War flag exhibited by Mrs.
IB. w. Andrews and carried by Jos.
| Franklin was an interesting exhibit.
I A letter from Genl. Pulaski to Col.
Hoppe, ITS, is exhibited by Mrs. J..
Sitley.
| A handsome bellows. 1880, by e. S.
Bateman.
/ Al leather bucket by Thos. Loring
Coffee roaster by Mrs. b. Decker.
Sand blotter, 100 years old, by the
Misses Chew