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Map of Centre Cemetery. Scanned from map from Town Hall Vault.

Survey depicting the town limits of Worthington, the location of the meeting house and plan of roads. Scanned from map at Town Hall vault. This item originally copied from the State Archive is one of the oldest maps known to exist of the town.

Hand-drawn survey map of road network from 19th century. Depicts part of southern Worthington and neighboring Chester. Scan of a map from the Town Hall Vault.

Undated, Untitled sketch of North Cemetery.

Sketch of North Cemetery. Has notation for measurements of 'cement box' (burial vault), suggested opening for graces, and opening for cremation.

Undated, untitled sketch of southeast corner of North Cemetery. This is one of three similar sketches.

Survey plan of a portion of Ringville Cemetery.

Plan view of lot assignments in part of Centre Cemetery. Scan of document from Town Hall vault.

Copy of a scan of Ringville Cemetery taken with a digital camera of antique paper copy maps from the Town Hall Vault. Date of the original map is not known.
This scan has not been edited to improve readability/access.

An 1837 “Hard Times” token unearthed on West Street by Peter Donatelli of West Chesterfield. During the 1830s, second-term President Andrew Jackson, in an effort to help stabilize a wildly unstable economic environment, tried to manipulate the value…

Sears Roebuck "Edgemere" brand pocket watch unearthed by Peter Donatelli of West Chesterfield (using a metal detector) in the field adjacent to the Town offices, formerly owned previously by Ralph Moran.

Three Conestoga bells unearthed by Peter Donatelli on properties on Sam Hill Road and West Street in Worthington Center. The larger bell is 3" wide at the base and 2 1/2" tall. The smaller bells are both 1 1/2" wide at the base and 1 1/4" tall. The…

Three metal croatal bells unearthed by Peter Donatelli of West Chesterfield on properties on West Street and along Rte 112. Croatal bells, unlike clapper bells, used stones or metal shot to create a rattle-like effect. Dennis Picard, local…

Included are a 1764 Spanish silver Real (the year Plantation #3, now Worthington, was offered for sale), a Massachusetts coin issued in 1787, an early silver thimble, and a cufflink from the Civil War. These were found by Peter Donatelli of West…

Advertisement by Daniel Hewitt for leather goods including saddles. Hewitt's property was located at the corner of Sam Hill Road and what is now rte 112.

Newspaper clipping from the Hampshire Gazette advertising new hats and hat-making supplies offered by Charles and Levi Clapp. 1817

7 color snapshots o event at Town Hall, mostly unidentified but mentioned ar Mary Pulley Judy and Fred Gibson