Docent Donn Smith has been busy poking around the attic of the Mather Homestead and he's found treasures abound! Check out his blogs which document his findings including artifacts from 250 years of American life - a bible from 1743, a girl's dress from the 1860's, Stephen Mather's camera, a love letter written by Stephen Mather to his wife ❤️ and more.  Oh the stories they tell!  
 

When the 4th of July was Flag Day too! A Birthday Celebration for Stephen Tyng Mather

“I make the following bequests…”A brief look at the Last Will and Testament of Stephen T. Mather

Lights, Camera...

“Dear Uncle Joe…I suppose you will be looking for me home tonight but…”

Rabbit or Boar…and wait, there’s more! Discoveries in the Homestead Dining Room

“Dear Father…”Excerpts of letters from Stephen Mather to Joseph Wakeman Mather

“…prominent in his devotion to the cause of human freedom…” An Appreciation of James Floy

Wheels and deals…and a steal too?Joseph W. Mather’s horse and carriage correspondence

“It is a stormy dreary day…”A Letter from Emily Selleck Waterbury to Joseph Wakeman Mather

The man who be—and was—king. Excerpts of letters from Francis Marion Smithto Joseph Wakeman Mather

Chateau du Mather…

Putting faces to names…Three generations of Mather family photographs

“Dr. Hosack has departed this life… ”The Mather Connection to David Hosack

“In twenty-five words or less…”A selection of inscriptions from books in the Homestead

The portrait on the wall…and the silver in the safe.

“...gaily and profusely decorated with flags and bunting…”The 100th Anniversary of the Mather Homestead"

Montague, a 1926 Franklin, Walter Stewart, and more.

“…a simple little celebration of the event…”Stephen Mather and the 150th Anniversary of the Homestea

Make that 71…the latest Mather Plaque—Ours!“…There will never come an end to the good that he has d

Ah, had the Deacon lived another 182 years…A look at the Last Will and the estate of Deacon Joseph