Full album with majority of Civil war and post-Civil War images from Plymouth, MA, and some from Vermont & Rhode Island. Binding is gone and the album is in two sections; front & back covers have old binding repairs, but the back cover has come partially loose again.  Contains 49 images, the majority of which are CDVs, with a few tintypes.  Most are identified on the album pages in period pencil.  Pages have light age yellowing, minor soiling spots throughout.  Images are in good, clean condition with scattered light soiling / foxing unless otherwise noted.

Cursory research, both military and genealogical, has been done and will be included.   Family names include:  SEARS,  DIMON, SHIRMAN, SYLVESTER, BRADFORD, MORTON, HAZELTINE, MILLARD, BROWN, FINNEY, BARNES, MCLAUGHLIN, VAUGHN, BENNETT, CHURCHILL, BOOMER, TURNER, WRIGHT, BURGESS, MORRISEY, COLEMAN, CLAP.

Images included are as follows:

1.  CDV of mother & child – ID’d as KITTY SPEARS.  1864 tax stamp, Boston BM.  In ink  “Your little Niece”.  Appears to be wife of

2.  CDV THOMAS SPEARS.  In CW naval uniform.  BM:  B. Whiting, Plymouth, MA.  Thomas B. Sears enlisted on 1/22/62 as an Acting Master.  Ships served on:  USS Ohio, USS Chocura, USS Ethan Allen, USS Owasco.  Discharged 2/18/66.

3.  CDV KITTY SPEARS.

4.  Tintype in CDV mount ID’d as LOUISA SEARS.  Would seem to be Thomas’ sister.

5.  CDV AMASA SEARS.  Full length seated view in naval uniform with hat on table at his side.  Enlisted 1/5/63 as Acting Ensign.  Promoted to Acting Master 3/7/64.  Served on:  USS Ohio, USS Antona, USS New Era, USS Reindeer, USS Savannah.  Discharged 8/10/65.  BM:  B. Whiting, Plymouth, MA.

6. CDV THOMAS SEARS.  Appears to be father of #2.  Waist view.  BM:  B. Whiting, Plymouth.

7.  CDV LOUISA SEARS.  Wife of #6, mother of #2 & #4.

8.  CDV “GRANDPA D”.  Possibly Dimon.

9.  CDV Family portrait of parents & 4 daughters – ‘DIMON FAMILY’.

10. CDV Young boy – FRANK SHIRMAN

11.  CDV Young man – ‘TOMMY DIMON”.

12.  CDV CHARLIE SYLVESTER.  BM:  W. S. Robbins, Plymouth, MA.  May be the brother of

13.  CDV KATIE SYLVESTER.

14.  CDV ALICE BRADFORD

15.  CDV ‘COUSIN WILLIE

16.  CDV HOWARD MORTON.   2/3 length seated view, in uniform.  Morton enlisted at age 25 on 1/1/62 as a Private.  Mustered into Co. D, 30^th Mass Infantry.  Discharged for promotion to 1^st Lt. of Co. D, 73^rd US Colored Troops on 12/10/63.  Promoted to Captain 2/23/65.  Discharged 9/23/65.

17.  CDV Unidentified family group from Plymouth, MA.  Nice full length view.<p>

18.  Bust view CDV ID’d as “MR. HAZELTINE”.

19.  Waist length view CDV of “MR. MILLARD”

20.  CDV bust view of “ISIBELE BROWN”.

21.  CDV bust view of “CORNELIA FINNEY”.

22.  CDV bust view of “EDMUND FINNEY”.

23.  Tintype in CDV mount, “EDNA FINNEY”.

24.  CDV bust view of “MR. BARNES”.

25.  CDV bust view of “MRS. BARNES”.

26.  2/3 seated view CDV of “MRS. MCLAUGHLIN”.

27.  2/3 seated view CDV, “MR. MCLAUGHLIN”.

28.  CDV full length image “W. H. MCLAUGHLIN”.

29.  CDV 2/3 standing view “MR. MCLAUGHLIN”, Providence, RI.

30.  CDV Full length view of “MR & MRS VAUGHN” of Woodstock, Vt.

31.  CDV Full length view of “VAUGHN DAUGHTERS” of Vermont.

32.  CDV Seated view of “MR. BENNETT”.

33.  CDV Seated view of “MR. VAUGHN”.

34.  CDV Bust view, “MR. GEO. VAUGHN”.

35.  CDV Full length view, “MR. CHURCHILL”.

36.  CDV “MRS. BOOMER”.

37.  CDV “MR. BOOMER”.

38.  CDV “MISS A. TURNER”.

39.  CDV “MISS M. TURNER”.

40.  CDV “MISS M. MORTON”.

41.  CDV “H. T. WRIGHT”.  BM:  Parker’s City Gallery, Cairo, IL.  Period ink inscription on image, “Truly Yours / H T Wright”.  Henry T. Wright enlisted in the US Navy as Acting Assistant Paymaster 2/19/64.  Passed Assistant Paymaster, 7/23/66.  Paymaster 3/10/70.  Pay Inspector, 4/10/95.  Pay Director, 12/23/99.

42.  CDV “MRS. BURGESS”.  BM:  Horton, Boston.

43.  CDV “MR. BURGESS”.  BM:  Norwich, CT.

44.  CDV JOHN MORRISSEY.  2/3 seated view in naval uniform.  John Morrisey, Jr. enlisted as Acting Ensign 3/28/64.  Honorably discharged 9/16/65.  BM:  J. W. Black, Boston; Naval Academy, Newport, R.I.

45.  Bust view CDV S B COLEMAN.  Silas B. Coleman enlisted as Acting Ensign 10/1/62.  Acting Master 6/15/64.  Honorably discharged 12/12/65.  BM:  J. W. Winder & Co., National Art Palace, Cincinnati.  3 cent tax stamp.  In period ink on the reverse is, “Who wouldn’t be Executive / Officer of the Flagship? / Say!”.

46.  CDV, “MISS CLAPP”.