Wooden Cabinet

Three handwritten poems: "The Birthday" which begins "Sixteen years have before me rolled/The seventeenth I've met/And may I live as though my soul/Would meet an after life." "Thoughts on Contemplating the Close of Life" which begins "My friends mourn not for me/But rather for yourselves/Mourn not that I am called from thee/To dwell with Christ above." Untitled poem - lines composed upon an address to the scholars by the minister of the town. Poem dated February 1830. Poem begins "May I in future recollect/And ever keep in mind/Those words which were so kindly spoke/To instruct the youthful mind."

A 3 1/2 page letter addressed to Jean [Farwell], May 11th, 1991. Handwriting is hard to read, but it seems to be about family matters and visits to Warwick. Signed "With love, Katherine" [Bass].

Letter and envelope dated March 1888 from Bass to Black, Comm of Pensions, Wash D.C. requesting a pension be given to a Warwick resident. Harwood Proctor served 3 years in the war, has a large family, has heart trouble and deserves a pension. "I remain a copper head" states Bass who at this writing says he is 77 yrs old

A letter is sent to a cousin with a heavy heart because the person who was to accompany the cousin died a week after the trip commenced.

Copy of some records of the Obadiah and Delia Gardiner Bass Family. Contains names, dates of births, dates of death, and dates of marriage. Spanning a period of 81 years, from 1801 to 1882. Also with the family records is an annotated transcript of the document.

Letter and envelope from Quarter Master General's Office in Boston dated 1863
to W.H. Bass, chairman of selectmen.
Contents difficult to read

Voucher from U.S. Government October 2, 1862 to W. H. Bass, Chairman of the Board of Selectmen of Warwick for the amount of $6.00 for transport of recruits from Warwick to Athol - recruits raised for the United States for nine months service.

- Ellen S. Bass (daughter of William H. and Susan Bass) died of croup at the age of 20 days on September 1st, 1857.
- Susan (Allen) Bass, died of consumption at age 55 on March 1st, 1869.
- William H. Bass died of paralysis at age 79 on July 13th, 1890.

This is a listing of accounts covering the dates of Sept. 1843 to May 1844
that describes accounts that were owed to the estate of Lemuel Wheelock. A total of $281.52 represented the settlement with Mrs Wheelock - May 2, 1846

Warranty Deed from Walter Field to William Bass, May 30, 1855 before Richard Colton, Justice of the Peace, September 10, 1855. Registered in Book No. 194, page 211. For twenty-five dollars William Bass purchased from Walter Field thirteen acres.