Exhibits & Collections

This month our nation celebrated the 200th birthday of Abraham Lincoln. This past week it was announced that Lincoln is rated as the finest of our forty-four commanders-in-chief. That comes as no surprise. Lincoln is a perennial favorite, looming large in the minds of Americans as Honest Abe, the Rail Splitter and the Great Emancipator. New Harmony’s Lincoln Connection

New Harmony Series VII – Accounts and Receipts   Folder 1          1810-1819                                                 25 April 1810               Mr. Rapp purchases items including 6 willow from Ann Hancock of Philadelphia.     Folder 2          1820-1829                                 18 Aug. 1822               Bill of lading for the Rebecca laying anchor in Philadelphia                         1820-1829                                     Various receipts including one NH VII

New Harmony Series 14 – Newspapers Bound New Moral World v.1      1 Nov. 1834- 24 Oct 1835 v.2      31 Oct 1835- 22 Oct 1836 v.3      29 Oct 1836-21 Oct 1837 v.4      28 Oct 1837-13 Oct 1838 v.5      27 Oct 1838-6 July 1839 v.6      NH XIV

New Harmony Series XIII – Bound Volumes of Governmental Records Volumes 1-17 are Justice of the Peace dockets from 1835 Jan. 19 to 1880 Mar. 5.  Volume 18 is 1st Indiana Cavalry Regimental order book 1861 Oct. 20 to 1863 Mar. 20.  Volume 19 and 20 are Harmony Township Enumeration of White and Colored Males NH XIII