Please visit the museum: you will be guided by expert local tour guides, who will explain the museum's and the area's history and point out items of interest to the whole family.
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of the Zadock Pratt Museum Association Please visit the museum: you will be guided by expert local tour guides, who will explain the museum's and the area's history and point out items of interest to the whole family. |
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| The Zadock Pratt Museum
is an incorporated institution located in the Greene County
Town on Prattsville. It was the home of Zadock Pratt, the 19th century tanner and
legislator from 1824 until his death in 1871. The museum preserves and exhibits
approximately 5,000 items: books and manuscripts, costumes and furniture, artifacts
and implements relevant to Zadock Pratt and local and regional history. Support for the Museum is provided by grants, membership, gifts, admission fees, and volunteer effort. Major financial support has been provided by the Olive B.Lindsey O'Connor Foundation of Hobart, New York. The Museum was founded as the Zadock Pratt Museum Association in 1959. Mr Brayton Tompkins a summer resident of the area and Mrs.Hilda Moseman purchased the Pratt House in 1962 and began its rehabilitation. |
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Letter dated August 20, 1962 by President of the Zadock Pratt Museum Association, the Rev. Raymond Van Zoeren, minister of the Reformed Dutch Church of Prattsville, inviting friends to join the Board of the Museum.
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