This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!
Bristol Historical Society Preserves Jail Era and Rich Local Heritage
The Bristol Historical Society houses a former county jail building on Jail Lane with three original cells on the upper floor and a restored front room filled with portraits, furniture, and period artifacts including a Burnside chair, Dickens table, and a vast book collection. The museum showcases D.A.R. rooms, a children's room with 120 year old dolls, war relics, graveyard of ships records, and the Bache Book with letters from famous figures, reflecting Bristol's seafaring and Revolutionary past.
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Bristol
George Washington
Bristol Historical Society
Jail Lane
the Historical Society
Bristol County
Historical Society
Leonard Bradford
William Bradford
Sally
Benjamin Franklin
Peter Gladding
DeWolf
Norman Herreshoff
Alice DeWolf Pardee
Herreshoff
Albert C. Larned
St. Michael's Church
George Howe
D.A.R
The
Bache
Evelyn Bache
Robert Burns
John Quincy Adams
Michael Farraday
John Hancock
Andrew Jackson
Richard Henry Dana
Winfield Scott
Julia Ward Howe
Henry Clay
Jefferson Davis
Herman Melville
James Madison
Franklin Pierce
Museum
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