WAYLAND HISTORICAL SOCIETY - MUSEUM OBJECTS
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Doctor Ebenezer Roby’s saddlebags dated 1775.
Dr. Ebenezer R. Roby was born in Sudbury on June 15, 1732, the son of Ebenezer and Sarah (Swift) Roby. As a young man, he served in the French & Indian Wars. In 1757 he appeared on the rolls of Capt. Thomas Damon’s alarm list in the Sudbury militia, and in August of that year he marched to Springfield for two weeks as his unit responded to the Fort William Henry alarm. In 1758 he served as a military surgeon at Crown Point on Lake Champlain. A copy of his diary during the stay at Crown Point is on file at the Wayland Public Library.
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SECRETARY (bookcase)
19th century. Bun feet are not original to the piece. Books belonged to the Heard and Grout families and were given to the Historical Society by Blanche Heard, the last owner, to save them as a collection. It has a fall-front desk on the top drawer.
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