The Fortune's Story web site contains more than 200 images
of primary source documents and artifacts. Images appear
on the pages to which they most closely relate.
Fortune Introduction Fortune's Skull Who Was Fortune?
Painting of Fortune by William
Westwood, 2001
Fortune's Baptism Record, 1797
Fortune's Skeleton Why Wasn't Fortune Buried?
Fortune's Scapula
Fortune's Skull
Anatomy Notebook, 1780 How Did the Skeleton Get To
the Museum?
Painting of Dr. Jesse Porter
by E. S. Field
Dr. Homer Lycurgus Law, c. 1880
Dr. Sally Porter Law McGlannon, 1906 Learning From the Skeleton
Fortune's Skull
Axis
Humerus and Ulna
Right Hand, Articulated
Left Femur and Pelvis
Coccyx, Sacrum, and Lumbar Vertebrae
Tibia and Patella The Future for Fortune
Dr. Warren Perry Examining
Fortune's Skeleton
Dr. Nicholas Bellantoni Examing Fortune's Skeleton
Fortune's Skeleton at Howard University
Dental Examination at Howard University
Fortune's Scapula Fortune's Story at the Mattatuck
Museum
Fortune's Story: Larry's Legacy
Exhibit Display
Overlay Image: The Skeleton and the Painting
Facial Reconstruction by Frank Bender
Completed Facial Reconstruction
Slavery in Waterbury Overview An Act Concerning Indian,
Molatto and Negro Servants, and Slaves, 1750
United States Tax Returns, 1800
Religion & Slavery Overview The Congregational
Church Waterbury's Congregational
Church, 1796 The Episcopal
Church Waterbury's Episcopal Church,
1795
St. John's Church, c. 1845 Burial Locations:
Waterbury's Early Cemeteries Grand Street Cemetery, 1891
Sturges Judd's Cemetery Book
Map of the Grand Street Cemetery
Silas Bronson Library, c. 1905
Rev. John Southmayd's Ear Bones
Silas Bronson Library, 2004
Waterbury's African Americans Biographies
of 100 African Americans, both free and enslaved, who
lived in Waterbury between 1730 and 1830. James H. Beard, The Elton
Farm, 1873 Cate Rev. John Trumbull's Will,
1787 Fortune
and Dinah Fortune by William Westwood,
2001
Fortune by Frank Bender, 2001
Fortune's Baptism Record, 1797
Preserved Porter's Estate Distribution, 1804
Preserved Porter's Estate Expenses, 1804 Larance
and Judah Martin Molott's Indentureship
Contract, 1752 Lemmon Rev. John Trumbull's Will,
1787 Lewis William Hickcox's Estate Inventory,
1737 Luke Preserved Porter's Estate
Inventory, 1804
Preserved Porter's Estate Distribution, 1804 Mabel Rev. John Trumbull's Will,
1787 Mingo Caleb Humaston's Estate Distribution,
1777 Peg Rev. John Trumbull's Will,
1787 Phyllis William Hickcox's Estate Inventory,
1737
Waterbury Selectmen's Bill, 1749/50 Pomp George Nichols' Estate Debts,
1790-93 Silve Caleb Humaston's Estate Distribution,
1777 Time Marriage Certificate
Time's Petition for Divorce, 1789 Timothy Cuff Capeny's Will, 1777 Dan
Cambridge Rev. Benjamin Trumbull's Discourse
at the Freeman's Meeting, 1773
Dan Cambridge's Estate Receipt, 1789
Dan Cambridge's Estate Inventory, 1788 Cuff
Capeny Cuff Capeny's Will, 1777 Castor
Freeman Castor Freeman's Petition
for Wages, 1783 Dolphin
(Dauphin) Freeman Dolphin's Baptism Record,
1799
Dolphin's Adoption Paper, 1815
Dauphin Freeman's Gravestone, 2004
Map of Watertown, 1859 German
Freeman Richard Freeman's Estate Distribution,
1815 Pollard
and Esther Freeman Pollard's Baptism Record,
1797
Pollard's Adoption Paper, 1815
Map of Watertown, 1859 Richard
Freeman of Waterbury John Kingsbury's Daybook,
1795 Richard
Freeman of Westbury (Watertown) Map of Watertown, 1859
Dick Freeman's Estate Distribution, 1814 Comfort
Homer Bill of Sale for Comfort,
1795
Noah Benedict's Pronouncement, 1810 William
Jones Receipt for Deerskin Mittens,
1809 The
Lindsley Family Map of Watertown, 1859 Peter
Mason Complaint against Peter Mason,
1800 Martin
Molotts Indentureship Contract, 1752 Joseph
Munn Joseph Munn's Petition for
Freedom, 1780
Deming vs. Mun, 1781
Joseph Mun's Inventory, 1781 Caesar
and Violet Rose Joseph Anderson's Diary, 1868 Silence
Will Joseph Hopkin's Will, 1801
Cuff Capeny's Will, 1777
