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Mortgage, John W. and Annie D. Purcell to Heury Gay, 1975-77-0, is for a piece of land in McPherson County, Kansas which was sold to Gay for forty dollars.

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The Railroad surveying notebooks (2011-76-0) consist of three notebooks kept during the surveying for a proposed railway line from Kelso, Washington to Knappton, Washington in 1890 and 1891. The notebooks do not indicate who the surveyor was, or for what railway company the survey was being completed. These may be a Camp Columbia student's class assignment. The items are currently housed in 3A Box 22.

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Laura Hunt Ramsey performed in Litchfield Summer Theatre productions during the 1952 season. Among the cast was Calvert DeForest, who became nationally known in the 1980s through his appearances as Larry (Bud) Melman on Late Night with David Letterman. The collection consists of news clippings, theater programs, post cards, and photographs relating to the Summer Theatre and Litchfield. There is also a drawing by Leonard Altobell of himself.

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John C. Randal is accepted as an Ensign in the 3rd Co. of the 18th Regiment of Infantry in the Connecticut Militia, to take rank on 23 Aug.1823. Signed at New Haven on 30 May 1824 by Oliver Wolcott, captain-general and commander in chief, in and over the State of Connecticut, and Thomas Day, Secretary.

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An order of the Litchfield County Superior Court, signed by Frederick Wolcott, clerk that Stephen Ranney of Litchfield is protected from arrest on his way to and from Court because his attendance at the Court is required as a witness.

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Notes issued by the colonies of Delaware and New Jersey and United States fractional currency.

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The Addie Stephens Ray friendship album (1966-09-0) was given to Addie Stephens (later the wife of William Ray) by Leonard W. Bacon in Litchfield, Connecticut on September 7, 1860. The album contains signatures and versus from friends. The signatures were collected from the year 1860 through 1862 in various locations such as Litchfield, CT, Saratoga Springs,NY, Hartford, CT and New Marlboro, MA.

Scope and Contents The Ray Family papers (1966-01-0) contain correspondence, drawings, school papers, and a newspaper clipping relating to the family of Addie Wadhams Stevens Ray (1846-1918). Other family members represented in the papers include her mother Jane Wadhams Stevens (1815-1862), grandmother Phoebe Collins Wadhams (1773-1867), cousin Alida Collins Benson (1834- ), and uncle Edward R. Stevens. Addie Wadhams Stevens Ray was the daughter of Henry Ward and Jane Wadhams Stevens. They resided in...

Scope and Contents Guest book regarding a large dollhouse given to 5-year-old Kathryna Hoffman Ray by her cousin, Mrs. F. Saxham E. Drury in 1929. The book contains news clippings and the signatures of a number of people who viewed the doll house, including Ethel Barrymore, John Barrymore, Noel Coward, Leslie Howard, and other theatrical personalities.   Kathryna was the daughter of the Rev. Dr. Randolph Ray, rector of the Church of the Transfiguration (Little Church Around the Corner) in New York City. He...

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Jacob Read in Charleston writes to George Simpson, cashier of the late Bank of the United States in Philadelphia, to pay $38.26 to Rumford & Abijah Dawes.