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Charles Perkins (1792-1856) was the husband of Clarissa Deming Perkins and a son of Andrew Perkins and Elizabeth Taylor Perkins. Oversize items are listed after the folder listing. In addition to the papers listed below, there are 14 folders of papers created after 1840 that have not been processed.

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Harriet Perkins (1793-1821) was a daughter of Andrew Perkins and Elizabeth Taylor Perkins.

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Lucretia Deming (1804-1887) was a daughter of Julius Deming and Dorothy Champion Deming.

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Lucretia Deming is the trustee under the last will of her parents Julius and has been released from trusteeship of Mary D. Hoppin, James M. Hoppin, Lucretia Deming Perkins, and Julius Deming Perkins. Two copies with a small hand written note.

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Oversize items are listed after the folder listing.

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Charles Deming (1789-1852) was the son of Julius Deming and Dorothy Champion Deming. Oversize and bound items are listed after the folder listing.

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Notebook which contains tangram designs and a printed sheet illustrating sign language.

Scope and Contents From the Collection: The Deming, Perkins, and Quincy Families Papers document members of several prominent families who lived in the town of Litchfield, Conn. In the late eighteenth century, the patriarchs of each family earned wealth through their activities as merchants, traders, and investors, enabling them and many of the members of the next generations to live lives free from financial concern, if not outright luxury. The papers consist largely of correspondence, and also include collections of financial...

Scope and Contents From the Series: Arranged alphabetically by family member. Unless otherwise noted, correspondence is placed first, followed by type of document listed alphabetically. Within each type, the papers are arranged chronologically. Sub-series 30, Other family papers, contains papers that relate to more than one family member (other than correspondence), such as business agreements among members of the Deming and Champion families; papers that cannot be attributed to a specific person, such as a receipt given to...

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Writes regarding receipt and crediting of $1,000 to Julius' account; a debt; business conditions in Litchfield and New York; failure of Vandervoort & Wooden; they are not pressed for money.