Scope and Contents From the Series: This series has been divided into seven subseries to reflect Woodruff's diverse business and personal correspondence. The first subseries, law, consists primarily of correspondence from his law clients, for whom he worked in many cases as a debt collector, as well as from those he dunned for money. The second subseries represents his correspondence as postmaster of Litchfield. In addition to routine postal office business, including scheduling mail deliveries, inquiring about potential...

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Notes, accounts, and correspondence concerning the value of treasury bonds. Also includes several items concerning George M. Woodruff's investments in the United States Treasury.

Scope and Contents From the Series: This series contains the correspondence of other members of the Woodruff family as well as third-party correspondence.  The series has been divided into several subseries by primary correspondent, and alphabetically in each subseries.  Each subseries provides a window into the primary correspondent's personal and business life.  For example, the first subseries contains both financial letters to Morris Woodruff as well as his letters to his wife Candace; and the ninth subseries contains...

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Concerning debt collection.

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Brief essay, written in the first person, titled "History of a Cent."

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This series contains papers contains papers by, concerning, and collected by different members of the Woodruff, Seymour, Wolcott, and Gates families. The series reflects these individuals' personal interests: the papers of George C. Woodruff, for example, include many genealogical notes and notes on the history of Litchfield, while those of his father, Morris Woodruff, include his military appointments and a music book.