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Samuel Waldron journal

00-2010-233-0

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Identifier: 00-2010-233-0
Scope and Contents The journal of Samuel [Waldron?], Oct. 8, 1823-Nov. 3, 1823, chronicles the last days of Roger Wolcott Cooke (1797-1823), Litchfield Law School graduate and lawyer. Cook was born in 1797, a son of Roger Cooke (1766-1836) and Emily Webster Cooke (1776-1807). He graduated from the Litchfield Law School in 1817 and was admitted to the Litchfield bar in 1819. He later moved to Augusta, Ga., and formed a partnership with William Tracy Gould, another Litchfield Law Student. Cooke again moved,...
Dates: translation missing: en.enumerations.date_label.created: 1823; Other: Date acquired: 10/06/2011
Found in: Litchfield Historical Society

Josiah Walker deed

00-1930-29-0

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Identifier: 00-1930-29-0
Scope and Contents

Josiah Walker of Litchfield in Hartford County, Conn. deeds 4 acres of land in Litchfield in Bantam swamp to Daniel Murrin of Durham, New Haven County. Witnessed by Peter Buell, Ebenezer Buell and John BUell, Justice of Peace.

Dates: translation missing: en.enumerations.date_label.created: 1733 Sep 15; Other: Date acquired: 11/30/1929
Found in: Litchfield Historical Society

W.G. Wallbridge collection

00-2011-92-0

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Identifier: 00-2011-92-0
Scope and Contents The W.G. Wallbridge collection (2011-92-0) is comprised of notes about cemetery inscriptions that were created by W.G. Wallbridge in 1898 and 1899. The collection contains five small notebooks, and one folder of loose notes. Wallbridge copied down inscriptions from headstones for the Northfield Cemetery, Bantam Cemetery, Morris Cemetery, East and West Cemeteries in Litchfield, and the Cemetery at Headquarters. Each notebook contains inscriptions, and there is also an index to names in the...
Dates: translation missing: en.enumerations.date_label.created: 1898-1899; Other: Date acquired: 02/06/2012
Found in: Litchfield Historical Society

Walter, Cobb and Company Account Book

00-1973-68-38

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Identifier: 00-1973-68-38
Abstract

The Walter, Cobb and Company account book (1973-68-38) provides information on cash transactions of a woolen manufacturer.

Dates: translation missing: en.enumerations.date_label.created: 1818-1824; Other: Date acquired: 01/09/1973
Found in: Litchfield Historical Society

Andrew Ward photographs of the Peter Buell house

00-2023-01-0

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Identifier: 00-2023-01-0
Content Description

35 Black and white photographs of the Peter Buell house taken by Andrew Ward during the time period when the house was owned by Blaine and Eleanor Cota. Many of the photos have typewritten details taped to the back. Originally located on Buell Road in East Litchfield, this house was moved to 74 Saw Mill Road in 1961 and restored by Blaine and Eleanor Cota. They named it Heritance House. The house was built about 1740 by Peter Buell.

Dates: 1976
Found in: Litchfield Historical Society

Dr. Charles Norton Warner record books and Boy Scout award

00-1981-30-0

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Identifier: 00-1981-30-0
Scope and Contents The Dr. Charles Norton Warner record books (1981-30-0) contain handwritten birth and death records of Dr. Warner's patients in Litchfield, Connecticut from 1897-1905. Birth records are present for the 1897-1905 time span, and record minimal information such as the child's name, basic statistics about the parents, and any unique remarks concerning the birth or the child. Basic death records are included for the years 1899 and 1901-1903. Death records list of the cause of death, name, marital...
Dates: translation missing: en.enumerations.date_label.created: 1897-1905; Other: Date acquired: 12/07/1980
Found in: Litchfield Historical Society

Warner Family Papers

00-1970-16-0

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Identifier: 00-1970-16-0
Scope and Contents

The Warner Family Papers (1970-16-0) includes deeds, surveying notes, power of attorney and arbitration agreements from the Warner family from 1735-1841 in Plymouth, Connecticut.  Also included is a genealogy of the Warner and Pitkin families and a diary kept by John Burchard Warner in France during World War I.

Dates: translation missing: en.enumerations.date_label.created: 1735-1841; Other: Date acquired: 10/02/1972
Found in: Litchfield Historical Society

Charles H. Warren manuscript

00-1972-128-0

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Identifier: 00-1972-128-0
Abstract

The Charles H. Warren manuscript (1972-128-0) is a typescript biography of Benjamin Silliam (1779-1864) written by Charles H. Warren for Dictionary of American Biography in 1936. Benjamin Silliman was an American chemist and one of the first American professors of science. He was the first individual to distill petroleum.

Dates: translation missing: en.enumerations.date_label.created: 1936; Other: Date acquired: 12/05/1971
Found in: Litchfield Historical Society

Washington City Canal lottery tickets

00-2010-56-0

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Identifier: 00-2010-56-0
Scope and Contents

Four tickets for a lottery for cutting the canal through the city of Washington to the eastern-branch harbour. Signed by Daniel Carroll.

Dates: translation missing: en.enumerations.date_label.created: circa 1797
Found in: Litchfield Historical Society

George Washington letter

00-1960-22-0

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Identifier: 00-1960-22-0
Scope and Contents

A letter from George Washinton in Morristown to Brigadeer General Jedediah Huntington at Springfield. Governor Tumbull has requested that 50 officers might sent to Connecticut to assist in recruiting.

Dates: translation missing: en.enumerations.date_label.created: 1780 Mar 29; Other: Date acquired: 05/08/1961
Found in: Litchfield Historical Society

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Pierce, Sarah, 1767-1852 6
Seymour, Moses, 1774-1826 6
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Adams, Charles, 1805-1883 5
Gould, James, 1770-1838 5
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Litchfield Summer Theatre (Litchfield, Conn.) 5
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Connecticut Land Company 3
Deming family 3
Deming, Charlotte, 1868-1963 3
Deming, William Champion, 1862-1954 3
Echo Farm Company 3
First Ecclesiastical Society (Litchfield, Conn.) 3
Guion, George, 1870-1962 3
Hinchman, Ralph P. 3
Kilburn family 3
Litchfield Horse Show Association (Litchfield, Conn.) 3
Litchfield Light Horse (Military unit) 3
Maryland. Treasury Department 3
Morris Academy (Morris, Conn.) 3
Morris, James, 1752-1820 3
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Plumb, Seth F., 1836-1864 3
Shepaug Valley Railroad 3
St. Paul's Parish (Bantam, Conn.) 3
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United States. Continental Congress 3
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Woodruff, George M. (George Morris), 1836-1930 3
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Anderson, Ronald Lee, 1929-2002 2
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Brace, J. (Jonathan), 1810-1877 2
Bradley, Abraham, 1731-1824 2
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