Litchfield Law School
Organization
Found in 3 Collections and/or Records:
Samuel Fisher collection
1961-25-0
Collection
Identifier: 1961-25-0
Scope and Contents
Research files and other materials related to Samuel Fisher's 1946 book, Litchfield Law School, 1774-1833: Biographical Catalogue, containing information about its students. There are also papers related to other aspects of Litchfield's history.
Starting in the 1930s, Fisher undertook a project to assemble data on every student who attended the Litchfield Law School from 1774-1833. He conducted research and corresponded with colleges and universities, state libraries, historical...
Dates:
translation missing: en.enumerations.date_label.created: 1929-1961; Other: Date acquired: 07/05/1963
Found in:
Litchfield Historical Society
Wolcott family collection
1906-04-0
Collection
Identifier: 1906-04-0
Abstract
Correspondence chiefly between Frederick Wolcott (1767-1837), his wife Elizabeth (Betsey) Huntington Wolcott (1774-1812), his brother Oliver Wolcott (1760-1833) who served as Secretary of the Treasury and Governor of Connecticut, and Jabez W. Huntington (1788-1847) who served as a U.S. Senator from Connecticut. Topics include domestic news, local, state, regional and national politics, business affairs, church activities, trade with China and the merchant vessel Trident, raising merino...
Dates:
translation missing: en.enumerations.date_label.created: 1740-1844; Other: Majority of material found within 1790-1837; Other: Date acquired: 01/01/1906
Found in:
Litchfield Historical Society
Woodruff family collection
1953-02-2-8
Collection
Identifier: 1953-02-2-8
Abstract
The Woodruff Collection primarily documents the personal life and professional career of George Catlin Woodruff, who not only practiced law for several decades in Litchfield but also served as Litchfield's postmaster and held elected positions both locally and in the United States Congress.
Dates:
translation missing: en.enumerations.date_label.created: 1779-1966; Other: Majority of material found within 1815-1919; Other: Date acquired: 11/03/1954
Found in:
Litchfield Historical Society
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- Account books 2
- Connecticut--Politics and government 2
- Diaries 2
- Litchfield (Conn.) - History 2
- Notebooks 2
- United States--Politics and government--1775-1783. 2
- Autograph albums 1
- China -- Commerce 1
- Collecting of accounts--United States 1
- Drawings 1
- Epidemics--New York (State)--New York 1
- Genealogy--Connecticut 1
- Greeting cards 1
- Land titles--Connecticut 1
- Law--Connecticut 1
- Law--United States--Study and teaching 1
- Lawyers--Correspondence 1
- Litchfield (Conn.) 1
- Medicine--United States--History--18th century 1
- Photographs 1
- Postmasters 1
- Real property 1
- Receipts 1
- Southern States--History--1775-1865 1
- Speculation--United States 1
- Trident 1
- United States--History--Revolution, 1775-1783 1
- United States--Politics and government--1783-1865 1
- United States--Politics and government--1865-1933 1
- United States--Social life and customs--1783-1865 1
- Woolen and worsted manufacture 1 + ∧ less
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