Content Description From the Collection:

One box of materials containing correspondence, journals, legal papers, and genealogical materials pertaining to the Wiggin family of Litchfield, Connecticut. Primarily focuses on Abby Merriam Wiggin, Lewis Wiggin, and Charlotte Wiggin.

Scope and Contents

A March 16, 1882 letter to Frederick Holme Wiggin from "Grandma Seymour" about his family and wishing him well.

Content Description

One box of materials containing correspondence, journals, legal papers, and genealogical materials pertaining to the Wiggin family of Litchfield, Connecticut. Primarily focuses on Abby Merriam Wiggin, Lewis Wiggin, and Charlotte Wiggin.

Abstract

Bills of Frederick Wiggin (1977-34-0) includes 21 bills for goods purchased from mainly Litchfield businesses between 1879-1890 (there is one bill from Paris in 1890).  Among the businesses included are Albert L. Judd, F.D. McNeil and Co., E.E. Champlin, Echo Farm, and R.E. Tyrrell.

Scope and Contents Frederick H. Wiggin Collection, 1988-99, includes a 1879 receipt from E.E. Champlin General Merchantile store in Litchfield, Connecticut. There are two photographs of clippings from the Litchfield Enquirer in 1876-77 regarding his medical career. Dr. Frederick Holme Wiggin was born in England in 1853. He graduated from Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute in Troy, New York, New York University and Bellevue Hospital Medical College. He practiced medicine in Litchfield, Connecticut from...