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Beecher Family

RF313

 File
Identifier: RF313

Scope and Contents

Beecher family Information including Lyman Beecher and the Beecher clan, also notes of Litchfield which includes information on Lyman Beecher, and a copy of an entertainment bill to the First Ecclesiastical Society. Newspaper article about Hezekiah Murray and his influences on Dr. Beecher's Six Sermons on Intemperance. "Isabella Beecher Hooker" by Anne Farnam. Article from Conn. Historical Society Bulletin, April 1971, vol. 36 no. 2. Photograph of David Beecher House on George Street, New Haven, birthplace of Lyman Beecher in 1775. Typescript of "Reminiscences of Litchfield" by Miss C.E. Beecher. Includes descriptions of people including Judge Reeve, Sarah Pierce and her school, Theodosia Deveaux. Typescript of "Leaves from a Litchfield notebook"written for the Litchfield Historical Society, a collection of sayings and doings. Some are recollections of Esther Thompson, published in Waterbury American in 1906?. Includes Lyman Beecher, Beecher family, funeral of Lyman Beecher, churches

Dates

  • Creation: 1800-2019

Extent

From the Collection: 16 Linear Feet

Language of Materials

English

Repository Details

Part of the Litchfield Historical Society Repository

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