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A pass to allow Stephen Stone of Litchfield to go to Salisbury & Stockbridge to visit his relatives. Signed by Lynde Lord, chairman of the ____ Litchfield. Dated Litchfield 23 Sept. 1778.

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Letter from Harriet Beecher in Saratoga NY to Mrs. Maria Cushman in Troy, NY. She is in Saratoga due to feeble health but desires to travel to Litchfield and seeks information about the best route or any acquaintances who might be traveling there.

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Speech delivered by Lyman Beecher Stowe at the celebration of Litchfield's bicenennial. He remarked on his ancestors and their connection to Litchfield and his appreciation of some of the memorable citizens of Litchfield, including Sarah Pierce, Charles Loring Brace, Oliver Wolcott, Benjamin Tallmadge, Tapping Reeve, James Gould, and John Pierpont.

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The Emerette Colt Strong autograph album (1972-127-1) contains autographs and verses from fellow classmates at the Connecticut State Normal School in New Britain during the years 1860 and 1861. The album also contains yearly lists of Sunday School students that Mrs. Strong later taught; presumably at the Congregational Church in Winsted, where she was a member. Item is currently housed in 3A Box 3.

Scope and Contents The Emerette Colt Strong diary (1972-127-0) contains entries from March 8, 1874 through May 9, 1874. Emerette provides detailed daily accounts as she travelled across the country from New York to California by train. She provides descriptions of the cities that they stopped at along the way, as well as written sketches of the landscape, economy, and architecture of the country as she travelled west. Also represented in the diary are occassional histories of select cities or historic...

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A letter from Heber Stone and James Morris, Select Men in Litchfield to the Court of Common Pleas, informing the Court that they have appointed Samuel Seymour to oversee the affairs of Jedediah Strong. Dated 1798 Dec. 1. Also a petition from Jedediah Strong dated Dept. 1799 to change his guardian to Nehemiah Strong; includes ramblings against his abuse by the community after years of distinguished service.

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A 41 page handwritten sermon in a notebook dated July 26, 1815. The assumed title, because it is underlined, is "After the National Peace".

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Letter of administration assigning Henry B. Graves as administrator of the estate of Hugh Stuart of Litchfield, Conn., signed by George M. Woodruff, Oct. 2, 1869.

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Small notebook with Stuveysant Safe Deposit Co. printed on front. 1876 calendar on inside front cover. An unknown writer has recorded accounts of pets.

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Summary document that covers the work in precise leveling done at Camp Columbia, Morris, Conn., during the session of 1916, namely the line from the U.S.G.S. bench mark at Dover Plains, N.Y. to Camp Columbia and an extension of this line to the Morris Dam of the Waterbury Waterworks, a total distance of about 43 miles.