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"An emblem of the uncertainty of man's life, &c." , an allegory done in watercolor and ink drawings and verses; an advertisement on page one by the author; cover is backed by pages taken from The Gentleman's Magazine Vol. XIV; on back cover is written: John Water His Book.

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One page of the accounts of Isaac Turner, a resident of Litchfield. Most of the names in the accounts are resided in Litchfield, and the Northfield and South Farms sections of Litchfield.

Scope and Contents Day Book, Turner Woodruff & Co., 2013-99-0, is identified inside the front cover. Entries are from August 3, 1811 to June 15, 1812. Entries include customer name, items purchased and their cost. Some entries also include who purchased the item (a son or daughter, for instance). Newspaper clippings have been glued inside the back cover. There is also a handwritten list of "Deceased" people and the date of their death. Turner and Woodruff was a business operated by Isaac Turner and...

Scope and Contents Turner, Woodruff & Co. Papers, 2012-16-0, includes business papers such as accounting, goods purchased and received, bank drafts, payables and receivables, promisary notes, as well as poll lists for the Episcopal, Presbyterian, and Quaker societies in Northfield (Litchfield), Connecticut. Isaac Turner (1780-1836) of Northfield and Enoch J. Woodruff (1786-1855) of Watertown and Litchfield opened a general store at the corner of Northfield and Remsen Roads in Northfield in the late 18th...

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Two photographs of Litchfield, one showing aftermath of a fire, the other rebuilt West Street.

Scope and Contents The Tyrolea Music Book (2011-79-0) is a collection of music. Inside the front cover is a watercolor with a banner with the word, “Tyrolea.” Tyrolea is the name of a club that existed at Yale; founded in 1854 and lasted for about five years.  Because of the anonymous nature of this item it is difficult to claim if the book was actually produced for the club. Tyrolea is probably a reference to Tyrol; a region in Europe around Austria. Tyrolean, for example, is used to describe a hat also known...

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A printed reward of merit card presented to Martha Tyrrell by H. Marie Alling. The illustration is of a seated woman holding a set of scales also a basket of apples spilling, a rake and a plough.

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One folder of news clippings and publications related to Litchfield County assembled by Charles Underhill, who maintained a collection of materials on Connecticut's towns and cities. Clippings on Litchfield houses including the Thomas Painter house.

Scope and Contents The Underwood Papers (2011-03-0) consist of a packing list of Mrs. Frank Livingston Underwood and her and her husband's genealogy. The packing list is a detailed list of barrels and crates packed with home furnishings, dining services, draperies, etc. The genealogy traces the Underwood family back to Charlemagne. Frank Livingston Underwood (1842-1918), a New York copper magnate, and his wife Theodosia Irene Hawley Underwood live at 149 East 40th Street in Manhattan and in 1895 built a...