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Placemat (2015-58-0) from The Village Restaurant, 25 West Street, Litchfield with the reproduction of a photograph of the 1908 East Litchfield baseball team. Currently housed in Aisle 18B: Box 3A.

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The Katie Knapp Vondermuhll Photographs, 1981-427-0, include three photographs of people and place in Litchfield.  From 1906 there is a photo of Mrs. Candee in front of her boarding house across from the green on the corner of North Street.  The second photo is the caretaker in front of Mrs. Fitzgerald's house, later purchased and remodeled by Mr. and Mrs. Charles Hickox.  The third photo is of Bennett and Eleanor Bronson's House.

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Records including accounts of Wadhams and Chapin Company that produced cheese in Goshen, Connecticut.

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Three appointments and one discharge of Luman Wadhams.

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The Wadsworth, Bradley and Co. Account Book (1973-76-12) documents a paper manufacturer from 1812 to 1821. The entries are contain a name followed by a series of numbers and a price.

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Writes from Bradleyville, Litchfield, CT to a brother of his father Elijah Wadsworth (1747-1817) in response to a letter received after many years have passed about Elijah's death, Henry's religious beliefs, and news of family.

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The James C.L. Wadsworth journal (2011-71-0) was penned by Wadsworth in 1846 and 1847. The journal chronicles his voyage from New York to San Francisco which began on November 27, 1846 and ended April 24, 1847. In the journal he discusses passing in sight of Cape De Verde, and Falkland Islands, and Cape Horn. He also writes about stopping at the Island of Juan Ferdandez. The item is currently housed in 3A Box 22.

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Cabinet card photograph of George Barnard Wagstaff, age 5 years and 7 months, taken by Francesco Roseti, 297 5th Ave., New York.

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Susan Wakeen catalogs showing dolls.

Scope and Contents The journal of Samuel [Waldron?], Oct. 8, 1823-Nov. 3, 1823, chronicles the last days of Roger Wolcott Cooke (1797-1823), Litchfield Law School graduate and lawyer. Cook was born in 1797, a son of Roger Cooke (1766-1836) and Emily Webster Cooke (1776-1807). He graduated from the Litchfield Law School in 1817 and was admitted to the Litchfield bar in 1819. He later moved to Augusta, Ga., and formed a partnership with William Tracy Gould, another Litchfield Law Student. Cooke again moved,...