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An engraving of a fight in Congress Hall in Philadelphia, Feb. 15, 1798 depicting Matthew Lyon fighting Griswold. Also named are Dayton, Speaker and Jonathan W. Condy, Clerk.

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40 shilling note.

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Three reports from the Conn. Commissioner of the School Fund, James Hillhouse, to the General Assembly. These are dated 7 Oct 1811; 6 May 1823; and 7 May 1824 and include financial reports, sales of western lands, and bond holders.

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Letter written by Elizabeth C. Barney Buel, State Regent, 1922; scrapbook regarding Register of Revolutionary Soldiers and Patriots Buried in Litchfield County by Joyce Mackenzie Cropsey, 1976; letter written by Mabel S. Haley, 1981.

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A blank form, signed by Thomas Fitch, Captain-General and Governor in Chief in the Colony of Connecticut and by George Wyllys, Secretary of State, used to appoint a person into a Company in a Regiment of Foot guard.

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An official list of men assigned to be Justices of the Peace and their duties in Litchfield County signed by Jonathan Trumbull in Hartford on June 1, 1776. Also the same document with list dated June 1, 1777.

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Proclamation by Connecticut Governor Jonathan Trumbull declaring Thursday the fifth day of December to be observed as a day of public thanksgiving. All servile labor is forbidden on said day.

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Governor Jonathan Trumbulls's proclamation that Thursday, the sixteenth day of November is to be observed as a day of public Thanksgiving. Labor and vain recreations are forbidden on said day.

Abstract Connecticut Light Infantry 17th Regiment Company Books collection (1203) consists of two orderly books. The first book details the regiment's creation by the State of Connecticut; contains decisions made by voting on particulars about the regiment (uniform, what the soldiers would have to provide, etc); a General Roll including the name of each soldier in the regiment and enlistment date; annual rolls from 1793-1798; and contains some accounting records for the regiment. The second book...

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List of officers and fellows arranged by county.