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Letter to N. B. Morse, Edward W. Fiske, James Humphrey, C. P. Smith, and Edward Driggs indicating that King cannot attend the dinner to be given for Henry C. Murphy.

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The papers of Alice Eliza Kingsbury of Waterbury and Litchfield, Conn., consisting of a memoir of her childhood in Waterbury; a photograph of her father Frederick J. Kingsbury with Frederick Law Olmsted, John Olmsted, Charles Loring Brace, and Charles Trask; photographs of Alice Kingsbury; and a newspaper clipping about Dorothy Bull.

Content Description Kingsbury Family Papers (2015-55-0) Two bound books. Travel Diary documenting the travels of Edith Davies Kingsbury during a tour of Europe in 1891. Taking the Steamship Lahn on January 21 this diary gives a daily account of various places she visited and includes photographs of many of the places. Information includes eating establishments, different foods, hotels, art, along with her fellow travelers. Entries also include meeting the Prince and Princess of Wales before finally returning...

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The Ephraim Kirby Case Reports collection (2011-106-0) is a copied collection of case reports created by Ephraim Kirby. The span of cases ranges from 1785 to 1789. There is a typed transcript of some of the cases from the collection included in the folder. Cases that are in reports range from cases about divorce, false imprisonment, and burglary. The cases are from around the state of Connecticut from Litchfield to New London Counties.

Scope and Contents The Ephraim Kirby Legal Notes collection (1899-2-0) is a bound volume containing notes and reports made by Ephraim Kirby when he was a law reporter. The notes and reports found in this volume were used to create the first published collection of law reports in the United States. The creation of the law reports was started to begin to differentiate United States common law from England’s common law. The cases found in this bound volume can be found in the published version, but the published...

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A letter from Ephraim Kirby in Litchfield to John Cotton Smith, attorney at law in Sharon (Conn.) asking Smith to arrest a young man (unnamed) who read law under him and did not pay his fees. Mr. Kirby thinks that the young man is keeping a school in Amenia, NY.

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Kirby writes Green who is in New York about Kirby's frustration in obtaining a desposition from Mr. Canfield.

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A newspaper obituary of Col. Edmund Kirby (1794-1849), who enlisted in the army at the age of 18 and fought in the War of 1812, the Black Hawk, Creek and Seminole Wars and the Mexican War. He was chief of the Pay Department during the Mexican War and died as a result of deteriorating health during the war. A manuscript, "A chronicle of the Marvin-Kirby house from an address read by Miss Wells at Litchfield, Conn., 21 Aug 1879."

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56 impressions from a steel plate engraved by Anthony Kroll, "In memory of Sarah Pierce pioneer in the higher education of women from 1792 to 1833," undated. The engraving is based on an etching by Bernhardt Wall, who based his work on an art work by James Calvert Smith.

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The Ladies' Aid Society cookbook (1972-130-0) was compiled by the Ladies' Aid Society of the Congregational Church of Northfield, Connecticut in 1930. Recipes were gathered from and submitted by residents of Northfield. Their names are printed below their respective submissions. An index at the front of the book seperates recipes into the categories of bread, cakes, cookies, miscellaneous, pie, and puddings. The item is currently housed in 3A Box 17.