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Writes about some Goshen anecdotes,especially Roberts Tavern.

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This subseries contains correspondence to and from Esther Thompson. Most, though not all, correspondants are either family members or discussing various members of the Thompson family.

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Inquiring about Tapping Reeve's brother [Benjamin] Reeve and one of Benjamin's eight daughters Harriet and portrait of Tapping Reeve. See Reeve Genealogy.

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This subseries contains correspondence to and from Esther Thompson. Most, though not all, correspondants are either family members or discussing various members of the Thompson family.

Scope and Contents Contains birth announcement for Martin Justice DeVaney (Son of Sadie); letter about an old church, Villiage Improvement Society, letters about reading her civil war recolections including from the Waterbury American about publishing them there as well as her "Old Church on the Green" series. Letter from a Roberts cousin outlines the birthsofvarious family members. Emeline talks of her experience working at Ellis Island. Card for a Congregational Chapel social. Some correspondence relatingto...

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Letters and postcards from various people. Some are about purchasing publications. Letter mentions a girl EHT took in-could this be Christina mentioned in other letters? One letter to Elizabeth Lilynn (This might not be spelling) who has same PO box as EHT and letter mentioned "Miss Esther". Some empty envelopes, one addressed to EHT, another to Rev. E. C. Starr of Cornwall CT-Wrote one of the letters (addressed to a Miss Roberts but sent to EHT) asking about the Robert's family.

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Various letters/envelopes/notes, some from after Esther's death. Letter from CT state library answering a question with promotional materials; notice of death of William P. Hubbard; one with "C.O.D."; handwritten transcriptions of letters (Sally Hubbard and Eli Whitney)

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MS, 20pp

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This sub-series contains the manuscripts, notes, and published writings created by Esther H. Thompson on a variety of topics relating to the history of Litchfield. Some items of note are her childhood memory of troops mustering on the town green during the Civil War and the discussion of enslaved people in town, particularly the case of William Grimes.

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Handwritten article and transcript. Date is on transcript not original and doesn't seem quite right.