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Noah Webster letters

00-1916-46-0

 Collection
Identifier: 00-1916-46-0
Scope and Contents

One letter dated 1833 Nov 4 from Noah Webster in New Haven to Messrs. Webster and Skinner in Albany concerning the rights to print the new spelling book. Two letters, 1830 Feb 3 and 1833 Nov 7, to Noah Webster from Webster and Skinner in Albany.

Dates: translation missing: en.enumerations.date_label.created: 1830 Feb 3 - 1833 Nov 7; Other: Date acquired: 11/30/1915

John D. Wheeler letter

00-1949-38-0

 Collection
Identifier: 00-1949-38-0
Scope and Contents

Wheeler writes to his uncle from a tent on the green in New Haven, Conn., about volunteering to serve in the Civil War, the draft, slavery, and other wartime topics.

Dates: translation missing: en.enumerations.date_label.created: 1862 Jul 18; Other: Date acquired: 01/01/1949

Alain C. White papers

00-2010-251-0

 Collection
Identifier: 00-2010-251-0
Scope and Contents

Papers of Alain C. White, consisting of correspondence related to investments of the Litchfield Historical Society, the acquisition of a John C. Calhoun portrait by the Society, and other matters. There are also a collection of what appear to be papers of Middletown, Conn., students.

Dates: translation missing: en.enumerations.date_label.created: 1878-1923

Whiting Family papers

00-1954-43-0

 Collection
Identifier: 00-1954-43-0
Scope and Contents

Whiting family papers, particularly Jason Whiting, including deeds, military commissions, and letters.

Dates: translation missing: en.enumerations.date_label.created: 1758-1832; Other: Date acquired: 01/01/1954

Jabez Whittelsey papers

00-1967-16-0

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Identifier: 00-1967-16-0
Scope and Contents

Jabez Whittelsey's account book for 1812-1819 and an 1820 letter to Jabez from his brother William Whittelsey in Cornish Vermont. Jabez was a shoemaker in Litchfield. Account book shelved in 3A Box 15.

Dates: translation missing: en.enumerations.date_label.created: 1812-1820; Other: Date acquired: 11/30/1966

Whittlesey family papers

2001-14-0

 Collection
Identifier: 2001-14-0
Scope and Contents The papers of the Whittlesey family, primarily relating to the activities of David Whittlesey (1750-1825), his son David Chester Whittlesey (1803-1880), both of New Preston, (part of Washington), Conn., and David Chester Whittlesey's son John Eliphalet Whittlesey (1830-1910), who served in the Civil War and then settled in Houston, Tex. Also included are papers related to the Hazen, Mitchell, and Titus families of Washington, late 1700s-early 1800s. The collection includes correspondence,...
Dates: translation missing: en.enumerations.date_label.created: 1775-1912; Other: Date acquired: 07/07/2002

Henry H. Wiggin genealogy collection

1971-48-0

 Collection
Identifier: 1971-48-0
Scope and Contents The Henry H. Wiggin genealogy collection relates to the genealogy of the Wiggin, Holme, and associated families, including descendants of Capt. Thomas Wiggin (circa 1592-1666) of New Hampshire. Henry Wiggin (1872- ) was the first cousin once removed of Charlotte M. Wiggin (1886-1974), long-time curator of the Litchfield Historical Society, and the papers include documentation regarding her and her ancestors. The collection consists of manuscript research materials, correspondence, and...
Dates: translation missing: en.enumerations.date_label.created: 1935-1953; Other: Date acquired: 01/01/1971

William Morris and Company letter

00-1994-07-0

 Collection
Identifier: 00-1994-07-0
Scope and Contents

J. E. Gillard of William Morris and Company in London, U.K., writes to Rev. Howard F. Dunn of St. Michael's Church in Litchfield, Conn., to apologize for the delay in getting the designs for Alexander Liggett's stained glass window to Rev. Dunn. Gillard anticipates sending them in ten days.

Dates: translation missing: en.enumerations.date_label.created: 1954 Aug 13; Other: Date acquired: 02/10/1995

Elisha Williams letter

00-2010-61-0

 Collection
Identifier: 00-2010-61-0
Scope and Contents

E. Williams in Hudson, New York writes to Roger M. Sherman in Fairfield, Conn. and acknowledges Sherman's letter. He responds that county clerks are allowed to record deeds by a recent statute. Letter also concerns transfer of some deeds.

Dates: translation missing: en.enumerations.date_label.created: 1814 Dec 3

Willis Family papers

00-2010-140-0

 Collection
Identifier: 00-2010-140-0
Scope and Contents

A poem by Sara Payson Willis, dated Boston, March 11, 1829 that is addressed to Miss Urania Phillip Battelle in Norfolk, Conn. Also part of an undated letter from Nathaniel Parker Willis, Sara's brother, to Urania. Urania Battell and Sara Payson Willis were students at the Hartford Female Seminary in 1829.

Dates: translation missing: en.enumerations.date_label.created: 1829 Mar 11

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Seymour, Moses, 1774-1826 3
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Wolcott, Oliver, 1726-1797 3
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Adams, Charles, 1805-1883 2
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Plumb, Charles E., 1845-1913 2
Quincy, Mary Perkins, 1866-1921 2
Seherr-Thoss, Sonia P., 1919-2006 2
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Seymour, Epaphroditus, 1783-1854 2
Seymour, Origen Storrs, 1804-1881 2
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Washington, George, 1732-1799 2
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