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Collection
Identifier: 00-1963-27-0
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Receipted bill, Melinda Danforth to William Porter, Hartford to William Porter for goods including basins and coffeepot.
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translation missing: en.enumerations.date_label.created: 1818 Aug 22; Other: Date acquired: 11/30/1962
Collection
Identifier: 2002-50-0
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The personal papers of Helen Danner and her parents Frederick Baxter Danner (1907-1979) and Elizabeth Neill Danner (1907-1991). Frederick Danner grew up in Mount Vernon, N.Y., and graduated from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. He was then employed by AT&T's Long Lines Division for 42 years. Elizabeth Neill was born in Milwaukee. She attended Sweet Briar College in Virginia. She married Frederick Danner in 1935. They moved to Litchfield in the early 1970s. Helen Danner's...
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translation missing: en.enumerations.date_label.created: 1832-1991; Other: Date acquired: 01/01/2002
Collection
Identifier: 2011-18-0
Abstract
The Daughters of the American Revolution, Mary Floyd Tallmadge Chapter (Litchfield, Conn.) records (2011-18-0, .63 linear feet) consist of research reports regarding lists of American Revolutionary War soldiers from Litchfield and surrounding towns; surveys of churches in Litchfield and Morris; grave records; and a 1779 pay abstract relating to the 13th Regiment Connecticut Militia. Many of the records were created by D.A.R. chapters in surrounding areas and presented to the Litchfield...
Dates:
1905-1936; 2019-2021; Other: Date acquired: 03/04/2012
Collection
Identifier: 00-1993-06-0
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Papers of Fred L. Dautrich, Torrington, Conn., artist, musician and violin expert who invented three string instruments to fill the voicing gaps he believed existed between the violin, cello, and bass violin in order to enrich the sound of the string ensemble. The papers include correspondence, photographs, ephemera, news clippings, and trademark documents.
Fred L. Dautrich was born in Germany in 1874 and apprenticed as boy to be a cabinet maker. In 1896, he came to the United States with...
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translation missing: en.enumerations.date_label.created: 1923-1971; Other: Date acquired: 08/08/1994
Collection
Identifier: 00-2010-340-0
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Three letters, Eunice Davies Scovill writing from Waterbury to her sister Belvidere Davies Ranney, 1829; William H. Scovill writing from Waterbury to his sister-in-law Belvidere Davies Ranney, 1840; and "Cousin" [Susannah?] writing from St. John's to Alathea Scovill Kingsbury, 1843.
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translation missing: en.enumerations.date_label.created: 1829-1843; Other: Date acquired: 04/09/2012
Collection
Identifier: 00-1997-12-0
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A small notebook of handwritten sermons on The Commandments attributed to Rev. Davies and a published booklet "Biographical sketch of the Rev. Thomas Davies, A.M.: missionary of the Society for Propagating the Gospel in Foreign Parts, in several of the town of Litchfield County, Conn., from the year 1766" by a minister of the county. Published in New Haven by Stanley & Chapin, 1843. Davies was born in 1736/37 in Herefordshire, England, emigrated to Litchfield, CT in 1745, graduated from...
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translation missing: en.enumerations.date_label.created: 1843; Other: Date acquired: 11/30/1996
Collection
Identifier: 00-2011-94-0
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Day book (2011-94-0) records daily dry goods purchases for the year 1861 and 1862. Each day includes a listing of customers for the day and what they purchased. As well as the cost of the goods. The creator of the book and the store are unknown.
The item is housed in 3B Box 15.
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translation missing: en.enumerations.date_label.created: 1861-1862; Other: Date acquired: 02/06/2012
Collection
Identifier: 00-1955-12-0
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Letter signed by J. Day from the president and fellows of Yale College to John Catlin for excelling in composition.
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translation missing: en.enumerations.date_label.created: 1837 Mar; Other: Date acquired: 02/03/1955
Item
Identifier: 00-2024-01-0
Abstract
Henry W. DeSaussure writes a letter of introduction to Benjamin Tallmadge presenting Mr. Calhoun (presumably John C. Calhoun) who was traveling to Litchfield to study law with Tapping Reeve. DeSaussure, also a federalist, expressed concern for the health of Connecticut Senator and Litchfield resident Uriah Tracy.
Dates:
1805 May 13
Collection
Identifier: 00-2010-166-0
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Charlotte Dandini de Sylva encloses a check for membership in the Litchfield Historical Society.
Dates:
translation missing: en.enumerations.date_label.created: [?] Aug 20
