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Robert A. Catlin account book
00-1979-31-0
Collection
Identifier: 00-1979-31-0
Scope and Contents
The Robert A. Catlin account book (1979-31-0) contains entries from the year 1892 through 1916. The amount of cash on hand, as well as transactions showing money in and out are recorded in the book. Also noted are who or what cash was paid out for. The item is housed in 3B Box 1.
Dates:
translation missing: en.enumerations.date_label.created: 1892-1916; Other: Date acquired: 08/05/1979
Found in:
Litchfield Historical Society
Cheney and Kilborn Coffin Records
00-2011-107-0
Collection
Identifier: 00-2011-107-0
Scope and Contents
The Cheney and Kilborn Coffin Records collection (2011-107-0) is a collection of two typed transcripts compiled into one collection. The collection is a list of people who the two coffin makers (Silas Ellis Cheney and John Kilborn) made coffins for, the price, what the coffin was made from, and the date. The two made coffins for many people in town including the Buells, Buels, Ozias Seymour, and Lyman Beecher and the Beecher Estate. One entry that might be of some interest is the purchase...
Dates:
translation missing: en.enumerations.date_label.created: 1796 - 1821; Other: Date acquired: 05/06/2012
Found in:
Litchfield Historical Society
Silas E. Cheney account book
00-1973-65-0
Collection
Identifier: 00-1973-65-0
Scope and Contents
The Silas E. Cheney account book (1973-6-0) contains records for the years 1848-1856. Silas E. Cheney (1821-1874) was the son of Litchfield furniture maker Silas Ely Cheney and his wife Mary Young Cheney. During the 1840s and 1850s Silas operated a store in Litchfield. The account book indicates that the business dealt in general goods as well as foodstuffs. In the late 1850s Silas and his brother Edward relocated to New York where they briefly worked from their brother-in-law Horace...
Dates:
translation missing: en.enumerations.date_label.created: 1848-1856; Other: Date acquired: 12/08/1972
Found in:
Litchfield Historical Society
Burton Clarke account book
00-1973-66-0
Collection
Identifier: 00-1973-66-0
Scope and Contents
The Burton Clarke account book (1973-66-0) was maintained by Burton Clarke, a farmer of Salisbury, Connecticut, in 1884. The majority of the book is comprised of daily entries. These entries list out Mr. Clarke's daily activities, purchases that he made and their cost, and also if he hired laborers for the day. When laborers are included in daily costs he lists out the names of the individuals and what work they did on that day. At the end of the account book are account listings for cash...
Dates:
translation missing: en.enumerations.date_label.created: 1884; Other: Date acquired: 12/12/1972
Found in:
Litchfield Historical Society
Connecticut Mining Company account book
00-1939-23-0
Collection
Identifier: 00-1939-23-0
Scope and Contents
The Connecticut Mining Company account book (1939-23-0) contains financial records for the years 1858 through 1860. The Connecticut Mining Company was incorporated in 1854 by the state General Assembly with the purpose of exploring for iron, copper and other metals and minerals, and for mining, vending, smelting and working the same. The thiry-five page ledger contains the names of laborers who worked in the mines, as well as their daily wages. Also noted are larger amounts that individuals...
Dates:
translation missing: en.enumerations.date_label.created: 1858-1860; Other: Date acquired: 07/01/1939
Found in:
Litchfield Historical Society
Crane family papers
2003-73-0
Collection
Identifier: 2003-73-0
Scope and Contents
The Crane family papers document members of the Deming family of Litchfield and Waterbury, Conn. Among the family members represented are Julius Deming (1755-1838), Frederick Deming (1832-1925), Clarissa Champion Deming (1818-1899), Clarissa Brainard Deming (1872-1955), Dr. Dudley B. Deming (1874-1946), Dr. Alletta Langdon Bedford Deming (1882-1950), and Alletta Deming Crane (1912-2003). The papers consist of correspondence, account records, a scrapbook, military records, certificates,...
Dates:
translation missing: en.enumerations.date_label.created: 1803-1947; Other: Date acquired: 02/11/2005
Found in:
Litchfield Historical Society
Crutch's Pharmacy account book
00-1973-85-0
Collection
Identifier: 00-1973-85-0
Scope and Contents
The Crutch's Pharmacy account book (1973-85-0) contains records for the years 1907 and 1908. Aaron Crutch and his son William were both practicing druggists in Litchfield, Connecticut. The account book contains information pertaining to orders and accounts. The item is housed in 3B Box 6.
Dates:
translation missing: en.enumerations.date_label.created: 1907-1908; Other: Date acquired: 12/09/1972
Found in:
Litchfield Historical Society
Danner family papers
2002-50-0
Collection
Identifier: 2002-50-0
Scope and Contents
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...
Dates:
translation missing: en.enumerations.date_label.created: 1832-1991; Other: Date acquired: 01/01/2002
Found in:
Litchfield Historical Society
Day book
00-2011-94-0
Collection
Identifier: 00-2011-94-0
Scope and Contents
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.
Dates:
translation missing: en.enumerations.date_label.created: 1861-1862; Other: Date acquired: 02/06/2012
Found in:
Litchfield Historical Society
Deming, Perkins, and Quincy families papers
1950-01-0
Collection
Identifier: 1950-01-0
Scope and Contents
The Deming, Perkins, and Quincy Families Papers document members of several prominent families who lived in the town of Litchfield, Conn. In the late eighteenth century, the patriarchs of each family earned wealth through their activities as merchants, traders, and investors, enabling them and many of the members of the next generations to live lives free from financial concern, if not outright luxury. The papers consist largely of correspondence, and also include collections of financial...
Dates:
translation missing: en.enumerations.date_label.created: 1762-1950; Other: Date acquired: 01/01/1921
Found in:
Litchfield Historical Society