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Elijah Adams letter

00-2009-92-0

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Identifier: 00-2009-92-0
Abstract

Elijah Adams, Esq. in Fishkill, New York writes to Asa Bacon, Esq. in Litchfield about a meeting at Col. Benjamin Tallmadge's house. Provides recollections about a business arrangement involving Judge Reeve, Uriel Holmes, Frederick Wolcott, Benjamin Tallmadge Ezekiel Lewis, John Landon, Aaron Smith and Julius Deming. Gives an account of attempts to collect a debt from Aaron Smith.

Dates: translation missing: en.enumerations.date_label.created: 1824 Dec 13
Found in: Litchfield Historical Society

Adams family collection

1970-35-1

 Collection
Identifier: 1970-35-1
Scope and Contents The personal papers of the Adams Family, including Joseph Adams (1767-1856); his son, Charles Adams (1805-1883); children of Charles Adams, including Julia Adams How Wessells (1842-1904), Mary Adams Wheelock (1838-1895), and Charles Adams Jr. (1845-1864); other family members; and friends and business associates. The collection consists primarily of correspondence. The collection consists primarily of correspondence received by Joseph Adams from family members and members of the Litchfield...
Dates: translation missing: en.enumerations.date_label.created: 1798-1928; Other: Majority of material found in 1798-1877; Other: Date acquired: 01/06/1970
Found in: Litchfield Historical Society

Adams family genealogy

00-2010-119-0

 Collection
Identifier: 00-2010-119-0
Abstract

Papers relating to the Adams family of Litchfield, including Joseph Adams (1764-1856); one of his sons, Charles Adams (1805-1883); and others, consisting primarily of genealogical materials and obituaries.

Dates: translation missing: en.enumerations.date_label.created: 1829-circa 1900
Found in: Litchfield Historical Society

Cyrus Alden letter

00-1930-28-0

 Collection
Identifier: 00-1930-28-0
Scope and Contents

Cyrus Alden in Litchfield writes to his brother Thomas Alden in Bridgewater, Mass. describing his trip to Litchfield and New Haven  and study and expenses at Judge Reeve's Law School.

Dates: translation missing: en.enumerations.date_label.created: 1808 Sep 25; Other: Date acquired: 11/30/1929
Found in: Litchfield Historical Society

American Revolution Bicentennial Commission of Litchfield records

2010-164-0

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Identifier: 2010-164-0
Scope and Contents

Records of the American Revolution Bicentennial Commission of Litchfield are in two series. Series 1. Thomas Babbitt, chairman: Correspondence, minutes, subject files, decals, ephemera, drawings, and other materials. Series 2. Barbara MacDonald, commission member: Correspondence, minutes, subject files, decals, ephemera, a photograph, drawings, publications, and other materials. Also included are objects, such as a key chain, a bumper sticker, and playing cards.

Dates: translation missing: en.enumerations.date_label.created: 1974-1977
Found in: Litchfield Historical Society

John Quincy Ames papers

2004-53-0

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Identifier: 2004-53-0
Scope and Contents The John Quincy Ames papers (1834-1923) consist of his Civil War discharge papers, pension papers regarding his widow and two children, and four family photos. Ames was born in Morris, Conn., (then Litchfield South Farms) in 1845. In 1864, he enlisted in the army, serving in 2nd Connecticut Heavy Artillery, Co. A, during the United States Civil War. He was mustered out in 1865. He lived and worked in Salisbury, Conn., until moving to a farm on Beach Street in Litchfield in 1885. He married...
Dates: translation missing: en.enumerations.date_label.created: 1834-1923; Other: Date acquired: 09/08/2005
Found in: Litchfield Historical Society

Charles B. Andrews papers

2010-16-0

 Collection
Identifier: 2010-16-0
Scope and Contents The Charles Bartlett Andrews papers (2011-16-0, .42 linear feet) document Charles B. Andrews (1834-1902), who was a lawyer, governor of Connecticut, and chief justice of the Connecticut Supreme Court, consist of letters regarding men who sought or were recommended for government positions or assistance, other correspondence, legal opinions, petitions, drafts and working papers, printed materials related to court matters and the Connecitcut Republican party, and other documents. Andrews was...
Dates: translation missing: en.enumerations.date_label.created: 1860-1903; Other: Date acquired: 03/04/2012
Found in: Litchfield Historical Society

Armstrong family papers

1995-20-0

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Identifier: 1995-20-0
Scope and Contents The papers of the Armstrong family of Washington, Conn., centering on James Armstrong (1754-1816). His wife Miriam Mallory Armstrong (1756-1851) was the daughter of Caleb Mallory and Jane Weller Mallory. On Feb. 3, 1780, a little more than four months before Miriam married Armstrong, her parents and three of their grandchildren were murdered in their home by Barnett Davenport, a crime considered to be the first incidence of multiple murder in the United States. A small group of papers...
Dates: translation missing: en.enumerations.date_label.created: 1757-1855; Other: Date acquired: 04/10/1995
Found in: Litchfield Historical Society

Horace Atwood letter

00-2009-73-0

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Identifier: 00-2009-73-0
Scope and Contents

Letter from Horace S. Atwood in Boonsboro, Maryland dated 14 June 1826 to Guy Walker in St. Augustine, East Florida. Mr. Atwood is considering traveling to Florida and requests information about the area. His health has improved since leaving Woodbury.

Dates: translation missing: en.enumerations.date_label.created: 1826 Jan 14
Found in: Litchfield Historical Society

Asa Bacon letters

00-2010-150-0

 Collection
Identifier: 00-2010-150-0
Scope and Contents

Two letters from Asa Bacon of Litchfield, Conn., to his cousin, Peyton Randolph Gilbert of Hebron, Conn., primarily relating to the deaths of Bacon's three sons.

Dates: translation missing: en.enumerations.date_label.created: 1850
Found in: Litchfield Historical Society

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Canfield family 3
Catlin family 3
Dana, Richard Henry, 1879-1933 3
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First Congregational Church (Litchfield, Conn.) 3
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Litchfield Female Academy (Conn.) 3
Plumb, Seth F., 1836-1864 3
Seymour, Moses, 1774-1826 3
Stoddard family 3
Wolcott, Oliver, 1726-1797 3
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Adams, Charles, 1805-1883 2
Adams, Joseph, 1764-1856 2
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Brace, J. (Jonathan), 1810-1877 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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Silliman, Gold Selleck, 1777-1868 2
Stowe, Harriet Beecher, 1811-1896 2
UOP Inc. Aerospace Division 2
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Washington, George, 1732-1799 2
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Woodruff, George M. (George Morris), 1836-1930 2
Woodruff, James Parsons, 1868-1931 2
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