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Collection
Identifier: 00-1973-30-0
Scope and Contents
Collection of papers related to Litchfield County, including bills, receipts, correspondence, deeds, judicial records, ephemera, and other documents. Towns represented include Goshen, Torrington, and Winchester.
Dates:
translation missing: en.enumerations.date_label.created: 1866-1902; Other: Date acquired: 01/12/1973
Collection
Identifier: 00-1966-04-0
Scope and Contents
Letters of the Kilbourn family, including Osborn. Variations in the spelling of Kilbourn, such as Kilborn, are included as Kilbourn. Also sermons of Rev. Jacob Osborne.
Dates:
translation missing: en.enumerations.date_label.created: 1799-1856; Other: Date acquired: 01/01/1966
Collection
Identifier: 00-2009-144-0
Scope and Contents
An 8-page letter from Thomas Penn to Richard Peters. Both men were members of the Proprietary Group in Pennsylvania, 1754-1764. Thomas Penn,the son of William Penn, answers letters he received from Mr. Peters in April and May 1754. He discusses payments due to the Attorney General Tench Francis, and court cases about land titles.
Dates:
translation missing: en.enumerations.date_label.created: 1754
Collection
Identifier: 00-2010-24-0
Scope and Contents
Two documents written by Rev. David L. Perry, a minister in Sharon, Connecticut.
Dates:
translation missing: en.enumerations.date_label.created: 1810-1827
Collection
Identifier: 1961-39-0
Scope and Contents
The Phelps Family Papers consist primarily of correspondence. Most of the letters date from 1854-1865 and were written to or from Rev. Winthrop Henry Phelps, who served as chaplain to the 2nd Connecticut Heavy Artillery during the Civil War and from his wife Lucy F. Robinson Phelps. Among the most noteworthy of the papers are a series of diaries maintained by Rev. Phelps. Several of these were edited by his granddaughter Ethel Lowerre Phelps in 1945 and published as limited editions titled...
Dates:
translation missing: en.enumerations.date_label.created: 1817-1945; Other: Date acquired: 02/09/1963
Collection
Identifier: 1978-39-8
Scope and Contents
The Pierce Family Correspondence consists primarily of letters to and from the children of John Pierce and his first wife, Mary (Paterson) Pierce, as well as of his second wife, Mary (Goodman) Pierce. The collection documents events of national importance: John Pierce, a colonel and paymaster in the Continental Army, received letters from numerous correspondents concerning military, administrative, and political news of the American Revolution. Moreover, the Pierce brothers traveled...
Dates:
translation missing: en.enumerations.date_label.created: 1775-1825; Other: Majority of material found in 1776-1825; Other: Date acquired: 01/01/1978
Collection
Identifier: 00-1985-27-0
Scope and Contents
A letter dated Nov. 24, 1836, written from Boston by Rev. John Pierpont to his brother, James Morris Pierpont (1800-1839) of South Farms, Litchfield, Conn., later Morris, Conn. John reports on the arrival of the Lydia and its cargo; that he has taken up and paid the note signed by Sherman, Tolles, John and James for $1,000; and asks for advice on other business matters, including what to do with the stereotype plates used to print labels for the Farmington Company's Patent Wood Screws.
Dates:
translation missing: en.enumerations.date_label.created: 1836 Nov 24; Other: Date acquired: 01/01/1985
Collection
Identifier: 2002-35-0
Scope and Contents
The Andrew Clark Pikosky Collection, 2002-35-0, includes papers and photographs from his parents, and in particular his father, Edward Pikosky. Among the items are programs from various professional and amateur theatrical productions in Litchfield and Litchfield County, photographs of Edward Pikosky and from World War I, paper from World War II, a Christmas card from Charles H. Turkington, circa 1930s; and 1 small notebook related to the Litchfield Flood Control Commission, 1956-1958. Also...
Dates:
translation missing: en.enumerations.date_label.created: 1908-1981; Other: Date acquired: 10/10/2002
Fonds
Identifier: 1958-26-0
Content Description
This collection consists of statements and correspondence relating to the Pinkerton National Detective Agency investigation into the arson of J. Warren Goddard's properties on North Lake St., Litchfield, on May 3, 1884. A barn was destroyed and a house was damaged. There are a total of five statements, two of which were made by African-Americans, and five reports signed "Allan Pinkerton" mailed to Goddard. It cannot be determined if Pinkerton actually wrote the reports or if his...
Dates:
1884
Collection
Identifier: 00-2010-289-0
Abstract
Letter written from Washington [Conn.?] to his brother, who he has recently heard was not hurt during the battle of Cold Harbor. He is grateful his brother and other brother, Seth, have thus far escaped unharmed. Also writes about his activities in Washington and health. Photocopy.
Dates:
translation missing: en.enumerations.date_label.created: 1864 Jun 26
