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Harriet J. Benedict letter
00-2010-344-0
Collection
Identifier: 00-2010-344-0
Scope and Contents
Letter written by Harriet J. Tomlinson Benedict (about 1787-1861) from Orange, N.J., to Nancy Walker and Harriet Nettleton in Woodbury, Conn., regarding Harriet's health and other family matters. Benedict was married to Woodbury lawyer Noah Bennet Benedict (1771-1831), daughter of Isaac Tomlinson and Jemima Bacon Tomlinson, and granddaughter of wealthy Woodbury merchant Jabez Bacon (1731-1806).
Dates:
translation missing: en.enumerations.date_label.created: 1838 Oct 26; Other: Date acquired: 04/09/2012
Found in:
Litchfield Historical Society
Bird family papers
00-1960-21-0
Collection
Identifier: 00-1960-21-0
Abstract
Letters and deeds of the Bird family, mostly John Bird and Dr. Seth Bird.
Dates:
translation missing: en.enumerations.date_label.created: 1733-1825; Other: Date acquired: 11/30/1959
Found in:
Litchfield Historical Society
Bishop family collection
2011-14-0
Collection
Identifier: 2011-14-0
Scope and Contents
The Bishop family collection (2011-14-0, .42 linear feet) documents the families of Charles B. Bishop (1832-1913) and Jane Farnsworth Bishop (1829-1892) of Litchfield, Conn. A number of individuals are represented in the collection, including Charles, his father Charles Bishop (1791-1871), his grandfather John Bishop (1756-1848); Charles’s brothers James Ensign Bishop (1828-1903) and Theophilus Fenn Bishop (1820-1846); Theophilus’s wife Susan Amelia Pratt Bishop (1818-1848); several of...
Dates:
translation missing: en.enumerations.date_label.created: 1825-1918; Other: Date acquired: 03/04/2012
Found in:
Litchfield Historical Society
Bissell family collection
1949-24-0
Collection
Identifier: 1949-24-0
Scope and Contents
The papers of the Bissell and Bissell-Baldwin families, including family members, friends, and business associates. The collection consists of correspondence, business records, account books, and other records.
Isaac Bissell (1682-1744) moved to Litchfield in 1723, where he owned a 60th share, approximately 700 acres. He was the father of ten children, including Benjamin (1717-1747) and Zebulon (1724-1777).
The Bissells were farmers, although there is little material in the Society's...
Dates:
translation missing: en.enumerations.date_label.created: 1760-1926; Other: Date acquired: 01/01/1949
Found in:
Litchfield Historical Society
Boardman & Seymour records
2009-75-0
Collection
Identifier: 2009-75-0
Scope and Contents
The Boardman & Seymour Records (2009-75-0) consist of correspondence, bills, legal documents, licenses to sell liquor, orders, receipts, statements of accounts and other business records. Daniel Boardman (1757-1833), New York City businessman and merchant, his brother Elijah Boardman (1760-1823), New Milford businessman and merchant, and Moses Seymour Jr. (1774-1826), Litchfield merchant and town official, maintained a partnership to operate a store in Litchfield in which they sold "a...
Dates:
translation missing: en.enumerations.date_label.created: 1794-1811; Other: Date acquired: 11/04/1989
Found in:
Litchfield Historical Society
Bolles and Wells letter
00-2010-155-0
Collection
Identifier: 00-2010-155-0
Abstract
Bolles and Wells write to S. J. Lewis of Naugatuck, Conn., to say they do not accept a box of overshoes on his terms.
Dates:
translation missing: en.enumerations.date_label.created: 1848 Dec 15
Found in:
Litchfield Historical Society
Ebenezer Bolles family papers
1932-22-0
Collection
Identifier: 1932-22-0
Scope and Contents
The Ebenezer Bolles family papers relate to Ebenezer Bolles (1764-1826), his sons Ebenezer W. Bolles (1793-1854), Samuel Penfield Bolles (1795-1875), and Henry Bolles (1802-1849), and Samuel's wife's half-brother William Mather Clark (1805-1878). The papers consist of correspondence, deeds, legal papers, and account books.
Ebenezer Bolles (1764-1826) married Abigail Penfield Bolles (1763-1844). They settled in Litchfield, where all of their children where born; as adults, most of them moved...
Dates:
translation missing: en.enumerations.date_label.created: 1789-1849; Other: Date acquired: 01/01/1932
Found in:
Litchfield Historical Society
Erastus Bostwick letter
00-2010-156-0
Collection
Identifier: 00-2010-156-0
Scope and Contents
Erastus Bostwick of Hinesburgh, Vt., author of an 1851 genealogy on the Bostwick family, writes to Dr. D. E. Bostwick regarding genealogical matters.
Dates:
translation missing: en.enumerations.date_label.created: 1852 May 29
Found in:
Litchfield Historical Society
Letter of Dr. Jonathan Brace
00-2010-157-0
Collection
Identifier: 00-2010-157-0
Scope and Contents
Item is labeled "Letter of Dr. Jonathan Brace" and gives biographical information.
Dates:
translation missing: en.enumerations.date_label.created: undated
Found in:
Litchfield Historical Society
Jonathan Brace letter
00-2010-158-0
Collection
Identifier: 00-2010-158-0
Scope and Contents
Jonathan Brace writes from Milford, Conn., to Rev. L. W. Bacon with biographical information.
Dates:
translation missing: en.enumerations.date_label.created: 1859 Apr 18
Found in:
Litchfield Historical Society