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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
Daniel S. Dickinson letter
00-2010-173-0
Collection
Identifier: 00-2010-173-0
Scope and Contents
Daniel S. Dickinson writes from Binghamton, N.Y., to N. B. Morse, Edmund W. Fiske, James Humphrey, C. P. Smith, and Edmund Driggs indicating that Dickinson will participate in the festive honors proposed to be extended to the Hon. Henry C. Murphey.
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translation missing: en.enumerations.date_label.created: 1857 Aug 3
Found in:
Litchfield Historical Society
William Douglas letters
00-2009-33-0
Collection
Identifier: 00-2009-33-0
Scope and Contents
Three letters written by Colonel William Douglas (1742-1777) from Philips Borough, NY to his wife with details of Washington's troop movement and battles. Dated 17 Nov 1776, 27 Nov 1776, & 5 Dec 1776. These may be handwritten copies of the originals - they are all on the same sheet of paper. Douglas was a colonel of a Connecticut regiment in the American Revolution, who’s troops retreated at the British landing at Kip’s Bay (September 1776), only to be stopped personally by George...
Dates:
translation missing: en.enumerations.date_label.created: 1776; Other: Date acquired: 02/11/2009
Found in:
Litchfield Historical Society
Robert Doyle collection
2003-48-0
Collection
Identifier: 2003-48-0
Scope and Contents
The Robert Doyle collection contains papers regarding Crutch & MacDonald, a Litchfield, Conn., drug store; other Litchfield businesses; and activities of the Borough of Litchfield government. The papers include druggists catalogues and literature, late 1800s; a letter written by Robert Doyle regarding the sale of Crutch & MacDonald, 1994; bills and receipts, early twentieth century; documents relating to the sale and lease of Crutch & MacDonald and its antecedent iterations,...
Dates:
translation missing: en.enumerations.date_label.created: 1870-1994; Other: Date acquired: 02/07/2005
Found in:
Litchfield Historical Society
Theodore Ells collection
2007-33-0
Collection
Identifier: 2007-33-0
Scope and Contents
The Theodore Ells Collection consists of 2 maps of Wild Garden; photographs of Sanctum events and Camp Onaway; records relating to the Litchfield Wild Garden Association, the White Memorial Foundation, and others; a Board Members Manual of the Public Health Association in Litchfield; and others.
Dates:
translation missing: en.enumerations.date_label.created: 1947-1963; Other: Date acquired: 06/09/2008
Found in:
Litchfield Historical Society
First Congregational Church of Litchfield collection
2006-18-0
Collection
Identifier: 2006-18-0
Scope and Contents
The First Congregational Church of Litchfield collection provides documentation on the church from 1845-1999, although the church was founded in 1721. The collection brings together records given by the church and a number of other donors, and includes annual reports; addresses, sermons, and discourses; several editions of the church manual and membership roll; Sunday School Library catalogue (1859) and records; histories; photographs; financial records; correspondence; and other records....
Dates:
translation missing: en.enumerations.date_label.created: 1845-1999; Other: Date acquired: 12/07/2006
Found in:
Litchfield Historical Society
First Law School Society of the Children of the American Revolution records
2010-362-0
Collection
Identifier: 2010-362-0
Scope and Contents
The records of the First Law School Society of the Children of the American Revolution include scrapbooks primarily containing photographs and news clippings; application materials and brochures; cards with members' information; minutes; organizational records; program ideas files; transparencies; newsletters; patrotic and other publications; banner; local society annual reports; correspondence; president's medal; financial records; and other items.
Initial meetings of what would become the...
Dates:
translation missing: en.enumerations.date_label.created: 1971-1994; Other: Date acquired: 05/10/2010
Found in:
Litchfield Historical Society
Samuel Fisher collection
1961-25-0
Collection
Identifier: 1961-25-0
Scope and Contents
Research files and other materials related to Samuel Fisher's 1946 book, Litchfield Law School, 1774-1833: Biographical Catalogue, containing information about its students. There are also papers related to other aspects of Litchfield's history.
Starting in the 1930s, Fisher undertook a project to assemble data on every student who attended the Litchfield Law School from 1774-1833. He conducted research and corresponded with colleges and universities, state libraries, historical...
Dates:
translation missing: en.enumerations.date_label.created: 1929-1961; Other: Date acquired: 07/05/1963
Found in:
Litchfield Historical Society
Samuel Flewwelling papers
2010-96-0
Collection
Identifier: 2010-96-0
Scope and Contents
The papers of New York City banker and businessman Samuel Flewwelling (1774 or 5-1849) primarily relating to property held by his wife, Julia Elvira Canfield Flewwelling (1791-1868), and him in the Western Reserve, later Ohio. Following Samuel's death, the properties were managed by William Mackay (1795-1873), a New York City businessman and the husband of Caroline Emma Canfield Mackay. The collections includes indentures, agreements, leases, deeds, statements and accounts, and...
Dates:
translation missing: en.enumerations.date_label.created: 1799-1868; Other: Date acquired: 01/03/2010
Found in:
Litchfield Historical Society
Bernice Fuessenich collection
2003-78-0
Collection
Identifier: 2003-78-0
Scope and Contents
The Bernice Fuessenich collection consists of photographs, invoices, programs, invitations, advertising, brochures, dance cards, calling cards, and other ephemera documenting cultural, social, religious, and business activities in Litchfield, Conn., 1897-1976. Among the subjects covered are drama productions, church dedications and services, horse shows, minstrel shows, dances and balls, businesses and restaurants. There are also receipts for goods and services. Some of the papers relate to...
Dates:
translation missing: en.enumerations.date_label.created: 1897-1976; Other: Date acquired: 01/02/2005
Found in:
Litchfield Historical Society