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Clarissa Baldwin Journal
00-2011-68-0
Collection
Identifier: 00-2011-68-0
Scope and Contents
The Clarissa Baldwin Journal (2011-68-0) is a daily journal that Clarissa Baldwin maintained for an assignment while at the Morris Academy in 1810 through 1811. The journal focuses on the day-to-day activities such as attended classes, prayer, getting to and from school, the description of the weather, &tc. There are also two comments in the journal left by her teacher Rhoda Farnham. The one that might be of most interest, because it is the most extensive, is at the end of the journal....
Dates:
translation missing: en.enumerations.date_label.created: 1810-1811; Other: Date acquired: 03/06/2011
Found in:
Litchfield Historical Society
James Baldwin Diary
00-1951-12-0
Collection
Identifier: 00-1951-12-0
Scope and Contents
The James Baldwin Diary (1951-12-0) is a small diary containing a few pages of genealogical information of the Baldwin family including birth and death dates for several family members and describing how his family originally came to Litchfield. The majority of the diary is a retelling of American Revolutionary War. In part of the diary, Baldwin mentions the battle of Harlem Heights and a speech by George Washington. The diary was most likely written by James Baldwin, but the diary was most...
Dates:
translation missing: en.enumerations.date_label.created: Before 1843; Other: Date acquired: 01/01/1951
Found in:
Litchfield Historical Society
Phineas Baldwin and Reuben Webster journal
00-2010-110-0
Collection
Identifier: 00-2010-110-0
Scope and Contents
The journal of Phineas Baldwin (abt. 1847-1817) and Reuben Webster (1757-1833) documents the activites of two men in Litchfield, Conn. Baldwin traded in a variety of commodities and services with Litchfield residents, such as wood, veal, rice, tobacco, butter, and carting. His sections of the book run from 1784 to 1806. Another person, perhaps Reuben Webster, also used the book. In these sections, dating from 1817 through 1829, are several entries regarding Baldwin's estate, several...
Dates:
translation missing: en.enumerations.date_label.created: 1784-1829; Other: Date acquired: 09/04/2011
Found in:
Litchfield Historical Society
Beach, Webster, and Dickinson families papers
1995-15-0
Collection
Identifier: 1995-15-0
Scope and Contents
The Beach, Webster, and Dickinson families papers (1995-15-0, 4.59 linear feet) relate to three associated Litchfield, Conn., families. In 1916, Bessie Rachel Beach (1893-1976) married Leonard Dickinson (1895-1946). The parents of Bessie were Milo D. Beach (1861-1959) and Louisa Webster Beach (1862-1951). A large part of the collection consists of genealogical information culled from a variety of sources. Original materials include marriage certificates; correspondence; mortgages and deeds;...
Dates:
translation missing: en.enumerations.date_label.created: 1791-1990; Other: Date acquired: 05/12/1995
Found in:
Litchfield Historical Society
Beckwith family papers
1988-01-0
Collection
Identifier: 1988-01-0
Scope and Contents
The Beckwith family papers (1988-01-0) consist of correspondence, financial records, legal documents, military records, diaries, photographs, and other records. A small group of papers predates those of the Beckwith family. At present, only materials created prior to 1840, a limited selection of post-1840 materials, and those that relate to Josiah Beckwith (1803-1871) have been processed. They are arranged in three series.
Series 1, Papers (1767-1892), contains a collection of primarily...
Dates:
translation missing: en.enumerations.date_label.created: 1767-1972; Other: Date acquired: 01/01/1988
Found in:
Litchfield Historical Society
Elijah Boardman Papers
2012-07-0
Collection
Identifier: 2012-07-0
Abstract
The Elijah Boardman Papers (2012-07-0) consist of an initial donation of 97 volumes; (2012-14-0) Day Book No. 26; (2013-126-0) 22 additional bound volumes and three record storage cartons of Boardman, Lane, Ruggles, Schroeder, Whiting, and Wright family papers including bills and receipts in wrappers and family correspondence; and (2015-21-0) 33 Boardman letters purchased by the Litchfield Historical Society.
Dates:
translation missing: en.enumerations.date_label.created: 1782-1978; Majority of material found within 1782-1900; Other: Date acquired: 12/03/2012; 10/16/2013; 05/06/2015
Found in:
Litchfield Historical Society
Lynne Templeton Brickley papers
2019-87-0
Fonds
Identifier: 2019-87-0
Abstract
Research materials, correspondence and other papers, photographs, and additional materials by and about the life of Lynne Templeton Brickley (1940-2019), an independent historian who served as a consultant for several prize-winning exhibitions at the Litchfield Historical Society. A resident of Litchfield, CT, since 1968, Brickley was president and trustee of the Litchfield Historical Society, an active member of the Litchfield Garden Club and the Litchfield Democratic Town Committee, and a...
Dates:
1930-2018
Found in:
Litchfield Historical Society
Solyman Brown collection
2007-30-0
Collection
Identifier: 2007-30-0
Scope and Contents
The research materials related to Dr. Solyman Brown compiled by Dr. Leonard Elkins, who was working on an uncompleted biography of Dr. Brown.The papers include letters and other documents written by Dr. Brown and materials collected and/or written by members of the Brown family. There are two daguerreotypes of Elizabeth Butler Brown and Dr. Brown. Dr. Elkins's papers include his partial draft of a Solyman Brown biography, research notes, articles and news clippings, and original source...
Dates:
translation missing: en.enumerations.date_label.created: 1841-2006; Other: Date acquired: 01/05/2007
Found in:
Litchfield Historical Society
Dr. H.W. Buel diary
00-2011-49-0
Collection
Identifier: 00-2011-49-0
Scope and Contents
The Dr. H.W. Buel diary (2011-49-0) is comprised of three entries from the year 1864. The entry for January 14 describes the funeral of Dr. A.M. Huxley of Goshen, Connecticut, and the entry for March 23 details a fire at the house of William F. Baldwin. The diary entries are on loose pages removed from an 1864 diary belonging to Dr. H.W. Buel.
Dates:
translation missing: en.enumerations.date_label.created: 1864; Other: Date acquired: 11/05/2012
Found in:
Litchfield Historical Society
William Buel Weather Diary
00-2011-60-0
Collection
Identifier: 00-2011-60-0
Scope and Contents
The William Buel Weather Diary (2011-60-0) is two sections of notebook paper that has been made into a weather diary. The entries begin in October 1789 and end in August 1792. The direction of the wind is taken almost every day during this period in the morning, afternoon, and night. Along with the chart marking these finds there are a few pages which describe the weather over the period of a month.
Dates:
translation missing: en.enumerations.date_label.created: October 1789 - August 1792; Other: Date acquired: 07/05/2013
Found in:
Litchfield Historical Society