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Adenaw family papers
00-1997-33-0
Collection
Identifier: 00-1997-33-0
Abstract
Deeds relating to the former Tallmadge Store property on North Street later owned in the twentieth century by the Adenaws. Also two wills.
Dates:
translation missing: en.enumerations.date_label.created: 1915-1946; Other: Date acquired: 06/11/1997
Found in:
Litchfield Historical Society
Robert Cooley collection
2004-07-0
Collection
Identifier: 2004-07-0
Scope and Contents
Collection of materials purchased by Robert Cooley relating generally to Litchfield and the surrounding area. The collection includes individual 18th and 19th century letters and documents; deeds and other legal papers related to Capt. Miles Beach, 1766-1800s; photographs, including cabinet cards, cartes-de-viste, ambrotypes, daguerreotypes, tintypes loose, in cases, and/or in albums; materials related to the Coley, Tice, and Lewis family lineages and genealogy; and 19th and 20th century...
Dates:
translation missing: en.enumerations.date_label.created: 1766-1999; Other: Majority of material found in 1766-1999; Other: Date acquired: 08/04/1992
Found in:
Litchfield Historical Society
Topsmead, Chase family, and Echo Farm Company records
00-1986-18-0
Collection
Identifier: 00-1986-18-0
Scope and Contents
Topsmead, Chase family, and Echo Farm Company records, 1986-18-0, includes records related to land transactions involving Echo Farm Co. and Frederick Chase, Edith Chase, Henry Chase and others. It also includes rceipts for buying antiques in England, and a list of the books in the library of Topsmead in 1972 The records include correspondence and deeds.
Dates:
translation missing: en.enumerations.date_label.created: 1887-1923; Other: Date acquired: 01/01/1986
Found in:
Litchfield Historical Society
Woodruff family collection
1953-02-2-8
Collection
Identifier: 1953-02-2-8
Scope and Contents
The Woodruff Collection primarily documents the personal life and professional career of George Catlin Woodruff, who not only practiced law for several decades in Litchfield but also served as Litchfield's postmaster and held elected positions both locally and in the United States Congress. His law career is extensively represented in his business correspondence with clients concerning suits in progress and with other law professionals; his law school notebooks; and his own...
Dates:
translation missing: en.enumerations.date_label.created: 1779-1966; Other: Majority of material found in 1815-1919; Other: Date acquired: 11/03/1954
Found in:
Litchfield Historical Society