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Cyrus Alden letter

00-1930-28-0

 Collection
Identifier: 00-1930-28-0
Scope and Contents

Cyrus Alden in Litchfield writes to his brother Thomas Alden in Bridgewater, Mass. describing his trip to Litchfield and New HavenĀ  and study and expenses at Judge Reeve's Law School.

Dates: translation missing: en.enumerations.date_label.created: 1808 Sep 25; Other: Date acquired: 11/30/1929

James Averell, Jr. letter to William Holt Averill

00-2023-41-0

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Identifier: 00-2023-41-0
Abstract

James Averell, Jr. writes from Cooperstown, NY to his son, William Holt Averell, regarding the difficulty of obtaining the amount of money William needs to cover expenses as a student at the Litchfield Law School.

Dates: 1818-01-11

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

Putnam Catlin letter to Steuben Butler

00-2023-38-0

 Item
Identifier: 00-2023-38-0
Abstract Letter from Putnam Catlin to his Steuben Butler explaining his family's financial situation and the difficulties he faces providing his children with education due to both tuition costs and to the loss of labor on his farm if he doesn't have them there to help. He notes that he may be able to sell land to pay for his son George Catlin to attend the Litchfield Law School for a year. He writes, "If he shall persist in the choice of law he will have to glean for himself an Education in some law...
Dates: 1815-05-03

Constitutional History of Connecticut

00-2010-114-0

 Collection
Identifier: 00-2010-114-0
Scope and Contents

Manuscript draft with corrections of a constitutional history of Connecticut by Samuel Church.

Dates: translation missing: en.enumerations.date_label.created: undated

Henry W. De Saussure letter to Benjamin Tallmadge

00-2024-01-0

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Identifier: 00-2024-01-0
Abstract

Henry W. DeSaussure writes a letter of introduction to Benjamin Tallmadge presenting Mr. Calhoun (presumably John C. Calhoun) who was traveling to Litchfield to study law with Tapping Reeve. DeSaussure, also a federalist, expressed concern for the health of Connecticut Senator and Litchfield resident Uriah Tracy.

Dates: 1805 May 13

Thomas Flournoy Litchfield Law School Notebook

2023-06-0

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Identifier: 2023-06-0
Content Description

Law notes of Thomas Flournoy while a student at the Litchfield Law School. Flournoy began the volume with a detailed table of contents. Includes a note on the last page written by Flournoy about his career in 1829.

Bound Volume shelved with Litchfield Law School Student Notebooks.

Dates: Majority of material found within 1797 - 1798

Rufus Fuller Jr. letters to Rufus Fuller

00-2024-38-0

 File
Identifier: 00-2024-38-0
Abstract

Two letters written by Fuller Jr. in Litchfield, CT to his father in Kent, CT, in which he discusses his study in the Litchfield Law School and the Macedonia furnace, among other topics.

Dates: 1835

John C. Groome letter to James Bell

00-2022-09-0

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Identifier: 00-2022-09-0
Content Description

Letter from Litchfield Law School student John C. Groome to former student James Bell regarding debts owed between students; notes lent to Groome by Bell; notes the small number of students in the office and that the number is dwindling. Also includes gossip about other students.

Dates: 1825-05-09

Charles Frederick Johnson letter

00-2014-08-0

 Collection
Identifier: 00-2014-08-0
Abstract

One letter from Charles Frederick Johnson to Edgar L. Ormbsbee written from Litchfield describing the course of lectures being offered at the Litchfield Law School. Johnson offers to allow Orbsbee to copy his notes.

Dates: translation missing: en.enumerations.date_label.created: 1825 Jul 10; Other: Date acquired: 09/04/2014

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