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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:
Created: 1767-1972; Other: Date acquired: 01/01/1988
Found in:
Litchfield Historical Society
Ann Borzilleri collection
00-2008-01-0
Collection — Box: 1
Identifier: 00-2008-01-0
Scope and Contents
Two issues of "The Bantam Bugle," 1979; menu for Hattie's Family Restaurant; two bookmarks from Cobble Court Bookshop; receipt for prescription signed G. M. Woodruff, 1873; "Breakfast Dinner & Tea" advertisement pamphlet "compliments of Wessels & Gates, Litchfield, Conn.," circa 1880.
Dates:
Created: 1873-1979; Other: Date acquired: 09/01/2008
Found in:
Litchfield Historical Society
Maria Tallmadge Cushman home remedies notebook
00-1949-39-0
Collection
Identifier: 00-1949-39-0
Scope and Contents
The Maria Tallmadge Cushman home remedies notebook (1949-39-0) was compiled by Maria Tallmadge Cushman from the year 1840 through 1864. The small notebook contains home remedies for illness as well as many recipes and hints for household cleaning. Many of the remedies are handwritten, and a fair amount are newspaper clippings. Health remedies include treatments for cholera, cancer, colds, rheumatism, dysentery, and "Mrs. Noyes Recipe for purifying the blood." Interspersed with health cures...
Dates:
Created: 1840-1864; Other: Date acquired: 11/30/1948
Found in:
Litchfield Historical Society
Sheldon family papers
1955-34-0
Collection
Identifier: 1955-34-0
Scope and Contents
The Sheldon family papers primarily relate to Daniel Sheldon (1726-1772) and Lucretia Gross Sheldon (1724-1772), their son Dr. Daniel Sheldon (1750-1840), their grandchildren Daniel Sheldon Jr. (1780-1828), Lucy Sheldon Beach (1788-1889), Henry Sheldon (1790-1868?) and William Sheldon (1802-1826), and their great grandson Frederick Sheldon (1827-1907). The papers consist of correspondence, memoranda, school papers, and other items.
Dr. Daniel Sheldon was a son of Danel and Lucretia Gross...
Dates:
Created: 1768-1897; Other: Date acquired: 11/30/1938
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:
Created: 1779-1966; Other: Majority of material found in 1815-1919; Other: Date acquired: 11/03/1954
Found in:
Litchfield Historical Society
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- Beckwith, Sutherland Alsop, 1892-1986 1
- Borzilleri, Ann 1
- Cobble Court Bookshop (Litchfield, Conn.) 1
- Coopernail, George, 1876-1964 1
- Cushman, Maria Tallmadge, 1790-1878 1
- Granniss family 1
- Hattie's Family Restaurant (Litchfield, Conn.) 1
- Litchfield Law School 1
- Rush, Benjamin, 1746-1813 1
- Seymour family 1
- Seymour, Lucy Morris Woodruff, 1807-1894 1
- Sheldon family 1
- Sheldon, Daniel, 1726-1772 1
- Sheldon, Daniel, 1750-1840 1
- Sheldon, Daniel, 1780-1828 1
- Sheldon, Frederick, 1827-1907 1
- Sheldon, Henry, 1790-1868? 1
- Sheldon, Lucretia Gross, 1724-1772 1
- Sheldon, William, 1802-1826 1
- Silliman, Gold Selleck, 1777-1868 1
- Stone, Joel, 1749-1833 1
- Wadsworth, Daniel, 1771-1848 1
- Webster, Noah, 1758-1843 1
- Wessells & Gates (Litchfield, Conn.) 1
- Woodruff, George C. (George Catlin), 1805-1885 1
- Woodruff, Henrietta Sophronia Seymour, 1806-1892 1
- Woodruff, James Parsons, 1868-1931 1
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- Woodruff, Morris, 1777-1840 1
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