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Florence Wilson collection
00-1996-22-0
Collection
Identifier: 00-1996-22-0
Scope and Contents
Correspondence related to the Litchfield Citizens Advisory Council, 1985; news clippings of historic houses and topics, circa 1969-1985; and a map of Litchfield, circa 1980s. Florence Wilson, (1917-2009), was a public school teacher and a longtime Litchfield resident.
Dates:
translation missing: en.enumerations.date_label.created: 1969-1985; Other: Date acquired: 06/08/1996
Found in:
Litchfield Historical Society
Wolcott family collection
1906-04-0
Collection
Identifier: 1906-04-0
Abstract
Correspondence chiefly between Frederick Wolcott (1767-1837), his wife Elizabeth (Betsey) Huntington Wolcott (1774-1812), his brother Oliver Wolcott (1760-1833) who served as Secretary of the Treasury and Governor of Connecticut, and Jabez W. Huntington (1788-1847) who served as a U.S. Senator from Connecticut. Topics include domestic news, local, state, regional and national politics, business affairs, church activities, trade with China and the merchant vessel Trident, raising merino...
Dates:
translation missing: en.enumerations.date_label.created: 1740-1844; Other: Majority of material found within 1790-1837; Other: Date acquired: 01/01/1906
Found in:
Litchfield Historical Society
Woodruff family collection
1953-02-2-8
Collection
Identifier: 1953-02-2-8
Abstract
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.
Dates:
translation missing: en.enumerations.date_label.created: 1779-1966; Other: Majority of material found within 1815-1919; Other: Date acquired: 11/03/1954
Found in:
Litchfield Historical Society