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Confederate States of America bond purchase receipt

00-2010-285-0

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Identifier: 00-2010-285-0
Scope and Contents

Receipt for $100 paid by Augustus Palmer on March 21, 1864. On the back it indicates that Palmer signed the bond over to Thomas Towel on February 21, 1865 who then used it to pay Confederate State taxes the same day. Augustus Palmer may be Samuel Augustus Palmer (1827-1918) who resided in and around Tallahassee and fought for the Confederacy.

Dates: translation missing: en.enumerations.date_label.created: 1864 Mar 21; Other: Date acquired: 11/09/2011

Brig. Gen. James Hamilton receipt

00-2010-11-0

 Collection
Identifier: 00-2010-11-0
Abstract

Brigadier General James Hamilton's receipt for 208 rations of provisions received of Jonathan Clarke, Asst. Commissary General for the convention troops, for the use of Hamilton, commencing 1 March and ending 3 April. Dated Cambridge, New England 3 April 1778.

Dates: translation missing: en.enumerations.date_label.created: 1778 Apr 3

Pierce family correspondence

1978-39-8

 Collection
Identifier: 1978-39-8
Scope and Contents The Pierce Family Correspondence consists primarily of letters to and from the children of John Pierce and his first wife, Mary (Paterson) Pierce, as well as of his second wife, Mary (Goodman) Pierce. The collection documents events of national importance: John Pierce, a colonel and paymaster in the Continental Army, received letters from numerous correspondents concerning military, administrative, and political news of the American Revolution. Moreover, the Pierce brothers traveled...
Dates: translation missing: en.enumerations.date_label.created: 1775-1825; Other: Majority of material found in 1776-1825; Other: Date acquired: 01/01/1978

Seymour family papers

1949-37-0

 Collection
Identifier: 1949-37-0
Scope and Contents The papers of the Seymour family of Litchfield, Conn. Principal figures are Maj. Moses Seymour (1742-1826); two of his sons, Ozias Seymour (1776-1851), and Epaphroditus Seymour (1783-1854); and Ozias Seymour's son, Origen Storrs Seymour (1804-1881). A number of other members of the Seymour family and its relatives, in particular, members of the Storrs family of Mansfield, Conn., and Woodruff family of Litchfield, are also represented. The papers include correspondence, business records,...
Dates: translation missing: en.enumerations.date_label.created: 1777-1923; Other: Date acquired: 11/30/1948

Stoddard family papers

1997-34-0

 Collection
Identifier: 1997-34-0
Scope and Contents The papers (1703-1906) of the Stoddard family of Litchfield, Conn., including correspondence, deeds, documents related to estates, legal documents, financial records, and other items. John Stoddard (1674/5-1727/8) of Wethersfield, Conn., was one of the original proprietors of Litchfield. He married Sarah Camp. Their children were Lydia, Moses, Sarah, Jerusha, Mary, John, Abigail, James, Josiah, and Prudence. Moses Stoddard (1700/1-1777) married Ruth Goodwin. Their children were Hannah,...
Dates: translation missing: en.enumerations.date_label.created: 1703-1906; Other: Majority of material found in 1703-1851; Other: Date acquired: 01/01/1997

Benjamin Tallmadge collection

1933-19-0

 Collection
Identifier: 1933-19-0
Abstract

The Benjamin Tallmadge Collection documents the personal life and professional career of Colonel Benjamin Tallmadge through his correspondence as well as his legal, financial, and personal papers.  An army officer, chief intelligence officer, and organizer of the Culper spy ring during the Revolutionary War, Tallmadge became a businessman and U.S. Representative from Connecticut in Congress after the war.

Dates: translation missing: en.enumerations.date_label.created: 1777-1864; Other: Majority of material found within 1778-1833; Other: Date acquired: 01/01/1933

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

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Cushman, John P. (John Paine), 1784-1848 1
Cushman, Maria Tallmadge, 1790-1878 1
Deming, Julius, 1755-1838 1
Destouches, Charles-René-Dominique Sochet, 1727-1794 1
Dwight, Timothy, 1752-1817 1
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Hamilton, James, 1710-1783 1
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Pierce, John, 1752-1788 1
Pierce, Sarah, 1767-1852 1
Pierce, Timothy, 1778-1801 1
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Seymour, Epaphroditus, 1783-1854 1
Seymour, Henry, 1780-1837 1
Seymour, Horatio, 1778-1857 1
Seymour, Horatio, 1810-1886 1
Seymour, Lucy Morris Woodruff, 1807-1894 1
Seymour, Mary H. (Mary Harrison), 1835-1913 1
Seymour, Moses, 1774-1826 1
Seymour, Origen Storrs, 1804-1881 1
Seymour, Ozias, 1776-1851 1
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Tallmadge, Benjamin, 1754-1835 1
Tallmadge, Frederick A. (Frederick Augustus), 1792-1869 1
Tisdale, Elkanah, 1768-1835 1
Trumbull, Jonathan, 1740-1809 1
Wolcott, Oliver, 1726-1797 1
Woodruff family 1
Woodruff, George C. (George Catlin), 1805-1885 1
Woodruff, George M. (George Morris), 1836-1930 1
Woodruff, Henrietta Sophronia Seymour, 1806-1892 1
Woodruff, James Parsons, 1868-1931 1
Woodruff, Lewis B. (Lewis Bartholomew), 1809-1875 1
Woodruff, Morris, 1777-1840 1
Woodruff, Reuben M., 1811-1849 1
Yale College (1718-1887) 1
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