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Bissell family collection
1949-24-0
Collection
Identifier: 1949-24-0
Scope and Contents
The papers of the Bissell and Bissell-Baldwin families, including family members, friends, and business associates. The collection consists of correspondence, business records, account books, and other records.
Isaac Bissell (1682-1744) moved to Litchfield in 1723, where he owned a 60th share, approximately 700 acres. He was the father of ten children, including Benjamin (1717-1747) and Zebulon (1724-1777).
The Bissells were farmers, although there is little material in the Society's...
Dates:
translation missing: en.enumerations.date_label.created: 1760-1926; Other: Date acquired: 01/01/1949
Found in:
Litchfield Historical Society
Civil War covers collection
1900-44-0
Collection
Identifier: 1900-44-0
Scope and Contents
Approximately 350 United States Civil War covers, including eagles, cartoons, banners and shields, flags, State of Connecticut and City of Hartford seals, men and women, and other designs.
Dates:
translation missing: en.enumerations.date_label.created: 1861-1865; Other: Date acquired: 01/01/1900
Found in:
Litchfield Historical Society
Civil War soldier absentee voter registration list
00-2010-281-0
Collection
Identifier: 00-2010-281-0
Scope and Contents
Lists date when received, name of soldier voting, town where he claimed the right to vote, company letter, and regiment, battery, or battalion number.
Dates:
translation missing: en.enumerations.date_label.created: 1864 Aug; Other: Date acquired: 11/09/2011
Found in:
Litchfield Historical Society
Civil War soldier letter
00-2010-286-0
Collection
Identifier: 00-2010-286-0
Scope and Contents
Letter, addressed to "Sir," is missing its final page(s) and writer is unknown. It is written on 8th Regiment Connecticut Volunteers stationery and is sent from camp near Portsmouth, Va. The writer provides description of military activities.
Dates:
translation missing: en.enumerations.date_label.created: 1863 Jul 23; Other: Date acquired: 12/09/2011
Found in:
Litchfield Historical Society
Civil War soldier reminiscences and remembrances collection
00-2010-275-0
Collection
Identifier: 00-2010-275-0
Scope and Contents
The Civil War soldier reminiscences and remembrances collection consists of memoirs of, letters written by, and biographies written about Civil War soldiers who were originally from Litchfield, Conn. The names of the soldiers in the collection are J. H. [?]., Luman Wadhams, E. Porter Mason, Alexander B. Shumway, George Wilson Potter, George F. Booth, George Benjamin Hempstead, Stiles A. Wheeler, Hiram Stone, Addison K. Taylor, Eliada Goodwin Osborn, Seth F. Plumb, Anson W. Healy, and Patrick...
Dates:
translation missing: en.enumerations.date_label.created: 1863-1914; Other: Date acquired: 09/09/2011
Found in:
Litchfield Historical Society
Civil War Veterans record book
00-2011-87-0
Collection
Identifier: 00-2011-87-0
Scope and Contents
The Civil War Veterans record book (2011-87-0) is a bound collection of typewritten notes about Civil War veterans. The book does not have a creator or owner name noted in it, but may have been kept by Dwight Kilbourn. The volume contains a list of deserters. As well as an alphabatized list of soldiers who served during the war. Each individual's entry typically consists of the date of enlistment, the company and regiment which the individual served in, and date of discharge from service or...
Dates:
translation missing: en.enumerations.date_label.created: 1860-1914; Other: Date acquired: 09/06/2011
Found in:
Litchfield Historical Society
William H. Cone diary
00-1921-41-0
Collection
Identifier: 00-1921-41-0
Scope and Contents
The William H. Cone diary (1921-41-0) contains entries by William H. Cone of Litchfield County, Connecticut in 1863 and 1864 while serving in the Connecticut Volunteers 5th Regiment Infantry, Company E during the American Civil War. He dedicates a fair amount of time to describing his daily activities in the field such as being on picket, drilling, participating in dressparades, and company inspections. Of particular interest are his entries that detail the 5th Regiment's involvement in the...
Dates:
translation missing: en.enumerations.date_label.created: 1863-1864; Other: Date acquired: 11/30/1920
Found in:
Litchfield Historical Society
Confederate States of America bond purchase receipt
00-2010-285-0
Collection
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
Found in:
Litchfield Historical Society
Confederate States of America call certificate
00-2010-360-0
Collection
Identifier: 00-2010-360-0
Scope and Contents
Call certificate authorized by an act of Congress, Mar. 23, 1863, no. 2018, $100,000 deposited in the treasury at Columbia, S.C.
Dates:
translation missing: en.enumerations.date_label.created: 1863 Oct 1; Other: Date acquired: 06/09/2012
Found in:
Litchfield Historical Society
Confederate States of America note
00-1922-02-0
Collection
Identifier: 00-1922-02-0
Scope and Contents
One $5 note.
Dates:
translation missing: en.enumerations.date_label.created: 1864 Feb 17; Other: Date acquired: 11/30/1921
Found in:
Litchfield Historical Society