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Beebe family papers
1918-19-0
Collection
Identifier: 1918-19-0
Scope and Contents
The papers of the Beebe family of Litchfield, Conn., centering on Bezaleel Beebe, his father, and his descendents. The papers consist of correspondence, deeds, business records, military records, and other documents.
The papers are arranged in three series:
Series 1: Correspondence
Series 2: Beebe, Bezaleel military papers
Series 3: Other papers
Bezaleel Beebe was born in 1741 in Litchfield, Conn., a son of Ebenezer Beebe (1716-1744) and Bethiel Osborn Beebe Peck (1722-1816). After...
Dates:
Created: 1729-1913; Other: Date acquired: 01/01/1918
Found in:
Litchfield Historical Society
Connecticut Daughters of the American Revolution collection
00-1992-43-0
Collection — Box: 1
Identifier: 00-1992-43-0
Scope and Contents
Letter written by Elizabeth C. Barney Buel, State Regent, 1922; scrapbook regarding Register of Revolutionary Soldiers and Patriots Buried in Litchfield County by Joyce Mackenzie Cropsey, 1976; letter written by Mabel S. Haley, 1981.
Dates:
Created: 1922-1981; Other: Date acquired: 01/01/1992
Found in:
Litchfield Historical Society
Deming, Perkins, and Quincy families papers
1950-01-0
Collection
Identifier: 1950-01-0
Scope and Contents
The Deming, Perkins, and Quincy Families Papers document members of several prominent families who lived in the town of Litchfield, Conn. In the late eighteenth century, the patriarchs of each family earned wealth through their activities as merchants, traders, and investors, enabling them and many of the members of the next generations to live lives free from financial concern, if not outright luxury. The papers consist largely of correspondence, and also include collections of financial...
Dates:
Created: 1762-1950; Other: Date acquired: 01/01/1921
Found in:
Litchfield Historical Society
William Douglas letters
00-2009-33-0
Collection — Box: 1
Identifier: 00-2009-33-0
Scope and Contents
Three letters written by Colonel William Douglas (1742-1777) from Philips Borough, NY to his wife with details of Washington's troop movement and battles. Dated 17 Nov 1776, 27 Nov 1776, & 5 Dec 1776. These may be handwritten copies of the originals - they are all on the same sheet of paper. Douglas was a colonel of a Connecticut regiment in the American Revolution, who’s troops retreated at the British landing at Kip’s Bay (September 1776), only to be stopped personally by George...
Dates:
Created: 1776; Other: Date acquired: 02/11/2009
Found in:
Litchfield Historical Society
Jones and Kilbourn families papers
1971-15-0
Collection
Identifier: 1971-15-0
Scope and Contents
The Jones and Kilbourn families papers document several generations of two families who lived primarily in Litchfield, Conn., principally Eaton Jones (1729-1791), Eaton Jones (1762-1838), Charles Jones (1797-1891), George Eaton Jones (1849-1927), Mary M. Jones (1851-1930), and Eaton Jones (1897-1971). George Eaton Jones married Mary Braman (1864-1927), a granddaughter of Payne Kenyon Kilbourne (1815-1859). In addition, there are third-party papers that relate to the American Revolutionary...
Dates:
Created: 1747-1959; Other: Date acquired: 03/08/1972
Found in:
Litchfield Historical Society
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:
Created: 1775-1825; Other: Majority of material found in 1776-1825; Other: Date acquired: 01/01/1978
Found in:
Litchfield Historical Society
Register of Revolutionary Soliders and Patriots buried in Litchfield County research papers
2011-19-0
Collection
Identifier: 2011-19-0
Scope and Contents
The Register of Revolutionary Soliders and Patriots buried in Litchfield County research papers (2011-19-0, .83 linear feet) consists of research, surveys, lists, and other materials used to produce the 1976 book, Register of Revolutionary Soliders and Patriots buried in Litchfield County, compiled by Joyce Mackenzie Cropsey and published by the Daughters of the American Revolution, Mary Floyd Tallmadge Chapter.
Dates:
Created: 1976; Other: Date acquired: 03/04/2012
Found in:
Litchfield Historical Society
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:
Created: 1777-1923; Other: Date acquired: 11/30/1948
Found in:
Litchfield Historical Society
Elisha Sill family papers
1997-24-0
Collection
Identifier: 1997-24-0
Scope and Contents
The papers of Dr. Elisha Sill (1730-1808) of Goshen, Conn., consist of his diary and account book, 1771-1783, and his copy of a 1776 letter to Col. Oliver Wolcott in which he asked to be relieved of service. The collection also includes two 1774 letters from committees of correspondence and papers related to Dr. Sill's son Elisha Eaton Sill (1774-1812) and grandson William Eaton Sill (1806-1888).
After graduating from Yale College in 1754, Dr. Sill settled in Goshen, Conn. and eastablished...
Dates:
Created: 1771-1825; Other: Date acquired: 02/08/1999
Found in:
Litchfield Historical Society
Benjamin Tallmadge collection
1933-19-0
Collection
Identifier: 1933-19-0
Scope and Contents
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.The collection contains Tallmadge's duplicate original letters to George...
Dates:
Created: 1777-1864; Other: Majority of material found in 1778-1833; Other: Date acquired: 01/01/1933
Found in:
Litchfield Historical Society
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