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The Assassination of Lincoln manuscript
Collection
Identifier: 00-1955-36-0
Scope and Contents
The Assassination of Lincoln manuscript (1955-36-0) is a bound typescript manuscript titled "The Assassination of Lincoln." The manuscript is undated and the author unknown.
Dates:
Created: undated; Other: Date acquired: 03/06/1955
Found in:
Litchfield Historical Society
Association of Litchfield for Discouraging the Use of Spirituous Liquors records
Collection — Box: 1
Identifier: 00-2009-94-0
Scope and Contents
A handwritten copy of the Resolution to form the Society copied 18 April 1864 from the United States Chronicle June 25, 1789, printed at Providence, Rhode Island.
Dates:
Created: 1789 Jun 25
Found in:
Litchfield Historical Society
Adrian Atkins collection
Collection — Box: 1
Identifier: 00-2007-04-0
Scope and Contents
One folder of brochures and other ephemera related to Litchfield area businesses and points of interest and Connecticut's tercentenary.
Dates:
Created: 1935-1982; Other: Date acquired: 11/02/2008
Found in:
Litchfield Historical Society
Janet Gaylord Atkins collection
Collection — Box: 1
Identifier: 00-1997-14-0
Scope and Contents
American National Red Cross certificates, World War II rationing cards, and National Grange certificates of 25 and 50 years of membership and related documents.
Dates:
Created: 1942-1983; Other: Date acquired: 04/07/1998
Found in:
Litchfield Historical Society
Broadside, Charles Atwell, Wool Carding & Cloth Dressing
Collection
Identifier: 00-1974-14-0
Scope and Contents
Broadside, Charles Atwell, Wool Carding and Cloth Dressing, 1974-14-0, advertises Atwell's business in Salisbury and announces to residents of neighborng towns that he will be continuing his business for the coming year. The broadside was printed in Hartford by E. Geer.
Dates:
Other: Majority of material found in 1842; Other: Date acquired: 05/03/1974
Found in:
Litchfield Historical Society
Horace Atwood letter
Collection — Box: 1
Identifier: 00-2009-73-0
Scope and Contents
Letter from Horace S. Atwood in Boonsboro, Maryland dated 14 June 1826 to Guy Walker in St. Augustine, East Florida. Mr. Atwood is considering traveling to Florida and requests information about the area. His health has improved since leaving Woodbury.
Dates:
Created: 1826 Jan 14
Found in:
Litchfield Historical Society
Autographed photograph of the Japanese surrender aboard the U.S.S. Missouri
Collection — Box: 1
Identifier: 00-1963-17-2
Scope and Contents
Autographed Photograph of the Japanese Surrender in Tokyo Bay aboard the U.S.S. Missouri (1963-17-2) showing Admiral Chester Nimitz seated at a desk signing the surrender document, with General Douglas McArthur, Admiral William F. Halsey, Admiral Forrest Sherman and Admiral Robert Carney. The photographed is inscribed, "To Captain C. B. McVay III, USN, with best wishes, C.W. Nimitz, Fleet Admiral, USN."
Dates:
Other: Majority of material found in 2 September 1945; Other: Date acquired: 11/30/1962
Found in:
Litchfield Historical Society
Babbitt family papers
Collection — Box: 1
Identifier: 1994-15-0
Scope and Contents
Papers relating to the Babbit family, including Eleanor Babbitt (1898-1994) and Col. Samuel H. Fisher (1867-1957). Col. Fisher's daughter Margaret Crossette Fisher married Eleanor Babbitt's brother Theodore Babbitt on June 17, 1922, in Litchfield. The papers include photographs and documents pertaining to Sheldon Tavern; drawings, invitations, etc. from Lilac Hedges; legal documents; birth and marriage certificates; family photographs; papers pertaining to Eleanor Babbitt and the Aircraft...
Dates:
Created: 1895-1972; Other: Date acquired: 01/01/1994
Found in:
Litchfield Historical Society
Asa Bacon letters
Collection — Box: 1
Identifier: 00-2010-150-0
Scope and Contents
Two letters from Asa Bacon of Litchfield, Conn., to his cousin, Peyton Randolph Gilbert of Hebron, Conn., primarily relating to the deaths of Bacon's three sons.
Dates:
Created: 1850
Found in:
Litchfield Historical Society
Gamaliel Bailey letter
Collection — Box: 1
Identifier: 00-2010-148-0
Scope and Contents
Letter from Gamaliel Bailey, editor of the National Era newspaper, to [?] Barney concerning Bailey's travel arrangements.
Dates:
Created: 1853 Apr 4
Found in:
Litchfield Historical Society
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