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Account books

 Subject
Subject Source: Art & Architecture Thesaurus

Found in 95 Collections and/or Records:

Phelps Family Papers

1961-39-0

 Collection
Identifier: 1961-39-0
Scope and Contents The Phelps Family Papers consist primarily of correspondence. Most of the letters date from 1854-1865 and were written to or from Rev. Winthrop Henry Phelps, who served as chaplain to the 2nd Connecticut Heavy Artillery during the Civil War and from his wife Lucy F. Robinson Phelps. Among the most noteworthy of the papers are a series of diaries maintained by Rev. Phelps. Several of these were edited by his granddaughter Ethel Lowerre Phelps in 1945 and published as limited editions titled...
Dates: translation missing: en.enumerations.date_label.created: 1817-1945; Other: Date acquired: 02/09/1963

Plumb family papers

2006-03-0

 Collection
Identifier: 2006-03-0
Scope and Contents

The Plumb family papers (2006-03-0, 1.13 linear feet) consists primarily of personal papers relating to Frederick B. Plumb, Jr. (1913-2002) and his wife Marian Newton Plumb (1917-2003). Also included are items related to Frederick B. Plumb, Sr. (b.1878) and his wife Rena Plumb (1882-1975). The papers consist of tax receipts, account books, blueprints, and several certificates of achievement. Many items are related to The Grange and other agricultural groups.

Dates: translation missing: en.enumerations.date_label.created: 1906-1982; Other: Date acquired: 11/30/2005

William Porter Daybook

00-1977-43-0

 Collection
Identifier: 00-1977-43-0
Scope and Contents

William Porter daybook (1977-43-0) for a general store in Litchfield from July 6, 1832 to August 17, 1833. Currently housed in 3B Box 60.

Dates: translation missing: en.enumerations.date_label.created: 1831-1833; Other: Date acquired: 01/11/1977

Second Episcopal Society Account Book and John Kilborn's Day Book

00-1907-18-0

 Collection
Identifier: 00-1907-18-0
Scope and Contents

An account Book (1907-18-0) was partially used by Bishop Silvanus to record the accounts of the Second Episcopal Society. The volume also contains the title, "John Kilborn’s Day Book.” The Episcopal Society accounts recorded include expenses such as work on the steeple. John Kilborn's day book records matters such as silk and tobacco. The item is currently housed in 3B Box 110.

Dates: translation missing: en.enumerations.date_label.created: 1760-1815; Other: Date acquired: 01/01/1907

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

Roger Minot Sherman papers

00-2011-66-0

 Collection
Identifier: 00-2011-66-0
Scope and Contents

The Roger Minot Sherman papers (2011-66-0) consist of a diary and account book used my Roger Minot Sherman. The diary is made up of tables tracking: Miles walked, miles ridden on horseback, miles ridden in a carriage, hours spent reading, and letters.

Dates: Other: Date acquired: 02/06/2011

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: translation missing: en.enumerations.date_label.created: 1771-1825; Other: Date acquired: 02/08/1999

Bateman Smith account book and papers

00-2010-372-0

 Collection
Identifier: 00-2010-372-0
Scope and Contents

Account book and daybook detailing goods—such as wood, grains, dairy products, and meat and poultry—sold by Bateman Smith to customers primarily in Litchfield South Farms, now Morris, Conn., and his transport of goods for hire, generally from New Haven to the Litchfield area. Also some miscellaneous business and other papers.

Dates: translation missing: en.enumerations.date_label.created: 1818-1867; Other: Date acquired: 12/11/2011

Hiram S. Spencer Ledger

00-2008-35-0

 Collection
Identifier: 00-2008-35-0
Abstract

The Hiram S. Spencer Ledger collection (2011-35-0) is a personal account book that was used by Hiram S. Spencer. The book has records of money received and given ranging from purchasing wagon irons to receiving money for “five days works haying.” Spencer served in Company A, Second Regiment, C.V. Heavy Artillery, from 1862-65, but there are no Civil War expenditures or notations in the ledger.

Dates: translation missing: en.enumerations.date_label.created: 1822-1866; Other: Date acquired: 07/11/2008

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