Correspondence
Subject
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Found in 197 Collections and/or Records:
Erastus Bostwick letter
00-2010-156-0
Collection
Identifier: 00-2010-156-0
Scope and Contents
Erastus Bostwick of Hinesburgh, Vt., author of an 1851 genealogy on the Bostwick family, writes to Dr. D. E. Bostwick regarding genealogical matters.
Dates:
translation missing: en.enumerations.date_label.created: 1852 May 29
Found in:
Litchfield Historical Society
Letter of Dr. Jonathan Brace
00-2010-157-0
Collection
Identifier: 00-2010-157-0
Scope and Contents
Item is labeled "Letter of Dr. Jonathan Brace" and gives biographical information.
Dates:
translation missing: en.enumerations.date_label.created: undated
Found in:
Litchfield Historical Society
Jonathan Brace letter
00-2010-158-0
Collection
Identifier: 00-2010-158-0
Scope and Contents
Jonathan Brace writes from Milford, Conn., to Rev. L. W. Bacon with biographical information.
Dates:
translation missing: en.enumerations.date_label.created: 1859 Apr 18
Found in:
Litchfield Historical Society
Edward J. Brady collection
2003-82-0
Collection
Identifier: 2003-82-0
Scope and Contents
In the 1950s, Brady, an employee of what was then the New York, New Haven, and Hartford Railroad (commonly referred to as the New Haven) and is now part of Amtrak, developed an interest in the Shepaug railroad branch. He acquired original New Haven records that provide detailed documentation of the crossings, bridges, and abutting structures. Records also document original rights of way and the New Haven's unsuccessful and successful petitions to abandon the line in the 1930s and 1940s. In...
Dates:
translation missing: en.enumerations.date_label.created: 1897-2000; Other: Date acquired: 01/01/2003
Found in:
Litchfield Historical Society
William J. Brewster papers
00-1986-28-0
Collection
Identifier: 00-1986-28-0
Scope and Contents
Territory of South Dakota teacher's territorial certificate, 1883; typed memoirs "The making of a state: a tenderfoot in South Dakota"; a letter from Frederick Budlong regarding Brewster's resignation as rector of St. Michael's Parish, 1935; and a letter from Bradford Anderson regarding Anderson's genealogical connection to William Brewster of the Mayflower, 1942.
Dates:
translation missing: en.enumerations.date_label.created: 1883-1942; Other: Date acquired: 01/01/1986
Found in:
Litchfield Historical Society
Richard Brickley papers
00-1997-07-0
Collection
Identifier: 00-1997-07-0
Scope and Contents
One folder consisting primarily of correspondence related to fundraising efforts in connection with the Litchfield Law School.
Dates:
translation missing: en.enumerations.date_label.created: 1958-1968; Other: Date acquired: 01/06/1999
Found in:
Litchfield Historical Society
Laura Dewey Bridgman letter
2010-159-0
Collection — Box 1
Identifier: 2010-159-0
Scope and Contents
Letter from Laura Dewey Bridgman to Abby Canten in which she says good bye and describes holding the baby. Date does not include the year.
Dates:
translation missing: en.enumerations.date_label.created: [?] Jan 21
Found in:
Litchfield Historical Society
Whitney L. Brooks collection of Coe family papers
1950-23-0
Collection
Identifier: 1950-23-0
Scope and Contents
The Whitney L. Brooks collection of Coe family papers relates primarily to Levi Coe (1760-1832) of Litchfield, Conn., and his son Levi Coe (1810-1881). The papers consist of finanical and legal records, correspondence, deeds, estate papers, land surveys, and other items.
Levi Coe (1760-1832) was married twice, the second time to Deborah McCall (1769-1843). They had 11 children, including Levi Coe (1810-1881) and Elizabeth Coe Oviatt (1805-1875). The collection includes a number of deeds and...
Dates:
translation missing: en.enumerations.date_label.created: 1785-1854; Other: Date acquired: 01/01/1950
Found in:
Litchfield Historical Society
Brown and Johnson families papers
2005-49-0
Collection
Identifier: 2005-49-0
Abstract
Papers relating to the Brown and Johnson families and related lineages of Litchfield, Naugatuck, Torrington and elsewhere consisting of original and copied source materials. The materials comprised ten binders and include 18th and 19th century publications, such as Hutchins' Revived Almanac (1814), Old Farmer's Almanac (1835), Centennial Exposition guide (1876); correspondence; family records and cerificates; bills and receipts; news clippings; genealogical information; and photographs,...
Dates:
translation missing: en.enumerations.date_label.created: circa 1770s-2005; Other: Date acquired: 07/12/2005
Found in:
Litchfield Historical Society
Solyman Brown collection
2007-30-0
Collection
Identifier: 2007-30-0
Scope and Contents
The research materials related to Dr. Solyman Brown compiled by Dr. Leonard Elkins, who was working on an uncompleted biography of Dr. Brown.The papers include letters and other documents written by Dr. Brown and materials collected and/or written by members of the Brown family. There are two daguerreotypes of Elizabeth Butler Brown and Dr. Brown. Dr. Elkins's papers include his partial draft of a Solyman Brown biography, research notes, articles and news clippings, and original source...
Dates:
translation missing: en.enumerations.date_label.created: 1841-2006; Other: Date acquired: 01/05/2007
Found in:
Litchfield Historical Society