Litchfield (Conn.)
Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
Found in 207 Collections and/or Records:
Beckwith family papers
1988-01-0
Collection
Identifier: 1988-01-0
Scope and Contents
The Beckwith family papers (1988-01-0) consist of correspondence, financial records, legal documents, military records, diaries, photographs, and other records. A small group of papers predates those of the Beckwith family. At present, only materials created prior to 1840, a limited selection of post-1840 materials, and those that relate to Josiah Beckwith (1803-1871) have been processed. They are arranged in three series.
Series 1, Papers (1767-1892), contains a collection of primarily...
Dates:
translation missing: en.enumerations.date_label.created: 1767-1972; Other: Date acquired: 01/01/1988
Found in:
Litchfield Historical Society
Beebe family papers
1918-19-0
Collection — Beebe family papers Box 1: Series Series 1; Series Series 2; Series Series 3
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:
translation missing: en.enumerations.date_label.created: 1729-1913; Other: Date acquired: 01/01/1918
Found in:
Litchfield Historical Society
Horatio Benton deed
00-2010-294-0
Collection
Identifier: 00-2010-294-0
Scope and Contents
Deed to George B. Benton for land in Litchfield, Conn.
Dates:
translation missing: en.enumerations.date_label.created: 1840 Sep 10; Other: Date acquired: 01/09/2012
Found in:
Litchfield Historical Society
Nancy Beveridge collection
00-2001-11-0
Collection
Identifier: 00-2001-11-0
Scope and Contents
Promotional desk calendar distributed in December by Ernest G. Fritz, jeweler, Litchfield, Conn. 1962.
Dates:
translation missing: en.enumerations.date_label.created: 1962; Other: Date acquired: 10/06/2002
Found in:
Litchfield Historical Society
Birge family record
00-2010-152-0
Collection
Identifier: 00-2010-152-0
Scope and Contents
Record of the marriage of James Birge and Sally Palmer Birge in 1780 and the birth of their children in the 1780s and 1790s.
Dates:
translation missing: en.enumerations.date_label.created: circa 1810s
Found in:
Litchfield Historical Society
James Birge deed
00-2010-296-0
Collection
Identifier: 00-2010-296-0
Scope and Contents
Deed to William F. Baldwin for land in Litchfield, Conn.
Dates:
translation missing: en.enumerations.date_label.created: 1847 Apr 3; Other: Date acquired: 01/09/2012
Found in:
Litchfield Historical Society
Bishop family collection
2011-14-0
Collection
Identifier: 2011-14-0
Scope and Contents
The Bishop family collection (2011-14-0, .42 linear feet) documents the families of Charles B. Bishop (1832-1913) and Jane Farnsworth Bishop (1829-1892) of Litchfield, Conn. A number of individuals are represented in the collection, including Charles, his father Charles Bishop (1791-1871), his grandfather John Bishop (1756-1848); Charles’s brothers James Ensign Bishop (1828-1903) and Theophilus Fenn Bishop (1820-1846); Theophilus’s wife Susan Amelia Pratt Bishop (1818-1848); several of...
Dates:
translation missing: en.enumerations.date_label.created: 1825-1918; Other: Date acquired: 03/04/2012
Found in:
Litchfield Historical Society
Almira A. Bissell notebook
00-2011-73-0
Collection — Box 3A Box 21
Identifier: 00-2011-73-0
Scope and Contents
The Almira A. Bissell notebook (2011-73-0) is an undated paperbound notebook. The notebook, kept by Almira A. Bissell (Mrs. Francis Bissell), has "Composition Book" printed on the front cover. The volume contains an alphabetical list of Revolutionary soldiers who enlisted from the town of Litchfield. Mrs. Bissell also includes brief war records, and genealogy when possible. Some notes are inserted on loose paper into the notebook.
Almira A. Piper Bissell was the wife of Francis Bissell of...
Dates:
translation missing: en.enumerations.date_label.created: n.d.; Other: Date acquired: 04/06/2011
Found in:
Litchfield Historical Society
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
Samantha J. Bissell cemetery deeds
00-2010-153-0
Collection
Identifier: 00-2010-153-0
Scope and Contents
Deeds from the Litchfield Cemetery Company to Samantha J. Bissell for a plot, Aug. 24, 1914, and Sep. 18, 1915.
Dates:
translation missing: en.enumerations.date_label.created: 1914-1915
Found in:
Litchfield Historical Society