Scope and Contents The papers of the Armstrong family of Washington, Conn., centering on James Armstrong (1754-1816). His wife Miriam Mallory Armstrong (1756-1851) was the daughter of Caleb Mallory and Jane Weller Mallory. On Feb. 3, 1780, a little more than four months before Miriam married Armstrong, her parents and three of their grandchildren were murdered in their home by Barnett Davenport, a crime considered to be the first incidence of multiple murder in the United States. A small group of papers...

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An order by A. Kingsbury, Conn. State Treasurer, issued to the Sheriff of Litchfield County, to seize the money or goods of Nathaniel Smith, who was constable of Litchfield and collector of state taxes of Litchfield in 1796 and has neglected to make payment of the taxes to the State Treasurer. On the back, Lynde Lord, Sheriff for Litchfield County, signs that the order has been executed.

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Statementd of the amounts of internal duties imposed by the United States (excepting those of household furniture, on watches and on stamps), paid by each person during the year 1815 in various districts of Connecticut, New York, and Massachusetts.

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William Williams in Lebanon writes to John Lawrence in Hartford regarding taxes of Dr. Andrew Metcalfe, collector of state taxes for his town for 1781.