Scope and Contents Carte de Visite of Elizabeth "Betsy" Doane Brace, 2012-63-0.  There are two other items with this photograph, an envelope and a small piece of paper, both with identification and information hand-written in pencil.  The photograph is small and set inside an oval border.  The photographer is identified on the back of the carte de visite as "F. FORSHEW/HUDSON, N.Y." Betsy Brace was the wife of Abel Brace.  She is the maker of the "Old Woman Who Lived in a Shoe" in the museum...

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Jonathan Brace writes from Milford, Conn., to Rev. L. W. Bacon with biographical information.

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A fragment of a page of an account apparently by Abraham Bradley, Society treasurer. Signed by Oliver Wolcott and Lynde Lord, Society Committee in Litchfield in [missing] 1773, and in Jan 1777 by Reuben Smith and Edward Phelps, Committee and Abraham Bradley, treasurer.There are expenses for Rate Bill collection by Thomas Catlin, abatements, and receipt for [Rev. Judah] Champion's salary.

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The Phineas Bradley Day Book (1978-23-203) records daily business transactions from 1791-1795 for a store Bradley operated in Litchfield, Connecticut.

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The Phineas Bradley Ledger (1953-30-0) records business transactions from 1791-1794 for a store Bradley operated in Litchfield, Connecticut.

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"Abstract of title to forge property in Bradleyville made by G.C. Woodruff in 1831." A chart of the owners from 11 Feb. 1729 to 6 Feb. 1837.

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John Bradstreet writes in Jan. or Feb. 1756 to Peter Van Brugh Livingston complaining that a man named Quackenbush has orders from "the General" [William Shirley] and Livingston to take sole management of the construction of additional whale boats at Schenectady. Bradstreet believes that the job is his alone and requests confirmation. Letter endorsed as received February 6.

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A certificate about the Revolutionary War service of Christopher Brady, residing in Cheshire (Conn.). The certificate is written by William Munson, formerly a Captain in General Moses Hazen's Regiment. Brady's name may also be written Prady in the muster rolls.

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Thomas Braine of Jamaica, Queens County, New York sells and gives title to James Akin of the Oblong, Dutchess County, New York, land from grant given by the King, being a tract of land called the Oblong in Dutchess County, wherein was reserved the pine trees, mines and certain income for the king.

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The Minnie Braman composition book (2011-43-0) contains various compositions written by Minnie Braman between 1879 and 1880. Her composition titled "Litchfield" describes the layout of the town by discussing the streets, green, and buildings. "My Trip to New York" discusses a day trip by train into New York City at Christmastime. She discusses the window displays, shopping at Macy's, and browing in Tiffany's.