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Sarah Coffin friendship album (2015-12-0) contains verses written by friends in Litchfield; Goshen, Conn.; Salisbury, Conn; and towns in New York State.

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5 cent and 10 cent United States fractional currency.

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The Coley-Tice Family Papers, 2013-71-0, include a photograph of Elbert C. Coley, who's father died in the Civil War; a photograph of Warren Tice, the donor; an admission ticket to a testimonial dinner honoring Harold Coley on June 26, 1958 in Plymouth, CT; and four letters from Helen and John Guthrie in Sterling, Illinois to Hiram Hotchkiss of Litchfield, 1856-1858.

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A printed advertisement requesting the settlement of accounts and all debts must be paid within the month or the accounts will be put into the hands of an attorney.

Scope and Contents The William H. Cone diary (1921-41-0) contains entries by William H. Cone of Litchfield County, Connecticut in 1863 and 1864 while serving in the Connecticut Volunteers 5th Regiment Infantry, Company E during the American Civil War. He dedicates a fair amount of time to describing his daily activities in the field such as being on picket, drilling, participating in dressparades, and company inspections. Of particular interest are his entries that detail the 5th Regiment's involvement in the...

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Receipt for $100 paid by Augustus Palmer on March 21, 1864. On the back it indicates that Palmer signed the bond over to Thomas Towel on February 21, 1865 who then used it to pay Confederate State taxes the same day. Augustus Palmer may be Samuel Augustus Palmer (1827-1918) who resided in and around Tallahassee and fought for the Confederacy.

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Call certificate authorized by an act of Congress, Mar. 23, 1863, no. 2018, $100,000 deposited in the treasury at Columbia, S.C.

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One $5 note.

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One-half of a $10 Confederate States of America note mounted on a card that explains that the note was carried by a Union soldier while held at Libby Prison in Virginia during the Civil War. Upon release, he gave one half of the note to two Sanitation Commission women who had nursed him to health in a New York hospital.

Scope and Contents The Congregational Society of Northfield subscription records (1954-50-0) are comprised of three subscription documents relating to the Congregational Society of Northfield. Included are subscriptions records from 1840 and 1844 for repairing the Meeting House, as well as subscription records from 1866 for the construction of a new Meeting House. The 1866 records not only include lists of subscribers, but also written specifications for the construction of the new building which was designed...