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A note from Nathan Lufborough, acting comptroller, Treasury Department to Tristram Dalton, a surveyor in Boston, stating that Dalton's official bond and oaths have been received and approved.

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Instructions for manufacturing hats by mixing clothier flock with wool. Authorizes Ozias Seymour to use the experimental instructions, and if successful he is to purchase the right to use the method or discontinue using it. Daniel Dana is the agent for the patentee.

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Receipted bill, Melinda Danforth to William Porter, Hartford to William Porter for goods including basins and coffeepot.

Scope and Contents Papers of Fred L. Dautrich, Torrington, Conn., artist, musician and violin expert who invented three string instruments to fill the voicing gaps he believed existed between the violin, cello, and bass violin in order to enrich the sound of the string ensemble. The papers include correspondence, photographs, ephemera, news clippings, and trademark documents. Fred L. Dautrich was born in Germany in 1874 and apprenticed as boy to be a cabinet maker. In 1896, he came to the United States with...

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Three letters, Eunice Davies Scovill writing from Waterbury to her sister Belvidere Davies Ranney, 1829; William H. Scovill writing from Waterbury to his sister-in-law Belvidere Davies Ranney, 1840; and "Cousin" [Susannah?] writing from St. John's to Alathea Scovill Kingsbury, 1843.

Scope and Contents A small notebook of handwritten sermons on The Commandments attributed to Rev. Davies and a published booklet "Biographical sketch of the Rev. Thomas Davies, A.M.: missionary of the Society for Propagating the Gospel in Foreign Parts, in several of the town of Litchfield County, Conn., from the year 1766" by a minister of the county. Published in New Haven by Stanley & Chapin, 1843. Davies was born in 1736/37 in Herefordshire, England, emigrated to Litchfield, CT in 1745, graduated from...

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Day book (2011-94-0) records daily dry goods purchases for the year 1861 and 1862. Each day includes a listing of customers for the day and what they purchased. As well as the cost of the goods. The creator of the book and the store are unknown. The item is housed in 3B Box 15.

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Letter signed by J. Day from the president and fellows of Yale College to John Catlin for excelling in composition.

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Henry W. DeSaussure writes a letter of introduction to Benjamin Tallmadge presenting Mr. Calhoun (presumably John C. Calhoun) who was traveling to Litchfield to study law with Tapping Reeve. DeSaussure, also a federalist, expressed concern for the health of Connecticut Senator and Litchfield resident Uriah Tracy.

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Charlotte Dandini de Sylva encloses a check for membership in the Litchfield Historical Society.