Box 4
Contains 34 Results:
Miscellaneous Notes - 5, undated
Various handwritten notes, several programs. Some related to Litchfield and some not.
Miscellaneous Notes - 6, undated
One of the notes is about George Switzer, a poem, a note that says"Illustrated letter to Esther Thompson from former schoolmate Miss Abby Hull" [See correspondence].
Miscellaneous Notes - 7, undated
Blacks, Temperance, Woodbrigde. Various notes, some transcribed letters to William H. Thompson, notes on various people. Copied materials rang from late 1700s-1800s. Information on slavery/blacks in Litchfield.
"Around the Green", 1926
Clippings from the Litchfield Enquirer. Full title: "Around the Green: Interesting Reminiscences of Old Litchfield by Miss Esther Thompson"
"Childhood Memories of the Civil War", 1912
Appeared in the Waterbury American. Full title: "Childhood Memories of Civil War Times: Intensity of War feeling in Old Litchfield." Only has part four.
"Life in Old Litchfield", 1906
Clippings and envelope with the following inscription: "Newspaper Clippings - Loose in Scrap Book Miss Esther Thompson." Belongs with Mrs. Kilbourn's Scrap Books. Full title: "Life in Old Litchfield. History and Gossip of People and Events Through Two Centuries". (Esther Harriet Thompson in Waterbury American)
"Trading in Old Litchfield", 1929
Text from paper written and read by Esther Thompson at a Woman's Forum meeting. Published in the Litchfield Enquirer. Some parts may be missing.
"Yards and Gardens", 1927 May
Text from paper written and read by Esther Thompson at a Woman's Forum meeting. Published in the Litchfield Enquirer. Some parts may be missing.
Debates, 1874
All in same handwriting (Esther's?) but may have been written by/for Ella M. Philips, Esther Thompson, and Emma Keeler.
Essay - "Benjamin Franklin (No. 7)" by "C. O. D." age 13 years , circa 1904
Litchfield High School Competition - Prize Essay Winner.