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Ephraim Kirby letter
00-2009-46-0
Collection
Identifier: 00-2009-46-0
Scope and Contents
A letter from Ephraim Kirby in Litchfield to John Cotton Smith, attorney at law in Sharon (Conn.) asking Smith to arrest a young man (unnamed) who read law under him and did not pay his fees. Mr. Kirby thinks that the young man is keeping a school in Amenia, NY.
Dates:
translation missing: en.enumerations.date_label.created: 1787 Apr 16
Found in:
Litchfield Historical Society
Landon and Howd families papers
1999-18-0
Collection
Identifier: 1999-18-0
Scope and Contents
The papers of the Landon and Howd families of Salisbury, Conn., including bonds, correspondence, deeds, estate records, and other items. Family members reflected in the papers include James Landon (1744-1813) and his son James (1770-1833), Henry E. Howd, (1799-1878; son-in-law of the younger James Landon), and Henry E. Howd's son Frank E. Howd (1849-1933).John Landon (1720-1810) was one of four brothers who moved to Litchfield, Conn., with their father, James, in the 1720s. John...
Dates:
translation missing: en.enumerations.date_label.created: 1795-1936; Other: Date acquired: 01/01/1999
Found in:
Litchfield Historical Society
Giovanni Lega letter
00-2010-194-0
Collection
Identifier: 00-2010-194-0
Scope and Contents
A letter from Giovanni Lega to "sir," in which paintings and frames are discussed.
Dates:
translation missing: en.enumerations.date_label.created: undated
Found in:
Litchfield Historical Society
H. Bertram Lewis letters
00-1951-27-0
Collection
Identifier: 00-1951-27-0
Abstract
Two letters to John H. Hubbard regarding Indian trails in Litchfield, Conn.
Dates:
translation missing: en.enumerations.date_label.created: 1918
Found in:
Litchfield Historical Society
Lichfield, England collection
2003-72-0
Collection
Identifier: 2003-72-0
Scope and Contents
The Litchfield, England collection (2003-72-0, .21 linear feet) consists of publications regarding Lichfield, England, assembled by the staff of the Litchfield Historical Society. Included is an engraving of a map of Staffordshire circa 1842 by Archibald Fullarton & Co., Glasgow. Most of the collection dates from the 1970s through the early 2000s and consists of tourist-type books, brochures, maps, and other items, and focuses on Lichfield, the surrounding area, and native son Samuel...
Dates:
translation missing: en.enumerations.date_label.created: circa 1842-2005; Other: Date acquired: 02/11/2004
Found in:
Litchfield Historical Society
Litchfield Bancorp records
2000-24-0
Collection
Identifier: 2000-24-0
Scope and Contents
Records relating to Litchfield Bancorp. Founded in 1850 as The Litchfield Savings Society, the name was changed in 1952 to The Litchfield Savings Bank, and changed again in 1984 to Litchfield Bancorp. The items are the bank's cashbook, 1850-1864; record book, containing board of directors minutes and other records, 1850-1889; an 1850 incorporation document; a list, possibly of directors, 1874; an excerpt from an 1880 public act related to savings banks; and a scrapbook documenting the bank's...
Dates:
translation missing: en.enumerations.date_label.created: 1850-2000; Other: Majority of material found in 1850-1889; Other: Date acquired: 01/01/2000
Found in:
Litchfield Historical Society
Litchfield. Board of Selectmen. Letter regarding a draft
00-2010-279-0
Collection
Identifier: 00-2010-279-0
Scope and Contents
Blank letter requesting inactive militia members to appear in front of the court house for the purpose of a draft.
Dates:
translation missing: en.enumerations.date_label.created: 1862 Sep 3; Other: Date acquired: 11/09/2011
Found in:
Litchfield Historical Society
Litchfield Cemetery Association Inc. insurance policies and other records
00-2010-111-0
Collection
Identifier: 00-2010-111-0
Scope and Contents
The Litchfield Cemetery Association, Inc. insurance policies and other records consist of libility and property insurance policies; correspondence regarding insurance and other matters; a list of assets and transactions, August, 1936; and a 1871 deed to a lot within the cemetery.
Dates:
translation missing: en.enumerations.date_label.created: 1871-1963; Other: Date acquired: 02/04/2012
Found in:
Litchfield Historical Society
Litchfield Chapter, American Red Cross records
2000-19-0
Fonds
Identifier: 2000-19-0
Content Description
The Litchfield Chapter, American Red Cross records consists of administrative records; correspondence; publicity materials; photographs; and decals, signs, and artwork. The records are arranged in four series.Series 1. Administrative records, includes by-laws, history, annual reports, minutes, board of directors documents, financial records, correspondence, materials related to the Chinese friendship chapter in He Bei, and materials sent to the local chapter from the national...
Dates:
1896-2000
Found in:
Litchfield Historical Society
Litchfield Community House, Inc. records
1954-45-0
Collection
Identifier: 1954-45-0
Scope and Contents
The Litchfield Community House, Inc. records (1954-45-0, .83 linear feet) document an organization that built and maintained athletic fields and operated a community building in Litchfield, Conn., from 1929 to 1958. The collection includes correspondence, blueprints, specifications, reports, clippings, ephemera, and other documents and covers 1927-1949.
As early as 1927, a group of concerned Litchfield citizens, spearheaded by Frederick Kingsbury Bull, explored the idea of constructing...
Dates:
translation missing: en.enumerations.date_label.created: 1927-1958; Other: Date acquired: 04/08/1955
Found in:
Litchfield Historical Society