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Ebenezer Bolles stock certificate
00-2009-121-0
Joseph Adams sells one share in the Canaan & Litchfield Turnpike to Ebenezer Bolles. Approved by Benjamin Tallmadge, one of the Directors. Litchfield, Conn. Nov. 17, 1801.
J. B. Harrison letter
00-2010-184-0
J. B. Harrison writes the Selectmen of Barkhamsted regarding a complaint about the surface of a highway and trusts that they will repair it to save the necessity of a suit against the town.
Capt. H. S. Jones collection
1976-14-0
Litchfield and Cornwall Turnpike Company records
00-1984-37-0
A statement of the capital stock of the Turnpike Co. as certified by Joseph Birge, Clerk and witnessed by Manly Peters, Justice of Peace. Sent to Comptroller of Public Accounts, Hartford, Conn.
Litchfield photographs1
00-2011-157-0
Litchfield photographs1 (2011-157-0) from circa 1900. The donor's parents were married at St. Michael's Church in 1942; mother (Francis Virginia Sidgreaves) lived on South Street; Grandmother (Mary Peal Morrow) lived on East Street. Views include South Street, North Street, northwest corner of South Street, East Park, the Hawkhurst, a resort hotel in Litchfield and 3 views of a winter ice storm.
Town of Litchfield records
00-1971-45-0
Advertisements, bills, correspondence, tax abatement list, correspondence and orders related to town roads, and other records related to the Town of Litchfield.
Moses Lyman papers
00-1985-25-0
Papers relating to Moses Lyman (1768-1844) of Goshen, Conn., consisting of a document related to the Litchfield and Canaan turnpike road, a land survey of Ivy Mountain, and an agreement with Benjamin Palmer to dismantle and rebuild his house. The Palmer agreement is four pages and quite detailed, specifying building materials and techniques, costs, and a schedule for completion.
Miscellaneous papers
2002-64-0
Papers relating to families and activities in Litchfield, including correspondence related to Camp, Smith, Hill, and other families; deeds; contracts and other legal documents relating to highway and bridge construction and maintenance; Reports of the Selectmen and Treasurer of the Town of Litchfield, 1890-1911; Road Schedules; Charter and Bylaws of the Town of Litchfield, 1862; and other papers.
Richards family records
2014-27-0
The Richards family records (2014-27-0) consist of: three logs, 1949-1951 for roadwork in the town of Litchfield kept by Charles A. Richards, foreman; and Personal tax lists for 1933-1938 kept by Selectman Hector Richards for the Northfield section of Litchfield, with names and dates of birth.
Lyle B. Whittlesey collection
00-2014-48-0
The Lyle B. Whittlesey collection (2014-48-0) consists of black and white photographs of roads and road construction; and 2 topographic maps, Litchfield and New Preston quadrangles, 1950 edition. The road identified in 4 photographs dated 1920, is Route 109 in Morris and Bantam. The maps are housed in aisle 18B: Box 20.