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Railroad surveying notebooks

00-2011-76-0

 Collection
Identifier: 00-2011-76-0
Scope and Contents

The Railroad surveying notebooks (2011-76-0) consist of three notebooks kept during the surveying for a proposed railway line from Kelso, Washington to Knappton, Washington in 1890 and 1891. The notebooks do not indicate who the surveyor was, or for what railway company the survey was being completed. These may be a Camp Columbia student's class assignment. The items are currently housed in 3A Box 22.

Dates: translation missing: en.enumerations.date_label.created: 1890-1891; Other: Date acquired: 07/06/2011

Laura Hunt Ramsey collection

00-1999-03-0

 Collection
Identifier: 00-1999-03-0
Scope and Contents

Laura Hunt Ramsey performed in Litchfield Summer Theatre productions during the 1952 season. Among the cast was Calvert DeForest, who became nationally known in the 1980s through his appearances as Larry (Bud) Melman on Late Night with David Letterman. The collection consists of news clippings, theater programs, post cards, and photographs relating to the Summer Theatre and Litchfield. There is also a drawing by Leonard Altobell of himself.

Dates: translation missing: en.enumerations.date_label.created: 1952; Other: Date acquired: 01/08/1999

John C. Randal military commission

00-1971-41-0

 Collection
Identifier: 00-1971-41-0
Scope and Contents

John C. Randal is accepted as an Ensign in the 3rd Co. of the 18th Regiment of Infantry in the Connecticut Militia, to take rank on 23 Aug.1823. Signed at New Haven on 30 May 1824 by Oliver Wolcott, captain-general and commander in chief, in and over the State of Connecticut, and Thomas Day, Secretary.

Dates: translation missing: en.enumerations.date_label.created: 1824 May 30

Stephen Ranney writ

00-2010-67-0

 Collection
Identifier: 00-2010-67-0
Scope and Contents

An order of the Litchfield County Superior Court, signed by Frederick Wolcott, clerk that Stephen Ranney of Litchfield is protected from arrest on his way to and from Court because his attendance at the Court is required as a witness.

Dates: translation missing: en.enumerations.date_label.created: 1803 Feb

William L. Ransom currency collection

00-1890-56-0

 Collection
Identifier: 00-1890-56-0
Abstract

Notes issued by the colonies of Delaware and New Jersey and United States fractional currency.

Dates: Other: Date acquired: 11/30/1889

Addie Stephens Ray friendship album

00-1966-09-0

 Collection
Identifier: 00-1966-09-0
Abstract

The Addie Stephens Ray friendship album (1966-09-0) was given to Addie Stephens (later the wife of William Ray) by Leonard W. Bacon in Litchfield, Connecticut on September 7, 1860. The album contains signatures and versus from friends. The signatures were collected from the year 1860 through 1862 in various locations such as Litchfield, CT, Saratoga Springs,NY, Hartford, CT and New Marlboro, MA.

Dates: translation missing: en.enumerations.date_label.created: 1860-1862; Other: Date acquired: 11/30/1965

Ray family papers

00-1966-01-0

 Collection
Identifier: 00-1966-01-0
Scope and Contents The Ray Family papers (1966-01-0) contain correspondence, drawings, school papers, and a newspaper clipping relating to the family of Addie Wadhams Stevens Ray (1846-1918). Other family members represented in the papers include her mother Jane Wadhams Stevens (1815-1862), grandmother Phoebe Collins Wadhams (1773-1867), cousin Alida Collins Benson (1834- ), and uncle Edward R. Stevens. Addie Wadhams Stevens Ray was the daughter of Henry Ward and Jane Wadhams Stevens. They resided in...
Dates: translation missing: en.enumerations.date_label.created: 1855-1886; Other: Date acquired: 01/01/1966

Kathryna Ray dollhouse guest book

00-2010-212-0

 Collection
Identifier: 00-2010-212-0
Scope and Contents Guest book regarding a large dollhouse given to 5-year-old Kathryna Hoffman Ray by her cousin, Mrs. F. Saxham E. Drury in 1929. The book contains news clippings and the signatures of a number of people who viewed the doll house, including Ethel Barrymore, John Barrymore, Noel Coward, Leslie Howard, and other theatrical personalities.   Kathryna was the daughter of the Rev. Dr. Randolph Ray, rector of the Church of the Transfiguration (Little Church Around the Corner) in New York City. He...
Dates: translation missing: en.enumerations.date_label.created: 1929-1930

Edward Raymond manuscript

1997-10-0

 Collection
Identifier: 1997-10-0
Scope and Contents

Typescript of "Litchfield in Three Centuries," by Edward A. Raymond (1990, 796 pp.), an historical overview of Litchfield, Conn.

Dates: translation missing: en.enumerations.date_label.created: 1990; Other: Date acquired: 08/07/1997

Jacob Read draft

00-2010-25-0

 Collection
Identifier: 00-2010-25-0
Scope and Contents

Jacob Read in Charleston writes to George Simpson, cashier of the late Bank of the United States in Philadelphia, to pay $38.26 to Rumford & Abijah Dawes.

Dates: translation missing: en.enumerations.date_label.created: 1812 Oct 1

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United States--History--Revolution, 1775-1783 29
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Litchfield Historical Society (Litchfield, Conn.) 27
St. Michael's Church (Litchfield, Conn.) 14
Litchfield Law School 12
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Litchfield (Conn.) 10
Litchfield High School (Litchfield, Conn.) 10
Connecticut. Treasury Department 9
Litchfield Female Academy (Conn.) 9
Reeve, Tapping, 1744-1823 9
Wolcott, Oliver, 1726-1797 8
First National Bank of Litchfield 7
Tallmadge, Benjamin, 1754-1835 7
Connecticut. County Court (Litchfield County) 6
First Congregational Church (Litchfield, Conn.) 6
Pierce, Sarah, 1767-1852 6
Seymour, Moses, 1774-1826 6
Adams, Charles, 1805-1883 5
Gould, James, 1770-1838 5
Hinchman, Ralph P. 5
Kilbourn, Dwight C. (Dwight Canfield), 1837-1914 5
Litchfield Summer Theatre (Litchfield, Conn.) 5
Shepaug Railroad 5
Spring Hill School (Litchfield, Conn.) (1926-1939) 5
Stoddard family 5
United States. Army. Connecticut Artillery Regiment, 2nd (1863-1865) 5
United States. Department of the Treasury 5
White, Alain Campbell, 1880-1951 5
Woodruff, George C. (George Catlin), 1805-1885 5
Baldwin, George 4
Canfield family 4
Confederate States of America. Department of the Treasury 4
Dana, Richard Henry, 1879-1933 4
Deming, Julius, 1755-1838 4
Dickinson, Anson, 1779-1852 4
Kilbourn family 4
Litchfield Historic District Commission 4
New York, New Haven, and Hartford Railroad Company 4
Phelps Tavern (Litchfield, Conn.) 4
Yale College (1718-1887) 4
Adams family 3
Adams, Joseph, 1764-1856 3
American National Red Cross 3
Beach, Lucy Sheldon, 1788-1889 3
Benedict, Neal D. 3
Birge, James, 1758-1850 3
Bissell family 3
Boy Scouts of America 3
Brewster, William J. (William Joseph), 1858-1952 3
Brown family 3
Buel family 3
Buel, Henry Wadhams, 1820-1893 3
Buell family 3
Bull, F. Kingsbury (Frederick Kingsbury), 1884-1968 3
Catlin family 3
Catlin, Abijah, 1805-1891 3
Connecticut Land Company 3
Cropsey, Joyce Mackenzie 3
Deming family 3
Deming, Charlotte, 1868-1963 3
Deming, William Champion, 1862-1954 3
Echo Farm Company 3
Ensign family 3
First Ecclesiastical Society (Litchfield, Conn.) 3
Guion, George, 1870-1962 3
Kilburn family 3
Kirby, Ephraim, 1757-1804 3
Litchfield Horse Show Association (Litchfield, Conn.) 3
Litchfield Light Horse (Military unit) 3
Maryland. Treasury Department 3
Morris Academy (Morris, Conn.) 3
Morris, James, 1752-1820 3
New Jersey. Treasury Department 3
Perkins family 3
Plumb, Seth F., 1836-1864 3
Ray family 3
Shepaug Valley Railroad 3
Smith, Truman, 1791-1884 3
St. Paul's Parish (Bantam, Conn.) 3
United States. Continental Army 3
United States. Continental Congress 3
United States. Office of Price Administration 3
Webster family 3
Woodruff family 3
Woodruff, George M. (George Morris), 1836-1930 3
Aerotherm Corporation 2
Anderson, Ronald Lee, 1929-2002 2
Andrews, Charles Bartlett, 1836-1902 2
Arethusa Farm (Litchfield, Conn.) 2
Babbitt, Thomas 2
Baldwin family 2
Baldwin, William F., approximately 1820- 2
Beach, John, active 1842 2
Beach, Miles, 1743-1828 2
Beckwith, Josiah Gale, 1803-1871 2
Beecher, Catharine Esther, 1800-1878 2
Bird, Seth, 1732-1805 2
Bishop family 2
Bissell, John, 1807-1898 2
Bissell, Samantha J., 1834- 2
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