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Photograph of the Japanese surrender aboard the U.S.S. Missouri

00-1963-17-2

 Collection
Identifier: 00-1963-17-2
Abstract

Autographed Photograph of the Japanese Surrender in Tokyo Bay aboard the U.S.S. Missouri (1963-17-2) showing Admiral Chester Nimitz seated at a desk signing the surrender document, with General Douglas McArthur, Admiral William F. Halsey, Admiral Forrest Sherman and Admiral Robert Carney.  The photographed is inscribed, "To Captain C. B. McVay III, USN, with best wishes, C.W. Nimitz, Fleet Admiral, USN."

Dates: Other: 2 September 1945; Other: Date acquired
Found in: Litchfield Historical Society

Timothy Jearom deed

00-1927-22-0

 Collection
Identifier: 00-1927-22-0
Scope and Contents

Timothy Jerom sells to Andrew Jerom, both of Waterbury, a piece of land in Farmington, parish of Kinsington. Signed in Farmington 2 Oct 1765. Hezekiah Gridley, Justice of the Peace.

Dates: translation missing: en.enumerations.date_label.created: 1765 Oct 2; Other: Date acquired: 11/30/1926
Found in: Litchfield Historical Society

Dorothy Jenkins's Litchfield Center School fifth grade class photographs

2021-30-0

 Item
Identifier: 2021-30-0
Abstract

Individual members of Dorothy Jenkins's Litchfield Center School fifth grade class on one single, long roll.

Dates: 1939
Found in: Litchfield Historical Society

Jimmy the Rattler [song]

00-2010-38-0

 Collection
Identifier: 00-2010-38-0
Scope and Contents

A printed broadside with a political song satirizing James Madison's conduct as president.

Dates: Other: Dummy Date
Found in: Litchfield Historical Society

John DaRoss & Sons, Inc. records

2010-375-0

 Fonds
Identifier: 2010-375-0
Scope and Contents The business records of John DaRoss & Sons, Inc., 1949-1989, document the activities of an excavation and landscaping business located in Litchfield, CT. The records includes customer accounts ledgers and cash books; work sheets, which describe projects undertaken; bills and invoices; payroll annd time records; and administrative records, such as insurance, inventory, tax, and other records.The company firm took on a wide variety of jobs in the Litchfield area, including a...
Dates: 1949-1989
Found in: Litchfield Historical Society

Charles Frederick Johnson letter

00-2014-08-0

 Collection
Identifier: 00-2014-08-0
Abstract

One letter from Charles Frederick Johnson to Edgar L. Ormbsbee written from Litchfield describing the course of lectures being offered at the Litchfield Law School. Johnson offers to allow Orbsbee to copy his notes.

Dates: translation missing: en.enumerations.date_label.created: 1825 Jul 10; Other: Date acquired: 09/04/2014
Found in: Litchfield Historical Society

Elisha Johnson deed

00-1982-18-0

 Collection
Identifier: 00-1982-18-0
Scope and Contents

Elisha Johnson of Plymouth (Conn.) sells land in Plymouth to Thuman D. Ives of Plymouth.

Dates: translation missing: en.enumerations.date_label.created: 1852 Dec 30; Other: Date acquired: 11/30/1981
Found in: Litchfield Historical Society

Writ, Johnston, James vs. Smith, Reuben

00-1993-26-0

 Collection
Identifier: 00-1993-26-0
Scope and Contents

This Writ (1993-26-0) is from a lawsuit between James Johnston and Reuben Smith, regarding a debt of $200 pounds.  The document, dated November 19, 1788,  begins with an order to the local constables from the presiding Justice of the Peace, Isaac Pardes, to summon Reuben Smith to appear before the Court of Common Pleas.  It then continues three years later, In Litchfield Superior Court regarding a bond between Johnston and Smith.

Dates: translation missing: en.enumerations.date_label.created: 1788-1791; Other: Majority of material found in November 19, 1788; Other: Date acquired: 11/30/1992
Found in: Litchfield Historical Society

Johnston's Brigade battle reports

00-2010-282-0

 Collection
Identifier: 00-2010-282-0
Scope and Contents

Reports of ammunition expended and casualties in Johnston's Brigade, Early's Division, 2nd Corps (Confederate States of America army) in engagements occurring in July through September 1864. Also includes battle reports of the 12th and 23rd North Carolina Troops.

Dates: translation missing: en.enumerations.date_label.created: 1864 Jul-Sep; Other: Date acquired: 11/09/2011
Found in: Litchfield Historical Society

Jones and Kilbourn families papers

1971-15-0

 Collection
Identifier: 1971-15-0
Abstract The Jones and Kilbourn families papers document several generations of two families who lived primarily in Litchfield, Conn., principally Eaton Jones (1729-1791), Eaton Jones (1762-1838), Charles Jones (1797-1891), George Eaton Jones (1849-1927), Mary M. Jones (1851-1930), and Eaton Jones (1897-1971). George Eaton Jones married Mary Braman (1864-1927), a granddaughter of Payne Kenyon Kilbourne (1815-1859). In addition, there are third-party papers that relate to the American Revolutionary...
Dates: translation missing: en.enumerations.date_label.created: 1747-1959; Other: Date acquired: 03/08/1972
Found in: Litchfield Historical Society

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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
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Confederate States of America. Department of the Treasury 4
Dana, Richard Henry, 1879-1933 4
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Dickinson, Anson, 1779-1852 4
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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
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Plumb, Seth F., 1836-1864 3
Ray family 3
Shepaug Valley Railroad 3
Smith, Truman, 1791-1884 3
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Anderson, Ronald Lee, 1929-2002 2
Andrews, Charles Bartlett, 1836-1902 2
Arethusa Farm (Litchfield, Conn.) 2
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Beach, Miles, 1743-1828 2
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Beecher, Catharine Esther, 1800-1878 2
Bird, Seth, 1732-1805 2
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