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Phineas Baldwin and Reuben Webster journal
00-2010-110-0
Collection
Identifier: 00-2010-110-0
Scope and Contents
The journal of Phineas Baldwin (abt. 1847-1817) and Reuben Webster (1757-1833) documents the activites of two men in Litchfield, Conn. Baldwin traded in a variety of commodities and services with Litchfield residents, such as wood, veal, rice, tobacco, butter, and carting. His sections of the book run from 1784 to 1806. Another person, perhaps Reuben Webster, also used the book. In these sections, dating from 1817 through 1829, are several entries regarding Baldwin's estate, several...
Dates:
translation missing: en.enumerations.date_label.created: 1784-1829; Other: Date acquired: 09/04/2011
Found in:
Litchfield Historical Society
Boardman & Seymour records
2009-75-0
Collection
Identifier: 2009-75-0
Scope and Contents
The Boardman & Seymour Records (2009-75-0) consist of correspondence, bills, legal documents, licenses to sell liquor, orders, receipts, statements of accounts and other business records. Daniel Boardman (1757-1833), New York City businessman and merchant, his brother Elijah Boardman (1760-1823), New Milford businessman and merchant, and Moses Seymour Jr. (1774-1826), Litchfield merchant and town official, maintained a partnership to operate a store in Litchfield in which they sold "a...
Dates:
translation missing: en.enumerations.date_label.created: 1794-1811; Other: Date acquired: 11/04/1989
Found in:
Litchfield Historical Society
Robert Doyle collection
2003-48-0
Collection
Identifier: 2003-48-0
Scope and Contents
The Robert Doyle collection contains papers regarding Crutch & MacDonald, a Litchfield, Conn., drug store; other Litchfield businesses; and activities of the Borough of Litchfield government. The papers include druggists catalogues and literature, late 1800s; a letter written by Robert Doyle regarding the sale of Crutch & MacDonald, 1994; bills and receipts, early twentieth century; documents relating to the sale and lease of Crutch & MacDonald and its antecedent iterations,...
Dates:
translation missing: en.enumerations.date_label.created: 1870-1994; Other: Date acquired: 02/07/2005
Found in:
Litchfield Historical Society
First National Bank of Litchfield publications and photograph
00-2010-272-0
Collection
Identifier: 00-2010-272-0
Scope and Contents
Records regarding The First National Bank of Litchfield include a statement of condition, 1958; "The First National Bank of Litchfield, 1814-1819" booklet; "Push or A. Fiver's Busy Day," leaflet distributed on the occasion of Litchfield's 250th anniversary; and an undated photograph of a display of historical aritfacts of the bank under an outdoor tent.
Dates:
translation missing: en.enumerations.date_label.created: 1939-1969; Other: Date acquired: 12/08/2011
Found in:
Litchfield Historical Society
Bernice Fuessenich collection
2003-78-0
Collection
Identifier: 2003-78-0
Scope and Contents
The Bernice Fuessenich collection consists of photographs, invoices, programs, invitations, advertising, brochures, dance cards, calling cards, and other ephemera documenting cultural, social, religious, and business activities in Litchfield, Conn., 1897-1976. Among the subjects covered are drama productions, church dedications and services, horse shows, minstrel shows, dances and balls, businesses and restaurants. There are also receipts for goods and services. Some of the papers relate to...
Dates:
translation missing: en.enumerations.date_label.created: 1897-1976; Other: Date acquired: 01/02/2005
Found in:
Litchfield Historical Society
Litchfield photographs, West Street
00-2012-23-0
Collection
Identifier: 00-2012-23-0
Scope and Contents
Photograph of West Street, Litchfield, Connecticut (2012-23-0), showing a mixture of brick and wooden structures. Store fronts include, Braman & Bissell, E.W. Meafoy, a stove and hardware store and a millinery shop.
Dates:
translation missing: en.enumerations.date_label.created: 1885-1890; Other: Date acquired: 06/05/2014
Found in:
Litchfield Historical Society
Seymour family papers
1949-37-0
Collection
Identifier: 1949-37-0
Scope and Contents
The papers of the Seymour family of Litchfield, Conn. Principal figures are Maj. Moses Seymour (1742-1826); two of his sons, Ozias Seymour (1776-1851), and Epaphroditus Seymour (1783-1854); and Ozias Seymour's son, Origen Storrs Seymour (1804-1881). A number of other members of the Seymour family and its relatives, in particular, members of the Storrs family of Mansfield, Conn., and Woodruff family of Litchfield, are also represented. The papers include correspondence, business records,...
Dates:
translation missing: en.enumerations.date_label.created: 1777-1923; Other: Date acquired: 11/30/1948
Found in:
Litchfield Historical Society