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Dorothy Bull collection
1954-26-0
Collection
Identifier: 1954-26-0
Scope and Contents
The Dorothy Bull collection (1954-26-0, .42 linear feet) consists of letters from John Masefield (1878-1967), a poet lauriet of the United Kingdom, containing suggestions and criticisms of Dorothy Bull's writing and other contemporary writers and other topics; other letters written by Masefield; Bull's 1922-1923 letters to her aunt Edith Kingsbury written from England; Masefield's published works and copies of The Forge, a literary magazine he founded; verse...
Dates:
translation missing: en.enumerations.date_label.created: 1913-1934; Other: Date acquired: 10/09/1955
Found in:
Litchfield Historical Society
F. Kingsbury Bull World War II victory loan campaigns correspondence
00-2010-287-0
Collection
Identifier: 00-2010-287-0
Scope and Contents
One folder of correspondence regarding World War II victory loan campaigns in Litchfield, Conn.
Dates:
translation missing: en.enumerations.date_label.created: 1943-1945; Other: Date acquired: 12/09/2011
Found in:
Litchfield Historical Society
Burke family papers
00-1984-38-0
Collection
Identifier: 00-1984-38-0
Abstract
Two bills, one from the Echo Farm Co., 1899, and C. W. Hinsdale, 1902; a Connecticut State Board of Education letter regarding unsatisfactory school attendance of two children, 1903; and a corset advertisement imprinted with W. J. Bissell, Litchfield, Conn., undated.
Dates:
translation missing: en.enumerations.date_label.created: 1899-1903; Other: Date acquired: 01/01/1984
Found in:
Litchfield Historical Society
Aaron Burr letter
00-2009-63-0
Collection
Identifier: 00-2009-63-0
Abstract
Letter from Aaron Burr in New York dated 17 May 1820 to George Marsh in Albany regarding business arrangements and George Marsh's good fortune in Albany.
Dates:
translation missing: en.enumerations.date_label.created: 1820 May 17
Found in:
Litchfield Historical Society
Ethan Burroughs letter
00-2010-161-0
Collection
Identifier: 00-2010-161-0
Scope and Contents
Letter from Ethan Burroughs of Ferrisburgh, Vt., to John Beach reporting on the status of Beach's land.
Dates:
translation missing: en.enumerations.date_label.created: 1849 Sep 12
Found in:
Litchfield Historical Society
Edith E. Caldwell Papers
2011-138-0
Collection
Identifier: 2011-138-0
Scope and Contents
The Edith E. Caldwell Papers (2011-138-0) consist of personal papers of Edith E. Caldwell and her parents William A. Caldwell and Mary R. Caldwell, as well as legal correspondence and filings pertaining to a lawsuit between Edith E. Caldwell and Joseph Peszensky.
Edith E. Caldwell was born in 1885, the daughter of William A. and Mary R. Caldwell. She was raised in Litchfield and attended the Eastman National Business College in Poughkeepsie, New York around 1904. She held various jobs in...
Dates:
translation missing: en.enumerations.date_label.created: 1898-1940; Other: Majority of material found in 1925-1932; Other: Date acquired: 12/07/2010
Found in:
Litchfield Historical Society
Judson Canfield papers
1985-24-0
Collection
Identifier: 1985-24-0
Scope and Contents
The papers of Judson Canfield (1759-1840), consisting primarily of legal documents, including agreements, deeds, executions, receipts, statements, and correspondence and include a small collection of correspondence and writings relating to Walter Ferriss, whose daughter married Canfield's son.
The papers are arranged in two series. Series 1, Judson Canfield papers, primarily consists of documents related to Canfield's law practice. Most involve matters in and around Sharon, Conn., but there...
Dates:
translation missing: en.enumerations.date_label.created: 1760-1856; Other: Date acquired: 05/10/1987
Found in:
Litchfield Historical Society
Ephraim Carter family papers
00-2010-35-0
Collection
Identifier: 00-2010-35-0
Scope and Contents
Various documents of Ephraim Carter (1746-1823) & his son Ezra (1773-1811); William C. Carter and Horace E. Carter, sons of Ezra.
Dates:
translation missing: en.enumerations.date_label.created: 1797-1826
Found in:
Litchfield Historical Society
Lewis Cass letter
00-2009-69-0
Collection
Identifier: 00-2009-69-0
Scope and Contents
Letter from Lewis Cass in Washington to Joseph Eldridge dated Feb 7, 1832 in which Mr. Cass thanks Mr. Eldridge for taking interest in the welfare of his son.
Dates:
translation missing: en.enumerations.date_label.created: 1832 Feb 17
Found in:
Litchfield Historical Society
Catholic Women's Benevolent Legion, Emma Deming Council No. 265 records
2005-20-0
Collection
Identifier: 2005-20-0
Scope and Contents
The Catholic Women's Benevolent Legion (CWBL) was a fraternal and insurance society founded in 1895. The Emma Deming Council No. 265 was founded in Litchfield in 1907. Membership was limited to Catholic women ages 17 to 50. The records document the activities of the Deming Council; some relate to the dealings between the main office in New York and the local council. Membership applications, lists, and investigating committee report and notices of members provide personal details about...
Dates:
translation missing: en.enumerations.date_label.created: 1907-1913; Other: Date acquired: 01/01/2000
Found in:
Litchfield Historical Society