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Adrian Atkins collection
00-2007-04-0
Collection
Identifier: 00-2007-04-0
Abstract
One folder of brochures and other ephemera related to Litchfield area businesses and points of interest and Connecticut's tercentenary.
Dates:
translation missing: en.enumerations.date_label.created: 1935-1982; Other: Date acquired: 11/02/2008
Found in:
Litchfield Historical Society
James Baldwin Diary
00-1951-12-0
Collection
Identifier: 00-1951-12-0
Scope and Contents
The James Baldwin Diary (1951-12-0) is a small diary containing a few pages of genealogical information of the Baldwin family including birth and death dates for several family members and describing how his family originally came to Litchfield. The majority of the diary is a retelling of American Revolutionary War. In part of the diary, Baldwin mentions the battle of Harlem Heights and a speech by George Washington. The diary was most likely written by James Baldwin, but the diary was most...
Dates:
translation missing: en.enumerations.date_label.created: Before 1843; Other: Date acquired: 01/01/1951
Found in:
Litchfield Historical Society
History of First Church of Christ Congregational Church
00-2011-117-0
Collection
Identifier: 00-2011-117-0
Scope and Contents
The History of First Church of Christ Congregational Church collection (2011-117-0) is a collection of papers and a manuscript found in Small Acquisitions. The collection pertains to a history and list of members of the First Church of Christ Congregational Church in Litchfield Connecticut. Leonard Woolsey Bacon the pastor of the church was compiling a list of members from 1721 (when the church was founded) to 1859 (when he was pastor of the church). The collection contains two letters from...
Dates:
translation missing: en.enumerations.date_label.created: 1859; Other: Date acquired: 03/06/2013
Found in:
Litchfield Historical Society
Elisha Frisbie Accounts and Journal
00-1955-37-0
Collection
Identifier: 00-1955-37-0
Scope and Contents
The Elisha Frisbie Accounts and Journal (1955-37-0) contain tables documenting the number of men in Captain Seymour's militia under Elisha Sheldon from October 25th to December 25th 1776. The tables break the numbers of men down into the number sick, discharged, fit for duty, dead, etc. There are also very small entries tracking the movement of the militia, and there are also accounts of rations and money spent. There are also a number of diary entries detailing military activity for the...
Dates:
translation missing: en.enumerations.date_label.created: 1776 Oct 25 - 1776 Dec 25; Other: Date acquired: 01/01/1955
Found in:
Litchfield Historical Society
Gideon Hollister papers
1914-16-0
Collection
Identifier: 1914-16-0
Scope and Contents
The Gideon Hollister papers (1914-16-0, 2.42 linear feet) document Gideon Hiram Hollister (1818-1887), a lawyer, historian, and author who also served as United States minister to Haiti from 1868 to 1869. He is perhaps best known for his History of Connecticut, published in 1855. In addition, he published several books of fiction and poetry. The collection contains manuscripts and documents regarding these works. Also found are manuscripts drafts of some of...
Dates:
translation missing: en.enumerations.date_label.created: 1850-1906; Other: Date acquired: 01/09/1914
Found in:
Litchfield Historical Society
Litchfield Sourcebook of Revolutionary History
2011-56-0
Collection
Identifier: 2011-56-0
Scope and Contents
The Litchfield Sourcebook of Revolutionary History (2011-56-0) is comprised mostly of transcriptions of revolutionary texts. The transcripted texts are: a ledger written by Moses Seymour, a note book created by Elisha Fresbie, a ledger by James Morris Sr., and the Seymour Family papers. There is commentary on the texts inserted into the book by the transcriptionists. There is a table of contents at the front of the book which breaks down the book into very specific sections. After the table...
Dates:
translation missing: en.enumerations.date_label.created: 1776-7; Other: Date acquired: 07/05/2013
Found in:
Litchfield Historical Society
Edward A. Pierpont diaries
00-2010-257-0
Collection
Identifier: 00-2010-257-0
Scope and Contents
Four diaries of Litchfield, Conn., farmer Edward A. Pierpont: 1860, 1861, 1871, and 1878-1879. Pierpont generally recorded the weather, his farming and other business activities, and the comings and goings of family members and friends. There are also business accounts.
Dates:
translation missing: en.enumerations.date_label.created: 1860-1889
Found in:
Litchfield Historical Society
Thompson Family Papers
1929-01-0
Collection
Identifier: 1929-01-0
Abstract
The personal papers of the Thompson family (1929-01-0, 3 linear feet) consists of correspondence, notes, personal manuscripts and newspaper publications of various writings of Esther H. Thompson on various topics pertaining to the history of Litchfield, including her childhood recollections of troops mustering for the Civil War on the town green.
Dates:
1786-1929; Majority of material found within 1802-1929
Found in:
Litchfield Historical Society
Clair F. Yohe address
00-2010-255-0
Collection
Identifier: 00-2010-255-0
Scope and Contents
Address given by Rev. Clair F. Yohe on the occasion of the celebration in Litchfield, Conn., of the tercentary of the founding of Connecticut.
Dates:
translation missing: en.enumerations.date_label.created: 1935 Jul 28
Found in:
Litchfield Historical Society