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Almira A. Bissell notebook
00-2011-73-0
Collection — Box: 3A Box 21
Identifier: 00-2011-73-0
Scope and Contents
The Almira A. Bissell notebook (2011-73-0) is an undated paperbound notebook. The notebook, kept by Almira A. Bissell (Mrs. Francis Bissell), has "Composition Book" printed on the front cover. The volume contains an alphabetical list of Revolutionary soldiers who enlisted from the town of Litchfield. Mrs. Bissell also includes brief war records, and genealogy when possible. Some notes are inserted on loose paper into the notebook.
Almira A. Piper Bissell was the wife of Francis Bissell of...
Dates:
translation missing: en.enumerations.date_label.created: n.d.; Other: Date acquired: 04/06/2011
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
Woodruff family collection
1953-02-2-8
Collection
Identifier: 1953-02-2-8
Abstract
The Woodruff Collection primarily documents the personal life and professional career of George Catlin Woodruff, who not only practiced law for several decades in Litchfield but also served as Litchfield's postmaster and held elected positions both locally and in the United States Congress.
Dates:
translation missing: en.enumerations.date_label.created: 1779-1966; Other: Majority of material found within 1815-1919; Other: Date acquired: 11/03/1954
Found in:
Litchfield Historical Society