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Dwight C. Kilbourn collection
1929-18-0
Collection
Identifier: 1929-18-0
Scope and Contents
The Dwight C. Kilbourn collection (1929-18-0, .83 linear feet) consists of a wide range of Litchfield, Conn., historical materials collected by Kilbourn, some of which relate to him and other Kilbourns, particularly his distant cousin Eliada Kilbourn (1809-1883) and Eliada’s family, and many that do not. Of particular interest are research files Dwight Kilbourn assembled regarding the involvement of Litchfield men in the American Revolutionary War and the American Civil War. The collection...
Dates:
translation missing: en.enumerations.date_label.created: 1801-1920; Other: Date acquired: 01/01/1929
Found in:
Litchfield Historical Society
Dwight C. Kilbourn diary
00-1971-58-2
Collection
Identifier: 00-1971-58-2
Scope and Contents
The Dwight C. Kilbourn diary (1971-58-2) contains daily entries for the year 1885. Commonly found are notations about the weather, Mr. Kilbourn's daily activities and monetary transactions. This item is housed in 3A Box 24.
Dates:
translation missing: en.enumerations.date_label.created: 1885; Other: Date acquired: 10/07/1972
Found in:
Litchfield Historical Society
Dwight C. Kilbourn letter
00-1986-01-0
Collection
Identifier: 00-1986-01-0
Scope and Contents
Dwight C. Kilbourn writes to Mr. Kingsbury about a visit and about Kilbourn's lack of knowledge about the Headquarters section of Litchfield.
Dates:
translation missing: en.enumerations.date_label.created: 1910 Aug 15; Other: Date acquired: 07/01/1986
Found in:
Litchfield Historical Society
Kilbourn's New Store Broadside
00-2013-117-0
Collection
Identifier: 00-2013-117-0
Scope and Contents
One broadside describing a sale at Dwight C. Kilbourn's store. Kilbourn, a lawyer, historian and Civil War veteran, opened a general goods store in East Litchfield, CT, in a building near the East Litchfield train station. Selling items such as dry goods, groceries, hardware, crockery, clothing, and a variety of other goods, Kilbourn’s business grew. He advertised his store regularly in the Litchfield Enquirer through the mid-1870s, and utilized poems and...
Dates:
translation missing: en.enumerations.date_label.created: 1868; Other: Date acquired: 06/09/2015
Found in:
Litchfield Historical Society