African Americans -- Connecticut -- Litchfield
Subject
Subject Source: Local sources
Found in 10 Collections and/or Records:
Bill of sale to Benjamin Tallmadge from Ezra L'Hommedieu for a "certain Negro girl by the name of Jane about thirteen years of age", 1787 Mar 10
Folder 12
Item — Folder 12: Series Series 1; Series Series 3; Series Series 4; Series Series 5
Identifier: Folder 12
Scope and Contents
Witnessed by William Floyd.
Dates:
1787 Mar 10
Bill of sale to Benjamin Tallmadge from John Shethar for a "Negro boy named Prince", 1784 May 19
Folder 10
Item — Folder 10: Series Series 1; Series Series 3; Series Series 4; Series Series 5
Identifier: Folder 10
Scope and Contents
From the File:
Contains bill of sale for a slave named Prince to Benjamin Tallmadge.
Dates:
1784 May 19
Bristol, William B., 1833-1842
Folder 18
File — Folder 18: Series Series 1; Series Series 2; Series Series 3; Series Series 4; Series Series 5; Series Series 6; Series Series 7; Series Series 8
Identifier: Folder 18
Scope and Contents
From the Series:
This series has been divided into seven subseries to reflect Woodruff's diverse business and personal correspondence. The first subseries, law, consists primarily of correspondence from his law clients, for whom he worked in many cases as a debt collector, as well as from those he dunned for money. The second subseries represents his correspondence as postmaster of Litchfield. In addition to routine postal office business, including scheduling mail deliveries, inquiring about potential...
Dates:
Created: 1833-1842
Deming, Perkins, and Quincy families papers
1950-01-0
Collection
Identifier: 1950-01-0
Scope and Contents
The Deming, Perkins, and Quincy Families Papers document members of several prominent families who lived in the town of Litchfield, Conn. In the late eighteenth century, the patriarchs of each family earned wealth through their activities as merchants, traders, and investors, enabling them and many of the members of the next generations to live lives free from financial concern, if not outright luxury. The papers consist largely of correspondence, and also include collections of financial...
Dates:
Created: 1762-1950; Other: Date acquired: 01/01/1921
James Gilbert manuscript
00-2010-178-0
Collection — Box 1
Identifier: 00-2010-178-0
Scope and Contents
An historical account, titled "A Journey into the Past," of the section of Litchfield called Headquarters, written by James Gilbert, Jun 13, 1935, in which he describes lands inhabited by former slaves, local characters, and the Dennison, Granniss, and Hayes families.
Dates:
Created: 1935 Jun 13
Indenture for Ebo, a "Mustee boy," by his mother, Charity, for 21 years, 1785 Apr 7
Folder 1
File — Folder 1: Series Series 1; Series Series 2; Series Series 3; Series Series 4; Series Series 5
Identifier: Folder 1
Scope and Contents
Witnessed by Benjamin Tallmadge Jr.
Dates:
Created: 1785 Apr 7
Indenture of a "Negro girl named Abigail" by Ruth Woodhull to Benjamin Tallmadge, 1788 Nov 25
Folder 2
File — Folder 2: Series Series 1; Series Series 2; Series Series 3; Series Series 4; Series Series 5
Identifier: Folder 2
Scope and Contents
From the Series:
Series 2, arranged by type of material, consists of Tallmadge's legal documents. The majority of the papers concern land transactions, while others pertain to his store, Benjamin Tallmadge & Co., and to other financial investments. Also included in this series are bills of sale of enslaved people.
Dates:
Created: 1788 Nov 25
Litchfield Country writs and promissory notes
00-1971-68-0
Collection — Box 1
Identifier: 00-1971-68-0
Scope and Contents
Writs and Promissory Notes (1971-68-0) from 1800-1809, detailing outstanding debts between residents of Litchfield County. This collection was purchased by the donor's father at the Dwight C. Kilbourn auction, pre-1971.
Dates:
Created: 1800-1809; Other: Date acquired: 11/09/1971
Pinkerton investigation Into the arson of J. Warren Goddard's properties statements and correspondence
1958-26-0
Fonds
Identifier: 1958-26-0
Content Description
This collection consists of statements and correspondence relating to the Pinkerton National Detective Agency investigation into the arson of J. Warren Goddard's properties on North Lake St., Litchfield, on May 3, 1884. A barn was destroyed and a house was damaged. There are a total of five statements, two of which were made by African-Americans, and five reports signed "Allan Pinkerton" mailed to Goddard. It cannot be determined if Pinkerton actually wrote the reports or if his...
Dates:
1884
Benjamin Tallmadge collection
1933-19-0
Collection
Identifier: 1933-19-0
Scope and Contents
The Benjamin Tallmadge Collection documents the personal life and professional career of Colonel Benjamin Tallmadge through his correspondence as well as his legal, financial, and personal papers. An army officer, chief intelligence officer, and organizer of the Culper spy ring during the Revolutionary War, Tallmadge became a businessman and U.S. Representative from Connecticut in Congress after the war.The collection contains Tallmadge's duplicate original letters to George...
Dates:
Created: 1777-1864; Other: Majority of material found in 1778-1833; Other: Date acquired: 01/01/1933