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Found in 61 Collections and/or Records:

Civil War soldier reminiscences and remembrances collection

00-2010-275-0

 Collection
Identifier: 00-2010-275-0
Scope and Contents The Civil War soldier reminiscences and remembrances collection consists of memoirs of, letters written by, and biographies written about Civil War soldiers who were originally from Litchfield, Conn. The names of the soldiers in the collection are J. H. [?]., Luman Wadhams, E. Porter Mason, Alexander B. Shumway, George Wilson Potter, George F. Booth, George Benjamin Hempstead, Stiles A. Wheeler, Hiram Stone, Addison K. Taylor, Eliada Goodwin Osborn, Seth F. Plumb, Anson W. Healy, and Patrick...
Dates: translation missing: en.enumerations.date_label.created: 1863-1914; Other: Date acquired: 09/09/2011
Found in: Litchfield Historical Society

Constitutional History of Connecticut

00-2010-114-0

 Collection
Identifier: 00-2010-114-0
Scope and Contents

Manuscript draft with corrections of a constitutional history of Connecticut by Samuel Church.

Dates: translation missing: en.enumerations.date_label.created: undated
Found in: Litchfield Historical Society

Joyce Mackenzie Cropsey papers

00-2010-170-0

 Collection
Identifier: 00-2010-170-0
Scope and Contents

Page signatures and photographs from "Register of Revolutionary Soldiers and Patriots buried in Litchfield County," compiled by Joyce Mackenzie Cropsey, 1976.

Dates: translation missing: en.enumerations.date_label.created: 1976
Found in: Litchfield Historical Society

Daughters of the American Revolution, Mary Floyd Tallmadge Chapter records

2011-18-0

 Collection
Identifier: 2011-18-0
Abstract The Daughters of the American Revolution, Mary Floyd Tallmadge Chapter (Litchfield, Conn.) records (2011-18-0, .63 linear feet) consist of research reports regarding lists of American Revolutionary War soldiers from Litchfield and surrounding towns; surveys of churches in Litchfield and Morris; grave records; and a 1779 pay abstract relating to the 13th Regiment Connecticut Militia. Many of the records were created by D.A.R. chapters in surrounding areas and presented to the Litchfield...
Dates: 1905-1936; 2019-2021; Other: Date acquired: 03/04/2012
Found in: Litchfield Historical Society

William E. Dickinson obituary

00-2010-174-0

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Identifier: 00-2010-174-0
Scope and Contents Obituary of Capt. William E. Dickinson (1824-1899) copied by Donald S. Richard from a Florence, Wis., newspaper clipping dated Jun. 17, 1899. Dickinson was born in New York City, was raised and educated in Litchfield, practiced law in Stonington, moved to the upper mid-west in 1850 and was active in copper, gold and silver mine management. He served as district attorney twice, was married four times and had 10-11 children. None of his biographies indicate he served in the military or why...
Dates: translation missing: en.enumerations.date_label.created: undated
Found in: Litchfield Historical Society

Mary Elizabeth DuBois family record

00-2010-175-0

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Identifier: 00-2010-175-0
Scope and Contents

Family record and genealogical table of Mary Elizabeth DuBois Potter Gould, undated.

Dates: translation missing: en.enumerations.date_label.created: undated
Found in: Litchfield Historical Society

Family histories collection

1951-29-0

 Collection
Identifier: 1951-29-0
Scope and Contents

The Family histories collection consists of genealogical reports written by eighth grade students in Litchfield, Warren, Morris, and Goshen, Conn. They were written at the request of the curator of the Litchfield Historical Society. The histories were written by three different groups of eighth graders: Litchfield Junior High School, 1951-1952; Litchfield Junior High School, 1956; and Wamogo High School, 1958, and are arranged alphabetically by family name as provided on the report.

Dates: translation missing: en.enumerations.date_label.created: 1951-1958; Other: Date acquired: 01/04/1951
Found in: Litchfield Historical Society

Farewell token from K. S.

00-2010-200-0

 Collection
Identifier: 00-2010-200-0
Scope and Contents

Hand crafted farewell card apparently made by a Litchfield Institute student. The Litchfield Institute was an independent, non-profit professional association established in June 1984 for the purpose of promoting arts and sciences and of encouraging humanitarian service to civic, educational, and religious organizations, especially in Litchfield County and neighboring communities.

Dates: translation missing: en.enumerations.date_label.created: undated
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

James Gilbert manuscript

00-2010-178-0

 Collection
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 enslaved people, local characters, and the Dennison, Granniss, and Hayes families.

Dates: translation missing: en.enumerations.date_label.created: 1935 Jun 13
Found in: Litchfield Historical Society

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