Business records
Subject
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Found in 59 Collections and/or Records:
Starr family papers
2010-97-0
Collection
Identifier: 2010-97-0
Scope and Contents
The papers of the Starr family of Litchfield, Conn., primarily centering on Henry Starr (1785-1817) and his parents, Daniel (1759-1809) and Rachel Buell Starr (1761-1813), which include correspondence, a notebook, financial records, and documents related to the estates of Daniel and Rachel Buell Starr. Both father and son were tailors. There is a large group of military records created during the War of 1812 when Henry Starr was a lieutenant serving as paymaster in 37th Regiment U.S....
Dates:
translation missing: en.enumerations.date_label.created: 1806-1816; Other: Date acquired: 09/04/2010
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
Turner & Woodruff account book index
1963-29-0
Collection
Identifier: 1963-29-0
Scope and Contents
Index to Account Book, 1963-29-0, is a paper bound book with alphabetical tabs on the right side and a listing of the customers of a business and the pages their entries appear. The name of the business does not appear on the index, but appears to be from Turner Woodruff & Co., a general store and mortgage/real estate brokers in Northfield, Connecticut which was in operation fro 1794-1822. The account book for this index is not in the collection, although the many of the same customer...
Dates:
translation missing: en.enumerations.date_label.created: 1800-1830; Other: Date acquired: 08/06/1963
Found in:
Litchfield Historical Society
Turner, Woodruff & Co. Day Book
00-2013-99-0
Collection
Identifier: 00-2013-99-0
Scope and Contents
Day Book, Turner Woodruff & Co., 2013-99-0, is identified inside the front cover. Entries are from August 3, 1811 to June 15, 1812. Entries include customer name, items purchased and their cost. Some entries also include who purchased the item (a son or daughter, for instance). Newspaper clippings have been glued inside the back cover. There is also a handwritten list of "Deceased" people and the date of their death.
Turner and Woodruff was a business operated by Isaac Turner and...
Dates:
translation missing: en.enumerations.date_label.created: 1811-1812
Found in:
Litchfield Historical Society
Turner, Woodruff & Co. Papers
00-2012-16-0
Collection
Identifier: 00-2012-16-0
Scope and Contents
Turner, Woodruff & Co. Papers, 2012-16-0, includes business papers such as accounting, goods purchased and received, bank drafts, payables and receivables, promisary notes, as well as poll lists for the Episcopal, Presbyterian, and Quaker societies in Northfield (Litchfield), Connecticut.
Isaac Turner (1780-1836) of Northfield and Enoch J. Woodruff (1786-1855) of Watertown and Litchfield opened a general store at the corner of Northfield and Remsen Roads in Northfield in the late 18th...
Dates:
translation missing: en.enumerations.date_label.created: 1796 - 1818; Other: Majority of material found in 1813-1818; Other: Date acquired: 07/05/2012
Found in:
Litchfield Historical Society
Weir's Motor Sales record book
00-1991-102-0
Collection
Identifier: 00-1991-102-0
Scope and Contents
Weir's Motor Sales record book (1991-102-0) contains payment records from 1920-1922. The records document customers, their purchases and repairs to and the maintenance of their automobiles. Weir’s Motor Sales was owned by Martin J. Weir and was located on West Street in Litchfield, Conn., and the records indicate that its customers came from surrounding towns in Litchfield County.
Dates:
translation missing: en.enumerations.date_label.created: 1920-1922; Other: Date acquired: 12/09/1990
Found in:
Litchfield Historical Society
Weir's Motor Sales records
2010-363-0
Collection
Identifier: 2010-363-0
Scope and Contents
Weir's Motor Sales records consist of a Ford Model A inspection record book; day books; a parts ledger; check stubs; and a Torrington City directory (1976). The records document customers, their purchases and repairs to and the maintenance of their automobiles. The Model A inspection record lists customer's name, model purchased, when delivered, serial number, and mileage when the inspection was performed. Weir's Motor Sales was owned by Martin J. Weir and was located on West Street in...
Dates:
translation missing: en.enumerations.date_label.created: 1929-1933; Other: Date acquired: 06/10/2010
Found in:
Litchfield Historical Society
Whittlesey family papers
2001-14-0
Collection
Identifier: 2001-14-0
Scope and Contents
The papers of the Whittlesey family, primarily relating to the activities of David Whittlesey (1750-1825), his son David Chester Whittlesey (1803-1880), both of New Preston, (part of Washington), Conn., and David Chester Whittlesey's son John Eliphalet Whittlesey (1830-1910), who served in the Civil War and then settled in Houston, Tex. Also included are papers related to the Hazen, Mitchell, and Titus families of Washington, late 1700s-early 1800s. The collection includes correspondence,...
Dates:
translation missing: en.enumerations.date_label.created: 1775-1912; Other: Date acquired: 07/07/2002
Found in:
Litchfield Historical Society
John Wright collection
1982-22-0
Collection
Identifier: 1982-22-0
Abstract
The John Wright Collection (1715-1853) [1982-22-0] consists of papers related to the Bostwick, Buck, Canfield, Ferriss, Hine, McEuen, Northrop, Taylor, and Treadwell families; lawyer Partridge Thacher; and others living in New Milford, Conn. It also includes papers related to New Preston Society. Included in the papers is correspondence; deeds; notes, orders, receipts and other business records; leases; subscription lists; account books, and other documents.
Dates:
translation missing: en.enumerations.date_label.created: 1715-1892; Other: Date acquired: 01/01/1982
Found in:
Litchfield Historical Society