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Collection
Identifier: 00-2009-33-0
Scope and Contents
Three letters written by Colonel William Douglas (1742-1777) from Philips Borough, NY to his wife with details of Washington's troop movement and battles. Dated 17 Nov 1776, 27 Nov 1776, & 5 Dec 1776. These may be handwritten copies of the originals - they are all on the same sheet of paper. Douglas was a colonel of a Connecticut regiment in the American Revolution, who’s troops retreated at the British landing at Kip’s Bay (September 1776), only to be stopped personally by George...
Dates:
translation missing: en.enumerations.date_label.created: 1776; Other: Date acquired: 02/11/2009
Collection
Identifier: 00-1923-32-0
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The Mrs. E.S. Downes album (1923-32-0) is a collection of pressed algae that was given from Mrs. E.S. Downes to Mrs. H.W. Buel (Catharine Laidlaw Buel) on October 5, 1874. The album contains eight samples of pressed algae in various colors and is titled "American Algae or, Flowers of the Sea."
Dates:
translation missing: en.enumerations.date_label.created: 1874; Other: Date acquired: 11/30/1922
Collection
Identifier: 00-1978-45-0
Scope and Contents
Most of the collection is comprised of deeds involving the Page family, particularly Thomas Page.
Dates:
translation missing: en.enumerations.date_label.created: 1830-1863; Other: Date acquired: 11/30/1977
Collection
Identifier: 2003-48-0
Scope and Contents
The Robert Doyle collection contains papers regarding Crutch & MacDonald, a Litchfield, Conn., drug store; other Litchfield businesses; and activities of the Borough of Litchfield government. The papers include druggists catalogues and literature, late 1800s; a letter written by Robert Doyle regarding the sale of Crutch & MacDonald, 1994; bills and receipts, early twentieth century; documents relating to the sale and lease of Crutch & MacDonald and its antecedent iterations,...
Dates:
translation missing: en.enumerations.date_label.created: 1870-1994; Other: Date acquired: 02/07/2005
Item
Identifier: 2022-21-0
Content Description
Draft of speech by Edward Fitch Hall regarding proposed construction of a house for Eutan Hudson on South St.
Dates:
1969
Collection
Identifier: 00-1978-33-1
Scope and Contents
The Drury Family Papers (1978-33-1) consist of five photographs and a genealogy. The people in the photographs include James Drury Sr., Anne Drury, Mary Drury, and Katherine Drury Donahue. The Drury family lived on South Street in Litchfield, Connecticut.
Copies of Drury family papers can be found in the Research Files.
Dates:
translation missing: en.enumerations.date_label.created: 1926-1970; Other: Date acquired: 12/08/1977
Collection
Identifier: 00-2010-175-0
Scope and Contents
Family record and genealogical table of Mary Elizabeth DuBois Potter Gould, undated.
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translation missing: en.enumerations.date_label.created: undated
Collection
Identifier: 00-2011-39-0
Scope and Contents
The Dutton Base Ball Club record book (2011-39-0) contains the scoring records for baseball games played between 1867-1871 by the Dutton Base Ball Club of the town of Litchfield, which was organized in 1867. Other teams with scoring records represented in the book include Dexter, Empire, Aetna, Active, Oriental, Red Cap, Dutton Jr., Dutton Second Nine, and the Gunnery. Of particular interest is the scoring for the game on August 18, 1870 between Dutton and Empire. This game is noted as being...
Dates:
translation missing: en.enumerations.date_label.created: 1867-1871; Other: Date acquired: 10/05/2011
Collection
Identifier: 00-2010-74-0
Abstract
Recipes for blue, black and verdigris dyes. Ingredients include brass fillings, indigo, vinegar, albom and lye.
Dates:
translation missing: en.enumerations.date_label.created: undated
Collection
Identifier: 00-1960-19-1
Scope and Contents
Presumed to be the calling card of Edwin B. Perkins, whose father, Edwin F. Perkins, died in 1864 while serving in the 2nd Conn. Volunteer Heavy Artillery, Co. A, during the Civil War.
Dates:
translation missing: en.enumerations.date_label.created: undated; Other: Date acquired: 01/09/1960
