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16th Regiment Orderly Book (2011-88-0) is a collection of orders for the 16th Regiment of the Connecticut State Infantry.

The 17th Regiment Orderly Book (2011-89-0) was maintained from May 1, 1816 to Sept 3, 1827. The book contains general rolls which start May 1, 1816 and end May 7, 1827. The rolls list every member of the regiment that year, when they joined, and reason for removals from the regiment. There are a few orders at the end of the book.

Letter from Aaron Burr in New York dated 17 May 1820 to George Marsh in Albany regarding business arrangements and George Marsh's good fortune in Albany.

The A.B. and T.G. Beach account book (1970-89-0) was maintained between the years 1872 and 1896. The front half of the ledger contains records of marriages and death's. The back half of the book contains records of estate auctions.

Appraised inventory of household furnishings and building construction belonging to Abby M. Wiggin in Litchfield, Conn.

Abel Brace of Hartland (Conn.) is summoned to appear before Samuel Bostwick, Litchfield County Justice of the Peace in New Milford regarding the collection of taxes for the Church of England. With an apeal by Thomas Davis Oct. 5, 1764.

A letter from Abel Catlin in Litchfield, Conn. dated Sept. 2, 1823 to Joseph Burrows in New York concerning William Grimes desire to purchase his freedom from T.H. Welman. A response dated 6 Sept.1823 on the same document from Joseph Burrows with instructions to make a payment of $500 to Mr. William H. Thompson in cash and security.

A printed page: "An elegy on the death of Abel Curtis, son of Mr. Daniel Curtis, jun. of Southbury, who departed this life, November the 11th day, A.D. 1774" with a poem of 23 verses and an epitaph.

Deed to Phebe Ann Bierce for land in Harwinton, Conn.

A fragment of a page of an account apparently by Abraham Bradley, Society treasurer. Signed by Oliver Wolcott and Lynde Lord, Society Committee in Litchfield in [missing] 1773, and in Jan 1777 by Reuben Smith and Edward Phelps, Committee and Abraham Bradley, treasurer.There are expenses for Rate Bill collection by Thomas Catlin, abatements, and receipt for [Rev. Judah] Champion's salary.