Collections : [The Litchfield Historical Society]

Black and white aerial photograph taken of Arethusa Farm on Webster Road, Litchfield, Conn. The view is from the south and includes farm buildings and residences. The photograph was taken by John Carter, Winsted, Conn.

Two notes from Benedict Arnold to James Hayt, his Canadian fiduciary.

Two letters from Asa Bacon of Litchfield, Conn., to his cousin, Peyton Randolph Gilbert of Hebron, Conn., primarily relating to the deaths of Bacon's three sons.

Deed from Asahel Thomas, Granville Smith, and Abigail Smith to James B. Peck for land in Litchfield, Conn.

Asa Hopkins of Litchfield promises to pay Mr. James Jauncey of New York City the sum of 332 pounds twelve shillings and three pence New York currency. Witnessed by J. Canfield and Lynde Lord in Litchfield.

"As Delia is to Me" (2011-77-0) is a piece of sheet music containing three verses of the song. On the front piece of the sheet is the music and the first verse. The other verses are on the reverse.

Deed to James B. Peck for land in Litchfield, Conn.

Undated letter from [A. S. Porter?] to Henry P. Andrews, author of "The descendants of John Porter, of Windsor, Conn. in the line of his great, great grandson, Col. Joshua Porter M.D., of Salisbury, Litchfield County, Conn." in which he discusses the genealogy of the Porter and Buel families.

A handwritten copy of the Resolution to form the Society copied 18 April 1864 from the United States Chronicle June 25, 1789, printed at Providence, Rhode Island.

Papers relating to the Babbit family, including Eleanor Babbitt (1898-1994) and Col. Samuel H. Fisher (1867-1957). Col. Fisher's daughter Margaret Crossette Fisher married Eleanor Babbitt's brother Theodore Babbitt on June 17, 1922, in Litchfield.