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Research Notes, 1870-1879, 1870-1879

 File — Box: 1, Folder: 4.1

Scope and Contents

  • Jan 6, 1870 Temperance meeting
  • Jan 13, 1870 Pahquioque National Bank; Borough Hall meeting; John W. Bacon; Temperance; Edward Cody
  • Jan 20, 1870 Fire Department; D. Ives Bushnell resigns; Registrars report
  • Feb 17, 1870 Temperance order; Democratic Convention
  • Mar 3, 1870 Highest tax payers; Henry Crofut; Alexander White; Edgar S. Tweedy; Tweedy and Company
  • Mar 17, 1870 Merge of Danbury Times; Jeffersonian
  • Mar 24, 1870 Centre School District Meeting; Power of principle; Expel students
  • Apr 5, 1870 Election results; Danbury Trust Company
  • Apr 14, 1870 J.S. Taylor; Excessive discipline; Harsh school rules; Centre School; Flood; St. Peters Church; George Bailey; Letters to J.S. Taylor; Excessive discipline at Centre School; Women teachers
  • Apr 21, 1870 Centre School; Support of principle; District school committee; A.T. Pech; E.A. Malloy; J. Ausbury; school district; 850 children; expenses
  • Apr 28, 1870 Public meeting; W.L. Hayden; school solution; harsh discipline; educational tools
  • May 5, 1870 Col. N.L. White
  • May 12, 1870 Jeffersonian school budget
  • May 26, 1870 Danbury hotels; E.D. Ritton
  • Jun 2, 1870 Discription of Memorial Day; Meeting at St. Peter's Church
  • Jun 9, 1870 Guthers furniture
  • Jun 16, 1870 Real Estate
  • Jun 23, 1870 Borough election; Oliver P. Clark
  • Aug 4, 1870 Election of St. Peter Cathedral
  • Sept 15, 1870 Bartram & Fantom Sewing Machine Co.; General James Ryder
  • Sept 22, 1870 Public Library; Edgar S. Tweedy; WM A. White
  • Oct 13, 1870 Danbury Farmers; Manufacturers
  • Oct 20, 1870 building school
  • Oct 27, 1870 Colored people of Danbury; Sherman Guard; James Wallace Pine
  • Nov 3, 1870 Conditions at Alms House
  • Dec 7, 1870 Library
  • Dec 21, 1870 Article on Centre District School
  • Jan 11, 1871 Hartford Post; Bartram & Fantom Sewing Machine Co.
  • Jan 18, 1871 Democratic Caucus
  • Jan 25, 1871 School of Libery Street
  • Feb 1, 1871 Death of John Risler; Danbury Norwalk Railraod
  • Feb 15, 1871 German immigration; church location editorial; Bethel deaths 1823-32;
  • Feb 22, 1871 temperance meeting; description of solution in Danbury
  • Mar 1, 1871 Silk hats
  • Mar 8, 1871 George Beers; E. S. Tweedy letter
  • Mar 15, 1871 Bethel death
  • Mar 22, 1871 Temperance; Need to pave Main St; Boot & Shoe Co.
  • Apr 5, 1871 Express Train; Henry N. Fanton; Edwin R. Humiston; Election; *HJ
  • Apr 12, 1871 effort to arrange temperance movement; support to old Washington's movement; Danbury Temperance Association
  • Apr 19, 1871 Danbury temperance arranged; organization of temperance; Washington Total Abstinence Society; temperance reform article;
  • Apr 26, 1871 2nd temperance meeting; Danbury description of Main St. (east side); West to White St.
  • May 3, 1871 Description of west Main St.; 3rd temperance meeting
  • May 10, 1871 description of caucus; Temperance; Washington Monument?
  • May 17, 1871 Temperance
  • May 24, 1871 street improvements; expenses; Concert HallTemperance
  • May 31, 1871 Decaration Day; Hat (Fur & Wool); Temperance
  • Jun 7, 1871 Benedict Brom (Boots & Shoes Dealer); Dr. E.P. Bennett; White Street
  • Jun 21, 1871 E.P. Bennett from A.T.P.
  • Jun 28, 1871 new opera
  • Jul 5, 1871 West St
  • Jul 12, 1871 E.Sowdy
  • Jul 19, 1871 temperance meeting
  • Jul 26, 1871 St. Peter's Church; Journeyman; Hat trade
  • Aug 2, 1871 temperance meeting; letter from "an old hatter"
  • Aug 9, 1871 meeting of voters of Centre School Dist.; Town meeting; debate on Civil War movement
  • Aug 16, 1871 Center of education in Danbury
  • Aug 23, 1871 G. White
  • Aug 30, 1871 New York for Danbury; E. S. Tweedy; D.P. Nichols; John W. Bacon; W.P. Sealy
  • Sept 6, 1871 Report of meeting by committee
  • Sept 13, 1871 debate of management on Batram & Fanton
  • Sept 27, 1871 New company-Danbury stores
  • Oct 4, 1871 Election of town offices; temperance
  • Oct 11, 1871 town meeting
  • Oct 18, 1871 temperence
  • Oct 25, 1871 New York border
  • Nov 1, 1871 Temperance
  • Nov 8, 1871 Temperance parade
  • Nov 22, 1871 temperance
  • Dec 20, 1871 opening of Shepaug Railroad
  • Jan 10, 1872 article on Shepaug R.R.
  • Jan 17, 1872 coal trade
  • Jan 24, 1872 Bartram & Fanton Co. new journeymen
  • Feb 7, 1872 E.P. Bennett; free public
  • Feb 14, 1872 E. F. Harden
  • Feb 21, 1872 E.P. Bennett in school; Wooster Home description
  • Mar 13, 1872 E.F. Harden in Dr. Bennett's school
  • May 8, 1872 Bartram & fanton Sewing Co.
  • Aug 21, 1872 meeting on Wooster Home
  • Oct 9, 1872 Election
  • Oct 28, 1872 A.T. Peck; E. S. Tweedy
  • Nov 6, 1872 election
  • Jan 1, 1873 Editorial size of paper
  • Jan 15, 1873 6th annual farmers convention in Danbury; directors of Danbury Hall
  • Jan 22, 1873 13 buses of workers to Danbury
  • Jan 29, 1873 registers report
  • Feb 5, 1873 Rep. delegates selected
  • Feb 12, 1873 meeting of Washington; article on future of Bartram & Fanton Co.; new building of company
  • Feb 19, 1873 Democratic delegates
  • Mar 18, 1873 Temperance meeting
  • Apr 2, 1873 meeting of Danbury offices; women faculty
  • Apr 9, 1873 Dr. Willihan
  • May 14, 1873 death of Charles T. Stevens
  • Jun 4, 1873 meeting of Washington
  • Jun 15, 1873 Crosby & Nichols
  • Aug 27, 1873 Father Mathews Young; Young Mans Temperance Society
  • Sept 3, 1873 Fire at Sturdevant's Hat Factory; Peter Barnum obituary
  • Sept 10, 1873 renunion of 23rd regement
  • Sept 17, 1873 one of the boys letter Young Mans Temperance Society
  • Oct 15, 1873 First ball of Hibernians
  • Nov 12, 1873 Samiritan lodge of "I.O.O.F."
  • Dec 3, 1873 Danbury library
  • Dec 31, 1873 Borough meeting
  • Jan 7, 1874 St. Vincent's
  • Jan 14, 1874 description of floods; 2 letters on temperance
  • Feb 4, 1874 Samuel Stebbins; list of arrests
  • Feb 11, 1874 Republican caucus
  • Feb 18, 1874 Taylor
  • Feb 25, 1874 Borough meeting; inspection of building
  • Mar 4, 1874 Danbury Savings Bank; West St. side walk; Sturdevant's Hat Factory; Republican Caucus; Col. Adkins; G.D. Foote; E.H. Taylor; William P. Seely
  • Mar 25, 1874 Masquerade ball; Edmond Tweedy; Relief Society
  • Apr 1, 1874 Republican caucus; Democratic Caucus
  • Apr 8, 1874 Isabella Beecher Hooker; suffrage; election results; Reverend Alpheus Winter;
  • Apr 15, 1874 Plants Spring Opening
  • Apr 22, 1874 3rd annual Jubelee
  • May 6, 1874 Gas street lamps
  • May 13, 1874 Gas street lamps
  • May 27, 1874 hotel
  • Jun 3, 1874 Aetna Baseball Club; Decoration Day
  • Jun 10, 1874 meeting of Bartram & Fanton Sewing Co.
  • Jun 17, 1874 Bartram & Fanton
  • Jul 1, 1874 Borough Election
  • Jul 15, 1874 Union Savings Bank
  • Jul 24, 1874 Bartram & Fanton Co.
  • Aug 5, 1874 Poor house
  • Aug 19, 1874 LN
  • Sept 16, 1874 Thomas Taylor
  • Sept 23, 1874 Saint Peter's Church
  • Sept 30, 1874 town election
  • Oct 28, 1874 New Water House
  • Nov 4, 1874 Stockholders of Danbury & Norwalk Railroad
  • Nov 11, 1874 Connelly call "Tramp"
  • Nov 18, 1874 9th fire since July 4
  • Dec 16, 1874 Prohibition Convention
  • Jan 6, 1875 New buildings; W.W. Sunderland
  • Jan 13, 1875 W.A. & A.M. White Factory; fire
  • Jan 20, 1875 births & deaths of 1874
  • Feb 3, 1875 ST. James Episcopal Church; temperance meeting; Saint Peter's church
  • Feb 10, 1875 New Street School
  • Feb 17, 1875 Merritt & Sprague; police editorial
  • Feb 24, 1875 Poor farm; coal shortage; Saint Ives School
  • Mar 3, 1875 Saint Ives School; eight robberies one night; Main Street; Borough meeting;
  • Mar 10, 1875 Saint Ives; Prohibition Convention
  • Mar 17, 1875 Danbury and Old Times; Saint Ives; Saint Patrick's Day; police;
  • Mar 24, 1875 Old Danbury; E. Hoyt
  • Mar 31, 1875 Coal scare; building prospects; Democrats & Republicans
  • Apr 7, 1875 Danbury and Old Times
  • Apr 14, 1875 E. Hoyt
  • Apr 21, 1875 Danbury Grange
  • Apr 28, 1875 Buddy notes
  • May 5, 1875 Borough election
  • May 12, 1875 Borough election
  • May 19, 1875 Lowenburgh Brothers; building notes
  • May 26, 1875 Comb workers; A.T.P.; library books
  • Jun 2, 1875 Comb workers
  • Jun 9, 1875 Comb workers
  • Jun 16, 1875 Danbury Norwalk Railroad
  • Jun 30, 1875 S.C. Rundle house
  • Jul 7, 1875 People of color; school assessments
  • Jul 21, 1875 police
  • Aug 4, 1875 police; By-laws of Borough Danbury
  • Aug 25, 1875 Flooding
  • Sept 1, 1875 Harvey & Levy Osborne; 10 year retrospective
  • Sept 29, 1875 Catholic Church
  • Oct 6, 1875 elections
  • Nov 3, 1875 Lake Kohanza
  • Nov 17, 1875 Real estate transfers
  • Dec 15, 1875 dedications of Saint Peter's
  • Dec 29, 1875 Fire department truck
  • Jan 5, 1876 Edward Tweedy
  • Jan 12, 1876 Opera House
  • Feb 2, 1876 Saloon's of Danbury
  • Feb 9, 1876 Schools
  • Feb 16, 1876 Baptist Church
  • Mar 1, 1876 Revival meeting
  • Mar 29, 1876 Democrats & Republicans
  • Apr 5, 1876 elections
  • Apr 19, 1876 P.T. Barnum; centennial
  • May 3, 1876 Borough elections
  • May 10, 1876 Danbury legislatures; Women assaulted
  • Jun 28, 1876 Danbury Bible Society; Juvenile deliquents
  • Jul 5, 1876 Centennial; History of Danbury
  • Jul 12, 1876 Danbury School report; Mayor
  • Jul 19, 1876 Fire department
  • Jul 26, 1876 Police
  • Aug 2, 1876 Letter on hatting; Too many hatters
  • Aug 9, 1876 Letter on hatting response
  • Aug 30, 1876 17th Regiment reunion; Increase in hat manufacturing
  • Oct 4, 1876 Town meeting
  • Nov 1, 1876 Democrats & Republicans; Twighlight parade; Turner Hats
  • Nov 8, 1876 Elections
  • Nov 22, 1876 Col. Nelson L. White; E. Moss White
  • Dec 6, 1876 H. Crofut; Drunken party
  • Dec 13, 1876 Letters from Prof. Hernon?
  • Dec 20, 1876 Town meeting
  • Jan 3, 1877 Moose Lodge; Town Meeting; Crofut
  • Jan 10, 1877 Area Legislators
  • Jan 17, 1877 Col. Nelson L. White
  • Jan , 1877 Hat Furriers Trade
  • Feb 21, 1877 Danbury and Norwalk Railroad; Hats and Boots
  • Mar 7, 1877 Danbury Retail
  • Mar 14, 1877 Young Hoodlums
  • Mar 21, 1877 Attack on Main St
  • Apr 4, 1877 School Report
  • Apr 11, 1877 Real Estate
  • Apr 18, 1877 Library; Hats and Boots
  • May 2, 1877 Bonfires
  • May 16, 1877 Borough Election
  • Jun 6, 1877 Fire
  • Jun 20, 1877 Wm P. Cosmoteet; Edgar Jefferson Patret; Manufactured Goods
  • Jul 5, 1877 School Report
  • Jul 11, 1877 Real Estate
  • Jul , 1877 Col. Nelson L. White; Yale
  • Jul 18, 1877 Library
  • Jul 25, 1877 Riot; Turner Street
  • Aug 1, 1877 Mill Plain
  • Aug 8, 1877 Main Street; Colored Persons; Streeet Lights
  • Aug 22, 1877 WCTU Gospel; County Jail
  • Aug 15, 1877 Burglaries; Crofut, White, and Peabody
  • Aug 29, 1877 W.J. Humphreys; W.A. White; G.M. Rundle; E.P. Bennett; A.M. Rundle
  • Sep 5, 1877 E.P. Bennett; Police; City Government
  • Sep 12, 1877 E.P. Bennett; Courts; Tax Payers; Center School District; Elections; Fire at Tweedy and Hoyt Hat Shop
  • Sep 19, 1877 Town Meeting; Gray & Holly Milliners; Crofuts block; V.E. Barnum; Colored people; Concert Hall; Judge Peters;
  • Sep 26, 1877 Furriers; Hull and Rogers; Ives and Hoyt; Andrews and Parsons; Saloons; Hall and Belden; Mesret and Cone; Prominent fires
  • Sep 31, 1877 Republician; Democrat; J.H. Folson
  • Nov 7, 1877 Election; E.S. Davis and Company; E.S. Davis; Charles Hull; Henry Crofut; Anwley and Company; F.A. Austin; Becherlice and Company; Real Estate
  • Nov 14, 1877 Charles Doren
  • Nov 21, 1877 Total Abstinence Society
  • Dec 5, 1877 Hebrew Wedding; Morris Cohn; Fannie Harris; Town Meeting;
  • Dec 12, 1877 A. Abbotts
  • Dec 19, 1877 Telephone; Tweedy Mfg. Company
  • Dec 26, 1877 Monuments; Cemetary
  • Jan 2, 1878 Meekers Hat Factory; Douglas Feroslot
  • Jan 9, 1878 Directory
  • Jan 23, 1878 Arnold Selesters
  • Jan 30, 1878 Tweedy
  • Feb 27, 1878 Old Concert Hall
  • Mar 6, 1878 Concert Hall; Danbury Ice
  • Mar 13, 1878 Temperance
  • Mar 20, 1878 Temperance
  • Mar 27, 1878 Water Supply
  • Apr 3, 1878 Temperance
  • Apr 10, 1878 Temperance
  • Apr 17, 1878 Temperance
  • Apr 24, 1878 Temperance; Old Concert Hall
  • May 8, 1878 Burglaries
  • May 15, 1878 Borough Courts; Election
  • May 22, 1878 Foster Borthers
  • May 29, 1878 Temperance; E.A. Armerson
  • Jun 19, 1878 Meeker Brothers; Hat Factory
  • Jul 10, 1878 Soldiers Monument
  • Sep 12, 1878 Elections; Fire at Tweedy and Hoyt Hat Shop
  • Sep 19, 1878 Gray & Holly Milliners; Crofuts block; V.E. Barnum; Colored people; Concert Hall; Judge Peters
  • Sep 26, 1878 Prominent fires
  • Aug 21, 1878 Soldiers Cemetary
  • Aug 28, 1878 Vox; Concert Hall; Monument
  • Sep 11, 1878 Parade
  • Sep 18, 1878 Democratic Caucus; Democratic State Convention
  • Sep 25, 1878 Temperance; Monument
  • Oct 9, 1878 Elections
  • Oct 16, 1878 Temperance
  • Oct 30, 1878 Monument Society
  • Nov 6, 1878 Elections
  • Nov 13, 1878 Library Building; John H. Benedict; Ives and Hoyt
  • Nov 20, 1878 AME Zion Church; Baptist Church
  • Dec 4, 1878 Burglaries
  • Dec 11, 1878 Temperance; Randall and Bradley Grocery

Dates

  • Creation: 1870-1879

Creator

Access Restrictions

Open for research with some restrictions. Interviews are available upon request.

Extent

From the Collection: 7 Linear Feet (, 6 boxes, digital audio interviews)

Language of Materials

From the Collection: English

Repository Details

Part of the Western Connecticut State University Archives and Special Collections Repository

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