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Research Notes, 1881-1886, 1881-1886

 File — Box: 1, Folder: 4.2

Scope and Contents

  • Jan 5, 1881 Review of important events of 1880;
  • Jan 13, 1881 Farmers Club;
  • Jan 19, 1881 State legislatures;
  • Jan 26, 1881 Consensus of Centre School District;
  • Feb 2, 1881 Students of school centre;
  • Feb 8, 1881 Hat shipment; NY & NE RR;
  • Feb 9, 1881 Meeting of Reform Association; Young New Temperance Association; Cadets of Honor & Temperance; Temperance Reform Association Campaign;
  • Mar 14, 1881 Borough meeting;
  • Mar 30, 1881 White & Porter;
  • Apr 1, 1881 Bartram;
  • Apr 6, 1881 Franklin Street; G. Hoyt; L.P. Hoyt; A.N. Wildman; E. Tweedy;
  • Apr 13, 1881 Bridgeport; Foot & Shoe;
  • Apr 20, 1881 Col. Moss White; Folsom Temperance Reform Assoc.;
  • Apr 27, 1881 Borough meeting;
  • May 4, 1881 New Hat Company;
  • May 10, 1881 Borough election;
  • May 18, 1881 Main St;
  • May 21, 1881
  • May 25, 1881 New Centre Supply;
  • Jun 14, 1881 Battle of W.M. S. Peck;
  • Jun 22, 1881 Weldon & Peck;
  • Jul 6, 1881 Water question;
  • Jul 9, 1881 Anniversary of Peck & Weldon;
  • Jul 20, 1881 Fire Department;
  • Jul 27, 1881 Opening of N.Y. & N.E. Railroad; Brewster to Boston;
  • Aug 3, 1881 Letter on Water Commission;
  • Aug 8, 1881 Peter Robinson; Fire;
  • Aug 17, 1881 New Hat Factory; E.S. Benedict;
  • Oct 8, 1881 Annual town meeting;
  • Oct 21, 1881 Democratic Senate Convention;
  • Nov 2, 1881 High School;
  • Nov 8, 1881 State Election;
  • Nov 9, 1881 Election; Italians;
  • Nov 17, 1881 George E. Rider died;
  • Dec 23, 1881 Ives factory;
  • Jan 4, 1882 death of David Phillips; Merritt & Co. Hat Factory; Crofut & White Hat Factory; Abyah Knapp; Housatonic Railroad;
  • Jan 6, 1882 William & Wells Co.; George Hull; Luceus P. Hoyt; George Star; Roger Avenull; Samuel H. Rundle; Weldon R. White; H. T. Hoyt; Harvey S. Perk; Samuel C. Wilderman;
  • Jan 11, 1882 Funeral services for D.P. Nicholas;
  • Jan 18, 1882 Robbery; F.W. Brachers letters; Theo Clark; Largest Paper delivery;
  • Jan 25, 1882 Secretary Elected; E.A. Mallory & Sons Hatters; Hull & Rogers;
  • Feb 1, 1882 Article on Fire Alarm System; Meeting in Warden;
  • Feb 8, 1882 Hatters Situation; Foster Brothers; Hat factories develop; C.H. Merritt;
  • Feb 15, 1882 Danbury Hat Furriers Association; German-English School;
  • Feb 22, 1882 Foster Brothers; Hat situation;
  • Mar 1, 1882 Bridgeport Sheriff; Sheriff Crosby; Hat Factory; Danbury - Norwalk Railroad Line; Housing Need;
  • Mar 8, 1882 Edmond Tweedy; Borough Election; Hat Finishers Assoc.; James Wildman; L.P. Treadwell; Peck and Wildman; Opera House; E.P. Bennett;
  • Mar 15, 1882 Warden Treadwell; German Immigrant; Bekerle and Co.;
  • Mar 22, 1882 Tweedy Mfg. Company; Tweedy Statement; William R. White; Thomas E. Tweedy; Edmond Tweedy; Hat Finishers Association; Nicer Rules;
  • Mar 29, 1882 Constitution adopted by Danbury Hospital Assoc.; Theodora Tweedy;
  • Apr 5, 1882 German Lutherans; Methodist Church Membership;
  • Apr 12, 1882 Borough of Pahquioque; German Benevolent Society; Charles Pen; German Rifle Club; Captain Charles Peix;
  • Apr 19, 1882 D.G. Penfield; Chicago Beef;
  • May 3, 1882 Tweedy and Company; E.A. Mallory and Sons;
  • May 10, 1882 Chicago Beef; Richard Barrett shipper;
  • May 17, 1882 Death of Mary Bull; New Hat Company; Charles W. Murphy; Philander; C.W. and Company; S. Howitz; G. Kelly; Johnson and Company;
  • May 24, 1882 Rundle and White;
  • May 31, 1882 Barnum Circus; D.E. Loewe and Company; Tweedy Mfg. Co.;
  • Jun 7, 1882 Folsom;
  • Jun 14, 1882 Colored Peoples Picnic;
  • Jun 21, 1882 P. Corbett; E. Tweedy; Walsh, Fry and Co.; Danbury - Norwalk Line;
  • Jun 28, 1882 German Rifle Club;
  • Jul 5, 1882 Guiteau; Meeker Bros.; R.A. Belden and Co.;
  • Jul 12, 1882 Alfred Wildman; Johnson and Co.;
  • Jul 19, 1882 Library; E.A. Malloy;
  • Jul 26, 1882 James Bailey's new home; Charles Peix; Edgar Tweedy; German Family; Beckerle Hats;
  • Aug 2, 1882 Real Estate; Two Germans attacked by toughs on Main Street;
  • Aug 9, 1882 Danbury - Norwalk RR Extension; Wilson Point;
  • Aug 16, 1882 Hoyt and Co.; Cornelius Delaney; John McCarthy; C.E. Geoffrey; Danbury - Norwalk RR; Brookside Park;
  • Sep 13, 1882 Danbury Musical Society; Danbury - Norwalk RR; Pahquioque;
  • Sep 20, 1882 Mallory and Rundle;
  • Sep 27, 1882 Firemen's parade; Republican State Convention;
  • Oct 4, 1882 James Fleming;
  • Oct 18, 1882 D.E. Loewe new building;
  • Nov 1, 1882 Obituary E.P. Bennett;
  • Nov 15, 1882 Merritt doubles size of the factory; D.E. Loewe new factory; Bigelow;
  • Nov 22, 1882 C. H. Merritt Hat Factory destroyed by fire;
  • Dec 6, 1882 Wildman Building;
  • Dec 27, 1882 John S. Nichols; Allen Paige;
  • Jan 3, 1883 1882 - most buildings erected than previous years; Philanthropist letter;
  • Jan 10, 1883 Housing for tenant's; Hebrew Benevolent society; Harris Cohen; E. Stone; Samuel Myers; Morris Meyers; Arthur Edwards; E.A. Mallory;
  • Jan 17, 1883 Hat Factories; Byron Dexter;
  • Jan 24, 1883 C.H. Merrett; Danbury - Norwalk RR;
  • Jan 31, 1883 West Danbury Growth; Danbury Relief Society;
  • Feb 7, 1883 Lacey and Downs; Wildman and Clark; Tweedy and Co.;
  • Feb 14, 1883 1882 Danbury vital statistics;
  • Feb 21, 1883 Danbarians describe Danbury;
  • Feb 28, 1883 P. Robinson & Co.; Crofut Mill; Gardner and Dudley; Wildman and Clark; Ed Howe; Foster Bros.;
  • Mar 7, 1883 Borough Elections; C. H. Merritt; Description of North Main; Lacey and Downs; Edmund Tweedy; Danbury - Norwalk RR; Second German immigrant family moved; March of "15 Colored citizens";
  • Mar 14, 1883 Byron Dexter Hat Factory; German Lutheran Church; German Rifle Club Ball; Wals, Fey, and Co.;
  • Mar 21, 1883 Hebrew Benevolent society;
  • Mar 28, 1883 Selleck Brothers;
  • Apr 4, 1883 German Lutheran Church; C.W. Murphy; `;
  • Apr 18, 1883 Hull and Rogers; Taylor and Taylor Law; Hull and Rogers; Gardner and Dudley;
  • Apr 25, 1883 C.W. Hat Factory;
  • May 2, 1883 E.S.Davis; Cigar Makers Union;
  • May 9, 1883 Andrew Know; Edmund Tweedy;
  • May 16, 1883 Circus; C.W. Murphy Hat Factory;
  • May 23, 1883 Alex M. White;
  • May 30, 1883 Wildman and Clark;
  • Jun 6, 1883 Edmund Tweedy; Union Hall;
  • Jun 13, 1883 Telephones ordered; Nichols Block; Danbury Temperance Reform Assoc.;
  • Jun 27, 1883 Borough Hall; Edmund Tweedy; S.C. Holley; E.S. Davis;
  • Jul 5, 1883 New Hat Factory; T.C. Milfred; Borough Hall; German Lutheran Church;
  • Jul 17, 1883 Borough Hall; German Lutheran Church; Meeting of Danbury Borough; Nichols and Howe; W.S. Webb;
  • Jul 18, 1883 McLean Bros.; Union Savings Bank; Lowe and Co.;
  • Jul 25, 1883 Borough meeting; Byron Dexter; Turner House; Jackson B. Nichols House;
  • Aug 1, 1883 Dexter Hat Factory; Washington and Kohanza Hook and Ladder Co.; Centre School; Turner House; Tweedy Mfg.; "Colored picnic"; German Rifle Club;
  • Aug 8, 1883 Town Meeting; St. Vincent de Paul; Webb and Company; Hat Finishers Assoc.; German Lutheran Young Men's Christian Assoc.;
  • Aug 15, 1883 Eli T. Hoyt; Dexter;
  • Aug 22, 1883 C.H. Merritt Hat Factory; Beckerle and Company; School of German Church;
  • Aug 29, 1883 A.M. White; Pine Groove Meeting;
  • Sep 5, 1883 William A. Beers;
  • Sep 12, 1883 Prohibition Reform Society; Tweedy; James Fleming; E.A. Mallory;
  • Sep 19, 1883 Hatters Assoc. of Finishers and Makers meeting; E.A. Malloy; Prohibition Party;
  • Sep 26, 1883 Temperance; Fur hat Makers Assoc.; Starr Bros.;
  • Oct 3, 1883 Town election;
  • Oct 17, 1883 Town Meeting; National Hat Makers Assoc.; Edgar Tweedy; Dr. Sophia Penfield;
  • Oct 24, 1883 Relief Society; Prohibitionist;
  • Nov 7, 1883 Election Results;
  • Nov 14, 1883 Temperance; W.W. Foote;
  • Nov 28, 1883 Hull and Rogers; A.M. White; Foster Bros.;
  • Dec 12, 1883 Danbury - Norwalk RR; E.A. Housman; Lutheran Church Dedication;
  • Dec 19, 1883 Hebrew Benevolent society; B.F. Ashley;
  • Jan 3, 1884 John S. Nichols;
  • Jan 7, 1884 Rundle and White; Liquor License; German Lutheran Church; John B. Nichols;
  • Jan 8, 1884 Danbury Electric; E.S.Davis; E.A. Mallory; S.C. Holley;
  • Jan 9, 1884 Hat Workers Society; Mutual Fire Insurance Company; E.S. Tweedy;
  • Jan 12, 1884 German Lutheran Church;
  • Jan 17, 1884 Borough Meeting; Danbury Savings Bank;
  • Jan 18, 1884 Hebrew Benevolent society;
  • Jan 19, 1884 Foster Brothers;
  • Jan 25, 1884 Hat Trimmers; Lowe and Co.; Nichols and Howe;
  • Jan 31, 1884 Town Hall;
  • Feb 1, 1884 Licensed Saloons;
  • Feb 2, 1884 Alexander Wildman; Fantom and Co.;
  • Feb 4, 1884 Tweedy Mfg. Company;
  • Feb 14, 1884 Colored Peoples Club; Opera House;
  • Feb 15, 1884 Polo Teams;
  • Feb 23, 1884 Taylor and Crawford; German Lutheran Church;
  • Feb 25, 1884 Mary Bull; Town Hall;
  • Mar 1, 1884 Citizens Caucus;
  • Mar 8, 1884 A.B. Hull;
  • Mar 13, 1884 Hebrew Purim;
  • Mar 14, 1884 Tweedy Mfg. Company; John Fantom; Beers; W.W. Foote;
  • Mar 22, 1884 Opera House Fire;
  • Mar 25, 1884 Foster Bros;
  • Apr 1, 1884 Wildman and Clark Party; Hat Finishers Association;
  • Apr 3, 1884 Hat Workers Association;
  • Apr 4, 1884 W. Seely;
  • Apr 14, 1884 Police;
  • Apr 17, 1884 Republic caucus;
  • Apr 18, 1884 ST Jorge;
  • Apr 19, 1884 John M. Green; Hoyt & Company;
  • Apr 21, 1884 James S. Taylor; Opera House;
  • Apr 24, 1884 Hat Makers Association; Byron Dexter;
  • Apr 25, 1884 Foster Bros;
  • Apr 28, 1884 Cleveland resident;
  • Apr 29, 1884 Hall & Rogers;
  • May 1, 1884 Hat Makers Association; Beltair Bros.;
  • May 9, 1884 Beckerle & Co.;
  • May 12, 1884 Hatters Convention;
  • May 15, 1884 Hat Finishers Convention; A.T. Hoyt;
  • May 16, 1884 Hat Finishers Convention; Hat Finisher Society;
  • May 17, 1884 Hat Finishers Society;
  • May 19, 1884 John W. Green;
  • May 22, 1884 Town hall; Thomas Fay;
  • Jun 3, 1884 Colored brawl; Hull & Rogers;
  • Jun 6, 1884 C.S. Andrews; Ed Tweedy; Danbury & Norwalk R.R.; German YMCA; L. L. Hopkins; Beckerle & Co;
  • Jun 7, 1884 Danbury Society meeting;
  • Jun 12, 1884 Colored people; B. Dexter; Theodore Benedict;
  • Jun 13, 1884 Tweedy & White; wedding;
  • Jun 16, 1884 Industrial Party;
  • Jun 17, 1884 Hoyt;
  • Jun 20, 1884 J.T. Williams; J.H. Cohen; Hull & Rogers;
  • Jul 3, 1884 German school;
  • Jul 7, 1884 I. W. Ives;
  • Jul 10, 1884 Green Bros; Union Savings Bank;
  • Jul 12, 1884 S.H. Rundle; school meeting; elections;
  • Jul 14, 1884 Thomas Fay; Beckerle & Co.;
  • Jul 15, 1884 S.C. Holley; ST. Joseph; Town meeting;
  • Jul 18, 1884 W.M. Foote; Housatonic R.R.; Foster Bros;
  • Jul 21, 1884 Opera house; Meeting of Colored;
  • Jul 22, 1884 E.A. Houseman;
  • Jul 23, 1884 H.N. Fanton; Hull & Rogers;
  • Jul 26, 1884 German voters;
  • Jul 28, 1884 New Hat Company;
  • Jul 29, 1884 Edmond Tweedy;
  • Jul 31, 1884 Ralph Baumont; Board of Children meeting; D.E. Loewe; C.H. Peix; G. Wisdisch; L. Mager; J. Horning; L. Peters; A. Ackerman;
  • Aug 2, 1884 George Downs;
  • Aug 7, 1884 Descendents of first families; Hoyts; Benedicts; Taylors; Barnum's; Gregory's; Beebe's;
  • Aug 8, 1884 Hatters picnic; E.A. Houseman;
  • Aug 12, 1884 Hatters picnic; E.A. Houseman;
  • Aug 14, 1884 Tweedy;
  • Aug 15, 1884 Beckerle & Co.;
  • Aug 16, 1884 Opera House; E.A. Houseman;
  • Aug 18, 1884 Deer Hill District;
  • Aug 19, 1884 School District;
  • Aug 21, 1884 100 Persons attend meeting;
  • Aug 22, 1884 C.H. Merritt and Co.; "Colored Assoc. of Danbury";
  • Aug 23, 1884 New School House; New School House;
  • Aug 25, 1884 New Factory;
  • Aug 27, 1884 2nd Voting District;
  • Aug 28, 1884 German American Citizen Club; Turner House; Dexter's Hat Factory;
  • Aug 29, 1884 Deer Hill District;
  • Sep 1, 1884 W.A. and A.M. White;
  • Sep 2, 1884 Garfield Statue; New Opera House; D.E. Loewe;
  • Sep 4, 1884 Lowe and Co.; C.S. Andrews; Electricity;
  • Sep 6, 1884 Hull and Rogers; Opera House; Nichols and Howe;
  • Sep 8, 1884 Mr. and Mrs. Edmund Tweedy;
  • Sep 12, 1884 German American Citizen Club;
  • Sep 13, 1884 Republican Delegates; J.C. Burlough;
  • Sep 15, 1884 German Lutheran Church; F. Olmstead;
  • Sep 16, 1884 Danbury - Norwalk RR; Wildman and Clark; Wooster House;
  • Sep 18, 1884 Prohibition Party;
  • Sep 20, 1884 Republican Presidential Campaign Rally;
  • Sep 23, 1884 W.O. Hoyt;
  • Sep 25, 1884 Danbury Voters;
  • Sep 26, 1884 Library Place;
  • Sep 27, 1884 E.S. Davis; German American Citizens Club;
  • Sep 28, 1884 Main Street; Flagging (paving); Wooster Home;
  • Oct 2, 1884 Children's House;
  • Oct 3, 1884 Fred Green; German Society;
  • Oct 4, 1884 School District;
  • Oct 7, 1884 Town Elections;
  • Oct 10, 1884 Fair;
  • Oct 21, 1884 Kohanza Hose Company; D.E. Loewe; Political Clubs Organized; Peter Berad; Cleveland Reelect Open House;
  • Oct 25, 1884 Danbury Republican Parade;
  • Oct 26, 1884 E.A. Houseman;
  • Oct 28, 1884 Letter to build sewer; D.E. Loewe;
  • Oct 30, 1884 Henry Ward Beebe; Prohibition Party;
  • Nov 1, 1884 Danbury and Norwalk RR; Housatonic RR; New York and New England RR; Brookfield Junction;
  • Nov 3, 1884 Danbury Relief Society; Beebe;
  • Nov 4, 1884 Election sparks great excitement;
  • Nov 5, 1884 Final Election vote;
  • Nov 6, 1884 B. Dexter;
  • Nov 7, 1884 Alfred Wildman; Samuel Gregory;
  • Nov 11, 1884 Parade and Celebration;
  • Nov 15, 1884 C.S. Andrews;
  • Nov 17, 1884 I.W. Ives; w.w. Foote; Loewe and Company;
  • Nov 18, 1884 W.W. Sunderland; I.W. Ives;
  • Nov 20, 1884 Fay House;
  • Nov 21, 1884 Dispute about sewer; Deer Hill School;
  • Nov 22, 1884 Licenses from County Commissioner;
  • Nov 25, 1884 Telephones installed;
  • Nov 28, 1884 W.A. and A.M White;
  • Dec 2, 1884 E.A. Mallory;
  • Dec 9, 1884 B. Dexters; S. Norwalk unemployed seeking work in Danbury; E.A. Houseman; African Methodist;
  • Dec 12, 1884 German Citizens Club;
  • Dec 13, 1884 E.S. Wildman;
  • Dec 16, 1884 W.W. Foote; Rundle and White; New Hat Company; Comstock; David Knapp; Washington Hook and Ladder;
  • Dec 18, 1884 Danbury Housing Boom; Independent German Citizens Club;
  • Dec 20, 1884 Etta Penfields Private School;
  • Dec , 1885 Summary of 1885, single typed page;
  • Jan 2, 1885 Norwalk Hatters in Danbury; John Holmes; Tweedy; Hat Shipments;
  • Jan 5, 1885 Street Conditions; German Lutheran Church;
  • Jan 15, 1885 Foster Brothers; Merritt Hat Factory Calico Library; Girls at Merritt Hats;
  • Jan 17, 1885 1st Congregational Church;
  • Jan 19, 1885 Saengerbund Society; Connecticut Indian Association; School Board;
  • Jan 20, 1885 Danbury and Norwalk RR;
  • Jan 22, 1885 E.A. Houseman; S. Norwalk;
  • Jan 24, 1885 Law & Order League; Tweedy & Scott;
  • Jan 26, 1885 Police;
  • Jan 27, 1885 Saengerbund Society;
  • Jan 30, 1885 C.W. Bennett; Hat Finishers Association;
  • Feb 2, 1885 Dr. Adam; Danbury Hospital Organization; Danbury Hatters;
  • Feb 5, 1885 Danbury Relief Society;
  • Feb 7, 1885 Deloughery; McHerney; Danbury and Norwalk RR; C.W. Murphy; Hat Shop burned;
  • Feb 9, 1885 E.A. Houseman; F.E. Hartwell;
  • Feb 12, 1885 German Citizen Society; A. Bennett;
  • Feb 14, 1885 Gardner & Dudley; D. Mack;
  • Feb 16, 1885 German Barrel Society;
  • Feb 23, 1885 Truman Fox;
  • Feb 24, 1885 R.R.R. Club; Green Hat Shop;
  • Mar 2, 1885 Danbury & Bethel Railway; John Fanton; Nathaniel Selleck; Oliver S.; Michael McPhelemy; George Shepard; C.H. Merritt;
  • Mar 3, 1885 Meeting of Low & Order League; Board of Trustees; Danbury Hospital;
  • Mar 6, 1885 Purim;
  • Mar 7, 1885 D.E. Loewe;
  • Mar 9, 1885 A. Hoyt;
  • Mar 10, 1885 Hull and Rogers; South Carolina; Law & Order Society; E.S. Davis; Edward Tweedy; Foster Brothers;
  • Mar 12, 1885 Beckerle Factory;
  • Mar 27, 1885 Dr. E.A. Adams; Davis D. Knapp; Mrs. O. P. Tweedy; Thaddeus H.; Fire Dept.;
  • Mar 30, 1885 German Lutheran Church;
  • Apr 1, 1885 H.N. Fanton; W. Mansfield; W;
  • Apr 4, 1885 D.E. Loewe; Sewers; New City Hall;
  • Apr 6, 1885 Town Committee;
  • Apr 7, 1885 Borough Meeting; Sewers; Foster Bros;
  • Apr 9, 1885 Centre School District;
  • Apr 10, 1885 Peter Rowan; Mrs. G.E. Andrews;
  • Apr 11, 1885 John W. Green; L.P. Treadwell;
  • Apr 13, 1885 German Lutheran Church; C.H. Piex; Colored;
  • Apr 14, 1885 Sewer Plan; Turner House;
  • Apr 15, 1885 Foster Brothers; Joel Foster; Jones Porter;
  • Apr 17, 1885 S. Norwalk Hatters;
  • Apr 20, 1885 Gypsies;
  • Apr 27, 1885 Hospital building; hat factories;
  • Apr 28, 1885 Joel Foster; Thomas Fay; Ed Burche;
  • May 4, 1885 Colored persons;
  • May 5, 1885 Mrs. Hill; E.C. Cole;
  • May 7, 1885 I.W. Ives;
  • May 8, 1885 Germans; Rundle & White;
  • May 9, 1885 T. Taylor;
  • May 12, 1885 Judd; Susan Weldon; O.R. Tweedy; A. Bennett; Dr. Adams; C.S. Andrews;
  • May 15, 1885 L.A. Frerlwell;
  • May 19, 1885 City Hall;
  • May 26, 1885 Robert McLean; telephone b/w Danbury and Norwalk;
  • May 28, 1885 Meeting of Sewage Committee;
  • Jun 1, 1885 Dr. Snow; South Beers lot; Frank Barnum; R.A. Beldon Co.; Beldon; Henry Hoyt; J.A. Noble; Terrace Place;
  • Jun 2, 1885 Electric lighting; J.M. Ives;
  • Jun 3, 1885 Danbury Machine Co.; D.E. Loewe;
  • Jun 5, 1885 Sewage; Still River; Electrical Poles; R.A. Beldon;
  • Jun 6, 1885 Elm trees dying;
  • Jun 8, 1885 Worst fire; Beckerle Hat Factory; Beckerle Hose Co.;
  • Jun 9, 1885 James Moore;
  • Jun 11, 1885 P. Rowan; George B. Sherman; James W. Porter; Foster Bros; Johnson & Co.;
  • Jun 12, 1885 W.W. Sunderland;
  • Jun 13, 1885 Fire company;
  • Jun 15, 1885 ST. Peters Parish; Hat companies donations; survivors;
  • Jun 16, 1885 Beckerle;
  • Jun 18, 1885 Electrical wires; Danbury Directory (W.S. Webb);
  • Jun 19, 1885 ST. Peters School;
  • Jun 20, 1885 W.A. & A.W. White; W.W. Sunderland; Elm Trees dying;
  • Jun 22, 1885 Bell Island; Flynt Company;
  • Jun 23, 1885 Beckerle hat shipments; D.E. Loewe; German Lutheran Church;
  • Jun 25, 1885 Beckerle;
  • Jun 26, 1885 Selleck & Osborne;
  • Jul 2, 1885 Rundle & White; City Hall; J.J. Fay; ST. Peters School; Edmond Tweedy;
  • Jul 6, 1885 Bell Island; Foster Bros; Mrs. J.A. Folsom;
  • Jul 9, 1885 City Hall; Berckle; New Hose Company;
  • Jul 10, 1885 Beckerle; Foster Bros;
  • Jul 11, 1885 City Hall;
  • Jul 14, 1885 A.T. Peck;
  • Jul 16, 1885 German Lutheran Church; R.A. Beldon Hat Factory;
  • Jul 17, 1885 J.M. Ives; City Hall;
  • Jul 18, 1885 Dexters; E.S. Davis; L.D. Brewster; H.T. Hoyt;
  • Jul 20, 1885 Turner House; Insurance companies; Beckerle fire;
  • Jul 21, 1885 John Bouton;
  • Jul 24, 1885 E.A. Houseman;
  • Jul 25, 1885 L.K. Mansfield;
  • Aug 3, 1885 A.T. Peck; Borough meeting; Boggs Pond; Fire; Foster Bros; Bell Island; Barnum & Starr; Timothy Foster;
  • Aug 4, 1885 C. Hull; Water supply;
  • Aug 6, 1885 L.K. Mansfield;
  • Aug 7, 1885 Beckerle;
  • Aug 10, 1885 lights; U.S. Grant; Joel Foster;
  • Aug 18, 1885 A.T. Peck; Water supply; Danbury Fair; Schuyler Electrical Light Company; Barnum court;
  • Aug 20, 1885 German Citizens Independence Club;
  • Aug 21, 1885 Foster Bros; Bell Island; Palliser & Co.; Dr. Bulkely;
  • Aug 24, 1885 Police busy; Rural Park in Danbury;
  • Aug 25, 1885 National Union of Hat Makers & Furriers; Borough meeting;
  • Aug 27, 1885 Turner Stevens; Rundle & White;
  • Aug 29, 1885 Davis Knapp;
  • Aug 31, 1885 Tweedy MFG Co.; C.H. Merritt; Sprinkler systems;
  • Sept 5, 1885 Foster Bros;
  • Sept 8, 1885 Berckle Factory; Sisters of Mercy;
  • Sept 11, 1885 Darius Selleck;
  • Sept 12, 1885 Danbury Hat Shops; Dye; Dead fish in river; Still River;
  • Sept 18, 1885 Hat MFG; Gang of 17 Italians;
  • Sept 21, 1885 Dust intolerable;
  • Sept 22, 1885 Electrical light; Green Bros; Clarke & Howe; Fred Olmstead; Henry Taylor; Johnson & Co.;
  • Sept 25, 1885 Joel Foster; Mrs. J.A. Beal;
  • Sept 28, 1885 P.D. Crosby;
  • Sept 29, 1885 Treadwell block;
  • Oct 1, 1885 F.C. & A.D. Trooley; History of Danbury Bank;
  • Oct 3, 1885 Grand Central Hotel opens; I.W. Ives;
  • Oct 6, 1885 Town election results;
  • Oct 12, 1885 Foster Bros; Treadwell block;
  • Oct 15, 1885 City Hall Sewer;
  • Oct 16, 1885 P.J. McGuire;
  • Oct 17, 1885 Beckerle Hose Co.;
  • Oct 19, 1885 School committee report;
  • Oct 23, 1885 W.W. Sunderland; A.W. White;
  • Oct 26, 1885 Darius Selleck;
  • Oct 27, 1885 Joel Foster; History of German Lutheran Church;
  • Oct 29, 1885 Hat MFG;
  • Oct 31, 1885 Tweedy;
  • Nov 2, 1885 Tweedy;
  • Nov 3, 1885 City Hall;
  • Nov 6, 1885 Fred D. Austin; J.S. Tyler; J.H. Benedict;
  • Nov 7, 1885 D.M. Benedict Lane; Theodore Benedict; Henry Crofut;
  • Nov 12, 1885 Meeting of Hat MFG;
  • Nov 17, 1885 Danbury Relief Society; Salvation Army Story;
  • Nov 19, 1885 F.C. Tooley & Co.; Tweedy; Joel Foster;
  • Nov 20, 1885 W.W. Sunderland; Taylor Hall;
  • Nov 24, 1885 C.S. Coom Co.; C.S. Coom; John Smith;
  • Nov 27, 1885 Henry Peters; former enslaved person dead; F.S. Wildman;
  • Dec 3, 1885 Hat MFG Asscociation; Edmond Tweedy; Selleck & Osbourne; Darius Selleck;
  • Dec 5, 1885 McArthur Bros;
  • Dec 8, 1885 J. Foster; J. Greer;
  • Dec 10, 1885 J.W. Austin;
  • Dec 14, 1885 ST. Peters School; Schuyler Electric Company; Foster Bros; D.E. Loewe; Article on White St.;
  • Dec 15, 1885 Danbury Central Labor Union Organization; H. Crofut(Crofut & White);
  • Dec 17, 1885 Taxable property;
  • Dec 18, 1885 Liquor licenses;
  • Dec 22, 1885 L.P. Treadwell;
  • Dec 29, 1885 Hat Industry MFG meeting;
  • Dec 31, 1885 Meeting of Journeymen; Danbury & Norwalk R.R.;
  • Jan 1, 1886 Hat factories closed;
  • Jan 2, 1886 Rundle & White;
  • Jan 4, 1886 C.H. Merritt; Law & Order Society; Hat Finishers Assoc.;
  • Jan 8, 1886 Hull and Rogers; First cash register; T.O. Roule; Ed Van Goll;
  • Jan 9, 1886 Savings Bank of Danbury; Union Savings Bank; L.K. Wildman; F.R. Swift;
  • Jan 11, 1886 Reverend Samuel Orcott; F.S. Wildman; Eli T. Hoyt; A.B. Hall; George F. Starr;
  • Jan 12, 1886 Central Labor Union; Officers elected; Samuel Main; Ed Van Goll; W.H. Tully; Mrs. Eva Baldwin; Green Bros; Edmund Tweedy; Charles W. Murphy; Daniel Meeker; W. Nolan; William Rowley; F.S. Wildman;
  • Jan 15, 1886 City Hall;
  • Jan 16, 1886 Meeting b/w Unions & Hat Makers; Col. George E. Warwick; Meeting of Sewage Committee; James E. Webb; L.P. Treadwell;
  • Jan 21, 1886 New factory of Foster Bros;
  • Jan 26, 1886 Central Labor Union meeting;
  • Jan 28, 1886 Rundle & White; R.A. Beldon & Co.;
  • Feb 1, 1886 Danbury Cemetery Association; F.S. Wildman; Edgar Tweedy;
  • Feb 4, 1886 Berckle Ball;
  • Feb 5, 1886 George W. Riley; Amos N. Riley; Renzo W. Robinson;
  • Feb 6, 1886 Party at Hat Shop;
  • Feb 8, 1886 Almum Judd;
  • Feb 12, 1886 J. Foster;
  • Feb 16, 1886 Borough Meeting; Sewer; Henry N. Foster;
  • Feb 20, 1886 Treadwell block;
  • Feb 25, 1886 Borough election; Isaac Ives;
  • Feb 26, 1886 Danbury Hospital Inc.; Edmund Tweedy; Masonic Lodge of CT;
  • Feb 27, 1886 Democratic Caucus; Thomas O. Rourke; Arthur W. Marshall; Seth Addis; George Foote; William Dewbell; Charles W. Murphy; citizens ticket; Prohibition Caucus & ticket; Assembly of the Nights of Labor;
  • Mar 1, 1886 Workingman's Ticket; William T. Mason;
  • Mar 2, 1886 Citizens; Workingman's; Prohibition; 4 Tickets; Election results; taxpayers;
  • Mar 5, 1886 H.W. Greer;
  • Mar 8, 1886 John Boyle O'Reilly;
  • Mar 11, 1886 Borough Meeting;
  • Mar 13, 1886 Association for Hat MFG U.S.;
  • Mar 19, 1886 George B. Sherman;
  • Mar 20, 1886 National Fur Hat MFG Association;
  • Mar 22, 1886 Board of Trade;
  • Mar 23, 1886 Charles W. Murphy;
  • Mar 26, 1886 Hat Finishers Association;
  • Apr 2, 1886 Foster Bros;
  • Apr 3, 1886 Hat Finishers Association; Knights of Labor;
  • Apr 5, 1886 Horace Marshall;
  • Apr 6, 1886 Elmwood Park;
  • Apr 8, 1886 Oliver Selleck; P.M Osborne; Clarence Stevens;
  • Apr 9, 1886 List of Representatives from Danbury since 1850;
  • Apr 13, 1886 Professor Ashburn; Daniel Benedict; S.H. Rundle;
  • Apr 15, 1886 Foster Bros; Bell Island;
  • Apr 16, 1886 Disciples Church; Meeting of Scotch;
  • Apr 17, 1886 Foster Bros; T.O. Donnell;
  • Apr 19, 1886 German Lutheran Church; Osborn Bros;
  • Apr 20, 1886 Town & Borough meeting; Meeting of Hospital Board;
  • Apr 22, 1886 W.W. Sunderland; Hull & Rogers;
  • Apr 24, 1886 E.A. Houseman;
  • Apr 27, 1886 Danbury Hospital; Bell Island Cottages;
  • Apr 29, 1886 W.W. Sunderland; Alex Wildman;
  • May 1, 1886 Special Borough Meeting; Sewers;
  • May 3, 1886 Tweedy; Raymond Family; John Benedict; I.W. Ives Building;
  • May 4, 1886 Special Borough Meeting; Sewer Report; L.P. Treadwell; A.C. Seely; James Walsh; Edmund Tweedy; D.M. Benedict;
  • May 7, 1886 Foster Brothers;
  • May 8, 1886 Danbury and Horse RR; Haines Brothers; Town Hall; Settlement; Rundle and White; Small Grocery Stores and Markets; S. Norwalk Hat Trade; Danbury Tennis Club; L.D. Brewster; James L. White;
  • May 10, 1886 Hull and Rogers;
  • May 13, 1886 Harry Cole;
  • May 15, 1886 St. Peter's Church;
  • May 17, 1886 Frederick Wildman; New England RR;
  • May 18, 1886 Nichols and Hine;
  • May 20, 1886 Ed McPhelemy; C.S. Andrews; J.B. Nichols; D.S. Stevens; Street Paving;
  • May 21, 1886 I.W. Ives; Morton Gregory;
  • May 22, 1886 Trimmers Union; Nichols and Hine; Mrs. Eva Baldwin;

Dates

  • Creation: 1881-1886

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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