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Pay orders of Abel Scipio, a Black man who served in the 3rd Line of the Continental Army, Hartford, 1780 A copy of Court Records issued to Captain Joseph Hawley of Stratford, CT to carry on "ye trade of a tanner," 1697. Captain Hawley moved to Farmington in 1702 and opened his tannery at Scott's Swamp Selectmen's Records 1799 - 1837, including: bills to Phineas Lewis for "skinning dead ox" and medical visits from Dr. Todd, 1821; bills to Horace Cowles for medical visits from Dr. Todd, grave digging and coffin making, 1816 - 1837 Writ against Gersham Nott brought by John Newell Jr. et al. for 8 pounds, 17 shillings and 2 pence, 1783 Advertisement of a stray swine found by Samuel Cowles, July 7, 1825 A collection of Admonitions and Warnings for such matters as refusal to pay taxes and drunkenness leading to poverty, issued by the Civic Authority, 1830 Rules of Order for Town Meetings, 1837 Original Boundary Petition by Daniel Judd for Hartford-Windsor, 1726 Copy of petition to annex Wintonbury to Windsor from Farmington, 1830 Materials related to "The Farmington Myth" by Robert B. Brandegee, including an original handwritten version from 1872 Small booklets of poetry entitled "Lines from the Litchfield Hills," printed by Litchfield Studios, 1945 Postal cancelations, 1816, 1842, 1844 Talcott Mountain Towers newsletter, possibly 1890 List of Farmington Government Electors, 1760 - 1800, 1836 Clothing allowance to Joseph Teal, Continental Army, March 13, 1782 Miscellaneous materials from other Connecticut cities: Constitution of the Temperance Society of West Hartford, undated; license to sell insurance in New Haven, 1880; Hudson and Goodwin broadside list of books for sale, 1785 This item is not for loan. Please see the information desk for assistance. |
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