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Williams, Elisha, fl. 1775, magistrate of Wethersfiled, Conn. Tea permits issued by Elisha Williams to Leonard Chester 1775, June-Dec.

Title: Tea permits issued by Elisha Williams to Leonard Chester 1775, June-Dec.

"Tea permits" issued by Elisha Williams, a magistrate in Wethersfield, Conn. who presided over a local association created in summer 1775 for the purpose of enforcing the boycott of English tea. The permits were granted to people who needed tea because of their "bodily infirmities." The tea permits are addressed to Leonard Chester, pharmacist. The recipients include: Mrs. Sarah Bartes, Edward Pattison, Mr. Sambern, Samuel Boltwood, Richard Lightfoot, Seaman Riley, Hosia Horris, and Mrs. Kellogg. Also included are two letters addressed to Charles J. Hoadley from E.V. Beeks of New Haven, Conn. (1875, July 8) and Charles E. Gross, a Hartford, Conn. attonery (1896, May 22). The latter mentions that the tea permits were part of "the exhibition of the Colonial Dames."

ArchivalResource: 12 pieces.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/220210022 View

National Society of the Colonial Dames of America in the State of Connecticut. [Replica of plaque commemorating the founding of Moor's Indian Charity School].

Title: [Replica of plaque commemorating the founding of Moor's Indian Charity School].

ArchivalResource: 1 plaque : bronze ; 16 x 10 cm. in frame 37 x 32 cm. +1 sheet

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/80046826 View

National Society of the Colonial Dames of America in the State of Connecticut. [Minor publications].

Title: [Minor publications].

ArchivalResource: v. 25 cm.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/701745946 View

Whitmore family. Whitmore family scrapbooks, 18uu-1914.

Title: Whitmore family scrapbooks, 18uu-1914.

A collection, primarily of scrapbooks, documenting the lives of Hartford, Connecticut residents Franklin Gray and Harriet Eliza (Goulden) Whitmore. The scrapbooks contain family photos, newspaper clippings, letters, invitations, holiday cards (all holidays), and other items. Many of the Whitmore's work and interests were included in the books.

ArchivalResource: 8 linear feet (15 boxes and additional volumes).

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/384268205 View

Putnam, Marcella R., 1902-1989. Marcella Putnam collection, 1901-1961.

Title: Marcella Putnam collection, 1901-1961.

Incoming correspondence, newsletters and other publications, minutes of Colonial Dames meetings, and correspondence and estate records of Jennie and Rockwell Lyon, respectively. Marcella Putnam was an active member of the Colonial Dames chapter in Connecticut. Her own correspondence dates from 1950-1961 and regards Colonial Dames business. Jennie Lyon was Marcella's mother's adoptive mother, and her correspondence dates 1904-1931 and relates to financial and legal matters. Rockwell was Jennie's husband and his estate records include stocks and bonds, and the records of a probate hearing.

ArchivalResource: 0.25 linear feet (1/2 box ).

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/652450630 View

National Society of the Colonial Dames of America in the State of Connecticut. Connecticut Chapter, Colonial Dames of America records, 1929-1942.

Title: Connecticut Chapter, Colonial Dames of America records, 1929-1942.

Records kept in connection with the copying of Connecticut church records.

ArchivalResource: 0.5 linear foot (1 box).

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/320353576 View

Hammer, Rosamond S. Rosamond Hammer tavern research, ca. 1934.

Title: Rosamond Hammer tavern research, ca. 1934.

A collection of notes regarding taverns in Connecticut. Mrs. Hammer was a committee member of the Connecticut Society of Colonial Dames.

ArchivalResource: 1.0 linear foot (1 shoe box).

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/748809199 View

Crofut, Florence S. Marcy. Crofut family collection, 1859-1968.

Title: Crofut family collection, 1859-1968.

Collection includes papers of Sidney, Lucy Marcy, and Florence S. Marcy Crofut of Danielson and Hartford, Connecticut. Sidney, a banking and insurance executive, is represented by personal and business correspondence, diaries, speeches, financial memoranda, investment records, materials related to Empire Mutual Life, the Society for Savings, Palmer & Crofut Insurance, Hartford National Bank, and his correspondence as Connecticut Bank Commissioner. Lucy Marcy Crofut, Sidney's wife, was active in the Colonial Dames and the Daughters of the American Revolution, evidence of which can be found in her papers, along with diaries, her will and estate papers, and family correspondence (primarily with her sisters Ellen and Martha and her husband and child). The bulk of the collection relates to the many activities of Sidney and Lucy's daughter, Florence Sidette Marcy Crofut. Florence was a graduate of Wellesley College and she retained her ties to the college through the Alumni Association. Her political and civic involvement was extensive, so her papers include records of the Ruth Wyllys Chapter of the Daughters of the American Revolution, including their efforts to support the restoration of the Old State House in Hartford, the Manuscript Committee of the Colonial Dames which created a Gentleman's Library for the Webb House in Wethersfield for the Connecticut Tercentenary, correspondence and reports from the Connecticut Historical Society, correspondence from the Women's Republican Club, the National Consumer League and the Consumers' League of Connecticut, and the College Club of Hartford. Florence had an extensive correspondence with Elliott Kone from Yale, both about her donation for a memorial carillon for her parents, her funding of audio visual education at Yale, and about the limited partnership with Kone for the production, distribution and exploitation of a sociological photoplay entitled "The Bridge". Perhaps the largest portion of her papers concern her research and writing of the book Guide to the History and Historic Sites of Connecticut, which includes letters to and from historian George M. Dutcher. Additional papers belonging to Florence include cash books, school papers, estates and trusts, diaries (daily and travel), and correspondence with her parents and her cousin Worrell Mountain, state DAR regent Charlotte P. Crofut, her aunt Martha Chaffee, women's rights advocate Mary C. Welles, genealogist Mary K. Talcott, Lillian G. Grant, and a close friend, Katherine Nettleson.

ArchivalResource: 57 linear feet (116 boxes).

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/317877744 View

Talcott, Mary Kingsbury, 1847-1917. Mary Kingsbury Talcott genealogical collection, ca. 1880-1917.

Title: Mary Kingsbury Talcott genealogical collection, ca. 1880-1917.

Mary Kingsbury Talcott was an avid genealogist, and compiled significant information on her ancestors, the Kingsbury family. Collection includes correspondence with relatives and town/state officials, family wills, and research from numerous sources. Among the correspondence with town/state officials are certified documents regarding birth, death, and marriage dates. Talcott was also active in the Colonial Dames.

ArchivalResource: 2.0 linear feet (4 boxes).

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/294903699 View