Woodruff family collection, 1779-1966.

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Woodruff family collection, 1779-1966.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/711774371

Woodruff's law career is extensively represented in his business correspondence with clients concerning suits in progress and with other law professionals, his law school notebooks, and his notes on pending lawsuits. Materials documenting his postal service include letters sent to Woodruff in his capacity as postmaster such as correspondence with other postmasters concerning mail schedules and misdirected letters, correspondence with individuals from other towns seeking information about Litchfield residents, reporting suspicious activities, and asking for assistance. Woodruff's extensive family correspondence reflects his personal life, especially in letters to and from brothers Lewis B. Woodruff, a lawyer in New York and Reuben M. Woodruff, a physician, recording their efforts to establish their careers, travels, and family and social news. Collection also includes Woodruff's personal papers, tracing his interest in genealogical research, the history of Litchfield, and his autobiographical efforts. Includes newspaper clippings and his own handwritten records of local and national election results; business ventures, including investments in railroads, canals, banks, and his involvement in Litchfield Mutual Fire Insurance Company. Collection also includes papers of numerous Woodruff relatives, documenting the extensive land transactions of Woodruff's father, Morris Woodruff, especially in his partnership with Simeon Harrison; the law career of his son George M. Woodruff; and the law and political career of grandson James P. Woodruff. Also includes many personal and business papers from members of the Seymour and Wolcott families, as well as from the family of Henry E. Gates, a physician during the Civil War, and from Grant Wickwire, a prosperous Litchfield farmer. Other persons represented include George C. Woodruff's wife, Henrietta Sophronia (Seymour) Woodruff, his sister, Lucy Morris (Woodruff) Seymour, and Tapping Reeve, founder of Litchfield Law School.

21.5 linear ft.

Litchfield Historical Society

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SNAC Resource ID: 8078045

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Gates, Henry E.

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Harrison, Simeon

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Resident of Litchfield, Conn. From the description of Simeon Harrison petition, 1819 July 15. (Litchfield Historical Society). WorldCat record id: 535176053 ...

Litchfield Law School

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Private law school established by Tapping Reeve in Litchfield, Connecticut, in 1784 and closed ca. 1833. From the description of Outlines of lectures delivered at Litchfield Law School / by Judges Gould & Reeves : transcript, 1824. (New York University, Group Batchload). WorldCat record id: 58760100 ...

Woodruff, Henrietta Sophronia Seymour, 1806-1892

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Litchfield Mutual Fire Insurance Company

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Woodruff, George C. (George Catlin), 1805-1885

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George Catlin Woodruff was born in Litchfield, Conn., 1805. He graduated from Yale College in 1825, after which he studied law with James Gould at Litchfield Law School. In 1827 he was admitted to the bar and began practice in Litchfield. He also served as postmaster of Litchfield (1832-1846) and afterwards became involved in local and national politics, becoming a member of the state legislature (1851, 1866, and 1874) and elected as a Democrat to the 37th Congress (1861-1863). From ...

Wickwire, Grant T.

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Woodruff, Lewis B. (Lewis Bartholomew), 1809-1875

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Woodruff, James Parsons, 1868-1931

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Seymour family.

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Woodruff, Morris, 1777-1840

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Seymour, Lucy Morris Woodruff, 1807-1894

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Wolcott family.

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Reeve, Tapping, 1744-1823

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American lawyer. From the description of Autograph letter signed : to Mr. Brown, 1797 Dec. 28. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270616563 From the description of Autograph letter signed : to Hezekiah Howe, 1817 Apr. 23. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270616566 Jurist and educator. From the description of Note of Tapping Reeve, circa 1775. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 79449721 Jurist, law teacher, author of legal books, founder of Litchfield Law ...

Woodruff, Reuben M., 1811-1849

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Woodruff, George M. (George Morris), 1836-1930

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Woodruff family.

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Residents of Litchfield, Conn. Collection chiefly documents the personal life and professional career of George Catlin Woodruff, a graduate of Yale (1825) who studied at Litchfield Law School, practicing law for several decades in Litchfield and also served as Litchfield's postmaster, as an elected local official, and U.S. Representative (1861-1863). http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=W000716 From the description of Woodruff family colle...

Gates family.

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