windham county

Henry Campbell to Secretary of State, 3 November 1828

Henry Campbell to Secretary of State, 3 November 1828

Henry Campbell to Secretary of State, 3 November 1828

Barach Balster to George Coffin, 1829

Letter from Samuel Fessenden, Windham County, Vermont, to William Lloy...

Samuel Fessenden enthusiastically approves of William Lloyd Garrison establishing the paper The Liberator and orders a copy. Courtesy of Boston Public Library

Ebenezer Scribner to George Coffin, 3 June 1830

Letter from George Jeffrey Tillotson, Brooklyn, [Conn.], to Amos Augus...

In this letter to Amos A. Phelps, George Jeffrey Tillotson tells Phelps that he is "very pleasantly settled" in Brooklyn, Connecticut. He discusses the towns efforts to find a new school teacher and an executio... More

John Atkinson to George Coffin, 13 June 1831

Letter from George Jeffrey Tillotson, Brooklyn, [Conn.], to Amos Augus...

George Jeffrey Tillotson writes to Amos A. Phelps about the uncomfortable weather in Brooklyn, claiming "the heat is particularly oppressive." He then asks Phelps "How do you succeed in t[he] city of renown" an... More

Letter from George Jeffrey Tillotson, Brooklyn, [Conn.], to Amos Augus...

George Jeffrey Tillotson writes to Amos A. Phelps about the growth of his church, stating, "My house of worship is full to overflowing." Tillotson also tells Phelps about classmates from college and the seminar... More

Letter from George Jeffrey Tillotson, Brooklyn, [Conn.], to Amos Augus...

George Jeffrey Tillotson writes to Amos A. Phelps about the growth of his church, stating, "My house of worship is full to overflowing." Tillotson also tells Phelps about classmates from college and the seminar... More

George Coffin to William Willis, 11 June 1832

Letter from George Jeffrey Tillotson, Brooklyn, [Conn.], to Amos Augus...

George Jeffrey Tillotson writes to Amos A. Phelps about the growth of his church, stating, "My house of worship is full to overflowing." Tillotson also tells Phelps about classmates from college and the seminar... More

Letter from George Jeffrey Tillotson, Brooklyn, [Conn.], to Amos Augus...

George Jeffrey Tillotson writes to Amos A. Phelps about the growth of his church, stating, "My house of worship is full to overflowing." Tillotson also tells Phelps about classmates from college and the seminar... More

Map of New London and Windham counties in Conn.

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Letter from George Jeffrey Tillotson, Brooklyn, [Conn.], to Amos Augus...

George Jeffrey Tillotson writes to Amos A. Phelps informing him he has received a copy of Phelp's "Lectures on Slavery." Tillotson states he has not yet read the full book but agrees with Phelp's sentiments and... More

Letter from Samuel L. Hill, Willimantic, Ct., to Amos Augustus Phelps,...

In this letter to Amos A. Phelps, Samuel L. Hill expresses his belief that Phelps, who has been specifically chosen to give a lecture in the area, would be better received than a substitute. Hill describes anti... More

Letter from Elias Sharpe, Windham, to Amos Augustus Phelps, June 6th 1...

In this letter to Amos A. Phelps, Elias Sharpe describes the state of affair in Windham in relation to antislavery. He says he hasn’t been able to attend the business of abolitionists recently, but formed an an... More

Letter from Samuel L. Hill, Willimantic, Ct., to Amos Augustus Phelps,...

In this letter, Samuel L. Hill and a number of supporters invite Amos A. Phelps to address the Female Antislavery Society of the area. Courtesy of Boston Public Library

Letter from George Jeffrey Tillotson, Brooklyn, [Conn.], to Amos Augus...

George Jeffrey Tillotson writes to Amos A. Phelps telling him about his plans to invest money in the Worcester railroad with the help of one of his church members. He also agrees to give Phelps a loan of 500 do... More

Letter from George Jeffrey Tillotson, Brooklyn, [Conn.], to Amos Augus...

George Jeffrey Tillotson writes to Amos A. Phelps telling him about his plans to invest money in the Worcester railroad with the help of one of his church members. He also agrees to give Phelps a loan of 500 do... More

Letter from George Jeffrey Tillotson, Brooklyn, [Conn.], to Amos Augus...

George Jeffrey Tillotson writes to Amos A. Phelps about his meetings with pastors in Litchfield County, Connecticut, stating he "induced most of them to present the cause to their peo[ple], & have myself preach... More

Letter from George Jeffrey Tillotson, Brooklyn, [Conn.], to Amos Augus...

In this letter to Amos A. Phelps, George Jeffrey Tillotson tells of his "domestic affliction," the passing of his wife, which turned his "once happy home" into a "desert" and "house of death." Tillotson shares ... More

Letter from George Jeffrey Tillotson, Brooklyn, [Conn.], to Amos Augus...

George Jeffrey Tillotson writes to Amos A. Phelps about his meetings with pastors in Litchfield County, Connecticut, stating he "induced most of them to present the cause to their peo[ple], & have myself preach... More

Letter from George Jeffrey Tillotson, Brooklyn, [Conn.], to Amos Augus...

George Jeffrey Tillotson writes to Amos A. Phelps "with 2 objects in view." First, he informs Phelps about his desire to purchase more shares in Boston banks and asks him to borrow money from a friend to help w... More

Letter from George Jeffrey Tillotson, Brooklyn, [Conn.], to Amos Augus...

George Jeffrey Tillotson writes to Amos A. Phelps "with 2 objects in view." First, he informs Phelps about his desire to purchase more shares in Boston banks and asks him to borrow money from a friend to help w... More

Letter from George Jeffrey Tillotson, Brooklyn, [Conn.], to Amos Augus...

George Jeffrey Tillotson writes to Amos A. Phelps acknowledging his receipt of Phelps' letter and returning to him "a receipt of t[he] interest paid by you" (not included). He tells Phelps that he is a delegate... More

Letter from George Jeffrey Tillotson, Brooklyn, [Conn.], to Amos Augus...

In this letter to Amos A. Phelps, George Jeffrey Tillotson explains a brief note he had sent earlier and gives Phelps directions about where to invest the money he had sent him. Tillotson also shares some local... More

Letter from George Jeffrey Tillotson, Brooklyn, [Conn.], to Amos Augus...

George Jeffrey Tillotson writes to Amos A. Phelps about his investments, specifically asking him to buy shares in various railroads. On the second page, Tillotson begins a new later, dated "Ap[ril] 25th," and g... More

Letter from George Jeffrey Tillotson, Brooklyn, [Conn.], to Amos Augus...

George Jeffrey Tillotson writes this letter to Amos A. Phelps asking him to purchase more shares for him in Boston. Tillotson also enclosed 70 dollars in the letter (not included), an amount he had "on hand & c... More

Letter from George Jeffrey Tillotson, Brooklyn, [Conn.], to Amos Augus...

George Jeffrey TIllotson writes to Amos A. Phelps about shares purchased on Tillotson's behalf that cost more money than he had given. He directs Phelps where to send the stock certificates and certificates of ... More

Letter from George Jeffrey Tillotson, Brooklyn, [Conn.], to Amos Augus...

George Jeffrey Tillotson writes to Amos A. Phelps giving him instructions for investing Tillotson's money. He then discusses a recent revival in Boston as well other successful recent revivials Windham County, ... More

Letter from George Jeffrey Tillotson, Brooklyn, [Conn.], to Amos Augus...

In this letter to Amos A. Phelps, George Jeffrey Tillotson informs Phelps about his plans for purchasing shares in some Boston banks. He also tells Phelps about "a glorious revival in Farmington" and states tha... More

Letter from George Jeffrey Tillotson, Brooklyn, [Conn.], to Amos Augus...

George Jeffrey Tillotson writes to Amos A. Phelps with instructions for "t[he] disposal of a 100 dollars." Tillotson predicts stocks will rise and tells Phelps "if business & prosperity in t[he] country revives... More

Letter from George Jeffrey Tillotson, Brooklyn, [Conn.], to Amos Augus...

George Jeffrey Tillotson writes to Amos A. Phelps about receiving a 3 percent dividend instead of the expected 3.5 percent. He then provides Phelps with instructions about delivering the missing money to him. C... More

Letter from George Jeffrey Tillotson, Brooklyn, [Conn.], to Amos Augus...

George Jeffrey Tillotson writes to Amos A. Phelps to express his sympathy over the death of Phelp's wife. He then moves on to discuss the sickness moving through Brooklyn, Connecticut, that has killed members o... More

Letter from George Jeffrey Tillotson, Brooklyn, [Conn.], to Amos Augus...

George Jeffrey Tillotson writes to Amos A. Phelps to express his sympathy over the death of Phelp's wife. He then moves on to discuss the sickness moving through Brooklyn, Connecticut, that has killed members o... More

Letter from George Jeffrey Tillotson, Brooklyn, [Conn.], to Amos Augus...

George Jeffrey Tillotson writes to Amos A. Phelps acknowledging the receipt of his last letter and updating Phelp's on the interest he owes to him. Tillotson also discusses the petition of the Merchant's Bank t... More

Letter from George Jeffrey Tillotson, Brooklyn, [Conn.], to Amos Augus...

In this letter to Amos A. Phelps, George Jeffrey Tillotson writes about the creation of new shares in the Merchant's Bank and his option to purchase these new shares. He asks Phelps to make inquiries about the ... More

Letter from George Jeffrey Tillotson, Brooklyn, [Conn.], to Amos Augus...

George Jeffrey Tillotson writes to Amos A. Phelps informing him that he has sent a letter for him to Boston where he requests Phelps "to pay the principal of your note this spring." Tillotson again refers to th... More

William Henry Channing autograph letter signed to John Sullivan Dwight...

Even if Brook Farm should fail, Channing feels the cause of unity will remain to unite people in a single reform movement. Quoted in The Idyll of Brook Farm, p. 36. Courtesy of Boston Public Library

William Henry Channing autograph letter signed to John Sullivan Dwight...

Even if Brook Farm should fail, Channing feels the cause of unity will remain to unite people in a single reform movement. Quoted in The Idyll of Brook Farm, p. 36. Courtesy of Boston Public Library

William Henry Channing autograph letter signed to John Sullivan Dwight...

Even if Brook Farm should fail, Channing feels the cause of unity will remain to unite people in a single reform movement. Quoted in The Idyll of Brook Farm, p. 36. Courtesy of Boston Public Library

William Henry Channing autograph letter signed to John Sullivan Dwight...

Even if Brook Farm should fail, Channing feels the cause of unity will remain to unite people in a single reform movement. Quoted in The Idyll of Brook Farm, p. 36. Courtesy of Boston Public Library

McClellan's map of Windham County, Vermont /

Relief shown by hachures. LC Land ownership maps, 1192 Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as a raster image. Includes illustrations and statistical charts. Cambridge Port -- Fayetteville --... More

Map of Windham County, Connecticut. - Public domain map

LC Land ownership maps, 68 Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as a raster image.

Thomas Wentworth Higginson autograph letter signed to [Theodore Parker...

Regards any postponement as simply abandoning the project. Thinks H[ugh] F[orbes] can be circumvented. Signed with "T.W.H." Printed in part in F. B. Sanborn, Recollections of Seventy Years, p. 156; Dr. Samuel G... More

Thomas Wentworth Higginson autograph letter signed to John Brown, Brat...

Protests against any postponement on account of H[ugh] F[orbes]. Addressed to Jason Brown, but endorsed by John Brown. Quoted in M. T. Higginson, Thomas Wentworth Higginson, p. 191. Courtesy of Boston Public Library

Thomas Wentworth Higginson autograph letter signed to [Theodore Parker...

Regards any postponement as simply abandoning the project. Thinks H[ugh] F[orbes] can be circumvented. Signed with "T.W.H." Printed in part in F. B. Sanborn, Recollections of Seventy Years, p. 156; Dr. Samuel G... More

Thomas Wentworth Higginson autograph letter signed to [Theodore Parker...

Regards any postponement as simply abandoning the project. Thinks H[ugh] F[orbes] can be circumvented. Signed with "T.W.H." Printed in part in F. B. Sanborn, Recollections of Seventy Years, p. 156; Dr. Samuel G... More

Thomas Wentworth Higginson autograph letter signed to [Theodore Parker...

Regards any postponement as simply abandoning the project. Thinks H[ugh] F[orbes] can be circumvented. Signed with "T.W.H." Printed in part in F. B. Sanborn, Recollections of Seventy Years, p. 156; Dr. Samuel G... More

Thomas Wentworth Higginson autograph letter signed to [John Brown], Br...

Fears there is little money to be obtained this year. Many have lost confidence. Would like to join him in person. Endorsed by John Brown. Quoted in M. T. Higginson, Thomas Wentworth Higginson, p. 192; O. G. Vi... More

Sophia Hawthorne autograph letter signed to Annie Adams Fields, Brattl...

Thanks her for the accounts of Charles Dickens. Brattleboro is enchantingly lovely, but Una does not seem to recover. Speaks of her own desperate illness. Courtesy of Boston Public Library

Sophia Hawthorne autograph letter signed to James Thomas Fields, Bratt...

Apologizes for over-drawing; thought [George Stillman] Hillard said there was $10,000 in his hands. Courtesy of Boston Public Library

Sophia Hawthorne autograph letter signed to James Thomas Fields, [Brat...

Wants an itemized account from his clerk. Wonders why he delays to publish the American notes. Refers to Passages from the American Note-Books, Boston, 1868. Courtesy of Boston Public Library

Una Hawthorne autograph letter signed to Thomas Wentworth Higginson, B...

Describing a walk in the woods. Old folder #: 66. Courtesy of Boston Public Library

Una Hawthorne autograph letter signed to Thomas Wentworth Higginson, [...

Telling him of her pleasure in living abroad; of her unwillingness to make new friends; and of her sorrow in the loss of her father. Old folder #: 63. Courtesy of Boston Public Library

Plan of Russell Paper Mill in Bellows Falls, Vermont

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Una Hawthorne autograph letter signed to Thomas Wentworth Higginson, [...

Telling him of her pleasure in living abroad; of her unwillingness to make new friends; and of her sorrow in the loss of her father. Old folder #: 63. Courtesy of Boston Public Library

Una Hawthorne autograph letter signed to Thomas Wentworth Higginson, [...

Telling him of her pleasure in living abroad; of her unwillingness to make new friends; and of her sorrow in the loss of her father. Old folder #: 63. Courtesy of Boston Public Library

Una Hawthorne autograph letter signed to Thomas Wentworth Higginson, [...

Telling him of her pleasure in living abroad; of her unwillingness to make new friends; and of her sorrow in the loss of her father. Old folder #: 63. Courtesy of Boston Public Library

Brattleboro, Vt : 1876 - Vintage map, Norman B. Leventhal Collection

Brattleboro, Vermont Courtesy of Boston Public Library

View of Putnam, Conn : 1877 - Vintage map, Norman B. Leventhal Collect...

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Willimantic, Conn., 1882 : from Blake Mountain - Vintage map, Norman B...

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Bellows Falls, Vt - Vintage map, Norman B. Leventhal Collection

Bellows Falls, Vermont Courtesy of Boston Public Library

Map of Woodstock, Conn - Vintage map, Norman B. Leventhal Collection

Public domain image of the vintage map from Norman B. Leventhal Map Center, free to use, no copyright restrictions image. The Norman B. Leventhal Map & Education Center at the Boston Public Library is a special... More

Brattleboro, Vt : 1886 - Vintage map, Norman B. Leventhal Collection

Brattleboro, Vermont Courtesy of Boston Public Library

Moosup, Conn., Uniondale and Almyville - Vintage map, Norman B. Levent...

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Sanborn Fire Insurance Map from North Grosvenordale, Windham County, C...

May 1897. 1 Sheet(s). Connecticut fire insurance map. Sanborn fire insurance maps are detailed maps of cities and towns produced by the Sanborn Map Company for the purpose of assessing fire insurance liabil... More

Y.M.C.A. and Gem Theatre, Willimantic, Conn.

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Sanborn Fire Insurance Map from Wilmington, Windham County, Vermont

May 1901. 1 Sheet(s). Vermont fire insurance map. Sanborn fire insurance maps are detailed maps of cities and towns produced by the Sanborn Map Company for the purpose of assessing fire insurance liability.... More

Thienes Memorial Room, YMCA Camp Woodstock, Woodstock Valley, Conn.

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Volley Ball, YMCA Camp Woodstock, Valley, Conn.

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Diving instructions and Sandy Beach, Camp Woodstock, Y.M.C.A. Woodstoc...

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YMCA of Metropolitan Hartford, Inc. Camp Woodstock

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Dining hall, YMCA Camp Woodstack, Woodstack Valley, Conn.

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Bruce Smith Chapel, YMCA Camp Woodstock, Woodstack Valley, Conn.

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Thienes Memorial Room, YMCA Camp Woodstock, Woodstock Valley, Conn.

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Recreation lodge, YMCA Camp Woodstock

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Diving instructions and Sandy Beach, Camp Woodstock, Y.M.C.A. Woodstoc...

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YMCA Camp Woodstack boathouse, Woodstack Valley, Conn.

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Bruce Smith Chapel, YMCA Camp Woodstock, Woodstack Valley, Conn.

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YMCA Camp Woodstock, Woodstock Valley Conn

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YMCA Camp Woodstock, Woodstock Valley Conn

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Craft at YMCA Woodstock, Woodstock Valley, Conn.

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Craft at YMCA Woodstock, Woodstock Valley, Conn.

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Soldiers and Sailors Memorial Park, Willimantic, Conn.

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St. Joseph's Church, Willimantic, Conn.

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1940 Census Enumeration District Maps - Connecticut - Windham County -...

Enumeration District Maps - Connecticut - Windham County

1940 Census Enumeration District Maps - Connecticut - Windham County -...

Enumeration District Maps - Connecticut - Windham County

1950 Census Enumeration District Maps - Connecticut (CT) - Windham Cou...

Enumeration District Maps - Connecticut - Windham County

1940 Census Enumeration District Maps - Connecticut - Windham County -...

Enumeration District Maps - Connecticut - Windham County

Post Office, Putnam, Conn. postcard

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1940 Census Enumeration District Maps - Connecticut - Windham County -...

Enumeration District Maps - Connecticut - Windham County

Westfield Congregational Church, Danielson, Conn.

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Postoffice, Danielson, Conn. - The Tichnor Brothers Postcard Collectio...

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Congregational Church, Willimantic, Conn.

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Day Kimball Hospital and Nurses' Home, Putnam, Conn.

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Country Club, Willimantic, Conn.

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St. James Church, Danielson, Conn.

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