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H. PATENT OF THE TOWN OF LITCHFIELD.
"The Governor and Company of the English Colony of Connecti- cut in New England, to all to whom these Present shall come, Greet- ing:
KNOW YE, THAT the said Governor and Company, by virtue of the power granted unto them by our late sovereign, King Charles the Second, of blessed memory, in and by His Majesty's Patent, under the great seal of England, dated the twenty-third day of April, in the fourteenth year of His Majesty's reign, and in pursuance thereof and in General Court assembled, according to charter, did, by their act, made May fourteenth, Anno Domini, 1719, upon the humble petition of Lieut. John Marsh, of Hartford, within the said Colony, and Dea. John Buell, of Lebanon, grant unto the said John Marsh and John Buell, and partners, settlers, being in the whole fifty-seven in number, liberty to settle a town westward of Farmington, in the county of Hartford, at a place called Bantam, which town was to be in length east and west, eight miles, three quarters, and twenty-eight rods, and in breadth, seven miles and an half-to be bounded east on Mattatuck river, west part on Shipaug river and part on the wilderness, north by the wilderness and south by Waterbury bounds and a west line from Waterbury corner to the said Shipaug river. And Ordered, that the said town should be called by the name of Litchfield, as more fully appears by the said act. The said Governor and Company, by virtue of the aforesaid power, and by their special act bearing even date with these presents, for divers good causes and considerations them hereunto moving, have given, granted and by these presents, for themselves, their heirs and successors, do fully, clearly and absolutely give, grant, ratify and confirm, unto the said John Marsh and John Buell, and the rest of the said partners, settlers of said tract of land (in their actual full and peaceable possession and seizin being) and to their heirs and assigns, and such as shall legally succeed and represent them, forever, (in such proportions as they, the said partners and settlers, or any of them, respectively, have right in and are lawfully possessed of the same,) all the said tract of land now called and known by the name of Litchfield. in the county of Hartford aforesaid, be the same more or less, butted and bounded as followeth, viz: Beginning at the north east corner, at a tree with stones about it, standing in the crotch of Mattatuck river aforesaid, and running southerly by the side of said river until it meets with Waterbury bounds, where is a well known white oak tree standing about fifteen rods west of said Mattatuck river, anciently marked with IS: IN: From thence running west twenty three degrees thirty minutes south, to two white oak trees growing out of one root, with stones about them, and west one mile and a half to Waterbury north west corner bound mark; and from thence west five degrees thirty minutes north to Shipaug river, where is a tree and stones about it butting upon Waterbury township; then beginning at the first mentioned tree by Mattatuck river and running westward into the wilderness. to an oak tree marked and stones laid around it; then south to a crotch in the Shipaug river; and thence by the westermost branch of the
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Shipaug river to Woodbury bounds. And also all and singular, the lands, trees, woods, underwoods, woodgrounds, uplands, arable lands, meadows, moors, marshes, pastures, ponds, waters, rivers, brooks, fishings, fowlings, huntings, mines, minerals, quarries, and precious stones, upon and within the said land. And all other rights, members, hereditaments, easements and commodities whatsoever, to the same belonging or in any wise appertaining, so butted and bounded as is herein before particularly expressed or mentioned, and the reversion or reversions, remainder or remainders, rights, royalties, privileges, powers and jurisdictions whatsoever, of and in all and singular the said tract of land and premises hereby granted, and of and in any and every part and parcel thereof. And the rents, services and profits to the same incident, belonging or appertaining-To Have and To Hold all the said tract of land, and all and singular other the premises hereby given or granted, or mentioned, or intended to be granted, with all the priviledges and appurtenances thereof, unto the said John Marsh and John Buell, and the rest of the partners, settlers of the same, their heirs and assigns, to their only proper use, benefit and behoof, forever; and to and for no other use, intent or purpose whatsoever. And the said Governor and Company, for themselves and their successors, have given and granted, and by these presents do give and grant, unto the said John Marsh and John Buell, and the rest of the partners, settlers of the tract of land herein before granted, their heirs and assigns, that the said tract of land so butted and bounded as aforesaid, shall from time to time and at all times forever hereafter, be deemed, reputed, denominated, and be an entire town of itself and shall be called and known by the name of LITCHFIELD, in the county of Hartford, and that the aforesaid partners, settlers and inhabitants thereof, shall and lawfully may from time to time and at all times, forever hereafter have, use, exercise and enjoy all such rights, powers, priviledges, immunities and franchises, in and among themselves, as are given, granted, allowed, used, exercised and enjoyed, to, by, and amongst the proper inhabitants of other towns in this Colony, according to common approved custom and observance; and that the said tract of land and premises hereby granted as aforesaid, and appurtenances, shall remain, continue and be unto the said John Marsh and John Buell, and the rest of the partners, settlers, their heirs and assigns, in proportion aforesaid forever, a good, peaceable, pure, perfect, absolute and indefeasible estate of inheritance in fee simple, to be holden of His Majesty, his heirs and successors, as of His Majesty's Manor of East Greenwich in the county of Kent, in the Kingdom of England, in free and common soccage, and not in capite, nor by Knight's service- Yielding therefor, and paying unto our Sovereign Lord, King George, his heirs and successors forever, one fifth part of all ore of gold and silver which, from time to time and at all times forever hereafter, shall be there gotten, had or obtained, in liew of all services, duties and demands what- soever.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, The said Governor and Company have caused the Seal of the said Colony to be hereunto affixed.
Dated at Hartford, May the 19th day, Anno regni regis Decimo Georgii
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Mag'ae Britt'ae, Fran'ae, Hybern'ae, Annoque Domini, One Thousand Seven Hundred and Twenty-Four, 1724.
G. SALTONSTALL, Governor.
By order of the Governor and Company in General Court assembled. Hez. Wyllis, Secretary."
(Seal.)
FINIS.
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COUNTRY ROAD IN WINTER, LITCHFIELD
INDEX To Alain C. White's History of Litchfield, Compiled by ARTHUR E. BOSTWICK, Ph. D.
AF Names in the lists given in the Appendix (pages 281-357) are not separately indexed here.
Errata will be found on the last page.
Abbe, Dr. Alanson, sanitarium, 153. Abbe, Harriet C., organizes Red Cross sessions, 246.
Absentee settlers, legislation against, 24. Acadians, first Catholics in Litch- field, 200.
Adams, Andrew, defends boundary claim, 45; Justice of the peace, 78; appointed to arrest sus- pects (1776), 81; elected deputy, 82; Revolutionary lawyer, 100. Adams, Charles, succeeds his broth- er Henry as editor of The Enquirer, 139.
Adams, Corp. Charles, Jr., Killed at Cold Harbor, 224.
Adams, Henry, publishes The County Post, 139; changes name to The Enquirer, 139.
Adams, Henry, (Mass.) quoted, 107. Adams, John Quincy, reports plans of disunion in New England, 107. Addis, Thomas, clothier, 133.
"Aerial Phaeton," erected in 1827, 125.
Africa, Cash, negro, contracts with Col. Tallmadge, 152.
Africa, Jeph., negro servant of Judah Champion, 152.
Agard, Hezekiah, contributes gun, 74. Agard, Rev. Horace, Methodist minister, 200.
"Age of Homespun," Centennial
Sermon by Bushnell, 50. Agricultural Society, 264. Alarm of 1777, 83, 84. Albany, N. Y., appeal for aid from, 86; Daily Stage line to, 95.
Alcohol, Oliver Wolcott's advice to his son about, 156.
Allen, Du Val, wounded in Harjes ambulance service, 258. Allen, Ethan, native of Litchfield, 7T.
Allen, John, eminent lawyer, sketch of, 159; member of Congress, 100; his reason for taking a Democratic paper, 165; signs pledge (1789), 158.
Allen, Nathaniel, on 1720 map, i; in Beebe's company, 74; dies in Sugar House prison, 77.
Altar Guild, St. Paul's Church, 340. Alvord, Mrs. Henry C., contributor for Morris, ix.
Ambulance drivers in French ser. vice, 258.
American Eagle (1822; removed to New Haven 1826) newspaper, 138. American Legion, 323 ; portrait group of, 261.
American Mining Co .. 215. American Union Co., acquires Humiston's telegraph patents,
188.
Ammunition stored at Litchfield in Revolution, 86.
Amphibolite gneiss, rock of which Mount Tom is made, 4.
Amusements, Chapter on, 121.
André, John, captured by Col. Tallmadge, 89.
Andrews, Gov. Charles B., advocates married women's rights, 106.
Andrews, John, finds lead, 8.
Andros, Sir Edmund, arrival of, 7.
Angier, Roswell P., a donor of Conn. Jr. Republic buildings, 273. Animals of Litchfield, 172.
Appendix, 277; contents of, 279.
Architecture in Litchfield, 240.
Area of township, I.
Armistice celebrations (1918), 259. Armory Hall, formerly Con- gregational Church, 195; used as a rink, 268.
Arnold, Benedict, his Quebec expe- dition, 71.
Arrowheads, Indian relics, 17.
Artesian water in faulted rock, 5. Asbury, Bishop (Methodist) preaches in St. Michael's, 199. Ashley, Timothy, editor of The Witness, 138, 164.
Assembly, grants rights in Litchfield, 24.
Association agreement of Con- tinental Congress adopted by town, 70.
Atwater, Hist. of Plymouth, quoted, 107.
Aurora, county Democratic paper, 165.
Austin, Enos, dies in Sugar Housc prison, 77.
Automobile, influence of, on Litch- field customs, 242.
Averill, J. K., publishes The Republican, 139. Awowas, Indian grantor, 9.
Bacon, Asa, lawyer, 214.
Bacon, Caleb, tanner, 131.
Bakewell, Prof. Chas. M., speaks af War Bureau rally (1918), 251. Baldwin, Ensign Abner, in French war, 48.
Baldwin, Rev. Ashbel, quartermaster at Litchfield, 79; rector of St. Michael's (1785). 198.
Baldwin, Isaac, pre-Revolutionary lawyer, 100; captain in French war, 48; first county clerk, 46, 149.
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Baldwin, George H., publishes The Sentinel (1866-'67), 139.
Baldwin, John M., publishes The Sun, 138.
Baldwin, Katharine, librarian, 271. Becket Gneiss, rock north and Baldwin, Gov. Simeon, on the Litch- west of Litchfield, 2, 3. field Law School, 102. Beckwith, Gail, in war with Spain, 273.
Baldwin, William F., on committec to buy volunteer's supplies, 218. Balls, in 1789, 121.
Bank of North America, Oliver Wolcott, Jr., first pres. of, 146. Phoenix branch, 165; First National, 166; lists of officers (1920), 341.
Bantam, American Legion in, 261, 323; armistice celebration in, 260; as a factory centre, 269; Board of Trade, 336; Borough officers, 335; carousal at store in, 160; Baptist Church in, 200; Baptist clergymen in, 296; Episcopal Church, 198; Episco- pal Church Societies, 340; Episcopal clergymen in, 294; Fire Department, 334; Indian name, 2, II; industries of, 129, 342; Library Club, 328; Metho. dist Church Societies, 339; Methodist clergymen in, 296; postmasters of, 309; rally for Third Liberty Loan, 249; sketch of, 190.
Bantam Ball Bearing Co., 192, 343. Bantam Lake, 1, 273; boats on, 127; illus., 5.
Bantam, Ohio, named from Bantam, Conn., 191.
Bantam River, use granted, 44.
Bantam River Club Co., 332.
Bantam shad (pickerel), 177.
Baptist church, 200; in Bantam, 193; list of clergymen, 296.
Barber, Francis, plants elms, 170. Barber's "Historical Collections,"
1836, illus. from, 25.
Barnes, John S., pres. Northfield Knife Co., 188.
Barney, Newcomb C., stables de- scribed, 266.
Barnum, P. T., mines for copper in The Pitch, 214.
Barrett, Frank, an organizer of Litchfield Rifles, 247.
Baseball in Litchfield, 267, 333.
Bass in Bantam Lake, 177.
Bates, Ephraim, joins British, 84. Batterson, James G., pupil of Catlin's Northfield school, 187; marble worker, 133; pres. in- surance co., 133.
Batterson, Simeon S .. marble-yard proprietor, 133.
Beach, Barnias, dies on way home from Sugar House prison, 76. Beach, David, advertises for stray cattle, 174.
Beach, James, dies in Military ser- vice (1776), 75.
Beach, John, of Woodbury, joins British, 84.
Beach, Col. Miles, jeweler, 129.
Beach, Milo, camp near his house, 170.
Beach, Noah, survivor of Sugar House prison, 77.
Beach, Theron, marries Lucy Sheldon, 120.
Bears in Litchfield (1760-'70), 175, 176.
Beck with, Dr. J. G., examining Physician of draft (1863), 218. Beckwith, Nathaniel Brown, School- master, 144.
Bedient, Zalmon, barber, 128.
Beebe, Capt. Bezaleel, returns from Colonial wars, 65; sent to de- fend N. Y., 73; roster of his company, 74; captured at Fort Washington, Nov. 16, 1776, 76; visits his men in British prisons, 77; still in captivity
(April 1777), 83; recruiting officer (as major) of 6th. Bri- gade at Litchfield (Sept. 1777), 87.
Beebe, Philip Schuyler, on com - mittee to buy volunteers' supplies (1861), 218.
Beechcr, Catherine E., quoted, 34; writes of her father's tree- planting sermon, 168; ancedote of Judge Reeve, 109; on Pierce school theatricals, 123.
Beecher, Rev. Henry Ward, in boy - hood, 34; quoted, 38; praises Litchfield trees, 172; account of Col. Tallmadge quoted, 135.
Beecher, Rev. Dr. Lyman, Auto- biography, viii; notice of, 33; portrait, 33; anecdotes of, 36; his church, 28; on school committee, 97; appears on stage by accident, 123; praise of Litchfield women, 148; his crusade against drink, 156; temperance attitude, 160; approves disestablishment, 167; inspires tree-planting, I68; preaches Judge Reeve's funeral sermon, 102.
Beecher, Mrs. Lyman, on Gov. Wolcott, 147.
Beecher, elms, illus., 170.
Bcecher House, 35; removed to Spring Hill, 112.
Beechers, graduates of Morris Academy, 181.
Beers, Prof. Henry A., 213.
Beers, Julia, Catholic convert, 201. Beers, Seth Preston, at Litchfield Law School, 107; on Litchfield longevity, 120; first pres. county historical society, 213; sketch of, 213.
Bellamy, Rev. Dr. Joseph, quoted, 32.
"Bench and Bar of Litchfield," viii. Benedict, Daniel, survivor of Sugar House prison, 77.
Bennett, Samuel, grist mill, 342.
Bennett, William, drowned in Great Pond, 126.
Benton, Amos, Sr., secs bear, 176.
Benton, Amos. C., unearths Indian implements, 17.
Benton. Horatio, residence, South Farms, illus., 179. Berkshire Ice Co., Bantam Lake, 192.
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Berkshire schist, rock north of
Prospect Mt., 4.
Bethlehem, comprised in Indian "Bantam", II. Betts, Henry E. B., associate edi- tor The Enquirer, 139. Bi-Centennial celebration (1920), vii. Biglow, Chas., burgess, 260.
"Billy Bobtail," newspaper nickname for Col. Tallmadge, 164.
Bird, John, of South Farms, adver- tises runaway slave, 152.
Bird, Jos., on 1720 map, ii; first collector, 38; builds "mount", 20. Bird, Dr. Scth, on committee to ex- amine surgeons (1776), 81. Birge, J., on 1720 map, i.
Bishop, Chas. B., as horseman, 267.
Bishop, Mabel, aid acknowledged, ix.
Bissell. Benjamin, in Beebe's com- pany, 74.
Bissell,. Elias, wheel-factory on Harris Plain, 132.
Bissell, Mrs. L. " P., aid ac- knowledged, ix; collects money by "crucible," 252.
Bissell, Capt. William, 189; Com- mands Litchfield company (1862), 220.
Bissell, Zebulon, in Beebe's com- pany, 74; dies on way home from North Church prison, 77; had built "red-house" used as first Pierce school building, 112.
Bissell House ( formerly Welch House), 189; illus., 185.
Blakesley, Tilley, Lieut. in Bradley's company, 78.
Blizzard of 1888. 206; of 1779, 207.
Blockade of Boston deplored in town-meeting, 70.
Board of Trade, Bantam, 336.
Boardman, David S., sketch of John Allen, 159.
Boars, regulated by vote (1791), 173. Bolles, George, tavern keeper, 96. Bonus voted to Litchfield soldiers (1777), 81; for volunteers, (1861), 218.
Borough of Litchfield, list of build- ings in, 344.
Borough officers, 335.
Borough of Bantam, 192.
Borough Hall, Bantam, 192.
Boston, Lyman Beecher's pastorate in, 33; resolution in aid of, 70.
Bostwick, Arthur Elmore, aid ac- knowledged, ix; Chapter by, 230.
Bostwick, Dr. David E., Circulat- ing Library organized in his house, 326; house (illus.,) 48. Bostwick, Mrs. David E., Anecdote of, 230.
Bostwick, Elmore Mc. N., in Harjes ambulance service, 259.
Boswell, Rev. Geo. C., "Book of Days," viii; quoted, 199.
Boulders deposited, 5.
Boundaries of town specified in Indian deed, 12.
Bounties offered for wolves and snakes, 175.
Bounties for Civil-war volunteers, 218; raised to $200 each, 219. Bowling alleys, 126, 127.
Boy Scouts of America, 323; in Wel- come Home procession ( 1919), 261. Boy's Club, St. Paul's Church, 340. Brace, John Pierce, 34; associate in Pierce school, 113.
Brace, Rev. Jonathan, preaches Wolcott funeral sermon, 204.
Bradley, Capt. Abraham, appraiser, 74; commands company, 78.
Bradley, Almon B., killed at Cold Harbor, 224.
Bradley's Tavern, Bantam, party at (1816), 118; carousals at (1826), 160.
Bradleyville, name for western Ban- tam, 190; schoolhouse there now a henhouse, 193.
Brahen, Mae, yeowoman, 259.
Braman and Kilbourne, fulling mill, 132.
Brand for horses (figure 9), 15. Branding of domestic animals, 174. Bray, Michael, killed at Cold Har- bor, 224.
Brennan, Clare, yeowoman, 259.
Brenon, Mr. and Mrs., John, slack wire performance, (1789), 124.
Bretton, Prof. W. E., Tree Notes, 169.
Brewster Rev. Wm. J., aid ac. knowledged, ix; conducts Near East Drive, 252; invites armistice celebrators into church, 259.
Brick yard in Litchfield, 134. Bridewell prison, 77.
British army, regarded as ineffi - cient, 69.
British settlers in Litchfield after the Revolution, 90.
Brooke, Lord, 7.
Brooker, Andrew J., killed at Cold Harbor, 224.
Brown, John, "of Ossawatomie," graduate of Morris Academy, 181; sketch of, 183.
Brown, Nathaniel, joiner, 130.
Brown, Salmon, brother of John, 183.
Brown, Stephen, in Beebe's com- pany, 74.
Brownell, Bishop T. C., consecrates Northfield Church, 186.
Brownson, Elisha, died on way home from Sugar House prison, 77.
Brun, Mdlle., French teacher, 237.
Brush Hill, wolf-pit near, 176. Buck, Ezekiel, early settler, 15.
Buck, E., on 1720 map, i.
Buck, J., on 1720 map, i.
Buckingham, Gov. Wm. A., raises seven regiments, 1861, 218.
Buell, David, builds Phelps Tavern (1787), 96.
Buel, David, holds trade conference (1798), 133.
Buel, Elizabeth C. Barney (Mrs. John L.), lectures, ix; editor, III; state regent, D. A. R. (portrait), 248.
Buel, Dr. Henry W. (portrait), 233; assists to revive Litchfield Institute. 237; stables described, 266; buys Beecher house, 112.
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Buel, Deacon John, on map 1720, i; settler of Litchfield, 14; on com- mittee to hire a minister, 27; early selectman, 38; town of Goshen organized at his house, 45; sketch of, 440.
Buel, Mrs. John, inscription on her tombstone, 211.
Buel, Dr. John Laidlaw, heads Red Cross home service, 260; portrait, 260.
Buel, John W., mines for Copper, 215.
Buel, Mary, donor to Junior Re- public, 273.
Buel, Capt. Salmon, centenarian, 212; wounded at Wilton, 84; account of Washington's visit, 89; sees deer, 176.
Buel, Capt. Solomon, in French war, 48; marries Eunice Gris- wold, 43.
Buel Council, officers of, 319.
Buel-Marsh reunion, 212.
Buel sanitarium, on site of Mili- tary depot, 79; includes Beecher homestead, 112.
Bulkeley, Alice T., "Historic Litch- field," viii; quoted, 176.
Bulkley, David, wood-carver, 130; plants trees in West Park, 171. Bulkley, David C., quoted, 34;
Bulkley and Cooke, cabinet makers, I30.
Bull, "Aunt," boarding house for Pierce pupils, 115.
Bull, Dorothy, aid acknowledged, viii; author of Chapter VII., 65; chapter on Modern Litchfield, 263.
Bunce, I., editor, 30; publishes news- papers, 138.
Bunnell, Corp. Franklin M., mor- tally wounded at Winchester, 225.
Burgess, Loring, plays flute, 119. Burgoyne. Sir John, surrenders at Saratoga, 87.
Burke, Patrick C., first selectman, 260.
Burnham, Mrs. Gordon W., orga- nizes Red Cross fete, 246.
Burr, Aaron, enlists, 71; disguised messenger, 72; student of Judge Reeve, 101.
Burr, Maj., sends men to Litch- field, 22.
Burrell, Mrs. Chas., as horsewoman, 267.
Bushnell, Rev. Horace, Centennial sermon, "Age of Homespun," commended, 48; printed nearly in full, 50; develops state parks, 188. Business and Professional lists, 1920, 314.
Busk, Frederick W., in Harjes am- bulance service, 258.
Busk, Lieut. Joseph R., wounded and awarded D. S. C., 257.
Butler, Charles, wax-work ex- hibition, 124.
Butler, Rev. David, Episcopal min- ister. 120.
Button mill in Milton, 133.
Buttonwood trees, symbolizing The States, 169.
Byrne, Rev. M., first resident R. C. pastor, 201.
Cabinet-makers in Litchfield, 130, Caesar, Oliver Wolcott's slave, freed, 152.
Calkins, Benj., on 1720 map, ii.
Calhoun, John C., at Litchfield Law Schools, 107; plants elms, 169.
Camels on exhibition (1791), 124.
Camp, Rev. Joseph E., first Episco- pal minister in Northfield, 186; as a teacher, 187.
Camp Columbia, I, 273.
Camp Devens, first detachment leaves for, 253.
Camp Dutton, rendezvous of county regiment (1862), 220; monument at, 269.
Camp on Bantam road, 170.
Canaan, rivalry with Litchfield, 46. Canaan Turnpike, 95.
Canfield, Samuel, in Beebe's com- pany, 74.
Canfield sisters, of Sharon, pupils of Pierce school, 119.
Canning, Committee on, 248. . Canoe Club, 332.
Canoeing as a sport, 243.
Canstanawacta (Bantam Club, 328. Library)
Carding mills in Litchfield, 132. Carriage-making in Litchfield, 130; in Bantam, 191.
Carter, Howard W., aid ac. knowledged, ix.
Catholic, see also ROMAN CATHOLIC. Catholic Women's Benevolent Le- gion, 321.
Catlin, Alexander, chosen constable, 82; and Moses, build second court house, 96.
Catlin, Candace, wife of Morris Woodruff, 210.
Catlin, Daniel, postmaster at North. field, 187; builds school, 187.
Catlin, Lieut. Eli., in French war, 48. Catlin, Franklin H., pres. Northfield Knife Co., 188.
Catlin, George, engraving of Judge Reeve, 100.
Catlin, Grove, anecdote of, 119; daughter Flora, 119; see also CATLIN'S TAVERN.
Catlin, J. Howard, secretary North- field Knife Co., 188.
Catlin, John, first county treasurer (1751), 46.
Catlin, Deacon John, opens school in Northfield (1845), 187.
Catlin, Thomas, appraiser, 74; lieut. in Bradley's company, 78; dep- osition made by, 78.
Catlin's Tavern, (afterward Man. sion House, q. v). elephant ex- hibited at, (1806), 125; view from, IIO.
Cattey, Henry, killed in action in France, 256.
Cedar Creek, Litchfield reg't at, 224.
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Cemeteries of Litchfield, 201 ; of Milton, 189; of Northfield, 186; of South Farms, 178; pasturage in, 178, 186.
Cemetery Associations, 203, 334.
Centenarian (Salmon Buel), 212. Centenarians in Milton, 205.
Centennial of 1851 (illus.) 211; St. Michael's, 212; of the county, 212; of the churches, 212; of Indepen- dence, 213.
Center Park, planned by Mary Pierce, 171.
Certificates, French, distributed 261.
Champion, Col. Henry, accompanies supply train, 88.
Champion, Rev. Judah, 28, 32; be- gins pastorate, 65; prays God to destroy British, 85; sketch by Rev. Frank J. Goodwin quoted, 72; described by Oliver Wolcott, Jr .. 145; his equivocal prayer for Jefferson, 163; rudely treated at Democratic festival. 165.
Champlin, John D., Jr., edits The Sentinel (1865-'69), 130; his sanctum, 235; author of "Chron- icles of Sirrom," 233.
Chapel, Caleb, on 1720 map, i.
Chapman, Rev. Adelbert P., rector Trinity Church, Northfield, con- ducts summer home (1901-17), I86.
Chapman, Mr., principal of Morris Academy (1820-'31), 185.
Charter of Charles II, 7. Charter Oak, 8.
Chase, Rev. Amos, donation party to (1798). 35.
Chase H. S .. buys Echo Farm, 265. Cheney, Silas E., (d. 1820), cab- inet maker, 130.
Chester, Caroline, pupil at Pierce School, diary quoted, 114, 147; her late hours, 117; account of tavern party, 118.
Chestnut Hill. home-lots on, 15; fort or garrison on, 26; settlement or., 40; pest house on, 41; coach fac- tory on, 130; site of camp Dutton (1862), 220.
Chief Justices; Seymour, 214; Sey- mour and Andrews, 231.
China Trading Co. of Litchfield, I37.
Christening-bowl given to Cong. Church by Col. Tallmadge, 37.
Christian Endeavor Society, 337.
"Chronicles of Sirrom," political pamphlet, 233.
"Chronicles of a Pioneer School," viii.
Church centennials, 212.
Church, first, 15.
Church of England, see EPISCOPAL Church, Judge Samuel, address at county centennial, 212; quoted, 17; roll-call of county bar, 99.
Churches of Litchfield (chapter), 195; in Bantam, 193; in Milton, 189; in Northfield, 186; in early times, 58.
Churches, see also BAPTIST, CON- GREGATIONAL, EPISCOPAL, METHO- DIST, ROMAN CATIIOLIC.
Churchill, Sergeant Joseph, com- mands scouts at Litchfield, 22. Chusqunnoag, Indian grantor, 12.
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