History of Litchfield, CT

The History of Litchfield, Connecticut, 1720-1920.

by Alain C. White

(1920). 360+ pages. ISBN 0-9766342-7-9. It's been a big job, especially preparing the all-new index of this important volume, but White's History of Litchfield, CT is ready now! for information about ordering the History of Litchfield on CD-ROM.

White's History of Litchfield, Connecticut is an interesting one, no question about it. Alain White was a member of the White family that donated a magnificent preserve to the town of Litchfield, and we assume when he prepared his history of Litchfield he did not lack financial resources to get the job done right.

Civil War Triumphal Arch

The book was prepared for Litchfield's bi-centennial, at the behest of the Litchfield Historical Society, and White drew on several contributors in addition to his own considerable knowledge of the history of the community. The 75 page appendix containing everything from rolls of veterans, to lists of clergy of all the churches in town (not just the Congregational church as one frequently finds in this neck of the woods), to elected officials, to a whole range of organization officer lists (all the way from fire departments to an Italian mutual benefit group), to a comprehensive street directory.

In fact, the appendix of White's History of Litchfield would justify the project all by itself! It's excellent, and to the extent that our project was slow in appearing, it was because the appendix is so dense with names that indexing took a huge amount of time.

Many people like to see if a particular individual or place is mentioned in an old book, and we're happy to accommodate you if you fall in this group. Just to see a complete list of names of people and places mentioned in White's History of Litchfield.

White's History of Litchfield also contains abundant photographs -- 102 of them, plus an old map -- all of places and people significant in Litchfield's history. They are quite remarkable, and some of them are rare (such as the picture of the Civil War triumphal arch in Litchfield, seen above).

The book is significant in another way, too, in that it concentrates on more modern history -- namely the period following Woodruff's (1845) and Kilbourne's (1859) histories of Litchfield (as well as Boswell's Litchfield Book of Days). Thus, we consider this one a "must own" for anyone with an interest in Litchfield history from the Civil War through World War I.

We had originally planned to add other relevant Litchfield material to this CD-ROM, but republishing White's History pretty well filled the CD up. We do own a copy of Boswell's Litchfield Book of Days, and we plan to republish it eventually, perhaps as a download, so perhaps that will be a good opportunity to include the additional material. This includes relevant articles from "The Connecticut Guide" and some material from early editions of Connecticut Quarterly. We also have some old topographic maps and some postcard view of Litchfield that will be on the next one. Join our mailing list if you'd like us to notify you when that one is ready.

How to obtain White's History of Litchfield:

The CD-ROM, which includes White's History plus our all-new index, is available from Between the Lakes Group for $20.00. There are two convenient ways to order.

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Litchfield, CT history

The History of Litchfield, Connecticut, 1720-1920.

by Alain C. White

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