The Stamford Historical Society: Inventoried Collection

IC014
Stamford, Town of: Papers of [excluding tax lists & school material]

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Folder 1

Title: List of Stray Animals
Date: 1788 - 1809
Donor:
Items:
Description: Possibly kept by the keeper of the Town Pound

Folder 2

Title: Meetings of the Freemen of the Town of Stamford, listing nominations for "Assistants" & other elections
Date: 1791 - 1818
Donor: Estate of Lewis D. Ruscoe
Items:
Description: September 20, 1791, for Assistants

May 10, 1800, " "
September 17, 1804, " "
April 7, 1806, " ", & Governor, Lieut. Governor, Secretary, Treasurer, & U.S. Representative
September 21, 1807, for Assistants
September 19, 1808, " "
September 18, 1809, " "
April 8, 1811, " "
September 16, 1811, " "
April 13, 1812, " "
September 20, 1813, " "
April 11, 1814, " ", & Governor
April 10, 1815, " "
September 16, 1816, " "
September 15, 1817, " "
April 13, 1818, " ", & Governor, Lieut. Governor, Secretary, & Treasurer
September 21, 1818, " "

Folder 3

Title: Minutes of Town Meeting Stamford, CT
Date: 1773 - 1806
Donor: Estelle F. Feinstein
Items:
Description: Xerox copy. Complete set of minutes from 1773 - 1806. Original records are in the Stamford Town Clerks Office.

Folder 4

Title: Minutes of Town Meeting Stamford, CT
Date: 1806 - 1862
Donor: Estelle F. Feinstein
Items:
Description: Xerox copy. Complete set of minutes from 1806 - 1862. Original records are in the Stamford Town Clerks Office.

Folder 5

Title: Annual Reports of the Selectmen of the Town of Stamford Account of Town Expenses Date: 1824 - 1860
Donor: Estate of Lewis D. Ruscoe
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Folder 6

Title: Meetings of the Civil Authority, Selectmen, Constables & Grand Jurors of the Town of Stamford
Date: 1843 - 1874
Donor: Estate of Lewis D. Ruscoe
Items:
Description: Meeting Dates

January 1843 January 1, 1844 January 6, 1845
January 5, 1846 January 4, 1847 January 3, 1848
January 1, 1849 January 7, 1850 January 6, 1851
January 5, 1852 January 3, 1853 January 2, 1854
January 1, 1855 January 7, 1856 January 5, 1857
January 4, 1858 January 3, 1859 January 2, 1860
January 7, 1861 January 6, 1862 January 5, 1863
January 4, 1864 January 2, 1865 January 1, 1866
January 7, 1867 January 6, 1868 January 4, 1869
January 3, 1870 January 2, 1871 January 1, 1872
January 5, 1874

Folder 7

Title: Minutes of the Town Hall Building Committee. John Day Ferguson, Secy.
Date: 1870
Donor: Estate of Lewis D. Ruscoe
Items:
Description: For references to this manuscript, see: Estelle F. Feinstein, Stamford in the Gilded Age - The Political Life of a Connecticut Town 1868 - 1893, 1973.

Folder 8

Title: Specification of the Scenery & rigging for the Stamford Town hall, H. Hudson Holly, Architect, 1876.
Date: 1876
Donor: Estate of Lewis D. Ruscoe
Items: 2
Description: Articles of agreement between the Town of Stamford and Jonathan Buxton and William Webb to finish the Stamford Town Hall January 26, 1876.

Folder 9

Title: Stamford Elections 1883 - 1888
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Folder 10

Title: City of Stamford Pay Roll, 1896
Date: 1896
Donor: L991g
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Folder 11

Title: Veterans' Graves Commission
Date: 1962 - 1967
Donor: G162c-5
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Folder 12

Title: Stamford Street Widening
Date: 1898 - 1913
Donor:
Items: 2
Description:

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INVENTORIED COLLECTION