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Kent Memorial Library
Suffield, Connecticut
Explore this community history collection to discover the people, places, organizations, and events of Suffield.
1670 to 1922Dates represented
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37,554Archive pages
Historical pages reported for this collection.
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Discover the people, places, and stories of Suffield, Connecticut.
Get to know Suffield, Connecticut in earlier years through newspapers as well as financial and tax records shared in the Kent Memorial Library's digital archive. Its one hundred forty-four titles include material from 1670 to 1922. The collection also includes court and legal records as well as family history and genealogy.
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A selection from Kent Memorial Library: “Account Book And Index, Mather And Loomis, 1882 to 1890” as well as “No 2, John Winchell, 1763”.
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An earlier generation comes into view through the stories its newspapers chose to report, placing familiar names and events within the concerns of their time.
Historical newspapers can connect a family name with the events and everyday concerns of an earlier time, offering more than a date or a name on its own. Bring a family connection, a question about a familiar place or an interest in local history, and see where the sources lead. Explore the archive online for free, without a subscription.
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Titles in this collection
Browse one hundred forty-four titles and 37,554 digitized pages, with material from 1670 to 1922. A partnership between Kent Memorial Library and Advantage Archives makes this collection available. Some years or items may be missing between the dates shown.
A family story or a question about a familiar place can lead somewhere unexpected. Browse the titles below and see which detail draws you in.
Account Book And Index, Mather And Loomis, 1882 to 1890
604 pages in 1882
Account Book First School Society, 1833 to 1856
108 pages in 1833
Account Book For Making Cigar Cases And Wagon Repairs Aretas Olds, 1837 to 1839
24 pages in 1837
Account Book Including Inventory Of Stock For S Pomeroy And Co, 1838
38 pages in 1838
Account Book Kept By Treasuer Of Society First School Society, 1786 to 1858
216 pages in 1786
Account Book Kept By Treasurer Of Society First School Society, 1797 to 1873
272 pages in 1797
Account Book Loomis And Company Journal, 1850 to 1860
358 pages in 1850
Account Book No 1, Sylvester Pomeroy, 1845
30 pages in 1845
Account Book No 2, Sylvester Pomeroy, 1848
8 pages in 1848
Account Book Of Ezekiel Rising Hatter, Ezekiel Rising, 1819 to 1820
62 pages in 1819
Account Book Of Farm Work, John Hughes Norton, 1865 to 1868
204 pages in 1865
Account Book Of Mdse Bot Of Horace Sheldon 2d, Sylvester Pomeroy, 1857 to 1859
56 pages in 1857
Account Book Of Notes, William Gay, 1809 to 1833
358 pages in 1809
Account Book Of The Sheldon Street School, 1827 to 1898
292 pages in 1827
Account Book Second School Society Center District, 1799 to 1815
46 pages in 1799
Account Book Suffield Block Association, 1849 to 1872
50 pages in 1849
Account Book With Endress And Nicholas For Mdse, Sylvester Pomeroy, 1868 to 1869
54 pages in 1868
Account Book With Index, Geo Hancock, 1870 to 1877
48 pages in 1870
Account Book With Newton And Pomeroy General Store, John W Loomis, 1867 to 1870
46 pages in 1867
Account Book, Abel Rising, 1800 to 1847
218 pages in 1800
Account Book, Alfred Sikes, 1828 to 1880
272 pages in 1828
Account Book, Apollos Fuller, 1819 to 1846
204 pages in 1819
Account Book, Apollos Hastings, 1802 to 1874
172 pages in 1802
Account Book, Apollos King, 1791 to 1803
260 pages in 1791
Account Book, Asahel King, 1799 to 1833
178 pages in 1799
Account Book, Austin T C And Sons, 1906 to 1911
548 pages in 1906
Account Book, Austin T C And Sons, 1910 to 1920
740 pages in 1910
Account Book, Daniel Norton, 1790 to 1842
314 pages in 1790
Account Book, David Sikes, 1797 to 1822
88 pages in 1797
Account Book, Ebenezer Southwell, 1786 to 1810
240 pages in 1786
Account Book, Elias And Orrin Harmon, 1816 to 1834
124 pages in 1816
Account Book, Frederick Sikes, 1847 to 1866
146 pages in 1847
Account Book, Gustavus Austin, 1823 to 1836
216 pages in 1823
Account Book, Horatio K Nelson, 1856 to 1892
162 pages in 1856
Account Book, John Fitch Parsons, 1804 to 1825
262 pages in 1804
Account Book, John H King
74 pages in 1901
Account Book, John Jr Morrow, 1790 to 1821
232 pages in 1790
Account Book, John McMorran, 1754 to 1882
404 pages in 1754
Account Book, Joseph And Roger Moor, 1765 to 1783
146 pages in 1765
Account Book, Joseph Howard, 1783 to 1866
344 pages in 1783
Account Book, Martin Sheldon, 1801 to 1846
292 pages in 1801
Account Book, Mary Dewey Nelson, 1922 to 1939
74 pages in 1922
Account Book, Nathan Clark, 1854 to 1873
124 pages in 1854
Account Book, Nathaniel Rising, 1785 to 1828
146 pages in 1785
Account Book, Parkes Loomis, 1829 to 1843
130 pages in 1829
Account Book, Robert Sikes, 1846 to 1876
206 pages in 1846
Account Book, Rufus Hatheway, 1807 to 1833
182 pages in 1807
Account Book, S Pomery And Co, 1856 to 1858
40 pages in 1856
Account Book, Samuel Hanchett, 1818 to 1828
274 pages in 1818
Account Book, Seth King, 1799 to 1805
210 pages in 1799
Account Book, Thaddeus Leavitt, 1782 to 1784
278 pages in 1782
Account Book, Thaddeus Leavitt, 1793 to 1801
614 pages in 1793
Account Book, Verannus Stevens, 1807 to 1823
246 pages in 1807
Account Book, William Fuller, 1832 to 1857
100 pages in 1832
Account Book, William Gay, 1824 to 1834
98 pages in 1824
Account Books Nos 1 2 3 4 5 6 And 7, Artemas King, 1832 to 1871
694 pages in 1832
Account Books With Pomeroy And Mather For Mdse, Sylvester Pomeroy, 1873 to 1875
78 pages in 1873
Account Of Stilling Distilling Account Book, Israel And Julius Harmon, Oct 1822 to 1840
158 pages in 1822
Account With Loomis And Co General Store, Daniel W Norton, 1857
16 pages in 1857
Accounts, Charles Allen, 1862
36 pages in 1862
Accounts, Leavitt And Brunson, 1796
372 pages in 1796
Accounts, Leavitt And Hatheway, 1785
584 pages in 1785
Accounts, Tod And Leavitt Hathaway, 1774
334 pages in 1774
Albert Kent, 1805 to 1836
98 pages in 1805
Bank Books And Account Books, Artemas King, 1865 to 1875
60 pages in 1865
Book 1 10, Daniel W Norton, Dec 1 1815 to 1842
552 pages in 1815
Book No 1 Account Book Of A Drapery Shop In Windsor, Timothy Mather, 1816 to 1818
104 pages in 1816
Book No 2 Account Book Of A Drapery Shop In Windsor, Timothy Mather, 1819 to 1821
174 pages in 1819
Book No 3 Account Book Of A Drapery Shop In Windsor, Timothy Mather, 1820 to 1828
388 pages in 1820
Builder And Cabinet Maker Eliphalet King, 1769 to 1820
282 pages in 1769
C 14 1 Miscellaneous Millbook, John Fitch Parsons, 1864
28 pages in 1864
C 14 4 Account Book E A Fuller, John Fitch Parsons
102 pages in 1901
Cash Book, Austin T C And Sons, 1897 to 1899
74 pages in 1897
Cash Book, Benjamin Sheldon, 1865 to 1874
182 pages in 1865
Cash Book, Benjamin Sheldon, 1874 to 1880
222 pages in 1874
Cash Book, John Wells Loomis, 1852 to 1858
156 pages in 1852
Cash Book, John Wells Loomis, 1858 to 1863
156 pages in 1858
Cash Book, John Wells Loomis, 1863 to 1865
154 pages in 1863
Cash Book, John Wells Loomis, 1872 to 1876
140 pages in 1872
Christopher Taylor, 1715 to 1774
98 pages in 1774
Court Cases Account Book, William Gay, 1810 to 1824
64 pages in 1810
Court Record Account Book, William Gay, 1809 to 1830
204 pages in 1809
Day Book No 10, Mather And Graves, Aug 1885 to Nov 1885
458 pages in 1885
Day Book No 11, Mather And Graves, Jan 1886 to Aug 1886
460 pages in 1886
Day Book No 12, Mather And Graves, Aug 1886 to Feb 1887
458 pages in 1886
Day Book No 12, Mather And Graves, Feb 1884 to Sept 1884
616 pages in 1884
Day Book No 13, Mather And Graves, Feb 1887 to Aug 1887
492 pages in 1887
Day Book No 14, Mather And Graves, Aug 1887 to Jan 1888
494 pages in 1887
Day Book No 15, Mather And Graves, Jan 1888 to Nov 1888
378 pages in 1888
Day Book No 2, Mather And Graves, Sep 1884 to Feb 1885
454 pages in 1884
Day Book No 4, Oliver Mather, 1808 to 1809
198 pages in 1808
Day Book No 5, Oliver Mather, Feb 12 to Sept 17 1814
198 pages in 1814
Day Book No 9, Mather And Graves, Feb 1885 to Aug 1885
458 pages in 1885
Day Book, Austin T C And Sons, 1868 to 1876
110 pages in 1868
Day Book, Austin T C And Sons, 1882 to 1889
270 pages in 1882
Day Book, Austin T C And Sons, 1905
638 pages in 1905
Day Book, Chester R J Babcock, June 1 1884 to Nov 1894
136 pages in 1884
Day Book, Curtis And Nichols, 1841 to 1843
184 pages in 1841
Day Book, Horatio K Nelson, 1835 to 1855
186 pages in 1835
Day Book, Jesse Sikes, 1834 to 1837
52 pages in 1834
Day Book, Julius Sheldon, 1831 to 1838
100 pages in 1831
Day Book, Leavitt And Hathaway, 1787
382 pages in 1787
Day Book, Leavitt And Hathaway, 1789 to 1790
288 pages in 1789
Day Book, Leavitt And Hathaway, 1791 to 1795
194 pages in 1791
Day Book, Leavitt And Hatheway, 1790
278 pages in 1790
Day Book, Luther Loomis, 1817 to 1866
512 pages in 1817
Day Book, Martin Sheldon, 1800 to 1816
168 pages in 1800
Day Book, O W Kellog, 1852 to 1857
394 pages in 1852
Day Book, Thaddeus Leavitt, 1773
634 pages in 1773
Day Book, Thaddeus Leavitt, 1774 to 1782
402 pages in 1774
Day Book, Thaddeus Leavitt, 1793
392 pages in 1793
Day Book, Thaddeus Leavitt, 1794
482 pages in 1794
Day Book, Timothy Phelps, 1791 to 1796
292 pages in 1791
Delphina Hammer Clark Notebook Volume 1, Suffield Property and Family Research, 1670 to 1952
496 pages in 1670
Delphina Hammer Clark Notebook Volume 10, Suffield Property and Family Research, 1670 to 1952
628 pages in 1670
Delphina Hammer Clark Notebook Volume 11, Suffield Property and Family Research, 1670 to 1952
722 pages in 1670
Delphina Hammer Clark Notebook Volume 2, Suffield Property and Family Research, 1670 to 1952
706 pages in 1670
Delphina Hammer Clark Notebook Volume 3, Suffield Property and Family Research, 1670 to 1952
196 pages in 1670
Delphina Hammer Clark Notebook Volume 4, Suffield Property and Family Research, 1670 to 1952
1,036 pages in 1670
Delphina Hammer Clark Notebook Volume 5, Suffield Property and Family Research, 1670 to 1952
304 pages in 1670
Delphina Hammer Clark Notebook Volume 6, Suffield Property and Family Research, 1670 to 1952
888 pages in 1670
Delphina Hammer Clark Notebook Volume 7, Suffield Property and Family Research, 1670 to 1952
394 pages in 1670
Delphina Hammer Clark Notebook Volume 8, Suffield Property and Family Research, 1670 to 1952
568 pages in 1670
Delphina Hammer Clark Notebook Volume 9, Suffield Property and Family Research, 1670 to 1952
702 pages in 1670
Fish Book, George A Douglas, 1862
46 pages in 1862
His Book, Daniel W Norton, 1812
150 pages in 1812
Invoices Of Powder, Parkes Loomis, 1834 to 1845
182 pages in 1834
Journal For A Shop And Tavern, Luill And Co Brown, 1769 to 1773
164 pages in 1768
Kellogg, Wolcott Oliver, M D
152 pages in 1901
Ledger Index
50 pages in 1901
Ledger, Daniel Graham, 1791 to 1793
140 pages in 1791
Ledger, Leavitt And Hathaway, 1790
524 pages in 1790
Memorandum Book Of Accounts No 1, Sylvester Pomeroy, 1861
190 pages in 1861
Memorandum Book Of Accounts No 2, Sylvester Pomeroy, 1862
156 pages in 1862
Memorandum Book Of Accounts No 3, Sylvester Pomeroy, 1864
156 pages in 1864
Memorandum Book Of Accounts No 4, Sylvester Pomeroy, 1865
126 pages in 1865
Memorandum For Buying Trip To N Y For S Pomeroy And Co, Sylvester Pomeroy, 1837 to 1838
36 pages in 1837
Newgate Prison, 1811 to 1827
292 pages in 1811
No 2, John Winchell, 1763
8 pages in 1763
Note Book Account of Notes, William Gay, 1797
278 pages in 1797
Order Book, Austin T C And Sons, 1889
154 pages in 1889
Pass Book With Loomis And Lymen And Loomis And Co, William Rising, 1826 to 1827
22 pages in 1826
Record Book of Bank Bills Received, Thad Jr Leavitt, 1799 to 1800
368 pages in 1799
Record Book, John Winchell, 1759 to 1792
220 pages in 1759
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- The Kent Shopper (2000-2020)
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About The Kent Memorial Library
The Kent Memorial Library serves as a vital educational resource for the community, committed to fostering a love of reading and learning. With a mission focused on providing open access to information, the library serves approximately 10,000 residents. It houses over 50,000 physical items alongside a digital collection that exceeds 1,000,000 items . This extensive array includes books, DVDs, periodicals, and various digital resources. The library continually embraces new technologies, offering patrons a range of electronic resources and access to computers, along with training opportunities designed for all ages. The dedicated team is led by a Director appointed by a Library Board of Trustees, consisting of five elected members who serve staggered five-year terms. Board meetings are typically held on the first Tuesday of each month at 7:00 PM within the library.
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Established as a community cornerstone, the Kent Memorial Library has evolved significantly since its inception. Initially designed to meet the needs of local residents with a modest collection, it has transformed into a crucial educational institution that embodies the shared history of Kent and its surrounding areas. Over the years, the library has been the recipient of numerous grants and donations that have supported both its growth and the digitization of its collections. The library is organized into several departments, including Administration, Adult Services, Youth Services, Technical Services, and Circulation Services, employing a blend of full-time and part-time staff. Its operating revenue primarily comes from property taxes, supplemented by grants, donations, and fees. The fiscal year runs from July 1 to June 30, with a levy request submitted annually in August to the local government office.
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Kent, Connecticut, is steeped in history and exemplifies the charm of rural New England. Nestled in Litchfield County, the area has a rich agricultural past and a strong community spirit. The town has been a site for various cultural and social events that celebrate its heritage, providing residents and visitors with opportunities to engage in local traditions and learn about the region’s historical significance.
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The Kent Memorial Library hosts an annual community event, bringing together families to celebrate reading and learning. Notably, Kent was once a gathering place for early settlers, significantly contributing to agricultural advancements in central Connecticut. The library also plays a vital role in providing genealogical resources, assisting individuals in tracing their family histories and connecting with their ancestral roots.
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Research Guidance
Compare accounts as you trace a story
If a story about Suffield has been passed down in your family or community, start with the detail you can check. Search the newspaper titles shared by the Kent Memorial Library for a name, place, or event and compare what each available report says before treating one account as the whole story. Use a report's date to look for earlier or later coverage where those issues are available. Compare what each account says and what it leaves out, treating a related mention as a lead rather than a complete history.
Compare each newspaper account with a nearby dated issue where available, noting what changes or stays consistent. Keep alternate versions and unresolved details visible rather than blending distinct sources into one story. Use those differences to frame a next question, not to settle the account before the sources support it.
Keep source details beside each quotation or observation. If accounts differ, preserve both references and note what remains unresolved. Let the evidence, rather than a smooth retelling, show where the sources agree and where the story is still open.
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Keeping local history a community resource
This community archive is made possible by the collaboration of the Kent Memorial Library, its community, and Advantage Archives. Together, these partnerships preserve local sources and give people a way to explore, learn from, and share the history around them.
Advantage Archives covers ongoing archive hosting, storage, development, and maintenance. The institution and its community do not pay a subscription, seat license, annual support contract, or other recurring archive-service charge. Local history remains a community resource, not a subscription to maintain.
Would you like to see more of your community's history preserved and accessible? Start a conversation with your library, newspaper publisher, historical or genealogical society, museum, or school about the materials they would like to share and a possible partnership with Advantage Archives.
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