Early American Historical Documents
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Framing and Scanning completed by:
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The Library has a collection of original, Early American historical documents available for scholarly or personal research. With a generous donation for the Lucia Tuttle Fritz Fund, a fund of the Northwest Connecticut Community Foundation, we were able to scan and frame a large portion of these documents.
The framed documents are located in the Large Print Room on the 1st Floor and are available to view during library hours. By displaying these items, all residents of Torrington and the Northwest Corner have the opportunity to view historically significant documents free of charge. The original documents have been preserved and are available to view:
Digitized DocumentsWe encourage scholars to access the documents digitally.
Click to view the following scanned documents (links are underlined). Documents are a high resolution and may take a few minutes to load. Signed discharge (front) by George Washington, circa 1781 Signed discharge (back) by George Washington, circa 1781 Signed letter by George Washington (front), circa 1781 Signed Letter by George Washington (back), 1781 Typed Transcription (PDF) Letter written by James Madison, circa 1815 Letter written by Daniel Webster, circa 1857 Envelope written by Daniel Webster, circa 1857 Land Deed (front) from Owen Brown, John Brown’s father, 1805 Land Deed (back) from Owen Brown, John Brown’s father, 1805 Hand written letter by John Brown, 1854 Hand written envelope by John Brown, 1854 Hand written letter by John Brown, October 1854 Hand written envelope by John Brown Hand written letters by John Brown, 1855 Envelope written by John Brown, 1855 Letter written (front) by John Burgoyne, circa 1777 Letter written (back) by John Burgoyne, circa 1777 Typed Transcription (PDF) Land deed (front) transferring property from Mr. Elisha Turner to the Torrington Library, circa 1899 Land deed (back) transferring property from Mr. Elisha Turner to the Torrington Library, circa 1899 This project was made possible by the
Lucia Tuttle Fritz Fund, a fund of 
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