Authors: Hamilton, Clarissa.
Year: 1855
Subjects: Hamilton, Clarissa.; Abandoned children Connecticut.; Child sexual abuse Connecticut.; Children Death; Sisters United States; Women Health and hygiene United States.; Women Societies and clubs.; Somers (Conn.) Social life and customs
Abstract: Collection contains family correspondence, mostly from Clarissa Hamilton to her sister, Helen, describing births, deaths, and general health issues; activities of the Ladies Benevolent Society and church affairs; and a solar eclipse in 1869. Hamilton also writes about the abandonment of an infant in the woods, and a pedophile who had been preying on young girls in Somers for several years.