Litchfield enquirer., 1856-02-07

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 Ms Rssss, es.sakiag ihs chair, nsds sonas sppsepsists end iBrsrsssipg remsrks, s,s,isg bssay tAs dssisss sf ihs proposed assocja- sion. and referring io the sneeesss q similar sscisiiss is Massschssetis and New Ye.k.
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 .ofihe bsne6ts. ana advan,sxes of ,be Con. sectieut Historiesl society, psed not spesk. IL has doae ssd is dninR much fe fosief and carry aut ths lsgdabls designs contemplated sy ns 9oa1dsfs. But t is equally and per. hsps seeessayjly truc, that if exeifs very Infle irhusncc beyond ihe limits of Hartford Coun- y. within whch t is located. Indeed, iis ex- i.tencs is scarcsl, felt st a in this part of ,hs State, except by those who have occasion to visit Hariford for the purpose Of consulting its noble Library -for which, It is mainly in. dsbted to Dr Robbins, native and at present | resident of this county.
 To ebviste, ir. some degree. tho want ihus indicated. t s proposed to establish County HisicFicsl and Antiquarian Society, with . view of awakening sn historicai intesest in the minds of the people in this corner of the State, and through the medium of records, sooks. lectures, correspondence. and such other wass and means as may from tims 10 time be devised. bsing the advantages desi- vabietfom such an association. more immedi- sfsly within the reach of US all, oe
 Probably those Of ns who have hsd any. thing to do n the way of gathering historical and genesiOgicalfacis and statistics, have all felt | regret that the work had not been sooner begxn. Our county, and sIt the towns composing t, are s'iil in thei, tn (ancy and yst mary important facts are siready lost to us and q" tts = orld fos VI ne of chrcnieler. Oar aged people. whose memory goes back slm0st to the time when this caiirs region was . ssIdsfness, enc by one are leaving us and with them gre being buried stores of informa ton which such . Society ss the one con ssmplafsd would preserve from oblivion. A thossugh, e.stemstic effort even neas, may secure for sll time to come, much that wilI otherwise 6e irrecovarsbly lost. Nsso we may lay the foundations Of . more complete aud Psffecs Hisiory than any people of an. iiquisy could ever clsias fos ihemseives; snd the generations who may heresfIcr find ine,r He1es on these hills aad ia. these v4llies will mi have cause 10 lament that tho history of ~shew county is lost in traditions and fables.
 II should bs ous paspnse io gather up and prsss'ys lnSt only tho history of our to~ n, end other corporations, but also that of indi Sidsals snd Jamiiies. The subject of Gene slogy is Co nearly allied io. that O. Hisiosy. shst msy fairly come within the rsngs of sbJccis io be considered in the f,yma'ion of our Society. Ii may also he within our pro. vince 10 collect such facts as may be accessl. Ole relative te the aboriginal inhabitants Of shis Coa"sy. Oar venerable friend who has .. latsly taken his depsriurs from aur midsi, tDs Cst!in.J had dis,inc, recollection of inc sims whsn the lndiansAta disisncs were ac- sasiomad to make their periodical vis,ts 10 'hs town tor tho purpose of fshine in our waters aud hunting in our forests. AnI i ts mt improbable that ihs,e are aged people now living. especially in tho northern and newer portions cf our County, who can give 'aiormaii"n concerning the iribss. or rrmn ante of tf'6as. who were living within our borders s'x'y or sevsnty ysas. ego. RsIics of that al. nhst forgotten race have. in veass past, otien e.sn turned up ny the spsde and pioug ughshars. Ths'r arrows, 'nsftsrs, pes'als, hs,chs,s. and .ads speci'nsas of Ststaary. have bean found " cur soil ; ha'for want of some general de- pository, thsy have been scattered and ui,i mately lmt. Could they hs gathered together in one place. they would forra .a,s, inisrsst tre cabinet. and ihrow much light upon the manners and eustorss of . people of whom they may ss called tho sole rema;ninx req. rssenisiivss. Should n n"t he ens of our aims ts h,rm naclsus for thess ssl,cs of our native soil !
 Ths Hon. John Boyd of wius,ed. followed. He had long teh ,hs importance of some ef. hsien, local organisation, similar in ms de. sixns to that sugeestsh in the call which h.d sfo"shsu' together. Th's feeling in his case '. hsd becn incrsasad and strengthened by the late Csatenni.l Celebration in the coun,v- He argued that the sublcc, of ssnsaIogy va. becoming more and more important: or. .t isasi, that the intsres, tn tt was becoming deeper ard more general in the community. People. Nhe. few gears since. nevs, ,hoarn, sf the sabiect. are beginning to s.k whs their 'sshess ws's, whers they lived. and where they dise. He cad there were many interest. ing facts and sta,is,'cs in regard to the diff. f-rtns bssnehss of msnaficisrs. which mig ss esllscied and Pseserved by means of thn association. He once sshcd Colonel Harris, twhoss father wac the pioneer in ,hs sey,he- busihsas in this coaniy.) eanes,ning the ori- R'n of that hasioess ia the family; be replied -" My faiher bought Eesro in LitcLfsld who lcaraed him the ,rsdet"
 .-e The Rev. II. L. va,lt made some in,ese.,. iss and smosias rsm.sas on the subjre, oi gsnsalosy. He was Gccldedly tn favos or tho av.srux,ss.1 ~pD~.s~xs;<~ A-. .a i.