. Historic Litchfield, 1721-1907; being a short account of the history of the old houses of Litchfield; . o oo►Jc > o 13 Artillery in the Civil War, editor of the Winsted Heraldfrom 1865 to 1875, author of the ^Eneid in ModernAmerican, a humorous translation of the First and FourthBooks of Virgils ^Eneid; and Joseph H. Vaill, the presentowner, was for many years editor of the Winsted Herald,and Connecticut representative as executive officer at theColumbian Exposition of 1893, The Atlanta Exposition of1895, and The Louisiana Purchase Exposition of 1904. The Wolcott house on South street is

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. Historic Litchfield, 1721-1907; being a short account of the history of the old houses of Litchfield; . o oo►Jc > o 13 Artillery in the Civil War, editor of the Winsted Heraldfrom 1865 to 1875, author of the ^Eneid in ModernAmerican, a humorous translation of the First and FourthBooks of Virgils ^Eneid; and Joseph H. Vaill, the presentowner, was for many years editor of the Winsted Herald,and Connecticut representative as executive officer at theColumbian Exposition of 1893, The Atlanta Exposition of1895, and The Louisiana Purchase Exposition of 1904. The Wolcott house on South street is the oldest nowstanding in the village. Governor Roger Wolcott of Wind-sor left by will a tract of land on South street to his sonOliver, on which the latter built in 1752 the Wolcott Wolcott farm and farmhouse were on the other side ofthe street on the site of the Lindley and Andrews Oliver Wolcott was Governor of the state, one of thesigners of the Declaration of Independence, and took a mem-orable part in the struggle for freedom. In this house heentertained George Washingto

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