. Historic Litchfield, 1721-1907; being a short account of the history of the old houses of Litchfield; . TALLMADGE HOUSEOwned by Mrs. John Vanderpoel ^i!;-: ii RESIDENCE OF THE HON. J. DEMING PERKINSWest Front. RESIDENCE OF THE HON. J. DEMING PERKINSGarden Side 21 mounted on dapple-grey horses, black straps and black bear-skin covers. Major Tallmadge was very close to Washington, whohad great confidence in him. At the close of the war MajorTallmadge was given the rank of Colonel, and was withWashington and his officers one of the incorporators of theSociety of the Cincinnati, its first treasu
. Historic Litchfield, 1721-1907; being a short account of the history of the old houses of Litchfield; . TALLMADGE HOUSEOwned by Mrs. John Vanderpoel ^i!;-: ii RESIDENCE OF THE HON. J. DEMING PERKINSWest Front. RESIDENCE OF THE HON. J. DEMING PERKINSGarden Side 21 mounted on dapple-grey horses, black straps and black bear-skin covers. Major Tallmadge was very close to Washington, whohad great confidence in him. At the close of the war MajorTallmadge was given the rank of Colonel, and was withWashington and his officers one of the incorporators of theSociety of the Cincinnati, its first treasurer and later presi-dent of the Connecticut Society. Colonel Tallmadge mar-ried in 1784 Mary Floyd, daughter of General Floyd, oneof the signers of the Declaration of Independence, and madeLitchfield his permanent home. In 1801 he was elected toCongress and served sixteen years. His Litchfield homewas a great resort for Revolutionary officers, and when La-fayette visited this country in 1824 he came to Litchfieldto see his friend Tallmadge after an interval of forty Tallmadges store stood south of the house, andlater was moved to become the wing of Mrs. Kilbournshouse. In the southeast room
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