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In 1981, the General Assembly created this bipartisan commission to “conduct a study and undertake an analysis of state tax revenue, state tax laws, administration of state tax laws, and state fiscal policy in relation to tax revenue.”

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The Senate created the Committee in August 2007 to review Sen. Louis DeLuca's actions leading up to his guilty plea on a misdemeanor threatening charge.

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The Board of Capitol Commissioners oversaw construction of a new State Capitol building in Hartford.

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The Connecticut Board of Examiners of Embalmers was established in 1903. Its function is to examine and license embalmers and to make and enforce regulations for the practice of that profession. In 1941 the act was amended to include provisions for licensing funeral directors. Now known as the Connecticut Board of Examiners of Embalmers and Funeral Directors, the Board works closely with the Department of Public Health.

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In 1895 the Fish Commissioners became the Commissioners of Fisheries and Game charged with "the supervision of hatcheries and retaining ponds, the introduction and distribution of such food fish and game as are adapted to the waters or lands of this State, and the enforcement of all laws relating to fish and game." The Commission became the State Board of Fisheries and Game in 1913.

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The Board of Pardons had jurisdiction over the granting of and authority to grant, commutations of punishment or releases, conditional or absolute, commutations from the penalty of death, and pardons, conditional or absolute.

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The Board of Parole made release decisions based upon the likelihood that released prisoners would remain at liberty without violating the terms and conditions of their parole agreement and supervised those who are granted parole.

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The Board of Railroad Commissioners came into existence on July 1, 1853. On September 9, 1911 it was succeeded by the Public Utilities Commission.

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Ancestral chart of Mary Haskell Wyman Goold.

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This record group includes materials deposited at various times by persons who served as Connecticut's agents on the bi-state commissions which established and maintained the boundary lines between Connecticut and her neighbor states.

Abstract The letters and sermons consist of materials pertaining to Nathaniel Bouton, John Benedict Bouton, Harriet A. Bouton, and other Bouton family members. Nathaniel Bouton was pastor of the First Congregational Church in Concord, New Hampshire; a historian; and a member of numerous organizations. John Benedict Bouton was a hatter and volunteer soldier in Company H of the 8th Regiment Connecticut Volunteer Infantry during the Civil War. Included in the letters and sermons are correspondence,...

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Probate record books, None; Probate files, 1843-1976.

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Views of military life and training at the air base, the Sixth War Loan drive, redeployment, officers and medal presentations to families of servicemen.

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Colored slides of Rex Brasher’s original watercolor paintings and two sample volumes of Birds and Trees of North America. Click here to see the scanned paper finding aid and container list (pdf).

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Probate record books, 1840-1955; Probate files, 1790-1963, bulk 1833-1963.

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Probate record books, 1830-1970; Probate files, 1830-1986.

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Probate files, 1851-1976; Probate record books, 1857-1947.

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Probate record books, None; Probate files, 1833-circa 1976.

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Probate record books, None; Probate files, 1834-1973.

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Probate record books, 1847-1927; Probate files, 1844-1912.

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Probate record books, none; Probate files, 1878-1944.

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Probate record books, 1841-1940; Probate files, 1841-1976.

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Carlos Bates (1808-1878) was an East Granby merchant, peddler, money-lender, etc. His brothers include Anson Bates (b. 1799), a lawyer and justice of the peace, and Albert Bates (b. 1804), an Ohio farmer. Correspondence and business papers. Click here to see the scanned paper finding aid and container list (pdf).

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Miniature portraits, description and travel views, genre topics and the Civil War. circa 1,200 cards. Click here to see the scanned paper finding aid and container list (pdf).

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Probate record books, 1850-1950; Probate files, 1850-1926.

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Poems and other writings of Col. Holmes (1832-1884) on Civil War and patriotic themes, with a few business and personal papers and memorabilia. Click here to see the scanned paper finding aid and container list (pdf).

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Corporal Charles F. Watrous was a World War I veteran who served in Company F of the 102 Infantry in the American Expeditionary Forces in France.

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Includes thirty four notebooks of genealogical notes, including one the Bull family; preliminary papers for a digest of probate records; Windsor, CT vital statistics; newspaper clippings; correspondence; a personal ledger; photographs; and some genealogical notes collected by Mary E. Manwaring.

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Pencil sketches, watercolors, oil paintings of wildflowers, old houses and Connecticut scenes, done by Miss Charlotte Ellen McLean (b. circa 1835). Click here to see the scanned paper finding aid and container list (pdf).