Both Uses

recollect
in
The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn
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I'll just walk up and down a minute, and see if I can call it back from recollection's vaults.†
Chpt 21

recollection = memory
Upstairs the hall was dark, but I found the duke's room, and started to paw around it with my hands; but I recollected it wouldn't be much like the king to let anybody else take care of that money but his own self; so then I went to his room and begun to paw around there.†
Chpt 26 *

recollected = remembered

Definitions:

(1) (recollect)
to remember -- especially experiences from long ago

Synonym Comparison (if you're into word choice):

Relative to its synonyms, recollect brings to mind a leisurely piecing together of distant memories. It may be used in a less formal manner than remember and is almost always less formal than recall.
(2) (meaning too rare to warrant focus)
(historical usage) a thought or to collect thoughts -- often after an interruption -- often gaining composure, awareness, or a perspective