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Lane, William Griswold, 1824-1877. William Griswold Lane memorial collection, 1670-1947 (inclusive).

Title: William Griswold Lane memorial collection, 1670-1947 (inclusive).

A collection of documents on the early history of Connecticut assembled by Wolcott Griswold Lane as a memorial to his father, William Griswold Lane. The original bequest consisted of approximately 1,000 letters and papers (1670-1866) of the Lane and Griswold families of Connecticut and Ohio. Families represented in the correspondence include: Daggett, Dana, Edwards, Ellsworth, Fish, Goodrich, Hillhouse, Huntington, Lanman, Sherman, Stiles, Swayne, Swift, Trumbull, Waite, Whittlesey, Williams, Wolcott, and Woodbridge. The papers of Augustus Henry Griswold make up another substantial part of the collection and include temperance lectures, stories, and ships' account books (1811-1836). Also in the collection are legal and financial papers (1797-1840) relating to the building and reconstruction of the wharf in New Haven, the account books (1793-1818) of Avery & Tracy, general merchants of Norwich, Connecticut, as well as the day books (1773-1794) of Samuel Avery and his tailoring business. Other major additions are whaling logs (1850-1859), a memorial on the need for a pest house in New Haven (1785), papers of the Rowland family of Fairfield, Connecticut, letters of Jabez Huntington, major general of the Connecticut militia during the Revolutionary War, and fourteen letters (1838-1876) from President Rutherford B. Hayes to William Griswold Lane.

ArchivalResource: 23.25 linear ft. (87 boxes, 1 folio)

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/702204672 View

Adams, William, 1650-1685. William Adams diary and miscellaneous papers, 1669-1681 and 20th century.

Title: William Adams diary and miscellaneous papers, 1669-1681 and 20th century.

Diary (1669-1681) with title: William Adams, His Book, Nov. 10, 1670.

ArchivalResource: 3 items.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/74986014 View

Adams, William, 1650-1685. Sermons on fast days : manuscript, 1678-1684.

Title: Sermons on fast days : manuscript, 1678-1684.

ArchivalResource: 1v. ; 15 cm.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/81568584 View

Curtis family. Curtis family papers, 1695-1912 (inclusive).

Title: Curtis family papers, 1695-1912 (inclusive).

Correspondence, deeds, account books, diaries and miscellaneous papers of the Curtis family of Connecticut and allied families Adams, Hallam, Poole and Pygan.

ArchivalResource: .75 linear ft. (2 boxes)

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/702168137 View

Adams, William, 1650-1685. William Adams book of sermons, 17th century.

Title: William Adams book of sermons, 17th century.

Book of sermons, or dissertations, kept by William Adams.

ArchivalResource: 1 v. ; 6 in. x 3 3/4 in.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/74986012 View

Adams, William, 1650-1685. Sermons on sacrament days : manuscript, [ca.1650-1685].

Title: Sermons on sacrament days : manuscript, [ca.1650-1685].

ArchivalResource: 1v. ; 15 cm.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/81161967 View