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Norwich Library Company. Norwich Library Company records, 1796-1809.

Title: Norwich Library Company records, 1796-1809.

The Library Company was founded Norwich, Connecticut, in 1796. This collection of records includes a catalog of books brought from Hartford, Connecticut, a list of subscribers and the number of shares each one purchased, receipts, lists of books prices, and correspondence about purchases of additional books between Isaac Beers in New Haven and Daniel Coit who served as treasurer of the library.

ArchivalResource: 39 items.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/682887831 View

Beers, Isaac. Isaac Beers letter, Sept. 27, 1861.

Title: Isaac Beers letter, Sept. 27, 1861.

Letter to an unnamed brother in Livingston County, N.Y., giving advice on enlisting in the army.

ArchivalResource: 1 item.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/79975043 View

Thomas, Isaiah, 1749-1831. Letter : Worcester [Mass.], to Isaac Beers, 1796 Feb. 10.

Title: Letter : Worcester [Mass.], to Isaac Beers, 1796 Feb. 10.

Letter, dated Feb. 10, 1796, was written by Isaiah Thomas to Isaac Beers, a bookseller in New Haven, Conn.

ArchivalResource: 1 item (1 leaf) ; 26 cm.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/40457472 View

National and local historic figures, 1638-1980.

Title: National and local historic figures, 1638-1980.

Correspondence, diaries, and business and personal papers, of 139 individuals associated with the history of New Haven, or national figures represented by items relating to New Haven, including Aaron Burr, Benjamin Franklin, Daniel Coit Gilman, George Washington, and Eli Whitney. Other persons represented by twenty or more items include Reuben Allen (1815-1874), Hezekiah Augur (1791-1858), Leonard Bacon (1802-1881), Dr. Lucius N. Beardsley (1814-1880), Isaac Beers (1742?-1813), Dwight Bowers (1866-1907), Eli Bradley (1781?-1816), William Campbell (d. 1779), Frederick Croswell (1813-1863), Rev. Soloman J. Douglas (1834-1921), Aaron Forbes (1760-1831), Caleb Gilbert (1733-1801), Chauncey Allen Goodrich (1790-1860), Elizur Goodrich (1761-1849), Daniel Greene (1765-1817) and family, Dennis Kimberly (1790-1862), Dr. James Gates Percival (1795-1856), Lucius A. Thomas (1806-1879), Gilbert Totten (1760 or 61-1839), and Charles W. Whittlesey.

ArchivalResource: 4 ft. (2,000 items)

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/774715864 View

Committee of Correspondence (Conn.). Pass, 1775 May 1-2.

Title: Pass, 1775 May 1-2.

Thaddeus Burr of Fairfield, Connecticut, writes to the Stratford Committee of Correspondence asking for a fresh horse to convey Hugh Hughes to the General Assembly in Hartford with the utmost dispatch. The document is then sent to Committees in Milford, New Haven, and Wallingford where Hughes receives a fresh horse and passage to the next town.

ArchivalResource: 1 sheet ; 34 cm.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/64448793 View

Chauncey family. Chauncey family papers, 1675-1928 (inclusive).

Title: Chauncey family papers, 1675-1928 (inclusive).

The papers consist of correspondence, account books, financial records, diaries, journals, and other papers relating to the personal lives and professional careers of the Chauncey family of Connecticut. Material relating to the American Revolution and the colonial period includes the correspondence, legal papers, and financial records of Charles Chauncey (1747-1823). The legal papers of Charles Chauncey (1777-1849) document his work in Philadelphia. The European travel diaries for Nathaniel Chauncey (1824-1826) and Durham, Connecticut town records relating to Worthington Gallup Chauncey's municipal duties are also included in the papers.

ArchivalResource: 8 linear ft. (19 boxes, 1 folio)

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/702153373 View

Committee of Correspondence (Conn.). Pass, 1775 May 1-2.

Title: Pass, 1775 May 1-2.

Thaddeus Burr of Fairfield, Connecticut, writes to the Stratford Committee of Correspondence asking for a fresh horse to convey Hugh Hughes to the General Assembly in Hartford with the utmost dispatch. The document is then sent to Committees in Milford, New Haven, and Wallingford where Hughes receives a fresh horse and passage to the next town.

ArchivalResource: 1 sheet ; 34 cm.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/74277071 View

Beers family. Beers family papers, 1777-1792.

Title: Beers family papers, 1777-1792.

Journal, military papers, and financial records relating to the American Revolution as kept by Nathan Beers, paymaster and clothier of a Connecticut regiment. Also in the collection is a bill issued to Isaac Beers, and an autograph album (1860) with the signatures of Jefferson Davis, James Buchanan, William H. Seward and others.

ArchivalResource: .5 linear ft.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/702168084 View