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Backus, Ebenezer. Deed of sale of land on Wawecus Hill, Norwich, sold by administrators, Eben Backus and Charles Thomas, 1816-1817.

Title: Deed of sale of land on Wawecus Hill, Norwich, sold by administrators, Eben Backus and Charles Thomas, 1816-1817.

Deed of sale of land on Wawecus Hill, Norwich, sold by administrators, Eben Backus and Charles Thomas, to settle the estate of Ebenezer Hyde, to Simon Edgarton, Norwich, signed by administrators and Elias Hyde (1816 Aug. 23), witnessed by Erastus Huntington, Oliver Goodell and recorded (1817 Jan. 16) by Philip Huntington.

ArchivalResource: 1 item (12 x 7 3/8 in., doubled)

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Backus, Elijah, 1726-1798. Papers: Norwich, Connecticut, 1757-1807.

Title: Papers: Norwich, Connecticut, 1757-1807.

Elijah Backus purchased slaves from Eleanor Lord, Ebenezer Backus, Elisha Seabury, Thomas Hopkins, and Benjamin Greene as shown by these bills of sale and receipts. An 1807 advertisement from James Backus, administrator of Elijah Backus' estate, announces a runaway slave. A letter from Benjamin Cushing, Providence, Rhode Island, 10 November 1789, concerns the whereabouts of Backus runaway slave Philis, and the difficulty he will encounter in retrieving her because of the strong abolitionist society in Providence.

ArchivalResource: 7 items: negative photostats.

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Culver, Mary, fl. 1810. Mary Culver deeds of sale, 1810.

Title: Mary Culver deeds of sale, 1810.

Deed of sale (7 Apr. 1810) for $1, to widow Mary Culver, Norwich, by Thomas L. Thomas, Eben Backus, executors of estate of Capt. Jonathan Culver, of property in Norwich, witnessed by Ebenezer Hyde, Jr. and Erastus Huntington, who attested to free will of grantor, recorded by Philip Huntington; together with another deed of sale by Mary Culver (17 Apr. 1810) to Thomas L. Thomas, Eben Backus, executors to estate of Capt. Jona. Culver, of land in Norwich, witnessed by Hezekiah Thatcher and Erastus Huntington, who attested to the free will of grantor, recorded by Philip Huntington.

ArchivalResource: 2 items.

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Denison, Gilbert, fl. 1810-1814. Deeds of sale of land to Gilbert Denison, 1810-1814.

Title: Deeds of sale of land to Gilbert Denison, 1810-1814.

Deeds of sale of land in Norwich, to Gilbert Denison: from Thos. L. Thomas and Eben Backus, executors of estate of Jonathan Culver (1810 Apr. 4) for house and land in West End, and lot on Plains Hills Rd.; from Wm. Cleveland, of land on road to Yantic Brook (1811 Apr. 18); from Thos. L. Thomas and Eben Backus, executors of estate of Jonathan Culver (1813 June 2) for land at Quarter, bought by Culver from Samuel Wheat; mortgage deed from Samuel Ripley (1814 Mar 7, for house and land in west end and lot on road to Yantic Brook; and from Joseph Bill, Bozrah, for house and land at head of Mystic River (1814 Apr. 16).

ArchivalResource: 5 items.

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Fitch, Gideon. Gideon Fitch summons, 1759 Feb. 01-Feb. 06.

Title: Gideon Fitch summons, 1759 Feb. 01-Feb. 06.

Summons to be served on Gideon Fitch, of Norwich, Conn., in answer to Zechariah Huntington, also of Norwich, before Isaac Huntington, justice of the peace for 1 pound, 10 shillings, 4 pence, signed by Ebenezer Backus (1759 Feb. 01) and served by David Hartshorn III (1759 Feb. 06). Judgment in favor of Huntington.

ArchivalResource: 1 item.

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Backus, Ebenezer. Certificate for one share in the Susquehannah Purchase, 1770 April 6.

Title: Certificate for one share in the Susquehannah Purchase, 1770 April 6.

"Received of William [Dart] of Bolton in Hartford County, twelve pounds lawful money to entitle him to one whole share or right together with the other proprietors, in the Susquehannah purchase according to the votes of said company at Hartford in April 1769." Signed at Windham, Conn.

ArchivalResource: 1 p.

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Backus, Ebenezer. Surveyor's drawing of plot of land on Wawecus Hill , issued to Ebenezer Backus, 1796 Nov. 16.

Title: Surveyor's drawing of plot of land on Wawecus Hill , issued to Ebenezer Backus, 1796 Nov. 16.

Surveyor's drawing of plot of land on Wawecus Hill, Norwich, Conn., belonging to Ebenezer Hyde, issued to Ebenezer Backus, administrator of Hyde's estate.

ArchivalResource: 1 item (12 7/8 in. x 15 58 in., fold.)

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