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Talcott, Thomas Grosvenor, 1819-1870. Thomas G. Talcott papers, 1837-1855.

Title: Thomas G. Talcott papers, 1837-1855.

Personal and business letters to and from a New York City lawyer and Yale graduate. He was born in New Hartford, New York, and moved to Hartford, Connecticut, in 1861 when he retired. Talcott kept up a correspondence with his mother, Mary E. Talcott, starting while he was a student at Yale. Politics and legal questions dominate the correspondence. Many address the slavery question, the Democratic Party's platform, and the debate over whether to annex Texas as a free or slave state. One letter, dated April 13, 1838, gave Talcott his height, weight, and body and head measurements. The conclusion was that he was more suited to intellectual than physical exertion. Several letters in the collection are between Mary K. Stanley and her daughter Mary E. Talcott, and O.B. Matteson concerning the settlement of the estate of Frederick G. Stanley, 1843-1849. Of interest among the family papers are an 1840 letter of introduction for G. S. Gilbert to President Van Buren, written by Ralph Ingersoll, and letters exchanged between Mary E. Talcott and her daughter-in-law (Thomas' wife) Sarah Talcott.

ArchivalResource: 3 folders.

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Talcott family. Talcott family papers, 1724-1933.

Title: Talcott family papers, 1724-1933.

The collection contains papers from several branches of the family. The oldest pieces were sent to Connecticut Governor Joseph Talcott from the Bishop of London. Other correspondence is between Isaac Jones and his son, William Henry Jones, and between William Henry Jones and his son, Henry A. Jones. Years later, William Henry Jones' daughter, Sarah, married Thomas Grosvenor Talcott, a descendant of the Governor. Sarah (Jones) Talcott's correspondence within the collection highlights her involvement with community organizations, such as the U.S. Sanitary Commission and the Hartford Sanitary Association. Documents also demonstrate her involvement with a family property dispute. Helena Barker "Nellie" Talcott, the daughter of Sarah and Thomas Talcott, married William Augustus Muhlenberg Wainwright. The couple's correspondence, particularly letters sent from W.A.M. to Nellie, may also be found within the collection. J. Atwater Barker's letters to a cousin supply additional Barker family history. The Wainwright's daughter, Elizabeth Mayhew Wainwright, married Joseph B. Hall. Together they had a son, Joseph T. Hall. Correspondence and other pieces from the Halls are included in the collection. The collection is arranged chronologically.

ArchivalResource: 0.5 linear foot (1 box).

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