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Bromfield, Henry, 1727-1820. Papers, 1731-1830.

Title: Papers, 1731-1830.

Correspondence, notes, and accounts of merchants Henry Bromfield, Sr.; his brother Thomas Bromfield; and his son Henry Bromfield, Jr. Thomas and Henry, Jr. lived in England and corresponded with Henry, Sr. in Harvard, Massachusetts, concerning business and family matters. Other correspondents include Sarah Bromfield Pearson, sister of Henry and Thomas; Daniel Denison Rogers, Henry, Jr.'s brother-in-law; and Isaac Rogers, a distant cousin of Daniel Rogers. Also included are Henry, Sr.'s shares in the Union Turnpike Corporation of Massachusetts and the "answers of Massachusetts" to the "objections of British Sugar Planters and others in regard to trading with France," dated about 1731.

ArchivalResource: 1 box.

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Verstille family. Verstille family papers, 1754-1858 (inclusive).

Title: Verstille family papers, 1754-1858 (inclusive).

The principal figures in these papers are Peter Verstille of Wethersfield anad Hartford, Connecticut, his wife Naomi Ridgway Verstille, their children and grandchildren. Most of the papers consist of correspondence, but also included are financial and legal papers, among them accounts of the estate of Peter Verstille and lists of house furnishings.

ArchivalResource: 3.5 linear ft. (2 boxes, 1 folio)

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/702167067 View

Verstille family papers, 1754-1858

Title: Verstille family papers 1754-1858

The principal figures in these papers are Peter Verstille of Wethersfield and Hartford, Connecticut, his wife Naomi Ridgway Verstille, their children and grandchildren. Most of the papers consist of correspondence, but also included are financial and legal papers, among them accounts of the estate of Peter Verstille and lists of house furnishings. The largest part of the correspondence is the exchange of letters between Nancy and Charlotte Verstille, grandaughters of Peter Verstille. Both were teachers and discuss their experiences at schools in various parts of New England and the South. The letters of Nancy Verstille also include an account of an operation performed in 1817. The Dabney family of Massachusetts were major correspondents and their letters contain a description of the bankruptcy of the family in 1818.

ArchivalResource: 3.5 linear feet (2 boxes, 1 folio)

http://hdl.handle.net/10079/fa/mssa.ms.0522 View