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Welles, Martin, 1859-1943. Martin Welles collection, 1727-1917, 1950.

Title: Martin Welles collection, 1727-1917, 1950.

Assorted documents and manuscripts, probably collected by Martin Welles of Hartford, Connecticut. The bulk of the papers concern Martin and his correspondence with Liang Tun Yen discussing the education of the latter's son, Ye Yu Che Chiang Liang, 1910-1917. Liang Tun Yen had been a student in Hartford and associated with the Chinese Educational Mission and went on to be a diplomat. Letters from 1924-1926 relate to selling property at the death of Liang Tun Yen. An earlier Martin Welles of Wethersfield, Connecticut, is represented by two deeds, 1823 and 1853. Two letters were addressed to Seth Clark, the one dated 1846 sent to Seth Clark, engraver at Hartford. John B. Cone of Hartford is represented by two deeds, 1895 and 1901. The Eagle Laboratory Company was located in Hartford. In 1833, subscribers petitioned the directors to hire an attorney to plead a case against the company. A small account book contains a few entries at the back that relate to Eagle Laboratory, but the majority of the entries revolve around the settlement of Frances Norton Welles' estate, 1870-1878 by Roger Welles. R.A. Ewing received four letters, one in 1848 from W.S. Warren about his visit to Hartford, one about a card game, one concerning the appointment of a director to a bank, and the fourth about getting a Temperance speaker, 1853. Insurance was issued on the Sloop Lion of Branford, Connecticut, in 1793. The Norwich & Woodstock Turnpike issued one share to the Norwich Company, 1803; in the same folder is a composition by Jedediah Deming, undated. Poet Lydia Sigourney is represented by an invitation from "Wadsworth", ca. 1840, and a letter from her to Dr. Jarvis, undated. Jason Whiting of Litchfield penned two letters to his brother Samuel of West Hartford in 1824 and 1828. Samuel is further represented by two receipts, 1834 and 1842. Assorted legal documents include a 1727 deed for land in Glastonbury; a court summons, 1762; a deed from Patrick Lee to Sidney A. Ensign for land in West Hartford, 1860; a deed from Henry Martin to Roderick Terry and Joseph H. Cone for land in Hartford, 1865; and an agreement between Jane E. Hills and John B. Cone, 1907, for a property in Hartford.

ArchivalResource: 0.25 linear foot (1/2 box).

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/696007771 View

Welles, Edwin Stanley, b. 1866. Welles family papers, 1833-1978.

Title: Welles family papers, 1833-1978.

Primarily correspondence among members of a Wethersfield and Newington, Connecticut family. Among the most notable letters are those from Roger Welles (1862-1932) who rose to the rank of Admiral in the U.S. Navy and wrote from such locations as Japan and China.

ArchivalResource: 4 linear feet (2 cartons, 1 v., 4 boxes).

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/65190951 View

Liang family. Liang family papers, 1911-1937.

Title: Liang family papers, 1911-1937.

Correspondence between Tun Yen Liang and Martin Welles, as well as correspondence between Che Chiang Liang and Welles. Tun Yen Liang was part of the first contingent of students in Hartford's Chinese Educational Mission. He entered Hartford Public High School in 1874 and was part of the Yale class of 1882. Liang maintained a friendship with Martin Welles of Hartford, Connecticut. Letters in this collection are from Liang during the time his son, Che Chiang Liang, was a student in Connecticut. The letters between Che Chiang Liang and Welles are from both his time here and later when he was back in China. While attending The Sanford School in Redding Ridge, Connecticut, Che wrote to Welles about winning a football game. After Tun Yen's death in 1924, Welles helped with the estate settlement by selling the Liang's house in Bethesda, Maryland, and closing a bank account in Connecticut. In copies of his own letters, Welles provided details about changes in his family.

ArchivalResource: 2 folders.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/746079015 View

Welles Family. Papers, 1911-1934.

Title: Papers, 1911-1934.

Correspondence of the Liang family of Peking, China with the Welles family of Hartford, Conn. Letters dated November 9, 1913 and March 22, 1914 from Che Liang in Redding, Conn., to Martin Welles describe Sanford School's celebration on winning a football game and an African-American magician's show in Redding, Conn.; letter dated December 23, 1913 from Tun Yen Liang requests Martin to admonish Che to pay more attention to his studies.

ArchivalResource: 1 folder (92 items) ; 28 x 38 cm.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/40005269 View

Welles family. Welles family papers, 1841,1937-1938.

Title: Welles family papers, 1841,1937-1938.

A collection of correspondence regarding newspapers, particularly between Frank Squier and Martin and Roger Welles. The Welles family was in possession of a set of the Hartford Weekly Journal, which interested Squier.

ArchivalResource: 1 folder.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/746060089 View