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Bissell family. Bissell family collection, 1760-1926.

Title: Bissell family collection, 1760-1926.

Correspondence, business records, account books, and other records of members of the Bissell and Baldwin families. Chiefly includes business papers of William Bissell (1810-1902), of Milton, Conn., Union Army captain, house painter, and farmer, including early recruitment records and inventory records for his term of active duty and account books reflecting his activities as a house and furniture painter; papers of his son Warren Bissell (1836-1913) including business letters and documents pertaining to speculative investments in western mines and land companies; deeds and correspondence relating to members of the family of Zebulon Bissell, including a misunderstanding concerning the lease of a farm in Chanango County, N.Y., to a nephew Harry Smith; and papers relating to the family of Julia Bissell Smith (great great grandmother of donor George Baldwin) including letter from Alabama, describing to her mother the unfamiliar southern way of life.

ArchivalResource: 4 linear ft.

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Bissell, John, 1807-1898. John Bissell commissioner of deeds appointments, 1836-1878.

Title: John Bissell commissioner of deeds appointments, 1836-1878.

Appointments (1836-1878) by governors of John Bissell, who attended the Litchfield Law School, to serve as commissioner of deeds in various states; together with letter (1869) from S. C. Hall, of Nevada, Mo., to William Bissell, of Litchfield, Conn..

ArchivalResource: 1 linear ft.

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