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Alsop family. Alsop family papers, 1734-1986 (inclusive).

Title: Alsop family papers, 1734-1986 (inclusive).

The addition includes correspondence, memorabilia, photographs, and scrapbooks. In particular, they document John Alsop (1915-2000) and his 1962 gubernatorial run, and the personal life of his mother, Corinne Robinson Alsop (1886-1971). Documentation of the lives of writers Joseph and Stewart Alsop is sparse in the papers and consists of a few items on Stewart in the addition. The papers consist of correspondence, legal papers, diaries, estate records, account books, notebooks, deeds, and miscellanea of the Alsop family of Middletown, Connecticut. Several generations of family members are represented in the papers including: Joseph Wright Alsop (1772-1844), Joseph Wright Alsop (1804-1878), Joseph Wright Alsop (1838-1891), Joseph Wright Alsop (1876-1953), Mary Alsop Oliver Alsop (1815-1893), Richard Alsop (1726-1776), Richard Alsop (1789-1842), Charles Richard Alsop (1802-1865), and John De Koven Alsop (1879-1926). Family mercantile interests in Connecticut and related operations in Bolivia, Chile, and Peru are documented. Files relating to a legal case involving the firm of Alsop & Company, the United States government, and the governments of Bolivia and Chile (1865-1914) are included. The personal papers of several family members are also arranged in the papers.

ArchivalResource: 23.75 linear ft.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/702153314 View

Worthington, Asa. Asa Worthington weaving accounts, 1743-1748.

Title: Asa Worthington weaving accounts, 1743-1748.

Two weaving account books kept by Asa Worthington. Entries are for the Colchester and Norwich areas of Connecticut. One dates between 1743 and 1748. The other begins in 1744 and also ends in 1748 and also contains sawmill accounts.

ArchivalResource: 2 volumes.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/741355274 View

Worthington, Asa. Letter, 1779 January 3, Rariton, [?] to Ebenezer Foot, Crumpond, [?].

Title: Letter, 1779 January 3, Rariton, [?] to Ebenezer Foot, Crumpond, [?].

Reports he has nothing to do with cattle on the east side of North River, expressing the hope to tour Colchester to visit Foot and [?] Kellogg. Hopes they can travel together and mentions the possibility of sleighing.

ArchivalResource: 2 p. ; 22 cm.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/25355560 View