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Hempstead, G. S. B. (Giles S. B.), 1794-1883. Giles Hempstead papers, 1843-1845.

Title: Giles Hempstead papers, 1843-1845.

Letter (undated) with local news from Elizabeth Peebles Hempstead addressed to her husband Giles Hempstead onboard the whaling ship Mentor, mastered by Riley Sweet; letter (1843) from Charles R. Davis, also addressed to Hempstead onboard the ship Mentor, concerning the building of a Universalist Church; certificate of citizenship (1843) signed by Charles F. Lester; bill from Holt & Learned (1843); letters (1843-1844) from Giles Hempstead to Mary Hempstead (Mary M. Lisa), giving news of New London ships.

ArchivalResource: 8 items.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/71058360 View

Smith, Ambrose C. Hempstead family papers, 1810-1984.

Title: Hempstead family papers, 1810-1984.

Genealogical material concerning the Hempstead family of Connecticut and New York. Includes a deed, wills, a book written by Ambrose C. Smith titled Memorials of the Life and Character of Mary Manuel Lisa (1870), photographs, and other papers. Also includes a notebook containing photocopies of deeds, wills, biographical essays, genealogical data, printed material, and letters written by Henry T. Cook while aboard the frigate Constitution in 1862 and by Octavia W. (Lorrain) Cook.

ArchivalResource: 14 items.1 container.0.4 linear feet.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/71132481 View

Lisa, Manuel, 1772-1820. Will, 1820.

Title: Will, 1820.

Handwritten last will and testament, dated 5 Sept. 1821, and composed in St. Louis, Missouri. Also included is an indenture of Manuel's wife, Mary Lisa, after the death of her husband to receive funds borrowed by the Missouri Fur Company.

ArchivalResource: 2 items (10 pages).

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/122638699 View