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Rogers, Isaac T. 1813-1891. Isaac T. and George I. Rogers scrapbooks, ca. 1710-1890.

Title: Isaac T. and George I. Rogers scrapbooks, ca. 1710-1890.

Scrapbooks containing personal papers and mementos concerning the lives and careers of Colonel Isaac T. Rogers and his son, George T. Rogers, both of Milford, Connecticut. Included are letters from: Phineas T. Barnum (1865 Jun 30 and 1890 Jul 12 - the latter accompanied by photographs of Barnum and of the wedding of Tom Thumb); Colonel George Bristol (1837 May 13); James Dixon (1868 Feb 19); Daniel Coit Gilman (1868 Jul 18 and 1869 Mar 10); Charles Tudor Hillyer (1840 May 27); Julius Hotchkiss (1869 Jan 30), and Theodore Dwight Woolsey (1867 Sep 4 and 1868 Jul 14) Also included in the scrapbooks are: indentures signed by Issac T. Rogers; passport for Issac T. Rogers, signed by James Buchanan; Connecticut State and United States Army appointments and orders signed by Colonel George Bristol, William Wolcott Ellsworth, Charles Tudor Hillyer, and Charles Robert Ingersoll; Political memorabilia and printed items describing Isaac T. Rogers service as a respresentative in the Connecticut General Assembly (Democratic Party); Federal and Confederate currency of the Civil War period; and newspaper clippings and pamphlets relating to the history of Milford, Connecticut. Many loose items in the scrapbook remain unsorted and undescribed.

ArchivalResource: 0.40 linear ft. (1 box)

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/78092638 View

Barber, Noyes, 1781-1844. Hoadley fund autograph collection, 1788-1929.

Title: Hoadley fund autograph collection, 1788-1929.

Collection of autographs primarily from Connecticut congressmen and senators, mostly in the form of letters. Correspondents include: Noyes Barber, William H. Barnum, Nathan Belcher, Walter Booth, Herbert W. Bowen, Henry Channing, Daniel Crocker, Sidney Dean, James Dixon, William W. Eaton, William W. Ellsworth, Samuel Fessenden, Calvin Goddard, Chauncey Goodrich, Edwin W. Higgins, Charles T. Hillyer, R. R. Hinman, Orrin Holt, Julius Hotchkiss, C. M. Ingersoll, Ralph I. Ingersoll, Samuel Inham, Ebenezer Jackson, Jr., Samuel W. Johnson, Andrew T. Judson, Everett J. Lake, Jonathan Law, Lyman Law, John Lawrence, P.D. Oakey, Thomas B. Osborne, James Phelps, Lancelot Phelps, S. Dryden Phelps, O. H. Platt, John Russ, Charles A. Russell, Origen S. Seymour, William E. Simonds, Nathaniel Smith, Truman Smith, Isaac Spencer, N. D. Sperry, H. H. Starkweather, Griffin Stedman, William L. Storrs, Julius L. Strong, Lewis B. Sturges, Frederic C. Walcott, and John Woodruff. Also includes a letter from Harriet Hawley, wife of Senator Joseph R. Hawley, written to Rev. Jacob Eaton during the Civil War. Contains a document relating to the Connecticut Delaware First Company. Collection has been arranged alphabetically by correspondent.

ArchivalResource: 1 envelope.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/428809509 View

Rogers, Isaac T., 1813-1891. Isaac T. and George I. Rogers scrapbooks, ca. 1710-1890.

Title: Isaac T. and George I. Rogers scrapbooks, ca. 1710-1890.

Scrapbooks containing personal papers and mementos concerning the lives and careers of Colonel Isaac T. Rogers and his son, George T. Rogers, both of Milford, Connecticut. Included are letters from: Phineas T. Barnum (1865 Jun 30 and 1890 Jul 12 - the latter accompanied by photographs of Barnum and of the wedding of Tom Thumb); Colonel George Bristol (1837 May 13); James Dixon (1868 Feb 19); Daniel Coit Gilman (1868 Jul 18 and 1869 Mar 10); Charles Tudor Hillyer (1840 May 27); Julius Hotchkiss (1869 Jan 30), and Theodore Dwight Woolsey (1867 Sep 4 and 1868 Jul 14). Also included in the scrapbooks are: indentures signed by Issac T. Rogers; passport for Issac T. Rogers, signed by James Buchanan; Connecticut State and United States Army appointments and orders signed by Colonel George Bristol, William Wolcott Ellsworth, Charles Tudor Hillyer, and Charles Robert Ingersoll; Political memorabilia and printed items describing Isaac T. Rogers service as a representative in the Connecticut General Assembly (Democratic Party); Federal and Confederate currency of the Civil War period; and newspaper clippings and pamphlets relating to the history of Milford, Connecticut. Many loose items in the scrapbook remain unsorted and undescribed.

ArchivalResource: 0.40 linear ft. (2 boxes)

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/702152047 View

Savage, Elliot. Agreement, 1870 March 21, Meriden, Conn., with the Meriden Britannia Company.

Title: Agreement, 1870 March 21, Meriden, Conn., with the Meriden Britannia Company.

Savage, with Julius Hotchkiss as co-signer, gives exclusive licence to the Meriden Britannia Company to manufacture and vend a new alloy called manganese silver; includes draft of notice from Hotchkiss and Savage revoking agreement.

ArchivalResource: 8 p. ; 32 x 19 cm.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/23248637 View

Smithsonian Institution. Office of the Secretary. Correspondence, 1863-1879

Title: SIA RU000026, Smithsonian Institution Office of the Secretary, Correspondence, 1863-1879

This series consists mostly of correspondence addressed to Joseph Henry, much of which received his personal attention; also included are some copies of Henry letters, occasional returned original Henry letters, and a considerable number of letters to Spencer Fullerton Baird.

ArchivalResource: 59.56 cubic feet

https://siarchives.si.edu/collections/siris_arc_216640 View

Hotchkiss & Merriman Manufacturing Co. (Waterbury, Conn.). Hotchkiss & Merriman Manufacturing Co. records, 1843-1863.

Title: Hotchkiss & Merriman Manufacturing Co. records, 1843-1863.

Records of the Waterbury, Connecticut, firm of Hotchkiss & Merriman. Julius Hotchkiss and Charles Merriman's firm was incorporated in 1843. The records include articles of association, by laws, meeting minutes, and copies of annual certificates filed with the City of Waterbury. According to the articles, the company was established to manufacture and deal in Webbing, Common Webb, India Rubber, and other suspenders. Other products include cotton yarn, tapes, thread, and metallic suspender buckles. The company merged with Warren & Newton Manufacturing Company in 1857, creating the American Suspender Company.

ArchivalResource: 1 volume.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/710807925 View

Smithsonian Institution. Office of the Secretary. Correspondence, 1865-1891

Title: Correspondence, 1865-1891

This record unit consists of outgoing correspondence from the Office of the Secretary during the tenures of Joseph, Henry, 1846-1878; Spencer Fullerton Baird, 1878-1887; and Samuel Pierpoint Langley, 1887-1906.

ArchivalResource: 46.06 cu. ft. (62 document boxes) (68 3x5 boxes) (243 microfilm reels)

https://siarchives.si.edu/collections/siris_arc_216647 View