Chauncey family-Fowler family papers 1669-1880

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Chauncey family-Fowler family papers 1669-1880

http://hdl.handle.net/10079/fa/beinecke.chauncey

The papers consist of correspondence, account books, Yale College diplomas, and miscellaneous documents related to Nathaniel Chauncey, and his son Elnathan Chauncey and great-grandson William Chauncey Fowler. The collection contains more than 5,000 letters exchanged by members of the Chauncey, Ellsworth, Fowler, Goodrich, Hand, March, Wadsworth, and Webster families, in particular Rebecca and Noah Webster, as well as various prominent friends in New England. Also present are more than 100 sermons, and folders of material related to the Susquehannah Company, a group of Connecticut investors in the Wyoming Valley of Pennsylvania.

13.5 linear feet (18 boxes)

eng,

Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library

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SNAC Resource ID: 6349010

Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library

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Chauncey, Nathaniel, 1681-1756

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Hand, Joseph Winborn, 1792-1844

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Yale University.

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Webster, Noah, 1758-1843

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American lexicographer, textbook author, spelling reformer, word enthusiast, and editor; b. in Hartford, Conn.; attended Yale and taught school in the Hartford area; moved to New Haven, Conn., in 1798. From the description of Noah Webster papers, 1786-1980. (New Haven Colony Historical Society Library). WorldCat record id: 319706045 Noah Webster (1758-1843) was an American lexicographer, author and editor. He is best known for his spellers (early spelling textbooks) and his ...

Chauncey family.

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Nathaniel Chauncey (1681-1756), clergyman of New Haven, Connecticut, was the first graduate of Yale College (1702). His son, Elnathan Chauncey (1724-1796), clergyman of Durham, Connecticut, was also a graduate of Yale College (1743). Elnathan Chauncey's daughter Catherine (1765-1841) married Reuben Rose Fowler (1763-1844) of Durham in 1790. Their son William Chauncey Fowler (1793-1881), clergyman, educator, and author, of Amherst, Massachusetts, and Durham, was a graduate of Yale Co...

Webster family.

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Goodrich, Elizur, 1761-1849

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Lawyer, politician, educator, of New Haven, Conn. Member of 6th U.S. Congress from Connecticut; professor of law, and secretary of Yale University, 1818-1846. From the description of ALsS : Washington, D.C., to Stephen Twining, New Haven, 1800-1801. (Rosenbach Museum & Library). WorldCat record id: 122347800 Connecticut lawyer, judge, politician, and educator. He was the son of Rev. Elizur Goodrich (1734-1797). From the description of Letter : Washington, [D....

Fowler, William Chauncey, 1793-1881

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Rev. William Chauncey Fowler was a graduate of Yale and came to Middlebury College as Professor of Chemistry and Natural History (1827-1838) which included responsibility for obtaining laboratory supplies, and as Treasurer of the college (1830-1837) was involved in the first fund raising undertaken outside Vermont. From the description of William C. Fowler papers, 1828-1841. (Sheldon Museum Research Center). WorldCat record id: 609599933 ...

Goodrich family.

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Fowler family.

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Fowler, William Worthington, 1833-1881

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Chauncy, Elnathan, 1724-1796

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Goodrich, Chauncey A. (Chauncey Allen), 1790-1860

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Ann Arbor, Michigan, merchant, magistrate and coroner. From the description of Chauncey S. Goodrich papers, 1831-1909. (University of Michigan). WorldCat record id: 34418435 American clergyman and lexicographer. From the description of Autograph letter signed : New Haven, to Norman White, 1855 Oct. 27. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 269577165 Chauncey Allen Goodrich. From the description of Memorial album, 1860. (American Antiquarian Society)...

Susquehannah Company

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