Alsop family papers 1734-1986

  1. Resources
  2. View Resource

ArchivalResource

Alsop family papers 1734-1986

http://hdl.handle.net/10079/fa/mssa.ms.0034

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.

44.5 linear feet (63 boxes)

eng,

Yale University. Department of Manuscripts and Archives

Information

SNAC Resource ID: 6350246

Yale University. Department of Manuscripts and Archives

Related Entities

There are 59 Entities related to this resource.

Longworth, Alice Roosevelt, 1884-1980

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w62s4jk4 (person)

Aice Roosevelt Longworth (February 12, 1884 – February 20, 1980) was the eldest child of U.S. president Theodore Roosevelt. Longworth led an unconventional and controversial life. She was married to US Representative Nicholas Longworth III; her only child, Paulina, was from her affair with Senator William Borah. She published her memoir, Crowded Hours, in 1933....

Russell & Co. (1818-1877)

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6tj9c33 (corporateBody)

Russell & Company (Chinese: 旗昌洋行; pinyin: Qíchāng Yángháng) was the largest American trading house of the mid-19th century in China. The firm specialised in trading tea, silk and opium and was eventually involved in the shipping trade. In 1818, Samuel Russell was approached by Providence merchants Edward C. Carrington, Cyrus Butler and Benjamin and Thomas Hoppin to be an employee of their new resident commission firm in Canton (now referred to as Guangzhou) under the name of Samuel Russell & ...

McClellan, George B. (George Brinton), 1826-1885

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6fs0m24 (person)

George Brinton McClellan (December 3, 1826 – October 29, 1885) was an American soldier, civil engineer, railroad executive, and politician who served as the 24th Governor of New Jersey. A graduate of West Point, McClellan served with distinction during the Mexican–American War (1846–1848), and later left the Army to work on railroads until the outbreak of the American Civil War (1861–1865). Early in the conflict, McClellan was appointed to the rank of major general and played an important role i...

Worthington, Asa.

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6g28qdz (person)

Alsop, Richard, 1789-1842.

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w66t4qp4 (person)

Hubbard, Sarah Williams.

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6fs2mg8 (person)

Chauncey, Elihu, 1779-1847

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6c82d89 (person)

Clifford, John H. (John Henry), 1809-1876

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w69w0g9d (person)

White, Eunice Pomeroy Bassett, 1776-

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w68s8sq6 (person)

Alsop, Mary Wright, 1740-1829.

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6866kpn (person)

Morrison, Cryder & Co.

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6pd6549 (corporateBody)

Gilbert, Aimee E. A. Alsop.

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6429mw8 (person)

Alsop, Mary Alsop Oliver, 1815-

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6j71k5v (person)

Alsop, Frances Maria, 1787-1866.

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6k97c0d (person)

Farley, Joseph.

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w63s3j0f (person)

Jackson, Charles Eben, 1849-

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6s79k35 (person)

Duval, William B., 1806-

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w66z224q (person)

Alsop, John, 1776-1841

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6gr122v (person)

Poet, lawyer, and bookseller. Son of John Alsop, 1724-1794. From the guide to the John Alsop letters, 1802-1807, (The New York Public Library. Manuscripts and Archives Division.) ...

Oliver, George Stuart Johonnot, 1831-1904.

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6m08833 (person)

Mason, Norman Howell

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w69m71s6 (person)

Alsop, Lucy Chauncey.

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6dg9g7q (person)

Dana, Maria Wyllys Pomeroy Alsop, 1767-1861.

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w65x6cw5 (person)

Heard, Susan Oliver, 1780-

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w64v0mx7 (person)

Alsop, Joseph Wright, 1838-1891.

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6z6296r (person)

Leffingwell, Catharine Beatty Alsop, 1835-

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6rf9xjw (person)

Alsop, John De Koven, 1879-1926.

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w63v3kh8 (person)

Oliver, Francis Johonnot, 1777-1858

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w61v8bbd (person)

Alsop, Aimee Elizabeth, 1870-

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6jb096n (person)

Capt, Elizabeth Miller Langdon.

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w60m50qb (person)

Dabney, Charles William, 1794-1871.

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w60k3jpd (person)

Dabney, Susan Heard Oliver, 1819-

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w62g1rq5 (person)

Republican Party (Conn.)

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6gx9289 (corporateBody)

Pomeroy, Elizabeth, 1784-1844.

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6449q4b (person)

Oliver family.

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6r93brw (family)

Chauncey, Egisto Fabbri, 1874-1963

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6wx1n64 (person)

Alsop, Corinne Robinson, 1886-1971.

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6mh1scd (person)

Draper, Ruth, 1884-1956

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w69g5ss5 (person)

Ruth Draper was a monologist, based in New York City. From the description of Ruth Draper Collection. 1913-1956. (New York University). WorldCat record id: 476263868 American actress. From the description of Autograph letter in the third person, dated : [n.p.], 22 February [1910?], to [Mr. and Mrs. Harry Harkness Flagler], [1910?] Feb. 22. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270565965 From the description of Autograph letter signed : 35 Montpelier Square, Ken...

Yale University. Students.

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6nm6hmg (corporateBody)

Jackson, Eben, 1877-

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6w4206q (person)

Alsop, Francis O.

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w63k63r0 (person)

Alsop, Elizabeth Winthrop Beach, 1847-1889.

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6061jzf (person)

Mütter, Mary Wright Alsop, 1815-1877.

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6zd260w (person)

Oliver, Francis Eben, 1813-1850.

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6k117g0 (person)

Wetmore & Co.

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6zb2g3v (corporateBody)

Whittelsey, Lucy Wetmore, 1748-1826.

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6dr6zcx (person)

Cryder, Helen Chauncey.

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6943jb7 (person)

Cushing, Charles Cyprian Strong, 1879-1941.

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w67t1rg1 (person)

Alsop family

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6ss3x1n (family)

Richard Alsop was born in Middletown, Connecticut, on January 23, 1761. He studied at Yale College and became a notable literary figure. Alsop formed the "Hartford Wits," a literary group with members including Theodore Dwight, Lemuel Hopkins, and Benjamin Trumbull. He was principla writer for the "Echo," a series of satirical essays on political and social topics published as a volume in 1807. Alsop died in Flatbush, Long Island on August 20, 1815. From the guide to the...

Jackson, Edward Quintard, 1875-

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6x390q2 (person)

Alsop, Joseph W. (Joseph Wright), 1876-1953

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w67h5nd9 (person)

Biographical Note Joseph Alsop 1910, Oct. 11 Born, Avon, Conn. 1928 Graduated, Groton School, Groton, Mass. 1932 A.B., Harvard University, Cambridge, Mass. ...

White, Percy Gardiner, 1878-1906.

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6qc46bm (person)

Chauncey family.

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6jn778g (family)

Alsop, Elizabeth Winthrop, 1874-1892.

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w65f2v73 (person)

Jackson, Robert Fenwick, 1877-

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w69w4jz8 (person)

Capt, John Samuel, d. 1832.

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w67t1r50 (person)

Alsop, J. W. (Joseph Wright), 1804-approximately 1878

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w67t09ft (person)

Alsop, Lucy Whittlesey, 1773-1844.

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6tx7jg4 (person)

Alsop, Francis Johonnot Oliver, 1881-1946.

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6f51s9h (person)

Alsop, Joseph Wright, 1772-1844.

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6p31242 (person)