Dwight family papers 1713-1937

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Dwight family papers 1713-1937

The papers consist of correspondence, financial records, addresses, sermons, writings, photographs, and other memorabilia of Yale President Timothy Dwight (1752-1817) and his family. Relatives in the Edwards, Hooker, Lyman, Strong, Woodbridge, and Woolsey families are represented. The largest quantity of correspondence documents the family life of John William Dwight, a fertilizer manufacturer. Papers of Timothy Dwight (1752-1817) and Timothy Dwight (1828-1916) concern Yale University. The travels of various family members are highlighted.

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Boudinot, Elias, 1740-1821

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Elias Boudinot (May 2, 1740 – October 24, 1821) was a lawyer and statesman from Elizabeth, New Jersey who was a delegate to the Continental Congress and served as President of Congress from 1782 to 1783. He was elected as a U.S. Congressman for New Jersey following the American Revolutionary War. He was appointed by President George Washington as Director of the United States Mint, serving from 1795 until 1805. Born in Philadelphia in the Province of Pennsylvania, Boudinot received a classica...

Dwight, Timothy, 1828-1916

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Congregational minister, president of Yale. From the description of Letters of Timothy Dwight [manuscript], 1894-1897. (University of Virginia). WorldCat record id: 647812954 Timothy Dwight was born on November 16, 1828 in Norwich, Connecticut. He graduated from Yale College in 1849 (B.A.) and 1852 (M.A.). Dwight was licensed to preach in 1855 and ordained in 1861. He served Yale College as tutor (1851-1855), assistant professor (1858-1861) and professor of Sacred Liter...

Dwight, Timothy, 1752-1817

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Congregational clergyman and president of Yale; b. in Northampton, Mass. From the description of Deed, 1796. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 70976415 Timothy Dwight was born on May 14, 1752 in Northampton, Massachusetts. He graduated from Yale College in 1769 (B.A.) and 1772 (M.A.). He served Yale as tutor (1771-1777), Livingston Professor of Divinity (1795-1817), and President (1795-1817). He died on January 11, 1817 in New Haven, Connecticut. From the desc...

Edwards family

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Lyman family

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Strong family

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Woodbridge family

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Woolsey family

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Dwight family

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Among the notable members of the Dwight family of Connecticut were: Timothy Dwight (1752-1817), a Congregational minister and president of Yale College; Theodore Dwight (1764-1846), a lawyer, editor and author; Theodore Dwight, Jr. (1796-1866), author and educator; and Sereno Edwards Dwight (1786-1850), educator and Congregational minister. From the description of Dwight family papers, 1789-1966. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 122408302 ...

Dwight, Sophia Dwight, 1818-1863.

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Strong, Caleb, 1745-1819

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Strong was a native of Northampton, Mass. He served as governor of Massachusetts (1800-1807 and 1812-1816). Strong assisted in writing the Constitution of Massachusetts and was a member of the U. S. Constitutional Convention, 1787. From the description of [Letters, 1787-1812] / Caleb Strong. (Smith College). WorldCat record id: 437427465 Justice of the peace, state legislator, delegate to Continental Congress, U.S. senator from Massachusetts (1789-1796), and governor of Mass...

Dwight, Clarissa Strong, 1783-1855.

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Dwight, Mary Clarissa, 1849-

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Lyman, Julia Strong Dwight, 1824-1853.

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Dwight, Timothy, 1694-1771.

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Patrick, Mathew Alexander, d. 1834.

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Strong, Lewis, 1785-1863

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Dwight, John William, 1817-1887.

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Dwight, Benjamin Woolsey, 1780-1850.

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Peck, Julia E.

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Yale University. Religion.

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Dwight, Theodore, 1764-1846

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American lawyer and author. From the description of Autograph letter signed : [New York], to John Griscom, [n.d.]. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270742709 From the description of Autograph letters signed (2) : Washington, to his son, Theodore, 1807 Jan. 25 and [n.d.]. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270742715 ...

Dwight, Timothy, 1778-1844

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Dwight, Emily Cecilia, 1859-

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Patrick, Mary Alsop Dwight, 1793-

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Yale University. Officials and employees.

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Dwight, Benjamin W. (Benjamin Woodbridge), 1816-1889

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Foxcroft, Thomas, 1697-1769

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Epithet: of Cristall British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000215.0x000031 Thomas Foxcroft received his A. B. from Harvard in 1714, and was a minister at the First Church in Boston, Mass. From the description of Manuscript exercises, ca. 1714. (Harvard University). WorldCat record id: 77072566 Thomas Foxcroft (1696/7-1769), minister of the First Church of Boston, was born on February 26, 1696/7. ...

Dwight, Annie Waterman, 1851-

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Dwight, Edward S., 1853-1940

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Physician, of Smyrna, Del.; received medical degree from Yale, 1876; post-graduate work in Paris, 1879-1881; established medical practice in Smyrna in 1887 which he continued until 1939. From the description of Edward S. Dwight diary, 1879 Oct.-1880 Feb. (Historical Society of Delaware). WorldCat record id: 70979572 ...

Anthony, Mary Dwight, 1824-1864.

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Anthony, Elizabeth Dwight, 1831-1870.

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Dwight, Timothy, 1811-1842.

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Dwight, Henry E. (Henry Edwin), 1832-1908

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Dwight, Theodore, 1796-1866

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Whitney, Eli, 1765-1825

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American inventor. From the description of Autograph letter signed : New Haven, Ct., to J.C. Calhoun, Secretary of War., 1824 May 3. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270872501 Eli Whitney (1765-1825), American inventor and gun manufacturer, received his patent for the first cotton gin in 1794. From the description of Whitney, Eli, 1765-1825 (U.S. National Archives and Records Administration). naId: 10580711 Whitney, American inventor, especially known for ...

Hooker Family.

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Dwight, Agnes Lucy, 1855-

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