Hillhouse family papers 1707-1943

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Hillhouse family papers 1707-1943

The papers consist of correspondence, deeds, account books, estate records, architectural drawings, legal papers, notebooks, commonplace books, letterbooks, scrapbooks, daybooks, and miscellaneous papers documenting the personal lives and professional careers of three generations of the Hillhouse family of New Haven, Connecticut and New York. Major figures represented in the papers include: James Hillhouse (1754-1832), Mary Lucas Hillhouse (1785-1871), James Abraham Hillhouse (1789-1841), Augustus Lucus Hillhouse (1791-1859), and James Hillhouse (1854-1938). The papers document family relationships, personal activities, the business and legal careers of family members, political interests, and the architectural design of the family residence, Sachem's Wood.

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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...

Law, William H.

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Speyers family.

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Nelson, John, 1654-1734.

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Carmick, E. H.

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United States. Congress. Senate

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Hillhouse, James Abraham, 1730-1775.

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Hillhouse, James, 1854-1938.

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Van Santvoord, Abraham.

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Hillhouse, Mary Lucas, 1785-1871.

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Betts, George Frederic, 1827-

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Speyers, Clarence Livingston, 1863-

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Hewit, Rebecca Woolsey Hillhouse, 1794-1831

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Town, Ithiel, 1784-1844

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Ithiel Town was an architect and bridge builder. He studied with Asher Benjamin in Boston and was a partner with Alexander J. Davis for a few years. Town was a leader in the Greek and Gothic Revival styles in American architecture. But it was his profits from bridge building that enabled him to amass the largest library of art, architecture, and engineering books and prints in the United States. He began to sell off his library before his death in 1844. From the description of Auctio...

Connecticut. School Fund Commissioner.

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Davis, Alexander Jackson, 1803-1892

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Bowdoin, James

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Borland, John.

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Lawrence, William Beach, 1800-1881

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Yale University. Students.

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Woolsey, Theodosia, 1747-1830.

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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 ...

Grant, Percy Stickney, 1860-1927

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Alexander, E.P.

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Lloyd, James, 1728-1810

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Porter, John Addison, 1856-1900

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Hillhouse, Frances Julia Betts, 1822-1907.

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Hillhouse, Cornelia Ann Lawrence, d. 1874.

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Yale University. History.

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Pickering, Henry, 1781-1838

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Hillhouse, Hildegarde Speyers, 1866-1942.

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Sachem's Wood (New Haven, Conn.)

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Speyers, Albert Willoughby.

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Blanchard, George R. (George Roberts), 1841-1900

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Moale, Laura M. Speyers.

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Lloyd family.

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Moale, Philip Randle, 1867-

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Betts, Samuel Rossiter, 1845-1931.

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Hillhouse, Augustus L. (Augustus Lucas), 1791-1859

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Lawrence, Isaac, 1768-1841.

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Wickes, Thomas Parmelee, 1853-1933.

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Hillhouse, William, 1820-1906.

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Hillhouse, James, 1754-1832

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Hillhouse, Sarah L.

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Seymour, Zachariah.

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Davenport, Theodore, 1792-

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Hillhouse, Charles Betts, 1856-1937.

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Speyers, Selina L.

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Epithet: General; KCB 1835 British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000695.0x000127 Henry King (1592-1669), poet, was educated at Westminster and Christ Church, Oxford (B.A., 1611; M.A., 1614; D.D., 1625). He became a prebendary of St Paul's, London, 1616; Archdeacon of Colchester, 1617; and canon of Christ Church, Oxford, 1624. He was appointed Dean of Rochester in 1639, and Bishop of Chichester in 1642. King published...

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James Hillhouse was born October 20, 1754, in Montville, Connecticut. He graduated from Yale College in 1773, studied law, and served in the militia in the American Revolution. Hillhouse served in the Connecticut General Assembly and was elected to Congress (1790-1795). He served as U.S. Senator (1796-1810), Commissioner of the Connecticut School Fund (1810-1825), and Treasurer of Yale College (1782-1832). He died in New Haven on December 29, 1832. James Abraham Hillhous...

Hillhouse, William, 1757-1833

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Lloyd, James, 1769-1831

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Pinchot, Gifford, 1865-1946

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First director, United States Forest Service (1905). He changed the name of protected "forest preserves" to "national forests" and advocated a controversial "wise use" policy for the resources of the national forests, whereby a greater use of forest resources, such as tree harvests and grazing rights could be permitted. From the description of Correspondence, 1905-1945. (Denver Public Library). WorldCat record id: 40804560 Forester and governor of Pennsylvania. F...

Hillhouse, Francis, 1859-

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Woolsey family.

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Sherman, Roger M. (Roger Minott), 1773-1844

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Sherman was a Connecticut lawyer, judge and state senator; Hitchinson was a New Haven attorney. From the description of Letter to Samuel J. Hitchinson, 3 December 1829. (Harvard Law School Library). WorldCat record id: 236088121 Lawyer, state legislator, and judge, of Fairfield, Conn.; nephew of Hon. Roger Sherman, signer of Declaration of Independence. From the description of Papers, 1773-1845. (Fairfield Historical Society Library). WorldCat record id: 70953848...

Woolsey, Melancthon Lloyd

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Rogers, Henry Livingston.

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Whedon, Charles R.

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Strickland, William, 1787-1854

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Head, Frazier Davenport, 1853-

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Borland family.

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Taft, William Howard, 1857-1930

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Hewit, Nathaniel, 1788-1867

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Hillhouse, Isaphene

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Silliman, Benjamin, 1779-1864

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Benjamin Silliman was a chemist and naturalist, and was elected to the American Philosophical Society in 1805. From the description of Correspondence, 1808-1859. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 173466220 Physician and chemist of New Haven, Connecticut. From the description of Note, 1853, Sept. 28 : New Haven, Connecticut, to Isaac Waldron. (Duke University). WorldCat record id: 35359361 Educator and scientist. From the description of Papers of...

Kip, William Ingraham, 1811-1893

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First Episcopal Bishop of the Diocese of California. From the description of William Ingraham Kip papers, 1837-1974. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 659509525 ...

Hillhouse Rebecca Woolsey, 1755-1813.

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Clap, Thomas, 1703-1767

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Graduate of Harvard (1722); pastor at Windham, Connecticut (1726-1740); rector and president of Yale College (1740-1766). From the description of Arguments for the doctrine of original sin : [New Haven], 1759. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 702146138 ...