Asa Fish papers 1810-1855

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Asa Fish papers 1810-1855

http://hdl.handle.net/10079/fa/mssa.ms.0963

Letters from family, friends, and business associates of Asa Fish chiefly relating to ocean going trade, whaling, and sealing around the Cape of Good Hope and marine insurance. Also some material on politics in Connecticut.

0.5 linear foot

eng,

Yale University. Department of Manuscripts and Archives

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SNAC Resource ID: 6350946

Yale University. Department of Manuscripts and Archives

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Fish, Asa, 1790-1861

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Asa Fish was born in Stonington, Connecticut, on July 17, 1790. He was the son of Sands Fish and Bridget Gallup. He was a merchant, insurance agent, bank and railroad director, selectman, probate judge, state legislator, and political and civic leader of Stonington. He was married to Prudence Brown Dean on September 30, 1818. Fish died in Mystic, Connecticut, on April 20, 1861. From the guide to the Asa Fish papers, 1810-1855, (Manuscripts and Archives) ...