Riley Sweet family papers, 1801-1886.

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Riley Sweet family papers, 1801-1886.

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Includes land deeds (New London, 1801-1847); copy of Wm. D. Smith's will (1866); deed for share in ship Mentor from Benj. Brown (1843); insurance (policy?) on Mentor by Protection Insurance Co. (Hartford, Conn., 1845); deed for (owning?) half of schooner Sea Breeze from Silas E. Buchanan (1853); agreement of four men to pay their share of cost of building schooner (1848); copy of attachment on goods of Henry Skinner, Colchester, to satisfy Mary C. Buel (1848), to be served on all owners of the ship Mentor; bills and receipts; letters (1845-1851), sent while whaling, to wife Abby Jerome Sweet, and mother-in-law Polly Jerome; letters to Polly Jerome from grandson Riley Sweet while at camp in New Orleans; Riley Sweet's (1846-1904) discharge papers (1863) from Company I of the 26th Connecticut Infantry Regiment; widow's pension papers of Polly Jerome; letters to parents (1885-1886) from Christopher (surname unknown), officer in army, stationed at Ft. Bridger (Wyo.) and Ft. Apache (Ariz.); and a printed copy of an 1840 act governing shipment and discharge of seamen.

47 items.

New London County Historical Society

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SNAC Resource ID: 6910979

New London County Historical Society

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