Papers, 1748-1855.

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Papers, 1748-1855.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/17349158

Includes family letters dealing with the problems of a marriageable daughter and an aging mother, descriptions of life in the Southern states of the U.S.A., at Harvard University and Italy; business letters deal with investments, railroads, servants, mail theft investigations and promissory notes including some to Theodore Dwight; deeds.

One box ; 39 x 26 x 12 cm.

Connecticut Historical Society

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SNAC Resource ID: 6921963

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Johnson, William Samuel, 1795-1883

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Dwight, Theodore, 1796-1866

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