Letter, 1836 August 1, New Milford, Conn., to John Warner Barber, New Haven, Conn.

  1. Resources
  2. View Resource

ArchivalResource

Letter, 1836 August 1, New Milford, Conn., to John Warner Barber, New Haven, Conn.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/20988859

Furnishes information on the early history of New Milford for Barber's historical sketches of the towns of Connecticut; his cover letter gives his sources including a sermon by Rev. Stanley Griswold.

23 p. ; 33 cm.

Connecticut Historical Society

Information

SNAC Resource ID: 7002645

Related Entities

There are 3 Entities related to this resource.

Griswold, Stanley, 1763-1815

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6v12h54 (person)

Griswold was a Congregational clergyman in New Milford, Conn. (1789-1803). His Republican political sympathies made life uncomfortable in Federalist Connecticut. He left the ministry in 1803 and served as secretary of Michigan territory and as a circuit judge in the Illinois territory. From the description of Sermons, 1789-1803. (Harvard University). WorldCat record id: 612373284 Born in Torrington, Conn., Nov. 14, 1753; served in the Revolution; graduated from Yale in 1786;...

Boardman, David Sherman, 1768-1864

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w69k4pgj (person)

Barber, John Warner, 1798-1885

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6668rfq (person)

Engraver (of both copper and wood), topographical draftsman, and historian. Born February 2, 1798 in East Windsor, Conn.; apprenticed to Abner Reed, engraver; operated his own engraving business in New Haven; studied history and traveled the eastern U.S., gathering information for the books which he wrote and then illustrated with his engravings; died in New Haven on June 22, 1885. From the description of John Warner Barber scrapbook pages, 1832-1868. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 1...