Daniel Wadsworth papers, 1749-1888.

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Daniel Wadsworth papers, 1749-1888.

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Incoming and outgoing correspondence, legal records including plot plans, deeds, agreements, and the estate records of Mehitable, Jeremiah and Faith Wadsworth, accounts, bills and receipts kept by Daniel Wadsworth, merchant and philanthropist of Hartford, Connecticut. Correspondents include his nephew Quentin C. Terry, artist Thomas Sully, Decius Wadsworth, and James Whitelaw. Daniel's letters from 1792-1793 to his parents describes Bermuda where he had taken his sister Harriet for her health. Among his legal papers is the act of incorporation of the Hartford Orphan Asylum, of which Daniel was a trustee. Extensive records of Daniel's own estate settlement includes an inventory and appraisal of the estate and a record of sales of items not distributed in his will. John Bunce, John F. Morris and J. Hammond Trumbull were trustees of Daniel's estate. A small number of unrelated items includes a letter written by Daniel Putnam in 1818.

2 linear feet (4 boxes).

Connecticut Historical Society

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Wadsworth, Faith Trumbull, 1769-1846.

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Wadsworth, Jeremiah, 1743-1804

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Wadsworth, Daniel, 1771-1848

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Wadsworth, Decius, 1768-1821

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Sully, Thomas, 1783-1872

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Terry, Q.C.

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Hartford Orphan Asylum

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