Palmer house collection, 1879-1880.

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Palmer house collection, 1879-1880.

Detailed description and plans (1879) of Mt. Vernon house, built by Jedediah Huntington and owned by W.W. Hurlbut with letter (1880 Aug. 31) from Hurlbut to N.S. Palmer relating to the condition of the house in connection with its sale.

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SNAC Resource ID: 7032548

New London County Historical Society

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Palmer, N. S.

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6573q12 (person)

Hurlbut, W. W.

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Huntington, Jedediah, 1743-1818

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6sn0pwf (person)

Brigadier General Jedediah Huntington was born in Norwich, Conn. He graduated from Harvard in 1763 and received his master's in 1770 from Yale. After graduating from Harvard, he became involved with the Norwich Militia, eventually becoming a Captain in May, 1774. In the spring of 1776, now a Colonel, he marched to Dorchester Heights. After the British left Boston, he marched to New York. In 1777 he became a Brigadier General. He stayed in Valley Forge in the winter of 1777. After the war became ...