Hart family business and personal papers, 1772-1859.

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Hart family business and personal papers, 1772-1859.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/230330195

The bulk of the collection consists of William Hart's legal and financial papers, particularly related to land sales in the Western Reserve and in Connecticut, and to shipping interests related to his mercantile business, to court cases, especially one he brought against Benjamin Tallmadge & Co., and to the sale of a Negro girl called Rose. Also includes poems to Elizabeth Bull Hart, some attributed to the Count Rochambault, and letters; legal documents of Richard W. Hart and a list of his Ohio lands; correspondence of William and Elizabeth Hart Jarvis, including one from Lydia Sigourney; papers of Elizabeth Hart Jarvis Colt; a deposition by Elisha Colt and correspondence of Samuel Colt; Hetty B. Hart's personal papers; and published speeches of and a letter to Isaac Toucey.

2 linear feet (1 flat box, 1/2 box).

Connecticut Historical Society

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SNAC Resource ID: 7090560

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Hart, Elizabeth Bull, 1772-1843.

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Colt, Elizabeth H. 1826-1905

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Jarvis, William, 1796-1871.

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Rev. William Jarvis was an Episcopalian clergyman in East Haddam, Hebron, and Chatham. He retired from the ministry after a severe illness. He lived in Portland until 1852 and then moved to Middletown until after the marriage of his daughter, Elizabeth Hart Jarvis to Col. Samuel Colt of Hartford. At that point he and his wife, Elizabeth (Hart) Jarvis moved to Hartford. They first lived in the United States Hotel and later with their daughter at Armsmear. The letters were written to his nephew, W...

Hart, William, 1746-1814.

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Hart, Hetty Buckingham, 1800-1876.

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Colt, Elisha, 1758-1827

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Toucey, Isaac, 1796-1869

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Alfred T. Mahan, naval officer, was born in 1840. He graduated from the U.S. Naval Academy in 1859. He served as second president of the Naval War College, 1885-1886 and again in 1892-1893. His Influence of Seapower on History was published in 1890. From the description of Naval order, June 9, 1859. (Naval War College). WorldCat record id: 17944293 Toucey was Secretary of the Navy, 1857-1861. From the description of Letter, June 15, 1860. (Naval War College). Wor...

Hart, Richard William, 1768-1837

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Colt, Samuel, 1814-1862

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Samuel Colt (1814-1862), inventor and industrialist, was founder of the Colt's Patent Fire-Arms Manufacturing Company, now known as Colt's Manufacturing Company. From the description of Colt, Samuel, 1814-1862 (U.S. National Archives and Records Administration). naId: 10581278 ...