Primarily correspondence of Joseph W. Cone of East Haddam, Connecticut, as well as his bills and receipts, legal documents, deeds, and account book. Also includes estate inventories and probate papers for Jacob Gates, William Hall, and Jabez Swan, Joseph Cone's father-in-law. Contains correspondence of other family members, primarily his grandson, William E. Cone, as well as bills and receipts of Frank H. Terry and Roderick Terry and papers of Eliphalet Emmons and Orin Wickham. Business records, primarily bills and receipts, for J.H. & W.E. Cone, Terry & Cone, and R. & F.H. Cone, Co. are also included. Contains East Haddam town records, including legal documents, selectmen's papers and highway surveyor papers. Also one folder of papers of the Eccesiastical Society of Millington and one folder with handwritten recipes. Joseph W. Cone was a farmer, selectman, and highway surveyor. He was also appointed guardian of Eliphalet Emmons. Joseph W. Cone removed to West Hartford, Connecticut, where he died.
