Ithiel Town papers, 1810-1873.

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Ithiel Town papers, 1810-1873.

Correspondence; architectural papers relating to Trinity Church in New Haven, Connecticut State Capitol in Hartford, and bridges (including patents); 7 architectural drawings; miscellaneous personal papers, including inventories of Town's estate and library; photographs and other papers, of or relating to Town; together with correspondence and family records of Town's son-in-law, William Thompson Peters.

1 box (ca. 140 items and 2 v.)

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Episcopal Church

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In 1982, the General Convention of the Church deleted the words "Protestant" and "in the United States of America" from the official title of the Church, making it the Episcopal Church. From the description of Records of the Protestant Episcopal Church of the United States of America, Domestic and Foreign Missionary Society, 1823-1975 (inclusive). (Yale University). WorldCat record id: 702152635 ...

Trinity Church on the Green (New Haven, Conn.)

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Peters, William Thompson, 1805-1885

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Peters, Etha Town, 1807-1871

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Peters family.

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Town, Ithiel, 1784-1844

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Ithiel Town was an architect and bridge builder. He studied with Asher Benjamin in Boston and was a partner with Alexander J. Davis for a few years. Town was a leader in the Greek and Gothic Revival styles in American architecture. But it was his profits from bridge building that enabled him to amass the largest library of art, architecture, and engineering books and prints in the United States. He began to sell off his library before his death in 1844. From the description of Auctio...

Connecticut State Capitol (Hartford, Conn.)

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