Papers, 1781-1788.

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Papers, 1781-1788.

Invoices and orders of merchant in Norwich, Conn.; includes a draft of a letter to Thomas Mumford of New London, Conn., describing the problems of dealing in state, hard and paper money.

8 items ; 31 x 19 cm. or smaller.

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SNAC Resource ID: 7366224

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Mumford, Thomas, 1728-1799

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Shipowner, of New London, Conn. From the description of Thomas Mumford bill to the State of Connecticut, 1781. (New London County Historical Society). WorldCat record id: 276947411 ...

Woodbridge, Dudley, 1747-1823.

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Dudley Woodbridge was born in Stonington, Connecticut, in 1747, and graduated from Yale in 1766. Following his graduation, he worked as a lawyer in Norwich, Connecticut, and by 1778 had become a merchant, along with his brother Samuel, dealing primarily in rum and other foodstuffs. He served as the city's first postmaster from 1782-1789, and then moved to Marietta, Ohio, where he again became an attorney. He died in 1823. Woodbridge and his wife, Lucy Backus, married in 1774; their son William (...