Ezra C. Read papers, 1860-1904 (bulk 1860-1876).

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Ezra C. Read papers, 1860-1904 (bulk 1860-1876).

Correspondence (1860-1874), bills, accounts, checkbooks, newspaper clippings, and other papers; together with report of New Haven Orphan Asylum (1873), address (1875) on the colonization of Africa, record of contributions (1900-1901) to the Yale Law School building fund, probably belonging to Read's son-in-law, Francis Wayland, law school dean, letters and telegrams of condolence (1904) sent to Wayland's wife, Martha (Read) Wayland, daughter of Ezra C. Read, sent on Wayland's death, and biographical material on Read and Wayland.

1.5 ft. (ca. 225 items)

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New Haven Orphan Asylum (New Haven, Conn.)

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Yale Law School

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In the first decade of the nineteenth century, Seth P. Staples (Yale 1797) opened a school for law students in New Haven. In 1824 the school became affiliated with Yale College. The college conferred its first law degrees in 1843. The course of study originally extended for two years, and in 1896 it was lengthened to three years. Subsequently a college degree became a prerequisite for the Bachelor of Laws degree. Graduate courses leading to advanced degrees began in 1876. In 1926 honors courses ...

Wayland, Francis, 1826-1904

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Read, Ezra C., 1796 or 1797-1875

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Banker, of New Haven, Conn. From the description of Ezra C. Read papers, 1860-1904 (bulk 1860-1876). (New Haven Colony Historical Society Library). WorldCat record id: 429084610 ...

Wayland, Martha W. R. (Martha W. Read), 1833-

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