Primarily documents written or collected by Thomas Seymour, a Hartford, Connecticut, attorney, justice of the peace, politician and soldier. Consists of bills, receipts and promissory notes related to the Seymour family and to other individuals, the latter of which may relate to court cases Seymour heard; deeds for land in Hartford, Hartland, and other Connecticut towns; estate and probate records; town records for Hartford and Hartland; legal papers; apprenticeship agreements; military documents; and writs of execution, and summons. Of note among Seymour's personal papers are an account with the Colony of Connecticut for his expenses as King's Attorney, 1770-1771, and a letter concerning a case he was involved with regarding the sale of a Negro man. A number of deeds and probate records relate to Gershom Butler of Middletown, Connecticut, including his will and estate inventory. Among the town records are a 1754 tax list for Hartford, minutes of town meetings in Hartland, 1762-1763, a license for a still, 1798, a proprietors' vote for Windsor, 1787, and the appointment of Henry Seymour as a commissioner of the Farmington River Turnpike, 1837. Legal papers contain bonds, depositions, testimonies, complaints and other court papers pertaining to cases of theft, buggery, property destruction, slave ownership and illegitimate children. Also includes financial records of Henry Seymour.
