Collection of deeds and legal papers, 1743-1902.

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Collection of deeds and legal papers, 1743-1902.

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The bulk of the collection consists of deeds and other land agreements involving Daniel Wadsworth of Hartford, Connecticut. Among his purchases was land in the Western Reserve (Ohio), the burying ground in Hartford, and land in Middletown, Windsor, Tolland, Columbia and Chatham, among other locales. Many of these instruments include Nathaniel Terry as either seller, buyer, or co-owner or co-buyer. The remainder of the documents, which includes wills, summons, mortgages, agreements and other land transfer documents, have been organized by either family name or county. There are documents related to the Adams family, Hale family, the Bunce family, John M. Niles, the Turner family, Jeremiah Wadsworth and Gideon Welles. The bulk of the properties and individuals lived in Hartford. The county materials are organized into Hartford County, the Town of Berlin, and Middlesex, New Haven and New London counties. Also found with the collection were notes on various births, marriages and deaths, mostly arranged by family, namely Keith, Lyman, Muzzy, and Marcy.

0.75 linear feet (2 boxes).

Connecticut Historical Society

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SNAC Resource ID: 7576056

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Connecticut Historical Society

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Niles, John M. (John Milton), 1787-1856

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John Milton Niles was a lawyer, judge, editor, author, and politician born in Windsor, Connecticut on August 20, 1787. In 1817, he founded the Hartford Weekly Times, the same year he was admitted to the bar. He was active in the Democratic Party, served on the Connecticut House of Representatives, was appointed Postmaster of Hartford, and served as United States Senator from 1835 to 1839. In 1840, he was appointed the ninth United States Postmaster General by President Martin Van Buren. He was t...

Hale family.

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Wadsworth, Jeremiah, 1743-1804

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Delegate of the U.S. Continental Congress, U.S. representative and legislator, army officer, and banker from Connecticut. From the description of Papers of Jeremiah Wadsworth, 1775-1833. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 71067840 Merchant, soldier, and commissary general in the Continental Army; resident of Hartford, Connecticut. From the description of Jeremiah Wadsworth papers, 1776-1802. (New York University, Group Batchload). WorldCat record id: 58780060 ...

Bunce family.

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Turner family.

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Connecticut Land Company

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The Connecticut Land Company (1795-1809) was a syndicate of 35 groups representing 58 individuals who purchased on credit the majority of Connecticut's Western Reserve land as a speculative venture. Proceeds from the sale of the Reserve were used to establish the Connecticut School Fund. The Western Reserve was that area of northeastern Ohio which Connecticut reserved for her citizens in 1786 in exchange for ceding the remainder of her western land claims to the newly-formed United States govern...

Adams family.

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Wadsworth, Daniel, 1771-1848

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Traveler, amateur artist and architect; founder of the Wadsworth Atheneum. From the description of Falls of Niagara, 1806 / by D. Wadsworth. (Buffalo History Museum). WorldCat record id: 179672810 ...

Welles, Gideon, 1802-1878

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A native of Glastonbury, Conn., Gideon Welles began his career as a lawyer but took up journalism as a profession, founding the Hartford Times, which he also edited, in 1826. Active in the Democratic Party in Connecticut, he served in the Connecticut state legislature and in several state offices. He later shifted his allegiance to the Republican Party due to his strong anti-slavery views and founded the Hartford Evening Press, a zealously Republican newspaper. President Abraham Lincoln appointe...