Collection ca. 1762-ca. 1904.

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Collection ca. 1762-ca. 1904.

Collection consists of correspondence and papers, ca. 1762 to ca. 1904, of various members of the Smith family of Sharon, Connecticut, particularly: John Cotton Smith (1765-1845), lawyer and governor of Connecticut; his son William Mather Smith; Rev. John Cotton Smith (1826-1882), Protestant Episcopal clergyman; and Helen Evertson Smith's own correspondence and papers, including typescripts of many of her articles on American colonial history, the Revolutionary War, loyalists, social customs, and chapters from her unpublished study "Rebels and Royalists," based, at least in part, on privately owned papers, and relating to such families as Smith (from Rev. Henry Smith of Wethersfield, Connecticut), Gallup, Worthington, Livingston, Evertson, L'Estrange, Kent, Kane, Russell, Morris, Bloom, and many others. Also represented in the collection are David Daggett, Cotton Mather Smith, Samuel Hurlbut, Robert W. Smith, John Cotton Smith, Jr., Gilbert Livingston Smith, William Mather Smith, Simeon Smith, Chauncey Langdon, Robert Gilbert Livingston, Cristopher Minot, Jacob Evertson, and Mr. and Mrs. Robert C. Geer.

ca. 8 linear ft.

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SNAC Resource ID: 7766760

Related Entities

There are 21 Entities related to this resource.

Geer, Robert C.

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Smith, Robert W.

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Evertson family.

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Smith, John Cotton, 1826-1882

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Daggett, David, 1764-1851

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David Daggett: Connecticut lawyer, jurist, politician; U.S. Senator, 1813-1819; Kent Professor of Law, Yale University, 1826-1848. From the description of David Daggett papers, 1781-1851 (inclusive). (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 702168609 American jurist. From the description of Autograph letter signed : New Haven, to Josiah Williams, merchant in Middletown, 1809 Dec. 25. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270525969 From the description of Autograph letter...

Smith, William Mather.

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Minot, Cristopher.

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Langdon, Chauncy, 1763-1830

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Smith, Gilbert Livingston.

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Smith, John Cotton, 1810-1870

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Smith, Helen Evertson

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Student at Washtenaw Community College, Ann Arbor, Michigan. From the description of Cheboygan County and some of its early settlers and ethnic groups, 1977. (University of Michigan). WorldCat record id: 34422095 Helen Evertson Smith was born in 1839 at Sharon, Conn. From the description of Collection ca. 1762-ca. 1904. (New York University, Group Batchload). WorldCat record id: 58657707 ...

Livingston, Robert Gilbert.

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Hurlbut, Samuel.

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Worthington family.

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Smith, John Cotton, 1765-1845

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Lawyer, governor, and U.S. Representative from Connecticut; resident of Sharon, Conn. From the description of John Cotton Smith letter drafts, 1823-1824. (Litchfield Historical Society). WorldCat record id: 664374530 Governor of Connecticut, 1813-1817. From the description of Letter from John Cotton Smith to Brig.-Gen. T. H. Cushing, 1814 Aug. 21. (New London County Historical Society). WorldCat record id: 174142882 John Cotton Smith, a lawyer, was born ...

Gallup family.

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Geer, Robert C., Mrs.

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Smith family.

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Smith, Cotton-Mather, 1731-1806

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Evertson, Jacob.

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Livingston family.

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