Lewis M. Wiggin collection, ca. 1828 and 1847.

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Lewis M. Wiggin collection, ca. 1828 and 1847.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/600011078

Contains a memoir by John Bissell, Jr., who was born in Utica, N.Y., in 1807, and writes two pages about living in Utica; seeing British prisoners of war (probably during the War of 1812); going with his father and Major Beebe to the barracks; moving to Litchfield, Conn., in 1815; attending Morris Academy; studying law; and going to Stamford, Conn., in 1828.

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Litchfield Historical Society

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SNAC Resource ID: 7776001

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Wiggin, Lewis M.

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Compiler of collection. From the description of Lewis M. Wiggin collection, ca. 1828 and 1847. (Litchfield Historical Society). WorldCat record id: 600011078 ...

Bissell, John, 1807-1898

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Lawyer; born in Utica, N.Y.; attended Litchfield Law School in 1826 and 1827 and then went to Stamford, Conn., and studied law in the office of his future brother-in-law Charles Hawley; moved to New York City and in 1832 was the first lawyer to be appointed Commissioner of Deeds for the States and Territories; later admitted as a solicitor to the Court of Chancery in New York and attorney to the Supreme Court of the State of New York. From the description of John Bissell commissioner...

Morris Academy (Morris, Conn.)

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Beebe, Major.

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Cairo (Ill.)

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Thomas, Charles, active 1847

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